Men's Field Hockey FIH World Cup 2018

[heywoodu 15,121]

RIP China/Inner-Mongolia

 

Spoiler

 

Edited December 7, 2018 by heywoodu

[Wumo 3,001]

I'm expecting a draw between Ireland - England coming up. 

[bestmen 2,811]

oooooooooooh Australia 10-0  china

Edited December 7, 2018 by bestmen

[heywoodu 15,121]

3 minutes ago, wumo26 said:

I'm expecting a draw between Ireland - England coming up. 

Just to clarify, they're both through to the crossovers then, correct? With both of them not being able to get any more than that  

[Wumo 3,001]

5 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

Just to clarify, they're both through to the crossovers then, correct? With both of them not being able to get any more than that  

Australia is secured first place. If they draw, Ireland will be second and England third. If there is a winner, the winnner will be second and the loser fourth.

Edited December 7, 2018 by wumo26

[heywoodu 15,121]

1 minute ago, wumo26 said:

Australia is secured first place. If they draw, Ireland will be second and England third. If there is a winner, the winnner will be second and the loser forth.

Freakishly annoying the only bookmakers where I can somewhat reasonably bet a little have the lowest draw odds

 

[LDOG 2,418]

I was kinda at the edge of my seat during the final minutes as I had predicted +7 GD for Australia, if they scored the 12th I'd have been left with only the basic correct result points in prediction

[Wumo 3,001]

Great to see two teams who didn't play to draw it, but to win it.  (Though not great for my prediction. A draw would have been better. )

[Function CR Lee 468]

The Chinese team advanced to the knockout stage.

[LDOG 2,418]

Good for England to finally be able to show a bit of their quality. Ireland can only blame themselves for not beating a regional China side.

 

BTW France has now a GREAT chance to make QFs and climb several places in the rankings, which will in turn help them with the seeding for the olympic play-offs, if they make it via FIH Hockey series.