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Match Review AUS - BEL 1-0

Watch clips from the Australia - Belgium game at t…Posted November 28, 2015

A solitary goal from Australia veteran attacker Jamie Dwyer was enough for the top ranked Kookaburras to defeat Pool A opponents Belgium on Day 2 of the Hero Hockey World League Final 2015 in Raipur, India.

The 36-year-old five times FIH Player of the Year fired home from a tight angle in the 22^nd minute to give the Aussies victory in a rematch of the first place match from the Hockey World League Semi-Final in Antwerp earlier this year.

Although Australia also had two strikes overturned, the Belgians gave an excellent showing of themselves and could easily have taken something from the game if they had made the most of their chances.

Speaking after the match, Australia striker Kieran Govers said: "It was a hard running, physical sort of game. It is always a good challenge to start off with Belgium, and we always have very close games with them. It was a scrappy 1-0 win, but we will look at the video, see what we need to improve on and look forward to taking on Great Britain tomorrow."

Despite defeat, Belgium captain John-John Dohmen saw plenty of positives in his side’s performance. "I feel really good about the game, to be honest. It was our best performance in maybe the last 10 matches, so we can be happy with the way we played. We didn’t win even though we had enough chances to score, but Australia are maybe a bit more efficient. I think it was good game to watch, so it is a pity that there was only one goal."

Hero Man of the Match: Matt Gohdes (AUS)

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
AUS	22	1	DWYER Jamie	FG	1 - 0

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
BEL	4	19	DENAYER Felix	G
AUS	43	6	DAWSON Matthew	G

AUS

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
3	1	DWYER Jamie	1
X	3	ORCHARD Simon
X	4	TURNER Glenn
4	6	DAWSON Matthew		1
X	9	KNOWLES Mark
X	11	OCKENDEN Eddie
3	16	GOHDES Matt
7	17	ZALEWSKI Aran
3	19	DEAVIN Timothy
X	20	SWANN Matthew
X	23	BEALE Daniel
Bench	24	LOVELL Tyler
X	25	MITTON Trent
7	26	WOTHERSPOON Dylan
X	27	GOVERS Kieran
X	30	CHARTER Andrew
X	31	KAVANAGH Fergus
X	32	HAYWARD Jeremy
		Team Manager	GAUDOIN Paul
		Head Coach	REID Graham
		Stand-In Manager	APPLEBY Brendyn
		Stand-In Manager	EGLINGTON Nathan
		Physiotherapist	HAWES Ellen
		Medical Doctor	CLAYDON Gary

BEL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
Bench	3	GUCASSOFF Jeremy
X	4	van DOREN Arthur
X	7	DOHMEN John-John
X	8	van AUBEL Florent
4	9	DOCKIER Sébastien
5	10	CHARLIER Cédric
X	12	BOCCARD Gauthier
6	14	de PAEUW Alexandre
X	15	STOCKBROEKX Emmanuel
6	16	HENDRICKX Alexander
X	17	BRIELS Thomas
X	19	DENAYER Felix		1
X	21	VANASCH Vincent
X	22	GOUGNARD Simon
X	25	LUYPAERT Loïck
X	27	BOON Tom
5	28	TRUYENS Jérôme
5	32	COSYNS Tanguy
		Team Manager	PIRENNE Eric
		Head Coach	McLEOD Shane
		Stand-In Manager	GOLDBERG Philippe
		Medical Doctor	van DONINCK Yves
		Physiotherapist	MERTENS Tom
		Assistant Coach	van den HEUVEL Michel

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	TOMLINSON David
Umpire 2	STAGNO Nathan
Reserve Umpire	SINGH SANGHA Gurinder
Video Umpire	MAIR Andy
Judge 1	de SALES Claudius
Judge 2	KANYANGARARA Aaron
Technical Officer	CATTON Steve

Pool A

Pool B

AUS V BEL ( Pool A ) Hockey World League Final Raipur 2015 (M)