Lausanne, Switzerland: The spherical of classification matches to determine the rankings from ninth to sixteenth place on the FIH Hockey Girls’s Junior World Cup 2023 got here to an finish with a nail-biting thriller between India and the USA. Whereas Chile needed to fulfill itself on the twelfth spot after dropping to Korea, Canada completed final within the World Cup on the sixteenth place.
Let’s have a fast round-up of the 4 matches that occurred in Chile on Saturday.
Canada vs New Zealand (Full-Time Rating: 3-5)
Madeline Harris starred for the Black Sticks as she scored a hat-trick to beat Canada in an enthralling match to kick off the proceedings of Day 10 on the World Cup. New Zealand’s assault throughout your entire recreation was on level as their forwards earned 10 penalty corners.
Canada began the sport on an amazing notice with skipper Allison Kuzyk scoring within the third minute itself. The 2 different targets had been scored by their ahead Elizabeth Mathisen within the twenty seventh and fiftieth minutes of the sport, but it surely wasn’t enough as New Zealand had sealed the sport of their favor with 5 targets.
“It’s been a fairly powerful week for our staff however proud to complete off on a excessive. It was a staff effort as we speak as we had determined to go all out from the primary minute itself,” stated hat-trick Madeline Harris.
Zimbabwe vs South Africa (Full-Time Rating: 1-6)
It was a very South Africa-dominated recreation from the beginning of the match as Shanna Mendonca scored a aim within the seventeenth minute. It was then adopted by a hat-trick by Malikah Hamza to seal the sport of their favor.
Zimbabwe tried to come back again into the sport within the thirty sixth minute by way of a aim from Tinodiwanashe Elijah but it surely was approach too removed from their arms to match up towards the South Africans.
The Participant of the Match Malikah Hamza stated, “We had received a troublesome pool due to which we had been out of the semifinals rivalry however we wished to make a press release as we speak and I’m glad we had been capable of do it.”
Chile vs Korea (Full-Time Rating: 1-2)
It was once more a heart-break for the hosts as they needed to fulfill themselves on the twelfth place after dropping to Korea in an in depth match. Chile’s captain Francisca Irazoqui began the sport on a excessive as she scored the primary aim within the fifteenth minute however Korea’s Mihyang Park discovered the again of Chile’s internet within the subsequent two minutes to degree the sport.
Within the twenty second minute, Sujin AN’s drag-flick within the penalty nook was too quick for Chile’s goalkeeper to defend as they took the lead. Chile tried exhausting within the second half to attain a leveler however the Korean protection was too robust for them to interrupt previous their line.
Aim-scorer Mihyang Park stated, “We had determined to not surrender on this match, by any means it might be. We missed out on a number of penalty corners; else we might have received it by a much bigger margin.”
USA vs India [Full-Time Score: 2-2 (Shoot-out Score: 2-3)]
The final and most fascinating match of the day noticed two groups who had a combined run within the match play towards one another. The sport was tied at 2-2 on the finish of 60 minutes and even went to sudden demise after being tied on the finish of 5 shootouts as nicely. The depth of this recreation was on a complete totally different degree.
Kiersten Thomassey scored each targets for USA (27’ and 53’) whereas Manju Chorsiya (11’) and Sunelita Toppo (57’) netted one every for the ladies in blue. Sunelita’s aim proved to be the distinction as she scored within the dying minutes of the match to degree the sport. Within the shootouts, it was Rutaja’s heroics that took India to victory, as she scored off each the alternatives that she received.
“We had seen movies of USA’s matches and had analyzed their recreation. We structured our recreation accordingly and performed with full focus. We’re glad to complete on a excessive on the finish of the match.”
To see the schedule of the matches on the ultimate day, click on right here.
FIH Hockey Girls’s Junior World Cup Chile 2023 – 09 December 2023
Centro Deportivo de Hockey Césped, Estadio Nacional
Consequence: fifteenth–sixteenth Place Classification Match
Canada 3-5 New Zealand
Participant of the Match: Madeline Harris (NZL)
Umpires: Minami Inamoto (JPN) and Melissa Taylor (RSA)
Consequence: thirteenth–14th Place Classification Match
Zimbabwe 1-6 South Africa
Participant of the Match: Malikah Hamza (RSA)
Umpires: Junko Wagatsuma (JPN) and Veronica Villafane (ARG)
Consequence: eleventh–twelfth Place Classification Match
Chile 1-2 Korea
Participant of the Match: Mihyang Park (KOR)
Umpires: Durga Devi (IND) and Victoria Pazos (PAR)
Consequence: ninth–tenth Place Classification Match
USA 2-2 India (Shootout Rating: 2-3)
Participant of the Match: Rutaja Dadaso Pisal (IND)
Umpires: Jianjun Chen (CHN) and Katrina Turner (NZL)
