Day 1 EuroHockey Indoor Championships, Women, Minsk

The EuroHockey Indoor Championships started today in Minsk with the defending Champions setting out their intentions very early with a comprehensive  9-0 win over Poland.

Netherlands v Poland 9-0

Lieke HULSEN opened the scoring for The Netherlands in the second minute and ended the game with a hat-trick! The half-time score was already 6-0 so unlikely that Poland would make a comeback. Ireen van den ASSEM added a 7th from a powerful PC and ended any glimmer of a comeback from Poland. The game ended 9-0 to The Netherlands.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Netherlands	2	3	HULSEN Lieke	Field Goal	1 – 0
Netherlands	8	5	VEEN Marijn	Field Goal	2 – 0
Netherlands	9	3	HULSEN Lieke	Field Goal	3 – 0
Netherlands	15	3	HULSEN Lieke	Field Goal	4 – 0
Netherlands	17	11	van WIJK Lieke	Penalty Stroke	5 – 0
Netherlands	19	16	VORSTENBOSCH Vera	Field Goal	6 – 0
Netherlands	25	7	van den ASSEM Ireen	Penalty Corner	7 – 0
Netherlands	28	14	MATLA Frederique	Field Goal	8 – 0
Netherlands	30	12	de LANGE Lisanne	Field Goal	9 – 0

Czech v Belgium 5-0

Game 2 saw Belgium face Czech Republic. Adela BIZOVA was on target from a PC awarded in the 10th minute and that’s how the score remained 1-0 at the half. Adela BIZOVA   was also on target as she slapped it home from close range in the 21st minute, doubling Czech’s scoreline. Jindriska REICHLOVA  stretched the Czech lead in the  24th minute. Belgian earned a stroke but Delforge put it wide. From then on Czech dominated the game and pushed forward to finish 5-0.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Czech Republic	10	13	BIZOVA Adela	Penalty Corner	1 – 0
Czech Republic	21	13	BIZOVA Adela	Field Goal	2 – 0
Czech Republic	24	5	REICHLOVA Jindriska	Field Goal	3 – 0
Czech Republic	27	15	HAKLOVA Barbora	Field Goal	4 – 0
Czech Republic	29	7	KOLAROVA Anna	Field Goal	5 – 0

Austria v Ukraine 6-1 

In the 3rd game, a very tight first half saw Ukraine being more decisive in taking their chances with a 3-0 lead. However in the second half Ukraine stamped their dominance on the game and went ahead 4,5,and 6 to nil in a 8 minute spell. Austria scored a consolation goal in the 36th minute via  Corinna ZERBS.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Ukraine	2	11	SHEVCHENKO Yuliia	Field Goal	0 – 1
Ukraine	8	6	KERNOZ Yevheniya	Penalty Stroke	0 – 2
Ukraine	17	31	VORUSHYLO Yana	Field Goal	0 – 3
Ukraine	27	9	HONCHARENKO Olha	Field Goal	0 – 4
Ukraine	31	31	VORUSHYLO Yana	Field Goal	0 – 5
Ukraine	34	9	HONCHARENKO Olha	Field Goal	0 – 6
Austria	36	10	ZERBS Corinna	Field Goal	1 – 6

 Germany v Belarus 3-4 

In the last game of the first session the home team, with the packed hall got underway with high hopes for the Belarus Head Coach, Dutchman Herman Kruis. Much to the delight of the crowd  Ryta BATURA put the hosts ahead in the first minute! Germany equalised via a sweet corner routine from  Julia MEFFERT, however the hosts went ahead again just before the half. Belarus pushed hard against a strong German defence and stretched their lead to 4-1, as the German’s played a power-play. Two PC’s and the scoreline was 2-4 into the last 2 minutes, but Belarus held out for a historic win against Germany.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Belarus	1	9	BATURA Ryta	Penalty Corner	0 – 1
Germany	7	9	MEFFERT Julia	Penalty Corner	1 – 1
Belarus	20	3	KURHANSKAYA Yuliya	Field Goal	1 – 2
Belarus	24	14	SILITSKAYA Nadzeya	Field Goal	1 – 3
Belarus	35	16	PAPKOVA Krestina	Field Goal	1 – 4
Germany	36	25	HUSE Viktoria	Field Goal	2 – 4
Germany	38	25	HUSE Viktoria	Penalty Corner	3 – 4

Poland v Belgium 5-1 

In their second game of the day, Belgium struggled against Poland, who started to look more comfortable here in Minsk. Poland were ahead 2-0 at the half and added 2 more to their tally, never under any real pressure from the young Belgian side. The final score of 5-1 was a fair reflection of the game.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Poland	13	8	WIELOCH Joanna	Penalty Corner	1 – 0
Poland	19	3	OKAJ Paulina	Penalty Corner	2 – 0
Poland	25	4	KATERLA Amelia	Field Goal	3 – 0
Poland	28	4	KATERLA Amelia	Field Goal	4 – 0
Belgium	31	7	vander GRACHT Charlotte	Field Goal	4 – 1
Poland	40	3	OKAJ Paulina	Field Goal	5 – 1

 

 Czech Republic v The Netherlands 1 -9 

With both teams on 3 points after the first game, another win would more than likely ensure a semi-final place for either team so the stakes were very high. The Dutch went ahead first via  Lieke HULSEN once again on target. In spite of a cracking performance from the Czech Goalkeeper Barbora  CECHAKOVA  the Dutch women dominated both halves and ended the game

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Netherlands	2	3	HULSEN Lieke	Field Goal	0 – 1
Netherlands	4	12	de LANGE Lisanne	Field Goal	0 – 2
Netherlands	6	2	van WIJK Kiki	Field Goal	0 – 3
Czech Republic	8	13	BIZOVA Adela	Penalty Corner	1 – 3
Netherlands	9	9	ZWINKELS Donja	Field Goal	1 – 4
Netherlands	17	9	ZWINKELS Donja	Field Goal	1 – 5
Netherlands	20	12	de LANGE Lisanne	Field Goal	1 – 6
Netherlands	24	16	VORSTENBOSCH Vera	Field Goal	1 – 7
Netherlands	26	2	van WIJK Kiki	Field Goal	1 – 8
Netherlands	27	11	van WIJK Lieke	Field Goal	1 – 9

 

Pool A after Day 1:

Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	P
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	17	6
2	Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	-3	3
3	Poland	2	1	0	1	-5	3
4	Belgium	2	0	0	2	-9	0

Austria v Germany 0-2 

In the penultimate game of the Day 1 here at the EuroHockey Indoor Championships in Minsk, it was all to play for as both Austria and Germany needed to get points on the board. In what transpired as a very even first half with Austria’s Jasmin ANDERLE making a critical save in the 16th minute from a PC strike by Germany and another in the 19th minute to keep the score at 0-0 at half-time. In the second half Germany pressed hard and won a corner, xx breaking the deadlock and putting Germany on the scoreboard 0-1. Shortly afterwards Germany doubled the score via Roda MÜLLER-WIELAND. Austria opted for a power-play and Buchta had a great chance which just went wide. The score remained 2-0 to Germany

Ranking Pool B: