Monday, August 17, 2009

[hockey] Netherlands Wins Junior Women's World Cup


Netherlands defeated Argentina 3-0 in the final to win the junior women's world cup 2009. Both the teams were tied 0-0 in the first half. However the Dutch girls showed their intention clear in the second half and at the 5oth minute Bos Wiljmin scored the first goal for them. Van MAssakker Kaia added two more goals at the 61st and 66th minutes. All three goals were scored from penalty corners.

Earlier Korea defeated England 2-1 to get the bronze while Australia thumped Germany 5-2 to take the 5th position.

Leaderboard:
1. Netherlands
2. Argentina
3. Korea
4. England
5. Australia
6. Germany
7. China
8. USA
9. India
10. New Zealand
11. South Africa
12. Chile
13. Spain
14. France
15. Belarus
16. Lithuania

Top goalscorers:
1. Katie Glynn (NZ) 7 goals
2. Kelly Jonker (NL) 7 goals
3.Yudiao Zhao (CH) 7 goals

** for India Rani Devi was the highest scorer with 5 goals


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