{"id":281765,"date":"2023-01-28T15:49:38","date_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:49:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/hockey-world-cup-india-beat-south-africa-finish-joint-9th-lowest-ever-by-a-host-nation-hockey-news-times-of-india\/"},"modified":"2023-01-28T15:49:38","modified_gmt":"2023-01-28T15:49:38","slug":"hockey-world-cup-india-beat-south-africa-finish-joint-9th-lowest-ever-by-a-host-nation-hockey-news-times-of-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haftavasool.com\/haftavasool\/blog\/2023\/01\/28\/hockey-world-cup-india-beat-south-africa-finish-joint-9th-lowest-ever-by-a-host-nation-hockey-news-times-of-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Hockey World Cup: India beat South Africa, finish joint 9th, lowest ever by a host nation | Hockey News &#8211; Times of India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.toiimg.com\/photo\/msid-97404272,imgsize-73062.cms\" \/><\/p>\n<div>BHUBANESWAR: India&#8217;s campaign in the Men&#8217;s <!-- -->Hockey World Cup<!-- --> ended with a second consecutive win in the placement playoffs at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in <!-- -->Rourkela<!-- --> on Saturday. Fans in Odisha once again took every available seat in the 20,000-capacity stadium to stand with the home team in what has been an otherwise sorry campaign for India, who beat <!-- -->South Africa<!-- --> 5-2 to end in joint-9th position along with Argentina.<br \/>It&#8217;s the worst ever finish by a host nation in a men&#8217;s World Cup. India broke its own record of an 8th-place finish in Delhi 2010, which it held jointly with Malaysia (Kuala Lumpur 2002) and Argentina (Buenos Aires 1978). <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/hockey-world-cup\/hockey-world-cup-india-vs-south-africa-classification-match-live-score-updates-rourkela\/liveblog\/97401221.cms\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" frmappuse=\"1\">As it happened: India vs South Africa<\/a><br \/>Like against Japan, India dominated the South Africans as well. But while Japan&#8217;s open play allowed the Indians more turnovers and chances to score, the Africans looked focused on their defensive structure, until <!-- -->Samkelo Mvimbi<!-- --> scored the first of SA&#8217;s two consolation goals in the 49th minute, followed by Mustaphaa Cassiem converting a penalty stroke in the 60th.<br \/>India&#8217;s opening goal came off the stick of last-match hero Abhishek. After his two goals against Japan, Abhishek put the hosts ahead as early as the fifth minute.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"20\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>Here&#8217;s a glimpse of how team India ends the FIH Odisha Men&#8217;s Hockey World Cup Bhubaneswar-Rourkela journey in style\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/jYeHoa2hX1<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyIndia\/status\/1619357331996950529\">1674919848000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Skipper <!-- -->Harmanpreet Singh<!-- -->&#8216;s return to form on drag-flicks saw him providing India a cushion in the 12th minute.<br \/>The scoreline remained 2-0 for the next 33 minutes, which painted a story of hits and misses, with the number of India&#8217;s circle entries increasing but not the number of goals. <br \/>It was in the 45th minute that Shamsher Singh made it 3-0.<\/p>\n<div class=\"cdatainfo   id-r-component\" data-pos=\"30\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>India&#8217;s valiant efforts pay off as they secure a win over South Africa in the final showdown. &#x1f1ff;&#x1f1e6;RSA 2-5 IND&#x1f1ee;&#x1f1f3;\u2026 https:\/\/t.co\/YOVvMLxOuB<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Hockey India (@TheHockeyIndia) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheHockeyIndia\/status\/1619355176107900931\">1674919334000<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>The last 15 minutes were the most entertaining of the four quarters. It saw four goals, starting with two in the 49th minute, when <!-- -->Akashdeep Singh<!-- --> made it 4-0 and Samkelo then cut that down to 4-1 for South Africa.<br \/>Sukhjeet Singh restored the four-goal lead with India&#8217;s fifth strike in the 59th minute, but a strong challenge by goalkeeper PR Sreejesh in the circle saw the visitors being awarded a penalty stroke in the last minute, which Cassiem converted to end the game at 5-2.<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><script>!(function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadFBEvents = function() {\n                    (function(f, b, e, v, n, t, s) {\n                      if (f.fbq) return;\n                      n = f.fbq = function() {\n                        n.callMethod ? n.callMethod(...arguments) : n.queue.push(arguments);\n                      };\n                      if (!f._fbq) f._fbq = n;\n                      n.push = n;\n                      n.loaded = !0;\n                      n.version = '2.0';\n                      n.queue = [];\n                      t = b.createElement(e);\n                      t.async = !0;\n                      t.src = v;\n                      s = b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n                      s.parentNode.insertBefore(t, s);\n                    })(f, b, e, v, n, t, s);\n                    fbq('init', '593671331875494');\n                    fbq('track', 'PageView');\n                  };\n                })(\n                  window,\n                  document,\n                  'script',\n                  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js',\n                );<\/script><script>if(typeof window !== 'undefined') {\n                  window.TimesApps = window.TimesApps || {};\n                  const { TimesApps } = window;\n                  TimesApps.loadScriptsOnceAdsReady = () => {\n                    var scripts = [\n                    'https:\/\/static.clmbtech.com\/ad\/commons\/js\/2658\/toi\/colombia_v2.js' ,\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-877820074',\n                    'https:\/\/www.googletagmanager.com\/gtag\/js?id=AW-658129294',\n                    'https:\/\/imasdk.googleapis.com\/js\/sdkloader\/ima3.js',\n                    'https:\/\/tvid.in\/sdk\/loader.js',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/video_comscore_api\/version-3.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/grxpushnotification_js\/minify-1,version-2.cms',\n                    'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#version=v10.0&xfbml=true',\n                    'https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/locateservice_js\/minify-1,version-14.cms'\n                  ];\n                    scripts.forEach(function(url) {\n                      let script = document.createElement('script');\n                      script.type=\"text\/javascript\";\n                      if(!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('colombia_v2')!== -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && !false && url.indexOf('sdkloader')!== -1) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (!false && !false && (url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk') !== -1 || url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') !== -1 || url.indexOf('locateservice_js') !== -1 )) {\n                        script.src = url;\n                      } else if (url.indexOf('colombia_v2')== -1 && url.indexOf('sdkloader')== -1 && url.indexOf('tvid.in\/sdk')== -1 && url.indexOf('connect.facebook.net') == -1){\n                        script.src = url;\n                      }\n                      script.async = true;\n                      document.body.appendChild(script);\n                    });\n                  }\n                }\n                <\/script><br \/>\n<br \/>[ad_2]<br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/sports\/hockey\/hockey-world-cup\/hockey-world-cup-india-beat-south-africa-finish-joint-9th-lowest-ever-by-a-host-nation\/articleshow\/97404267.cms\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[ad_1] BHUBANESWAR: India&#8217;s campaign in the Men&#8217;s Hockey World Cup ended with a second consecutive win in the placement playoffs at the Birsa Munda Hockey Stadium in Rourkela on Saturday. 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