MSSM: Terengganau girls and boys make their move..

DEFENDING champions Perak Girls and Boys were humbled
yesterday at the Bukit Serindid Stadium in Malacca, but are almost assured of playing in the Under-18 quarter-finals of the Malay sian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) hockey tournament.
  This is because both the Perak teams are in Group A of their respective categories, which consists of only three teams.
  In the Boys Under-18, Terengganu hammered Perak 5-1, while in the Girls Under-18, it was Terengganu who again beat Perak 1-0.
  Terengganu boys will play Perlis while the Terengganu girls will play Kadah today, and wins will see them top both their age groups while Perak will be second in both the age groups.
  RESULTS -- Boys’ Under-18: Group A: Terengganu 5 Perak 1; Group B: Sabah 1 Kuala Lumpur 5, Putrajaya 1 Johor 11; Group C: Selangor 8 Kedah 0, Pahang 2 Penang 2.
   Girls’ Under-18: Group A: Terengganu 1 Perak 0; Group B: Sarawak 1 Malacca 0; Group C: Selangor 8 Perlis 1, Johor 1 Kuala Lumpur 1; Group D: Penang 4 Sabah 0, Negri 2 Pahang 1.
  Boys’ Under-12: Group A: Malacca 6 Perlis 0; Group B: Negri 4 Penang 2; Group C: Kelantan 5 Sabah 2, Sarawak 1 Johor 0; Group D: Perak 6 Kedah 0, Pahang 1 Selangor 1.
  Girls’ Under-12: Group A: Sabah 3 Selangor 0; Group B: Negri 0 Perak 1; Group C: Kedah 1 Kuala Lumpur 4, Malacca 3 Penang 3; Group D: Perlis 1 Johor 6, Terengganu 7 Sarawak 0.
  TODAY: Boys’ Under-18: Group A: Perlis v Terengganu; Group B: Johor v Sabah, Putrajaya v Kuala Lumpur; Group C: Pahang v Kedah, Penang v Selangor; Group D: Negri v Sarawak, Kelantan v Malacca.
  Under-12: Group A: Perlis v Kuala Lumpur; Group B: Terengganu v Negri Sembilan; Group C: Sarawak v Sabah, Johor v Kelantan; Group D: Pahang v Kedah, Selangor v Perak.
  Girls' Under-18: Group A: Kedah v Terengganu; Group B: Kelantan v Sarawak; Group C: Kuala Lumpur v Selangor, Johor v Perlis; Group D: Negri v Sabah, Pahang v Penang.
   Under-12: Group A: Kelantan v Sabah; Group B: Pahang v Negri Sembilan; Group C: Penang v Kedah, Malacca v Kuala Lumpur; Group D: Johor v Terengganu, Perlis v Sarawak.

MSSM: Stunning start for Perak Girls, Boys..

DEFENDING champions Perak got off to a super start in retaining their Boys’ and Girls’ Under-18 Malaysian Schools Sports Council (MSSM) titles at the Bukit Serindit Stadium in Malacca yesterday.
   In the Boys’ Under-18, Perak hammered Perlis 8-1, while the Silverstate girls hit Perlis 3-0 in their opening encounters.
    RESULTS -- Boys’ Under-18: Group A: Perak 8 Perlis 1; Group B: Kuala Lumpur 6 Johor 1, Sabah 4 Putrajaya 0; Group C: Selangor 4 Pahang 0; Group D: Malacca 3 Negri 3.
   TODAY: Group A: Terengganu v Perak; Group B: Sabah v Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya v Johor; Group C: Selangor v Kedah, Pahang v Penang.
   RESULTS -- Girls’ Under-18: Group A: Perak 3 Kedah 0; Group B: Malacca 1 Kelantan 0; Group C: Perlis 1 Kuala Lumpur 5, Selangor 1 Johor 2; Group D: Sabah 1 Pahang 3, Penang 6 Negri 0.
    TODAY: Group A: Terengganu v Perak; Group B: Sarawak v Malacca; Group C: Selangor v Perlis, Johor v Kuala Lumpur; Group D: Penang v Sabah, Negri v Pahang.
   RESULTS -- Boys’ Under-12: Group A: Kuala Lumpur 1 Malacca 5; Group B: Penang 1 Terengganu 2; Group C: Sabah 3 Johor 2, Kelantan 0 Sarawak 2; Group D: Perak 4 Pahang 1, Kedah 0 Selangor 3.
   TODAY: Group A: Malacca v Perlis; Group B: Negri v Penang; Group C: Kelantan v Sabah, Sarawak v Johor; Group D: Perak v Kedah, Pahang v Selangor.
     RESULTS -- Girls’ Under-12: Group A: Selangor 3 Kelantan 1; Group B: Perak 2 Pahang 0; Group C: Kuala Lumpur 3 Penang 2, Kedah 1 Malacca 2; Group D: Terengganu 5 Perlis 0, Sarawak 1 Johor 0.
     TODAY: Group A: Sabah v Selangor; Group B: Negri v Perak; Group C: Kedah v Kuala Lumpur, Malacca v Penang; Group D: Perlis v Johor, Terengganu v Sarawak.

France sneak into Netherlands World League semis..

 
AFTER Japan sealed the title at the Hockey World League Round 2 tournament in Elektrostal, Russia yesterday, the final pieces came in to place for the Hockey World League Semi-Final puzzle.

The Japanese victory means that they will go to Johor, Malaysia for the Hockey World League Semi-Final tournament there, while France is the lucky team to punch their ticket to the Hockey World League Semi-Final in Rotterdam, Netherlands. France earned their berth thanks to being the highest-ranked second-placed team in the last two Hockey World League Round 2 events.

In total, 16 men’s teams will take part in the Hockey World League Semi-Finals with a field of eight squads in both Rotterdam and Johor. The Rotterdam event will kick off the June Semi-Final mania on June 13^th, while Johor will begin at the end of the month on June 29.

In addition, 16 women’s teams will also compete in two Hockey World League Semi-Final tournaments with the first being held in conjunction with the men’s tournament in Rotterdam and second beginning on June 22 in London.

Source: FIH

Schedule for the Men's World League semi-finals -- Johor, Malaysia - June 29 - July 7.

#	Info	Time	Teams	Score	Status	Match Sheet
June 29th, 2013
1	Pool A	3:00pm	GER - ARG	-	Upcoming
2	Pool A	5:00pm	KOR - JPN	-	Upcoming
3	Pool B	7:00pm	PAK - MAS	-	Upcoming
4	Pool B	9:00pm	ENG - RSA	-	Upcoming
June 30th, 2013
5	Pool A	3:00pm	ARG - JPN	-	Upcoming
6	Pool A	5:00pm	KOR - GER	-	Upcoming
7	Pool B	7:00pm	PAK - ENG	-	Upcoming
8	Pool B	9:00pm	RSA - MAS	-	Upcoming
July 2nd, 2013
9	Pool A	3:00pm	GER - JPN	-	Upcoming
10	Pool A	5:00pm	ARG - KOR	-	Upcoming
11	Pool B	7:00pm	ENG - MAS	-	Upcoming
12	Pool B	9:00pm	RSA - PAK	-	Upcoming

 

 

Lesson from unfriendly friendly..

The Chinese players leaving the pitch five minutes before the end following taunts from the Ultras Malaya. sports247.my picture.

IT was the perfect match which Paul Revington planned  meticulously for, but Sunday’s 5-0 win over China's Liaoning  Club almost turned ugly as unruly soccer fans almost invaded  the National Hockey Stadium.
    Malaysia are preparing for the World League Semi-finals in  Johor Baru on June 29, and the four-match friendlies with  the China club, which has 10 national players, was among the  avenues for the coach to polish his squad.
    But it turned into a harrowing experience not only for the  China players as well as their coach Kim Young Soo, but also  for South African Revington.
    “The match was going just as planned and we had a good  lead (5-0) and so the incident was shocking. For sure, I will  not venture into a soccer stadium after this,” said a visibly  shaken Revington.
    Security was lax, as Ultras Malays supporters entered the  hockey stadium at 6pm, while waiting for the Johor and  Pahang FA Cup semi-finals to start at 8.45pm at the adjacent  soccer stadium.
    The soccer fans were, at first, supporting the hockey  players with drums and constant singing and chanting.
    However, with nine minutes left in the match, a group of  the soccer fans went close to the sideline and started taunting  the Korean coach Kim who also double up as an umpire.
    They shouted racist words and showed him the index  finger, which angered the coach and he ran to the sidelined to  confront them.
    The coach was followed by his charges, all armed with  hockey sticks and there was a shouting match which lasted a  few minutes before assistant coach Arul Selvaraj moved in to  ease the tension.
    “I had to apologise to the fans (even though it was not his  fault) before they moved away and allowed the match to  resume,” said Arul.
    There were no Malaysian Hockey Confederation (MHC)  officials watching the match, and the Malaysian players as  well as officials were the ones who had to defuse the situation  all by themselves.
     “This is an unusual situation which happened because of  the soccer match next door. Normally hockey fans are not  violent and so we did not expect such an incident to happen  during a friendly match.
    “However, now that a precedent has been set, MHC will be  more vigilant and security will be be provided to any hockey  match played on the same day as a big soccer match on the  adjacent pitch.
    “The incident in a regrettable one, and even I still have yet  to receive any report from the national coaches on the  incident, I will take note of it and plan accordingly in future,”  said MHC secretary Johari Aziz.
    Malaysia left for South Africa today for another four match  friendlies against the national side.
   In the World League, which is also a World Cup Qualifier,  Malaysia are in Group B with Pakistan England and South  Africa.
  In Group A are world no 1 Germany, South Korea, Argentina and Japan.