The Hockey World Cup 2023 is one of the grand events this year and is constantly on the news due to its nail-biting matches. Countries worldwide are participating in this event to score a victory for their teams and nations. The recent Chile and Netherlands match enabled the latter to achieve a smashing victory in the history of the Hockey World Cup. The Netherlands achieved the biggest win in the history of the World Cup for Hockey. The 3-time champion nation of Netherlands managed to defeat the debutants of Chile by scoring a record-breaking 14-0, making them the Hockey World Cup 2023 Qualifiers.
With this victory, the Netherlands is now on its way to becoming the 1st team to proceed to the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup Quarter Finals. In pool C the Netherlands finished at the top with a 9-point lead after collecting three victories in all the games. Counted amongst the best Hockey World Cup 2023 groups, this team is definitely one of the highest contenders for winning the world cup.
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- The third-ranked team of the Netherlands managed to achieve the largest ever victory margin in any World Cup game with this match against the 23rd-ranked team of Chile. The game took place in the second play of the day.
- The No.1-ranked team of Australia was the previous holder of the record for the largest ever victory market in the Hockey World Cup history when they managed to defeat South Africa in a 12-0 game in New Delhi.
- The team Netherlands who won the World Cup 3 times, have been placed second in the previous two tournaments. The team earned 18 penalty corsets. They converted about 6 of them, while Chile only got two penalties.
- With this victory, the Netherlands is now advancing directly to the quarterfinals. In order to get to the same level, New Zealand and Malaysia will have to play crossover matches.
- The Hockey World Cup 2023 teams consist of four groups using 16 different teams. Groups A, B, C, and D will play against one another to proceed to the quarterfinal stage, according to the rules. On the other side of the groups, from the 22nd of January, the clubs belonging to the second, as well as the third group, will have crossover matches.
Score Board of Hockey World Cup 2023
The captain of the Netherlands team Thierry Brinkman and fellow player Jip Janssen each managed to score a hat-trick in the 6th, 29th, 34th, and 44th minutes of the game. Another top play Koen Bijen added 2 more goals in the next consecutive minutes of the game, thus awarding the team a winning Hockey World Cup 2023 score of 14. Some of the other notable Dutch goal scorers include Derck de Vilder, Justen Blok, Thijs van Dam, Terrance Pieters, and Teun Beins.
Wrapping Up,
The Hockey World Cup 2023 is officially open and the Netherlands is one of the first teams to advance into the quarterfinals stage of the world cup. With this smashing victory against Chile, the nation of the Netherlands has managed to increase its chances of taking home the victory trophy. Stay in touch with us to get the latest updates and highlights of matches.
