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NZL V JPN ( 5th - 8th ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015
NZL
Match 27: New Zealand v Japan 4-1 (1-0)
The Blacksticks kept their Olympic dream alive by getting the better end on Japan winning 4-1 in the 5-8 classification round. In the 5th place play off New Zealand will now face Spain who earlier won a shootout competition against Korea.
The Blacksticks forced two penalty corners in the first quarter but Andy Hayward and Kane Russell were denied on both occasions. New Zealand dominated play throughout the first quarter but were unable to get on the scoreboard.
The opening goal arrived at the beginning of the second quarter when Stephens Jenness (16’) put his Blacksticks ahead. Haven taken the lead, New Zealand tried to double it but Japan’s keeper Suguru Shimmoto kept them from scoring further.
The Samurais looked for the equaliser in the third quarter but to no avail. They forced one penalty corner which was blocked. New Zealand got stronger towards the end of the third quarter but again, they failed to score.
The Kiwis eventually doubled their lead after the start of the last quarter when Shea McAleese (46’) scored from a penalty stroke. The world’s number 7 remained in good control of the match as Hayward (49’) fired a penalty corner low into the bottom to increase the lead to 3-0.
Japan pulled one back with two minutes remaining when Genki Mitani slotting home after a great effort from Kazuma Murata. However, the Blacksticks sealed their 4-1 victory with a goal from Steve Edwards with 28 seconds left on the clock.
Thoughts on the match:
Stephen Jenness (NZL)
“We want to finish fifth tomorrow. We had to regroup after the huge disappointment in the quarter-final and make sure put out a good performance today. Spain are an interesting team to play, they have a good style of attacking. We have to put out our best performance to beat them but I think we will be up for it.”
Devon Manchester (NZL)
“Regardless how we finish here we still have the Oceania Cup where we could qualify for the Olympics but of course our goal is to reach the 5th place here. We had a lot of the game but tomorrow against Spain we need to be a bit more clinical to be able to put the game away.”
Goals
| Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Action | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZL | 16 | 27 | JENNESS Stephen | FG | 1 - 0 |
| NZL | 46 | 25 | McALEESE Shea | PS | 2 - 0 |
| NZL | 49 | 5 | HAYWARD Andy | PC | 3 - 0 |
| JPN | 58 | 6 | MITANI Genki | FG | 3 - 1 |
| NZL | 60 | 31 | EDWARDS Steve | FG | 4 - 1 |
Cards
| Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NZL | 47 | 9 | HILTON Blair | G |
| NZL | 57 | 31 | EDWARDS Steve | G |
| JPN | 57 | 3 | KAYUKAWA Koji | G |
NZL
| Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
X
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4 | HAIG Nick | ||||
|
X
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5 | HAYWARD Andy | 1 | |||
|
X
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6 | CHILD Simon | ||||
|
6
|
9 | HILTON Blair | 1 | |||
|
X
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10 | ARCHIBALD Ryan | ||||
|
55
|
15 | ENERSEN George | ||||
|
5
|
17 | WOODS Nic | ||||
|
X
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18 | BURROWS Phil | ||||
|
X
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20 | MANCHESTER Devon | ||||
|
5
|
21 | RUSSELL Kane | ||||
|
42
|
22 | TARRANT Blair | ||||
|
X
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24 | PANCHIA Arun | ||||
|
X
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25 | McALEESE Shea | 1 | |||
|
5
|
27 | JENNESS Stephen | 1 | |||
|
X
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28 | ROWSELL Dwayne | ||||
|
6
|
29 | INGLIS Hugo | ||||
|
X
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30 | MUIR George | ||||
|
X
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31 | EDWARDS Steve | 1 | 1 | ||
| Team Manager | LESLIE Chris | |||||
| Head Coach | BATCH Colin | |||||
| Stand-In Manager | WOOLFORD Paul | |||||
| Assistant Coach | COLLINS Bryce | |||||
| Medical Doctor | McLAREN James (Dr) | |||||
| Physiotherapist | LEE Peter | |||||
| Video Technician | LALA Hemant | |||||
| Physical Trainer | LOGAN Scott | |||||
| Psychologist | THOMPSON Campbell | |||||
JPN
| Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Bench
|
1 | TAKASE Katsuya | ||||
|
X
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3 | KAYUKAWA Koji | 1 | |||
|
X
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5 | SHIOKAWA Naoto | ||||
|
X
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6 | MITANI Genki | 1 | |||
|
X
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7 | ONO Tomonori | ||||
|
X
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8 | KITAZATO Kenji | ||||
|
4
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9 | FUJIMOTO Ippei | ||||
|
X
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11 | KAWAKAMI Kei | ||||
|
X
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14 | NAGASAWA Katsuyoshi | ||||
|
X
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15 | YAMASHITA Manabu | ||||
|
7
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18 | ZENDANA Hirotaka | ||||
|
X
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19 | TANAKA Kenta | ||||
|
X
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23 | SAKAMOTO Hiroki | ||||
|
44
|
25 | WAKURI Hirotaka | ||||
|
2
|
26 | MURATA Kazuma | ||||
|
3
|
28 | HOSHI Suguru | ||||
|
X
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31 | SHIMMOTO Suguru | ||||
|
4
|
32 | TACHIBANA Toshiro | ||||
| 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 | MEJZLIK Jakub |
| Umpire 2 | RASOOL Haider |
| Reserve Umpire | LABATE Gabriel |
| Video Umpire | NEL Deon |
| Judge 1 | STEWART Tony |
| Judge 2 | BURT Josh |
| Technical Officer | ALEMAN Luis |
- Match 27
- Date Sat, 13 Jun 2015
- Time 13:00
- Pool/Class 5th - 8th
- Venue CeNARD
