NED V JPN ( Pool A ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015

NED

3 - 1

JPN

Match Review NED - JPN 3-1

Match 18: Netherlands v Japan 3-1 (1-1)

The Netherlands finished the pool stage unbeaten following a 3-1 win over Japan. A Billy Bakker double-strike and a Mink van der Weerden penalty corner goal were enough to grab their third win in pool A.
Having three points after four matches, Japan finished fourth in pool A. The Dutch will either finish first or second, depending on the result of the match between Korea and New Zealand later today.

The Olympic and World Cup Silver medallists only needed 51 seconds to get on the scoreboard as Bakker scored on the first shot of the game. Japan, however, recovered quickly, equalising five minutes later when Toshiro Tachibana hit the back of the goal from a penalty corner variation.

The Samurais kept the match open for a long time but conceded a goal when Bakker netted the rebound from the keeper after he had saved Robbert Kemperman’s attempt. The third goal arrived on 49 minutes with Mink van der Weerden’s penalty corner flick hitting the net with 122 km/h.

Thoughts on the match

Billy Bakker (NED)
“I’m satisfied with today’s result. After the draw against New Zealand we discussed a few things and the progress was visible today. Structure was the key to win this match today.”

Tomonori Ono (JPN)
“We can be satisfied with the way we played. I think it was a good performance from us although we lost in the end.”

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
NED	1	8	BAKKER Billy	FG	1 - 0
JPN	6	32	TACHIBANA Toshiro	FG	1 - 1
NED	42	8	BAKKER Billy	FG	2 - 1
NED	49	30	van der WEERDEN Mink	PC	3 - 1

NED

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals
X	1	STOCKMANN Jaap
X	3	van der LINDEN Floris
4	6	SCHUURMAN Glenn
X	8	BAKKER Billy	2
5	9	van ASS Seve
3	10	VERGA Valentin
X	11	HERTZBERGER Jeroen
X	12	de WIJN Sander
X	13	BAART Sander
X	14	KEMPERMAN Robbert
5	19	de VOOGD Bob
3	20	GALEMA Jelle
4	21	van der SCHOOT Niek
X	22	HOFMAN Rogier
X	24	van der HORST Robert
Bench	26	BLAAK Pirmin
X	27	JONKER Constantijn
X	30	van der WEERDEN Mink	1
		Team Manager	TEEUWISSE Mark
		Head Coach	CALDAS Max
		Stand-In Manager	COST Rick
		Assistant Coach	COX Alexander
		Assistant Coach	GARCIA Russell
		Medical Doctor	van ZOEST Wart
		Video Technician	WIJBENGA Frank
		Physiotherapist	de WOLF Jaco

JPN

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals
X	1	TAKASE Katsuya
X	3	KAYUKAWA Koji
X	5	SHIOKAWA Naoto
X	6	MITANI Genki
X	7	ONO Tomonori
X	8	KITAZATO Kenji
4	9	FUJIMOTO Ippei
X	11	KAWAKAMI Kei
X	14	NAGASAWA Katsuyoshi
X	15	YAMASHITA Manabu
6	18	ZENDANA Hirotaka
X	19	TANAKA Kenta
Bench	23	SAKAMOTO Hiroki
3	25	WAKURI Hirotaka
X	26	MURATA Kazuma
4	28	HOSHI Suguru
Bench	31	SHIMMOTO Suguru
4	32	TACHIBANA Toshiro	1
		Head Coach	KANG Keonwook
		Stand-In Manager	FUJIHARA Nobuyuki
		Physiotherapist	SEKIYA Kosuke
		Team Manager	TERAMOTO Yuji

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	SCALA Maximiliano
Umpire 2	LIM Hong Zhen
Reserve Umpire	LABATE Gabriel
Video Umpire	GRIME Murray
Judge 1	STEWART Tony
Judge 2	HAWKE Gavin
Technical Officer	ALEMAN Luis