Friday, November 13, 2009

World Cup Qualifiers - Past Results (Men)

2009 Quilmes
2009 Invercargill
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3

3
4

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5

5
6

6


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2009 Lille
2006 Changzhou
1 Pakistan (q)
1 New Zealand (q)
2 Japan
2 Korea (q)
3 Poland
3 England (q)
4 France
4 Pakistan (q)
5 Russia
5 Japan (q)
6 Italy
6 France



7 Belgium



8 Ireland



9 Malaysia



10 Canada



11 Egypt



12 China


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2001 Edinburgh
1997 Kuala Lumpur
1 Argentina (q)
1 Spain (q)
2 Spain (q)
2 Korea (q)
3 Poland (q)
3 New Zealand (q)
4 Belgium (q)
4 Poland (q)
5 India (q)
5 Canada (q)
6 Japan (q)
6 Malaysia (q)
7 New Zealand (q)
7 Argentina
8 Canada
8 Belgium
9 France
9 South Africa
10 Wales
10 Switzerland
11 Scotland
11 Belarus
12 Chile
12 Ireland
13 Egypt


14 USA


15 Russia


16 Bangladesh




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1993 Poznan
1989 Madison
1 Korea (q)
1 Netherlands (q)
2 Spain (q)
2 Canada (q)
3 India (q)
3 India (q)
4 Argentina (q)
4 France (q)
5 South Africa (q)
5 Ireland (q)
6 Belgium (q)
6 Malaysia
7 Canada
7 Poland
8 Malaysia
8 New Zealand
9 Ireland
9 Egypt
10 Cuba
10 Chile
11 France
11 USA
12 Poland
12 Zimbabwe


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1985 Barcelona
1981 Kuala Lumpur
1 Spain (q)
1 USSR (q)
2 New Zealand (q)
2 Malaysia (q)
3 Poland (q)
3 New Zealand (q)
4 Canada (q)
4 Ireland
5 Argentina (q)
5 Belgium
6 Ireland
6 Wales
7 Kenya
7 Japan
8 Malaysia
8 France
9 Belgium
9 Canada
10 Japan
10 Singapore
11 Korea
11 Zimbabwe
12 Zimbabwe
12 Italy


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1977 Rome

1 Poland (q)


2 Ireland (q)


3 Belgium (q)


4 USSR (q) **


5 Canada (q)


6 Italy (q) **


7 France


8 Japan


9 Kenya


10 Ghana


11 Nigeria


12 Mexico


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(q) Team qualified for the World Cup
** USSR qualified but declined; Italy was qualified

WORLD CUP RESULTS HISTORY

World Cups - Past Results (Men)
2006 Monchengladbach
2002 Kuala Lumpur
1 Germany
1 Germany
2 Australia
2 Australia
3 Spain
3 Netherlands
4 Korea
4 Korea
5 England
5 Pakistan
6 Pakistan
6 Argentina
7 Netherlands
7 England
8 New Zealand
8 Malaysia
9 Japan
9 New Zealand
10 Argentina
10 India
11 India
11 Spain
12 South Africa
12 Japan



13 South Africa



14 Belgium



15 Poland



16 Cuba


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1998 Utrecht
1994 Sydney
1 Netherlands
1 Pakistan
2 Spain
2 Netherlands
3 Germany
3 Australia
4 Australia
4 Germany
5 Pakistan
5 India
6 England
6 England
7 Korea
7 Argentina
8 Canada
8 Korea
9 India
9 Spain
10 New Zealand
10 South Africa
11 Malaysia
11 Belgium
12 Poland
12 Belarus


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1990 Lahore
1986 London
1 Netherlands
1 Australia
2 Pakistan
2 England
3 Australia
3 West Germany
4 Germany
4 USSR
5 England
5 Spain
6 USSR
6 Argentina
7 France
7 Netherlands
8 Spain
8 Poland
9 Argentina
9 New Zealand
10 India
10 Canada
11 Canada
11 Pakistan
12 Ireland
12 India


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1982 Bombay
1978 Buenos Aires
1 Pakistan
1 Pakistan
2 West Germany
2 Netherlands
3 Australia
3 Australia
4 Netherlands
4 West Germany
5 India
5 Spain
6 USSR
6 India
7 New Zealand
7 England
8 Poland
8 Argentina
9 England
9 Poland
10 Malaysia
10 Malaysia
11 Spain
11 Canada
12 Argentina
12 Ireland



13 Italy



14 Belgium


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1975 Kuala Lumpur
1973 Amstelveen
1 India
1 Netherlands
2 Pakistan
2 India
3 West Germany
3 West Germany
4 Malaysia
4 Pakistan
5 Australia
5 Spain
6 England
6 England
7 New Zealand
7 New Zealand
8 Spain
8 Belgium
9 Netherlands
9 Argentina
10 Poland
10 Japan
11 Argentina
11 Malaysia
12 Ghana
12 Kenya


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1971 Barcelona

1 Pakistan


2 Spain


3 India


4 Kenya


5 West Germany


6 Netherlands


7 France


8 Australia


9 Japan


10 Argentina

Invercargill in FIH pictures





Goal Scorers

Name

FG

PC/PS

Total

Nick WILSON (NZL)
4 2 6
Phil BURROWS (NZL)
5 - 5
Andy HAYWARD (NZL)
- 5 5
Simon CHILD (NZL)
4 - 4
Richard GAY (WAL)
- 3 3
Yixian LIU (CHN)
- 3 3
Michael KORPER (AUT)
- 3 3
Faizal SAARI (MAS)
3 - 3
Tengu Ahmed ABDUL JALIL (MAS)
2 - 2
Yubo NA (CHN)
2 - 2
Azlan MISRON (MAS)
1 1 2
Stephen DICK (SCO)
2 - 2
Muhammed RAHIM (MAS)
- 2 2
Kenneth BAIN (SCO)
2 - 2
Hayden SHAW (NZL)
- 2 2
Manual GRANDITS (AUT)
1 - 1
Hugo INGLIS (NZL)
1 - 1
Long SUN (CHN)
1 - 1
Ross STOTT (SCO)
1 - 1
Mark RALPH (SCO)
- 1 1
Andrew CORNICK (WAL)
1 - 1
Ryan ARCHIBALD (NZL)
- 1 1
Benjamin STANZL (AUT)
1 - 1
Peter PROKSCH (AUT)
- 1 1
Yang DONG (CHN)
- 1 1
Georg JELINEK (AUT)
1 - 1

Total Goals Scored in Tournament

57

China start as favoutites

Malaysia's Fazial Shaari having a ball of a time in Inveercargill. The 18-year-old has scored three goals, and should be give a chance during penalty corners against China. Pic: S.S. Dhaliwal.

MALAYSIA’S route to the New Delhi World Cup is expected to run smack into the Great Wall when they square off against China in the World Cup Qualifier in Invercargill, New Zealand.
Only a will give them another shot against the Kiwis, and statistically, history favours Tai Beng Hai’s men, but not recent statistics.
Malaysia have played China 32 times over the years, and won 21, lost six and drew 5.
But the wins were achieved when China was still strug gling, and the recent record favours China who won the last two encounters. China are now 13th in the world, while Malaysia a struggling 16th.
The most recent win was in the Asia Cup in Kuantan, where China held Malaysia 3-3 and went on to win the bronze with a 7-6 score in the penalty shoot-out.
“We are here with the strongest available and I am confident we will play in the final,” said China coach Zhuang Xiodong.
Even without six players who featured in the Asia Cup, China did just enough to take the second spot to the wire. Their three wins were identical 2-1, while their blemish was a 6-1 trashing in the hands of the Kiwis.
Two of their better players Song Yi and Jiang Xishiang are playing in the Dutch League, and the national federation decided against calling them for the Qualifier as China look to the future.
“The two players will gain good exposure in Netherlands, and will serve China in the years to come,” said Xiodong.
Malaysia started the tournament with a surprising 2-2 draw with Austria but have since made up with slim victories, and Beng Hai believed they are finally getting use to the conditions in Invercargill.
“Yes the victories were slim, but that does not matter now as we still have a chance to play in the final.
“The players are also finally a little more comfortable with the wind here, and I believe we will beat China to claim a re- match with New Zealand,” said Beng Hai.
Malaysia’s campaign was thrown a life-line by 18-year-old Faizal Shaari who has scored three goals, while his more illustrious team-mate Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin trails with two goals.
Even the vastly experienced Azlan Misron has only scored two goals, while Amin Rahim also has two.
Faizal scored a total of eight goals in the Junior World Cup, and is also a powerful penalty corner flicker, but has yet to be give a chance in the Qualifier.
He may get his chance today, especially as only a win will do.
TOMORROW (Malaysian Time): Scotland v Wales (5am), New Zealand v Austria (7am), China v Malaysia (9am).

P W D L F A Pts
New Zealand 4 4 0 0 24 5 12
China 4 3 0 1 7 9 9
Malaysia 4 2 1 1 9 9 7
Austria 4 1 1 2 7 7 4
Scotland 4 1 0 3 6 15 3
Wales 4 0 0 4 4 12 0