Ahead of Thursday’s Quarter Finals, the FIH brings you a
statistical look at the completed Pool phase of the Argentina Hockey
Men’s Champions Challenge 1, which is currently taking place in Quilmes.
Pool phase by the numbers
4: The number of goals conceded by
Malaysia in their three Pool A matches, the fewest conceded by any team
in the Pool phase of the competition.
6: The number of penalty corners scored by Korea’s
Jang Jong Hyun in the Pool phase, making him the tournament top scorer.
Argentina’s Gonzalo Peillat is just one goal behind on 5,
with all of his goals also coming from penalty corners. The leading
open play scorers are Tengku Tajuddin Abdul Jalil (MAS), Marcin
Lewartowski (POL) and Guillermo Schickendantz (ARG), who have all
claimed 2 goals each so far.
9: The number of points earned by both
Malaysia and Argentina en route to winning their respective Pools. Both
teams finished the Pool phase with 100% winning records, giving them
great confidence ahead of their Quarter Final matches on Thursday.
11: The number of goals conceded by Poland in their
three Pool A matches, shipping more than any other opponent ahead of the
Quarter Finals.
12: The total number of goals scored
by Malaysia in the Pool phase, more than any other team in the
competition. Muhammad Razie Abdul Rahim and Tengku Tajuddin Abdu Jalil
have top scored for Malaysia, netting 4 and 3 respectively.
36: The total number of disciplinary cards shown during the Pool phase of the competition. 26 Green Cards and 10 Yellow Cards were shown during the 12 pool matches, with Yellow Cards averaging at less than one a game.
62: The total number of goals in the tournament so far. Over the 12 matches, this is an average of over 5 goals a game. The most popular method of scoring has been from open play, with 33 field goals so far. 25 penalty corners have been scored, with 3 penalty strokes and 2 own goals. Malaysia and Poland are the only teams to have conceded own goals in the tournament so far.
