HURTZ DOMINATES EUROPE

Hockeyoo and Gryphon gun striker, Emily Hurtz has just finished off an impressive performace through their european tour. The final game epitomised her series scoring a massive hat-trick of goals against Ireland in Dublin.

Emily has scored in all three matches in the Green Isle and has put her hand up for top striker leading into the Women’s World Cup in Rosario, Argentina in August/September. A haul of 5 goals from 3 games cannot be ignored in the slightest.

WCQ THREE x FINAL x ARGENTINA COMEBACK

DAY SIX :: THE FINAL

The comeback kids have done it again. Argentina, 0-2 down at the half time break, have hit 4 second half goals to win the Third and final WCQ and claim their spot at the 2010 World Cup in India.

With Belgium netting twice in the first half, one through Gryphon’s Jeffrey Thys, it looked like they had set up a strong lead that would have Argentina with it all to do. Argentina slotted their first early in the 2nd half to make it 1-2, however Belgium quickly regained a gap and scoreboard pressure with a 48th minute field goal to extend their lead to 1-3. With 17 minutes remaining in the match, Argentina started the fight back that would leave the Belgians asking “what-if”, netting in the 53rd (2-3), 57th (3-3) and the winner coming in the 62nd minute (4-3) from Gryphon’s own Mario Almada. The Argentines then held nerve to play the remaining 8 minutes out as the Quilmes stadium burst into celebration as the home-town hero’s secured their 2010 Qualification. Congratulations Argentina!!!

5th v 6th: Chile – USA 1:2 (0:0)
48min USA Pat HARRIS (PC)
64min USA Will HOLT (PC)
70min CHI Alfredo THIERMANN (PC)

3rd v 4th: Ireland – Czech Republic 1:1 (1:0) 2:1 AET
25min IRL David AMES (FG)
53min CZE Stepan BERNATEK (FG)
77min IRL Timothy COCKRAM (PC) – Golden Goal

The Final: Argentina – Belgium 4:3 (0:2)
14min BEL Cedric CHARLIER (FG)
25min BEL Jeffrey THYS (FG)
39min ARG Pedro IBARRA (PC)
48min BEL Jerome DEKEYSER (FG)
53min ARG Pedro IBARRA (PS)
57min ARG Lucas VILA (FG)
62min ARG Mario ALMADA (FG

SO, That now wraps up the Men’s qualifiers, with all 12 teams now known for next years World Cup ::

WC 2010 – Those that have qualified

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)

New Zealand (Winner of the Men’s World Cup Qualification Tournament – No. 2)

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

WCQ THREE x QUILMES x DAY 5 x FINAL SHOWDOWN

DAY FIVE

So its set in stone, Argentina are to play Belgium in the final of this WCQ for the 12th and last spot in the 2010 World Cup. Argentina enter the game in form having beaten Ireland 4-0, while Belgium stumbled to draw with USA 3-3. In the other match of the day Czech Rep won over Chile 2-1. So we wait for the much anticipated final where winner takes all. Both these teams are evenly matched and it will prove to be a titanic battle.

For us it puts some of our top Gryphon athletes head to head in Briels, Thys and Almada…Stay tuned for an exciting finish and good luck to both teams…

Czech Republic – Chile 2:1 (2:0)
10min CZE Martin BABICKY (FG)
17min CZE Jakub KYNDL (FG)
63min CHI Alexis BERZCELY (FG)

Belgium – USA 3:3 (1:0)
5min BEL Cedric CHARLIER (FG)
44min USA Pat HARRIS (PC)
52min BEL Cedric CHARLIER (PC)
59min USA Gurpal KUNDI (FG)
60min BEL Tom BOON (FG)
70min USA Jarred MARTIN (FG)

Ireland – Argentina 0:4 (0:3)
12min ARG Mario ALMADA (FG)
19min ARG Pedro IBARRA (PC)
24min ARG Lucas CAMMARERI (PC)
49min ARG Pedro IBARRA (PS)

Standings DAY 5: ARG 13pts, BEL 11pts, IRE 7pts, CZECH 7pts, CHILE 3pts, USA 1pt

Photos: Daniel Carson | dcimages.org

WCQ THREE x QUILMES x DAY 4 VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS

DAY 4 (Thursday 19th November)

Thursdays fixtures at the WCQ in Quilmes witnessed 1v2, 2v4 and 5v6 based off current round standings. The results highlight just how even this qualifier is between close rivals. The match of the round was the top billing of Belgium against home favourites Argentina, in perhaps a prelude to the expected final on Sunday. There is one more round left on Saturday, and Ireland must win to give themselves any chance of making the final. Belgium and Argentina need only a draw from their last round match to both advance, failing that if Ireland wins it will go to goal difference to decide the top two.

USA – Chile 1:2 (0:1)
24min CHI Martin RODRIGUEZ (FG)
55min CHI Thomas KANNEGIESSER (PC)
69min USA Arjan REYATT (FG)

Czech Republic v Ireland 2:2 (0:2)
12min IRL John JERMYN (PS)
22min IRL John JERMYN (PC)
54min CZE Martin BABICKY (FG)
66min CZE Martin BABICKY (FG)

Argentina – Belgium 2:2 (0:0)
48min ARG Pedro IBARRA (PC)
55min ARG Tomas ARGENTO (FG)
57min BEL Jerome DEKEYSER (PC)
64min BEL Max LUYCX (PC)

Standings DAY 3: BEL 10pts,  ARG 10pts, IRE 7pts, CZECH 4pt, CHILE 3pt, USA 0pt

WCQ THREE x QUILMES x DAY 3

DAY THREE

Day Three at the WCQ in Quilmes has the Czech Republic recording their 1st win of the tournament, Belgium performing strongly over Ireland and Argentina recording a blow-out against Chile which saw 10 goals scored for the match. We now have a clear leader board with both Belgium and Argentina 3 points clear of Ireland, and 6 points clear of the Czech Republic.

USA – Czech Republic 1:3 (0:2)
12min CZE Dan PITERAK (FG)
38min CZE Stepan BERNATEK (PC)
42min CZE Tomas JAHODA (FG)
65min USA Jon GINOLFI (FG)

Ireland – Belgium 0:3 (0:2)

8min BEL Jerome TRUYENS (FG)

10min BEL Jerome DEKEYSER (FG)

36min BEL Benjamin van HOVE (FG)

Chile – Argentina 3:7 (0:3)

9min ARG P. IBARRA (PS)
11min ARG P.IBARRA (PC)
31min ARG P.IBARRA (PC)
36min ARG P.IBARRA (PS)
39min CHI J. ZARHI (PC)
53min ARG M.ALMADA (FG)
55min ARG M.VILA (PC)
56min CHI M.RODRIGUEZ (PC)
62min CHI M.RODRIGUEZ (FG)
65′ARG P.IBARRA (PC)

Standings DAY 3: BEL 9pts,  ARG 9pts, IRE 6pts, CZECH 3pt, CHILE 0pt, USA 0pt

Photo: Daniel Carson | dcimages.org

WCQ THREE x QUILMES x DAY 2

DAY TWO – Sunday 15th Nov

So today was a day of one-sided results. Ireland fought back from a one goal deficit to dominate Chile, Belgium schooled the Czech Republic and Argentina destroyed USA. After two days of competition the top three ranked teams are showing their quality, with Ireland looking like the dark horse in the pack. With three round matches to go, the question is can USA, Chile and Czech Republic put any pressure on this qualification tournament’s front-runners…

Chile – Ireland 1:4 (1:0)

16min CHI Thomas KANNEGIESSER (FG)

37min IRL Alan SOTHERN (FG)

61min IRL John JERMYN (FG)

67min IRL Alan SOTHERN (PC)

69min IRL Alan SOTHERN (PC)

Belgium – Czech Republic 9:0 (3:0)

7min BEL Jerome TRUYENS (FG)

12min BEL Jerome DEKEYSER (FG)

25min BEL Jerome TRUYENS (FG)

40min BEL Max LUYCX (FG)

49min BEL Tom BOON (PC)

62min BEL Jeffrey THYS (FG)

64min BEL Loic VANDEWEGHE (FG)

69min BEL Tom BOON (FG)

70min BEL Tom BOON (FG)

USA – Argentina 1:6 (0:4)

9min ARG Lucas VILA (PC)

13min ARG Lucas REY (FG)

16min ARG Pedro IBARRA (PC)

33min ARG Lucas ROSSI (FG)

48min USA Patrick HARRIS (FG)

53min ARG Manuel BRUNET (FG)

68min ARG Mario ALMADA (FG)

Standings DAY 2: BEL 6pts, IRE 6pts, ARG 6pts, CHILE 0pts, USA 0pts, CZECH 0pt

WCQ THREE x QUILMES x DAY 1

On the opening day at the BDO Hockey World Cup Qualifier in Quilmes, Belgium defeated Chile, Ireland imposed themselves on the US team, and Argentina stumbled to victory over the Czech Republic. Gryphon’s Thomas Briels and  Jeffrey Thys started off their campaigns netting one in Belgium’s first outing. Predictions are for an Argentinian – Belgium Final on Day 6, however their is a lot of hockey between now and then. In that Argentina game, the difference was the sole goal coming from Gryphon’s Mario ALMADA.

Belgium go into the event as the highest ranked team of the six participants, currently the world number 9. Argentina are close behind in 10th place, while there is a signifcant gap to the next team: Ireland are ranked 18th, USA 19th, the Czech 25th, and Chile 27th.

DAY ONE – Monday 15th Nov

Belgium – Chile 4:1 (2:1)
2min CHI Andres FUENZALIDA (FG)
15min BEL Max LUYCX (FG)
19min BEL Thomas BRIELS (FG)
57min BEL Jeffrey THYS (FG)
60min BEL Jerome DEKEYSER (PC)

Ireland – USA 6:1 (5:0)
4min IRL Michael WATT (FG)
7min IRL Michael WATT (FG)
13min IRL Michael WATT (FG)
18min IRL Stephen BUTLER (PC)
34min IRL Stephen BUTLER (FG)
53min USA Nate COOLIDGE (FG)
55min IRL Mitch DARLING (FG)

Argentina – Czech Republic 1:0 (1:0)
10min ARG Mario ALMADA (FG)

Standings DAY 1: IRE 3pts, BEL 3pts, ARG 3pts, CZECH 0pts, CHILE 0pts, USA 0pts