2008 Mens Olympic Games

Beijing, China - August 10-23, 2008

South Korea v Great Britain

Placement 5-6

# Info Date Teams Score Status Match Sheet
August 23rd, 2008
M36 Placement 5-6 11:00am South Korea KOR - GBR Great Britain 2 - 5 (0 - 0) Final    

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Classification 5th-6th: Korea v Great Britain

> Korea and GB have played each other three times at the Olympics with Korea recording one win and two draws.
> At Athens 2004 Korea beat GB 3-2. At Atlanta 1996 and Seoul 1988 they were locked at 2-2.
> Their last competitive encounter at the 2007 Champions Trophy also ended 2-2.
> Korea have already bettered their Athens 2004 performance when they finished eighth.
> At Atlanta 1996 Korea finished fifth a result only bettered by their Sydney 2000 performance when they won silver.
> GB have also improved on their Athens 2004 performance when they finished ninth.
> GB have converted three from 18 penalty corners awarded (i.e. 16%).
> Only Pakistan (12%) have a lower PC success rate than GB at Beijing 2008.
> Korea have netted six from 15 penalty corners (i.e. 40%).

CHN v RSA (Placement 11-12) NED v AUS (Bronze)

POOL STANDINGS

Team Pld W D L GD Pts
Pool A
Spain  ESP 5 4 0 1 4 12
Germany  GER 5 3 2 0 6 11
South Korea  KOR 5 2 1 2 2 7
New Zealand  NZL 5 2 1 2 1 7
Belgium  BEL 5 1 1 3 -4 4
China  CHN 5 0 1 4 -9 1
Pool B
Netherlands  NED 5 4 1 0 10 13
Australia  AUS 5 3 2 0 17 11
Great Britain  GBR 5 2 2 1 3 8
Pakistan  PAK 5 2 0 3 -2 6
Canada  CAN 5 1 1 3 -7 4
South Africa  RSA 5 0 0 5 -21 0

MATCHES

Aug 23, 2008
CHN China
South Africa RSA
KOR South Korea
Great Britain GBR
NED Netherlands
Australia AUS
GER Germany
Spain ESP
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