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Investec Hockey World League Semi-Final London (Women’s): Schedule and Results
Investec Hockey World League Semi-Final London (Women’s) London, England June 22-30, 2013 Pool A: Argentina, China, Italy, USA Pool B: Australia, England, Spain, South Africa Detailed Schedule:
FIH Executive Board Meets: Extra time is out, shot clock for penalty corners is in
The FIH Executive Board met for the first time after the elections of new members at FIH Congress in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) in November 2012. This was one of its three annual meetings. As per the report published on FIH (International Hockey Federation) website, the Executive Board decided to bring in a 45-second shot clock for all penalty corners, which will come in effect from the Women’s Hockey World League Round 4 tournament in Argentina.The board also decided to remove extra time from FIH events, thus classifications games will directly go into shootout, if tied after regulation time of 70 … Continue reading
Final line-up announced for Investec World League in London
11 March 2013: Today, the FIH announced the line-up for the women’s Hockey World League Semi Final tournaments to be held in London and Rotterdam in June, following the completion of the women’s Hockey World League Round 2 tournaments. England, Argentina, Australia and China are the four teams which automatically qualified for the Investec World League Semi Final in London, thanks their FIH World Ranking, while South Africa, USA, Spain and Italy have now been added to the line-up for what promises to be a scintillating week of hockey. England have been drawn in Pool B and will play South … Continue reading
Women’s Hockey World League Semi-Final Groups Confirmed, India will play at Rotterdam
Following the last of the women’s Hockey World League Round 2 tournaments which concluded yesterday in Rio (Brazil), the FIH today announced the line-ups for the two women’s Hockey World League Semi-Final tournaments to be held in Rotterdam and London in June. The Rabobank Hockey World League Semi-Final tournament in Rotterdam will be held from June 13-23 in conjunction with the men’s Rabobank Hockey World League Semi-Final tournament. Four teams (Netherlands, New Zealand, Germany, and Korea,) were already qualified for the event based on their FIH World Ranking and will be joined by four teams (Japan, India, Belgium and Chile) … Continue reading
India Men’s Hockey Team Remain Unbeaten to Win World League 2 New Delhi
New Delhi, 24 February 2013: Indian men’s hockey team remained unbeaten to win the Hero Hockey World League Round 2 Delhi 2013, by registering an easy victory against spirited Bangladesh 5-1 on final day ofat Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium today. Earlier in evening their women counter part defeated Russia to win Women’s title. (Detailed reports below) In the other matches of the day in men’s competition, riding on O’Donoghue’s hat-trick Ireland defeated China 4-0 to finish second while, Oman beat Fiji 7-3 to avoid wooden spoon. Individual Awards: Top Goal Scorer – VR Raghunath (IND) and Alan Sothern (IRL) Best … Continue reading
O’Donoghue Scored Hat-trick as Ireland beat China in Hockey World League 2 New Delhi
Ireland 4 (S O’Donoghue 3, P Brown) beat China 0 Shane O’Donoghue’s hat trick of low drag-flicks powered Ireland to victory over China in the World League Round Two 2013, a result which should ensure they qualify for the next phase of the competition and move them a step closer to World Cup 2014. They were in control for most of the game, making the early running before Peter Brown – with his second goal of the tournament – got on the end of a smart Stuart Loughrey cross at the back post to get the green machine up and … Continue reading