Women's Field Hockey FIH World Cup 2018

[dcro 10,210]

Alright, FIH needs to make sure there is not conflict between WC and AG in the future... Scandalous performance from the Asian teams.

[Gianlu33 4,729]

New record for us, biggest lost in World Cup's history  

Edited July 29, 2018 by Gianlu33

[dcro 10,210]

So, Ireland has a chance to eliminate home Olympic champions.

 

Probably not going to happen, but still.

[LDOG 2,425]

Unless England loses the next game, one of Ireland, Italy or India will be in semifinals.

[phelps 7,804]

and here we go...

one between ITA, IRL and IND (all Countries with a name beginning with "I", by the way...for those who like "kabbala" or "cabala", depending on your language) will be in the top 4...

and the other team in the same semifinal as ITA/IRL/IND will come from the trio GER/BEL/ESP...

the English organizers did build their pathway to the final really shameless...but their girls wasted that gift big time...

[Quasit 865]

Just like at the FIFA World Cup, the upper bracket is the stronger one.

Edited July 30, 2018 by Quasit

[LDOG 2,425]

  On 7/30/2018 at 8:15 AM, phelps said:

 

the English organizers did build their pathway to the final really shameless...but their girls wasted that gift big time...

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What? not really, it was all determined by ranking and serpentine system: pool A: (1st, 8th, 9th & 16th), B: (2,7,10, 15), C: (3, 6, 11, 14), D: (4, 5, 12, 13)

 

The semifinal was supposed to be England-Argentina (2v3), it's just that both teams (and New Zealand too) failed to perform.

[phelps 7,804]

  On 7/30/2018 at 8:52 AM, LDOG said:

 

What? not really, it was all determined by ranking and serpentine system: pool A: (1st, 8th, 9th & 16th), B: (2,7,10, 15), C: (3, 6, 11, 14), D: (4, 5, 12, 13)

 

The semifinal was supposed to be England-Argentina (2v3), it's just that both teams (and New Zealand too) failed to perform.

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really? I thought it was done by (manipulated) "draw"...

in this case we can only blame fate and underperforming teams like GBR, ARG and NZL...

sorry for my misinterpretation (I hope the local organizers will forgive me for the bad thoughts about them)...

Edited July 30, 2018 by phelps

[OlympicsFan 860]

  On 7/30/2018 at 8:15 AM, phelps said:

and here we go...

one between ITA, IRL and IND (all Countries with a name beginning with "I", by the way...for those who like "kabbala" or "cabala", depending on your language) will be in the top 4...

and the other team in the same semifinal as ITA/IRL/IND will come from the trio GER/BEL/ESP...

the English organizers did build their pathway to the final really shameless...but their girls wasted that gift big time...

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So Wikipedia got the draw wrong? According to Wikipedia one of the seminfinals should be Netherlands vs. Germany (the 2 strongest teams in my opinion, so i am not quiet sure what the "" is supposed to say here?) if everything goes according to plan. If Germany would really only have to beat ESP/BEL and ITA/IRL/IND to reach the final, then anything but Germany reaching the final would be a huge shock. Germany vs. Netherlands would be the best final in my opinion, although i am not sure how close it would be (despite Xavier Reckinger doing a great job in continuing the trend that Jamilon Mülders started).

[phelps 7,804]

  On 7/30/2018 at 11:51 AM, OlympicsFan said:

So Wikipedia got the draw wrong? According to Wikipedia one of the seminfinals should be Netherlands vs. Germany (the 2 strongest teams in my opinion, so i am not quiet sure what the "" is supposed to say here?) if everything goes according to plan. If Germany would really only have to beat ESP/BEL and ITA/IRL/IND to reach the final, then anything but Germany reaching the final would be a huge shock. Germany vs. Netherlands would be the best final in my opinion, although i am not sure how close it would be (despite Xavier Reckinger doing a great job in continuing the trend that Jamilon Mülders started).

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the graphics by BT Sport after yesterday's matches showed a GER/BEL/ESP vs IRL/ITA/IND top half of the draw (and the other teams in the bottom half)...

so, I guess wiki this time is not right...

or maybe BT Sport was wrong...I don't really know...however, Italian media also have the BT Sport kind of brackets and not the wiki ones...

 

EDIT: also the FIH official website has the brackets as BT Sport presented...so, wiki is definitely wrong, this time...

 

p.s. the smiley means that ENG haven't been able to take advantage of a very favourable draw (even if it wasn't actually a draw, since all the teams were put into the groups by the serpentime system according to their WR)...

Edited July 30, 2018 by phelps