Sports Day: An uphill victory, but in the quarter-finals: Women’s Hockey World Cup now against New Zealand
sports Day
Tough victory, but in the quarter-finals: Women’s World Hockey Cup now against New Zealand
9/7/2022 at 7:01 p.m.
Pauline Heinz (left) qualified for the World Cup quarter-finals with Germany.
(Photo: IMAGO/ANP)
German women have qualified for the quarter-finals of the Hockey World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands. He struggled to fourth in the world rankings for a 1-0 win (0-0) over South Africa in the Round of 16 in Amstelveen on Saturday.
- Captain Nike Lorenz scored the only goal for the favorite (38th minute) with a tenth penalty kick. “I like the performance, but we have a scoring problem” in the halftime period given the clear advantage of chances, national team coach Valentin Altenberg complained. In the end, there were only 16 penalty kicks against the world number 16. unused.
- In the quarter-finals on Tuesday (5pm), the German women will meet New Zealand again in Amstelveen. As the winner of Group B, the “black sticks” entered directly into the top eight, while Germany, who finished second in the preliminary round A, had to turn around via a knockout duel with the African champions, and finished third in Group D.
“Coffee trailblazer. Social media ninja. Unapologetic web guru. Friendly music fan. Alcohol fanatic.”