Friday, March 2, 2012

Thunderbolts zap Anderson 15 times

UNIKL Young Guns will square off against SSTMI Thunderbolts for the third straight season to decide who lifts the Milo Cup at the Azlan Shah Stadium tomorrow.
Yesterday, a scrappy UniKL Young Guns were held to a 2-2 draw Bukit Jalil Sports School (BJSS) but booked their final ticket on a 5-3 aggregate.
However, BJSS have only themselves to blame, as they led 2-0 but cave in, in the final 15 minutes.
Division One champions Thunderbolts were the more aggressive side yesterday as they demolished MBI Anderson 10-1, for a 15-3 aggregate win.
UniKL manager Amir Azhar conceded that with 48 hours to the final: “If we play like we did today (yesterday) against Thunderbolts, we will be slaughtered at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Ipoh.”
The UniKL-BJSS play was centred around midfield, until the 22nd minute penalty corner which was tucked in by Azrul Hasbullah to put BJSS ahead.
BJSS almost drew level in the 25th minute when Zizi Azwan was presented a golden opportunity with only the goalkeeper to beat but he pushed the ball straight into Fitri Jasni.
And BJSS were again rewarded in the 46th minute when Hafif Elkan scored, also off a penalty corner.
However, that attempt goal woke up UniKL and goals from N. Kaatigan (53rd) and Nor Azrul Rahman (58th) were enough to take them into the final, as they had beaten BJSS 3-1 in the first leg.
As for Thunderbolts their goals were scored by Shahril Saabah got his hat-trick in the 40th, 43rd and 54th minutes to take his tally to 18,
The other goals were scored by Firhan Ashaari (25th, 64th and 65th), Hafiz Seleman (2nd, 37th), Sufi Ismat (19th) and Ahmad Alif Nazaruddin (57th).
Akmal Mohd Tajuddin (51st) scored the consolation goal for the Ipoh team.
RESULTS -- Semi-finals, return leg:
UniKL 2 Bukit Jalil SS 2 (UniKL win 5-3 on aggregate)
MBI Anderson 1 SSTMI Thunderbolts 10 (Thunderbolts win 15-3 on aggregate).
TOMORROW -- Final: UniKL v SSTMI Thunderbolts (6pm); Third-Fourth: Bukit Jalil Sports School v MBI Anderson (4pm).
(Both matches at the Azlan Shah Stadium in Bukit Jalil).

Three-time Olympians in Korean squad

WORLD No 6 South Korea yesterday named an experienced squad for the Dublin Olympic Qualifier from March 10-18.
Seo Jong Ho, with 265 caps, was aptly named as skipper as he first competed in the Sydney 2000 Olympics at the age of 21 where South Korea went on to win the silver medal.
Jong Ho then played in the Athens Olympics in 2004 where his side ended eighth, while in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, he helped his mates stanch the sixth spot.
The three-time Olympian’s inclusion, as well as his Sydney Olympics team-mate Yeo Woon-Kon has added bite to the Korean Qualifier dream.

Team List for Dublin


Participating Teams

Pool A
KOR (6)
MAS (13)
IRL (16)
RUS (20)
CHI (26)
UKR (29)

Team Rosters

Chile

Team Roster

Shirt Name Age Caps

1

Mathias ANWANDTER (GK)(C)

31

107

2

Andres FUENZALIDA

24

62

3

Jose ZIRPEL

31

82

4

Juan Pablo PURCELL

18

8

5

Adrian HENRIQUEZ (GK)

25

16

6

Jaime ZARHI

27

79

7

Luis Felipe MONTEGU

34

168

8

Cristobal RODRIGUEZ

31

157

9

Ignacio GAJARDO

25

47

10

Martin RODRIGUEZ

21

49

11

Alexis BERZCELY

26

68

12

Patrick KOHLER

23

14

13

Jan BERCZELY

20

7

14

Sven RICHTER

21

16

17

Fernando BINDER

22

32

18

Raul GARCES

25

23

19

Jan RICHTER

24

73

21

Ricardo ACHONDO

21

32

Staff
Coach LUDERS, SEBASTIAN
Asst. Coach

AMAROSO, MATIAS

Manager BARA, CRISTIAN

Ireland

Team Roster

Shirt Name Age Caps
1 David HARTE (GK) 23 81
3 John JACKSON 26 81
5 William Geoffrey MCCABE 25 99
6 Ronan GORMLEY (C) 28 136
7 Michael WATT 24 91
8 Christopher CARGO 26 37
11 John JERMYN 29 132
12 Eugene MAGEE 25 131
13 Peter CARUTH 23 48
14 Andrew MCCONNELL 26 55
16 Ian SLOAN 18 10
20 Michael DARLING 23 75
21 Timothy COCKRAM 28 129
25 David AMES 22 55
26 Paul GLEGHORNE 24 47
27 Conor HARTE 24 79
30 Stuart LOUGHREY 21 11
32 David FITZGERALD (GK) 25 5
Staff
Coach REVINGTON, PAUL
Assistant Coach ANTHONI, ARUL
Manager JACKSON, PETER

Korea

Team Roster

Shirt Name Age Caps
1 Myung Ho LEE (GK) 32 150
5 Dae Keun OH 29 79
6 Nam Yong LEE 28 190
7 Jong Ho SEO (C) 31 265
8 Seung Il LEE 29 101
9 Sung Hoon YOON 29 169
10 Hyo Sik YOU 29 199
11 Woon Kon YEO 37 255
12 Man Jae JUNG 21 40
13 Moon Kweon KANG 23 66
14 Hye Sung HYUN 25 55
15 Jong Bok CHA 32 169
16 Jae Hyeon KIM (GK) 24 64
17 Eun Seong HONG 29 161
18 Suk Hoon CHO 26 54
19 Young Jin KIM 27 58
25 Jong Hyun JANG 27 175
32 Hyun Woo NAM 24 76
Staff
Coach SHIN, SEOK KYO
Asst. Coach YOO, MOON KI
Manager KIM, YOON DONG

Malaysia

Team Roster

Shirt Name Age Caps
1 Roslan JAMALUDDIN (GK) 33 159
3 Muhammad Izzat MOHD RAHIM 22 8
5 Muhamad Amin RAHIM 32 215
6 Muhammad Marhan MOHD JALIL 22 73
7 Mohd Fitri SAARI 19 5
8 Izwan Firdaus AHMAD TAJUDDIN 22 42
9 Mohd Madzli Ikmar MOHD NOR (C) 32 316
10 Faizal SAARI 21 78
11 Mohd Sharun Nabil ABDULLAH 26 160
12 Mohamad Sukri ABDUL MUTALIB 26 145
14 Azlan MISRON 28 267
15 Nabil Fiqri MOHD NOOR 24 92
16 Kumar SUBRAMANIAM (GK) 32 177
17 Muhammad Razie ABD RAHIM 24 102
20 Hafifihafiz HANAFI 26 94
22 Baljit Singh CHARUN SINGH 25 119
23 Tengku Ahmad Tajuddin TENGKU ABDUL JALIL 26 128
25 Azreen Rizal NASIR 22 35
Staff
Coach HAI, TAI BENG
Asst. Coach ZAINI, NOR SAIFUL
Manager KOSHY, GEORGE

Russia

Team Roster

Shirt Name Age Caps
1 Roman ROGOV (GK) 28 0
2 Evgeny MOKROUSOV 28 0
4 Konstantin NIKITIN 23 0
5 Sergey KOSTAREV 27 0
6 Ravshanzhon ZAKIROV 31 0
7 Alexander ZHIRKOV 28 0
8 Aleksandr LYKOV 28 0
9 Dmitrii VOLKOV 29 0
10 Pavel GOLUBEV 21 0
11 Alexey MAMOSHKIN 30 0
13 Alexey GODENKOV 24 0
14 Timur NIKOLAEV 28 0
16 Semen MATKOVSKIY 19 0
17 Nikolay YANKUN 22 0
18 Marat GAFAROV (GK) 24 0
19 Iaroslav LOGINOV 24 0
27 Nikolay KOMAROV 21 0
30 Aleksandr PLATONOV (C) 37 0
Staff
Coach SHISHKOV, IGOR
Asst. Coach PANFILOV, ALEXANDER
Manager SUKHIKH, VIKTOR

Ukraine

Team Roster

Shirt Name Age Caps
1 Iaroslav HORDEY (GK) 28 43
3 Viacheslav PAZIUK 22 29
4 Volodymyr BURIATYNSKYI 19 28
5 Ruslan PASHOVSKYY (C) 36 58
6 Sergii DIACHUK 21 17
7 Dmytro LUPPA 21 26
8 Dmytro NOSENKO 28 40
9 Andrii GERASYMENKO 20 3
10 Lurii MOROZ 24 45
11 Artem OZERSKYI 26 47
12 Oleksandr DIACHENKO 30 39
13 Artem POPOVCHENKO 32 46
14 Oleksandr ANDREYEV 37 60
15 Sergii SUPRUN 40 60
16 Mykhailo YASINSKYI 23 20
17 Volodymr KURBATOV (GK) 35 60
20 Oleh POLISHCHUK 27 39
22 Vitalii BONDARCHUK 21 3
Staff
Coach MAZUR, PAVLO
Asst. Coach KASIANCHUK, MYKOLA
Manager MAZUR, OLENA

Dublin Qualifier teams named

By FIH

THE team entries for the six competing teams at the Electric Ireland FIH Road to London tournament were announced today. Competing in the second men’s Olympic Qualification event, which begins next week, will be the national teams from Chile, Ireland, Korea, Malaysia, Russia and the Ukraine.
Korea enters the tournament as not only the highest-ranked team at the event, #6 in the FIH World Ranking, but also the highest ranked men’s team to go through the qualification tournament process for London.
Sure to be pressuring Korea for the berth in London are host Ireland (#16) and Malaysia, weighing in at #13. The duo enters the competition with high hopes. Malaysia most recently finished in fifth place at the Champions Challenge 1 last November in South Africa, while Ireland is hoping that home field advantage will prove to be the difference in the round robin event.
Already the Irish have the attention of the nation as they publically named their team for both the men’s and women’s qualification events today at a well-attended team announcement.
Speaking at the team announcement today men’s head coach Paul Revington emphasized the importance of playing host for the Irish squad saying, “It is a big honour to be hosting this 2012 Olympic Qualification Event and I know this Team will do their best to make Ireland and their fellow Irish Squad mates proud.”
Ranked #20 in the FIH World Ranking, Russia could also be a wild card in the event and is capable of playing to role of spoiler.
The Electric Ireland FIH Road to London tournament will be held from March 10-18 in Dublin. It will start with a six team round robin with the top two teams meeting in a final game to determine the Olympic berth and the remaining teams playing a final placement game for World Ranking points.
The winner of the event will be second squad to qualify to London through the Olympic Qualification tournament. The Indian men won the Hero FIH Road to London tournament at home in Delhi last week. The third, and final, men’s team for the 2012 Olympics will be determined in May at the qualification tournament in Japan.