Goals and excitement were in abundance on the final day of the Women's Champions Trophy in Ordos, China.
The tournament final provided fantastic entertainment for the capacity crowd. China scored in the 12th minute from a penalty corner through their captain Ma Yibo. Six miutes later the irrepressible Fu Baorong made it 2-0 with a typical poacher's strike, but Korea pulled one back a minute later through Kim Ok Ju. Just before half-time Cheon Eun Bi scored, to make the score 2-2 at half-time.
Korea started the second half in sparkling fashion, and found goals in the 44th and 45th minutes from Kim Jong Eun and Kim Jong Hee to establish a 4-2 lead. Despite this, China were far from finished and Gao Li Hua scored an excellent solo effort to reduce the deficit. However, the match was put beyond Korea's reach six minutes from time when Park Mi Hyun restored Korea's two goal advantage and sealed victory over the host nation.
Earlier in the day, Japan took the Bronze medal with a 3-2 victory over India. Vandana Kataria put India ahead in the seventh minute before Rani Rampal doubled the lead when she converted an indirect penalty corner before half time.
However, Japan hit back with second half strikes from Rika Komazawa (52nd min penalty corner) and Kaori Fujio (63rd min) before Ai Murakami scored the golden goal from a penalty stroke (76th min).
Source material: Asian Hockey Federation.
Goals and excitement were in abundance on the final day of the Women's Champions Trophy in Ordos, China.
The tournament final provided fantastic entertainment for the capacity crowd. China scored in the 12th minute from a penalty corner through their captain Ma Yibo. Six miutes later the irrepressible Fu Baorong made it 2-0 with a typical poacher's strike, but Korea pulled one back a minute later through Kim Ok Ju. Just before half-time Cheon Eun Bi scored, to make the score 2-2 at half-time.
Korea started the second half in sparkling fashion, and found goals in the 44th and 45th minutes from Kim Jong Eun and Kim Jong Hee to establish a 4-2 lead. Despite this, China were far from finished and Gao Li Hua scored an excellent solo effort to reduce the deficit. However, the match was put beyond Korea's reach six minutes from time when Park Mi Hyun restored Korea's two goal advantage and sealed victory over the host nation.
Earlier in the day, Japan took the Bronze medal with a 3-2 victory over India. Vandana Kataria put India ahead in the seventh minute before Rani Rampal doubled the lead when she converted an indirect penalty corner before half time.
However, Japan hit back with second half strikes from Rika Komazawa (52nd min penalty corner) and Kaori Fujio (63rd min) before Ai Murakami scored the golden goal from a penalty stroke (76th min).
Source material: Asian Hockey Federation.
Asian Champions Trophy 2011 - Women
Tournament Fixtures & Results
4th September 2011W01 China v Japan 3-0 (3-0)
W02 Korea v India 4-1 (1-0)
6th September 2011
W03 Korea v China 2-2 (1-0)
W04 Japan vIndia 5-0 (2-0)
8th September 2011
W05 Japan v Korea 0-1 (0-1)
W06 China v India 4-0 (2-0)
Pool standings - Women
PS TEAMS P W D L GF GA PTS GD
1. CHINA 3 2 1 0 9 2 7 +7
2. KOREA 3 2 1 0 7 3 7 +4
3. JAPAN 3 1 0 2 5 4 3 +1
4. INDIA 3 0 0 3 1 13 0 -1210th September 2011
W07 Women’s Bronze Medal (3 v 4) - Japan v India 3-2 GG (2-2 FT / 0-2 HT)
W08 Women’s Gold Medal(1 v 2) - China v Korea - 3-5 (2-2)
Final Standings
1st (Gold): Korea
2nd (Silver): China
3rd (Bronze): Japan
4th: India
