WCQ ONE – LILLE – FINAL DAY x PAKISTAN WIN

So, Pakistan are through the the 2010 World Cup. They finished the tournament in which they dominated off with a 3-1 victory over Japan to secure their spot in next years World Cup.

Poland edged host France for 3rd place (5-4) and Russia finished 5th in front of Italy (2-0)

5th-6th – Russia – Italy 2:0 (2:0)
RUS  12mn  Alexandre PLATONOV (FG)  1:0
RUS  19mn  Alexander ZHIRKOV (FG)  2:0

3rd-4th – Poland – France 5:4 (1:3)
FRA   5mn  Martin GENESTET (FG)  0:1
POL  16mn  Maciej JANISZEWSKI (FG)  1:1
FRA  29mn  Max LANOS (FG)  1:2
FRA  30mn  Tom GENESTET (FG)  1:3
POL  38mn  Dariusz RACHWALSKI (FG)  2:3
POL  40mn  Artur MIKU?A (FG)  3:3
FRA  41mn  Olivier SANCHEZ (FG)  3:4
POL  57mn  Karol SZYPLIK (PC)  4:4
POL  59mn  Dariusz RACHWALSKI (PC)  5:4

1st-2nd – Pakistan – Japan 3:1 (2:1)
PAK  12mn  Abdul Haseem KHAN (FG)  1:0
PAK  24mn  Sohail ABBAS (PC)  2:0
JPN  27mn  Kazuhiro TSUBOUCHI (PC)  2:1
PAK  41mn  Sohail ABBAS (PC)  3:1

Final Standings:
1) Pakistan (Qualify for  the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010)
2) Japan
3) Poland
4) France
5) Russia
6) Italy

Player of the Tournament: Matthieu DURCHON (France)
Goal-keeper of the Tournament: Mariusz CHY?A (Poland)
Fair Play: Russia

This now takes the qualified teams in the Hero Honda FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India, 28 February-13 March 2010 to 10 out of the 12 spots available. These teams are:

India (Host)

Canada (Champion of the 3rd Men’s Pan American Cup)

Korea (Champion of the 8th Men’s Asia Cup)

South Africa (Champion of the Africa Cup of Nations, 2009)

Australia (Champion of the 6th Men’s Oceania Cup)

England (Champion of the 12th Men’s EuroHockey Nations Championship)

Germany (Silver medalist of the 12th Men’s EuroHockey Nations Championship)

Netherlands (Bronze medalist of the 12th Men’s EuroHockey Nations Championship)

Spain (Fourth ranked team of the 12th Men’s EuroHockey Nations Championship)

Pakistan (Winner of the Men’s World Cup Qualification Tournament – No. 1)

2 vacancies left:

Winner of the Men’s World Cup Qualification Tournament – No. 2

Winner of the Men’s World Cup Qualification Tournament – No. 3