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POL V CHN ( 9th / 10th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015

POL

4 - 2

CHN

Match Review POL - CHN 4-2

Poland came out on top in the 9-10 classification match, defeating China 4-2 in the first match of quarter-final day at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals in Antwerp.

Bartosz Zywiczka opened the scoring for Poland with a fierce strike five minutes un, before China turned the match on its head thanks to goals from Guo Xiaoping and Du Chen. Mateusz Hulboj restored parity ahead of half time before Poland took the game by the scruff of the neck with two goals in the third quarter from Karol Majchrzak and Tomasz Wachowiak to end the match scoring and seal a 9th place finish for the Europeans.

Although it has difficult competition for China, at 31 in the world they came into this event as easily the lowest ranked team and will massively benefit from the experience of competing against some of the finest sides in world hockey.

“This tournament has very tough for our team because we are very young, but it has been a very good chance to learn from other teams that are much higher ranked than us,” said China Team Manager Yang Liu, reflecting on the competition. “The other teams here are very strong, and we have learned a lot from every match that we have played. It is good for our team and definitely will help our progress.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
POL	5	14	ZYWICZKA Bartosz	FG	1 - 0
CHN	20	7	GUO Xiaoping	FG	1 - 1
CHN	25	21	DU Chen	FG	1 - 2
POL	30	11	HULBOJ Mateusz	FG	2 - 2
POL	33	22	MAJCHRZAK Karol	FG	3 - 2
POL	44	13	WACHOWIAK Tomasz	FG	4 - 2

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
POL	16	25	KROKOSZ Adrian	G
CHN	44	17	E Liguang	G
CHN	47	27	SUN Tianjun	Y

POL

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
Bench	1	MATUSZAK Arkadiusz
4	2	BROZEK Arkadiusz
4	4	RACINIEWSKI Michal
5	5	GUMNY Mijolaj
X	7	GÓRNY Tomasz
5	11	HULBOJ Mateusz	1
X	12	PACANOWSKI Maciej
X	13	WACHOWIAK Tomasz	1
X	14	ZYWICZKA Bartosz	1
X	17	MAKOWSKI Krystian
X	21	ZIMNICKI Dawid
X	22	MAJCHRZAK Karol	1
5	23	KOZLOWSKI Piotr
X	25	KROKOSZ Adrian		1
X	27	BRATKOWSKI Pawel
4	28	WEJEZOWSKI Maciej
X	29	POLTASZEWSKI Michal
X	30	POLTASZEWSKI Mateusz
		Team Manager	CICHY Tomasz
		Assistant Coach	SNIEZEK Karol
		Stand-In Manager	GROCHAL Mateusz
		Head Coach	JOSKOWIAK Jerzy
		Physiotherapist	STOLOWSKI Lukasz

CHN

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green	Yellow
X	1	ZHANG Zhixuan
X	5	HUANG Yue
5	7	GUO Xiaoping	1
12	8	LU Fenghui
5	9	WANG Bowen
X	10	WANG Zipeng
4	11	LI Zecheng
X	13	AO Yang
9	14	MENG Lei
14	15	DU Talake
X	17	E Liguang		1
X	21	DU Chen	1
X	22	DONG Yang
X	26	AO Weibao
X	27	SUN Tianjun			1
X	28	LIU Yixian
30	30	YAN Rongyao
X	32	XU Rui
		Team Manager	YANG Liu
		Head Coach	CUI Yingbiao
		Stand-In Manager	HUO Kelin
		Assistant Coach	JIA Wei
		Assistant Coach	HAN JiZhong
		Assistant Coach	TAO Zhinan
		Physiotherapist	WANG Mingbo

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	van ELEGEM Geoffroy
Umpire 2	GREENFIELD Gareth
Reserve Umpire	LIZANA Eduardo
Judge 1	WARRIS Rogier
Judge 2	SHARMA Anjali
Technical Officer	WOTHERSPOON Anne