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


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 | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bench
|
1 | MATUSZAK Arkadiusz | ||||
4
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2 | BROZEK Arkadiusz | ||||
4
|
4 | RACINIEWSKI Michal | ||||
5
|
5 | GUMNY Mijolaj | ||||
X
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7 | GÓRNY Tomasz | ||||
5
|
11 | HULBOJ Mateusz | 1 | |||
X
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12 | PACANOWSKI Maciej | ||||
X
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13 | WACHOWIAK Tomasz | 1 | |||
X
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14 | ZYWICZKA Bartosz | 1 | |||
X
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17 | MAKOWSKI Krystian | ||||
X
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21 | ZIMNICKI Dawid | ||||
X
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22 | MAJCHRZAK Karol | 1 | |||
5
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23 | KOZLOWSKI Piotr | ||||
X
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25 | KROKOSZ Adrian | 1 | |||
X
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27 | BRATKOWSKI Pawel | ||||
4
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28 | WEJEZOWSKI Maciej | ||||
X
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29 | POLTASZEWSKI Michal | ||||
X
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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 | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X
|
1 | ZHANG Zhixuan | ||||
X
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5 | HUANG Yue | ||||
5
|
7 | GUO Xiaoping | 1 | |||
12
|
8 | LU Fenghui | ||||
5
|
9 | WANG Bowen | ||||
X
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10 | WANG Zipeng | ||||
4
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11 | LI Zecheng | ||||
X
|
13 | AO Yang | ||||
9
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14 | MENG Lei | ||||
14
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15 | DU Talake | ||||
X
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17 | E Liguang | 1 | |||
X
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21 | DU Chen | 1 | |||
X
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22 | DONG Yang | ||||
X
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26 | AO Weibao | ||||
X
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27 | SUN Tianjun | 1 | |||
X
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28 | LIU Yixian | ||||
30
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30 | YAN Rongyao | ||||
X
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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 |
- Match 21
- Date Wed, 1 Jul 2015
- Time 10:30
- Pool/Class 9th / 10th
- Venue KHC Dragons