> Pakistan have played the Netherlands 11 times at the Olympics, winning six, drawing two and losing three.
> The Netherlands have lost the last three Olympic encounters with Pakistan: 2-0 at Sydney 2000 and 4-3 and 3-2 at Barcelona 1992.
> The last time the Dutch beat Pakistan at the Olympics was at Seoul 1988 (2-0).
> Taeke Taekema leads the top scorer table at Beijing 2008 with eight goals (7 PC's and 1 PS).
> Taekma has now scored 15 Olympic career goals, a record for players active at Beijing 2008.
> Taekema has scored in four successive Olympic matches. At Athens 2004 Phillip Burrows scored in five successive matches for New Zealand and at Sydney 2000 Jorge Lombi scored in six consecutive matches for Argentina.
> Pakistan are ranked fourth in Pool B and will at least play in the Final 7-8.