PAKISTAN WINS THE ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2012 BY BEATING INDIA 5-4

PAKISTAN WINS ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY 2012 BY BEATING INDIA 5-4

   

PAKISTAN VS INDIA ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL RESULT

PAKISTAN VS INDIA ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY FINAL RESULT

 PAKISTAN BEAT INDIA BY 5-4IN ASIAN CHAMPIONS TROPHY HOCKEY AND WINS THE TITLE

Kookaburras win Champions Trophy final 2012

Melbourne: After an incredible two hours play of hockey between Netherlands and Australia, the defending champions Australia turned out to be the winners of the Champions Trophy 2012, outclassing the Dutch 2-1 on golden goal.

With this win, Australia along with successfully defending the Championship also recorded their fifth consecutive victory in the Champions Trophy, a world record.

Aussie Kieran Govers fires the gold medal winning goal 4:38 minutes into extra time for yellow shirts, bringing an amazing end to the amazing match with an amazing goal. This is 13th Champions Trophy win for Australia.

The action packed match began with Dutch going all out, attacking every minute of the match, taking a 1-0 lead when Sander Baart netted the first goal on a penalty corner 17minutes to go in the half.

However, Australia pressing hard, changed the gears and dominated rest of the match, scoring their first goal in the first half and last during the extra time.

Earlier, Pakistan Hockey team beat India 3-2 in the third place play off and earned a bronze medal for the country after long eight hours.

Pakistan win bronze at Champions Trophy

Pakistan have won the bronze medal at the Champions Trophy men's hockey tournament, beating India 3-2 at Melbourne's State Hockey Centre on Sunday.
The Pakistanis fought back from a goal down after India's VR Raghunath netted early.
But Muhammad Rizwan Senior equalised midway through the first half, before Pakistan took the lead early in the second with a neat goal to Shafqat Rasool.
Both sides had their chances in a free-flowing match, before Muhammad Ateeq's drag flick with five minutes left sealed bronze for Pakistan.
India netted a consolation goal through Rupinder Pal Singh with the last play of the match.
Australia play the Netherlands in the gold medal match later on Sunday.
The Kookaburras are aiming for a fifth successive Champions Trophy title.

India beat Belgium 1-0 in the Champions Trophy Hockey, enter semi-finals

India continued its winning streak at the Champions Trophy Hockey in Melbourne on Thursday as they beat Belgium 1-0 to enter the semifinals.

India took lead through a Nithin Thimmaiah goal in the 12th minute of the match that marked one of the team's most known player, Sardar Singh's, 150th international appearance.

Belgium tried to make a comeback quite a few times, but India managed to hold on to its lead even in the second half.

India will be playing in the semi-finals of the Champions Trophy for the first time since 1982.

Netherland beat New Zealand, to face Pakistan in semis

Melbourne: Netherlands earned a place in semi final as they seized a 2-0 win against New Zealand securing a spot in Saturday’s semi-final against unpredictable Pakistan.

With this crucial victory, the Dutch will go for their third-consecutive medal at the Champions Trophy. They also finish in the top-four for the record 25^th consecutive time at the annual event.

The Dutch were the clear favourites before the commencement of the match as they have lost only once in the previous Champions Trophy meetings against New Zealand.

Netherland’s Jeroen Hertzberger gave the Dutch the 1-0 lead 13 minutes into the action when he flicked the ball easily into the nets. At the end of the first half, Holland was leading 1-0 against the black sticks.

The second half started with the same as the first until Billy Bakker scored a critical and final goal of the match, enduring the 2-0 goal lead till the end of the match.

The Dutch have won bronze at the previous two editions of the Champions Trophy and have earned 21 total medals at the event.

Netherland has not played in the finals at the Champions Trophy since 2006 while green shirts played the final in 1998.

The Semi Final between Netherland and Pakistan will be played on Saturday.

Pak beat Germany 2-1 to reach semifinals of Champions trophy hockey

Shakeel Abassi scored goals in the 39th and 51st minutes Thursday to give Pakistan a 2-1 win over Olympic gold medalist Germany in a men's Champions Trophy field hockey quarterfinal.
Shakeel Abbasi scored a goal in each half, after the Germans went 1-0 up early in the match, to book a place in the semi-finals of the tournament.
The Greenshirts missed several chances, including three penalty corners, to better the scoreline but held on to beat the much higher placed opponents.

This was Pakistan’s only second win in the tournament, after losing against Australia and Netherlands but won against Belgium to ensure a quarterfinal spot.
Pakistan will play its semifinals match with Holland.

England Beat Germany by 4-1 In Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2012

England pulled off an upset against the world number one Germans.
It was the first time England had defeated Germany at the Champions Trophy and they controlled the match from the opening whistle, scoring their first goal through Adam Dixon on six minutes.
England continued to press Germany and scored again through Harry Martin in the 10th minute.
Things improved slightly when Germany pulled one back four minutes later through an own goal, but England regained their two-goal buffer with an own goal two minutes before half time.
The Germans lost their discipline throughout the second half, with their inexperienced line up producing many sloppy tackles.
England rounded it off with a fourth goal to Darren Cheesman and captain Barry Middleton revelled in finally beating Germany.
“You have never seen a bad German team. Whatever tournament they go to however experimental it is they are a good team,” he said.

Pakistan beat Belgium In Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2012

Pakistan beat Belgium In Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament 2012.
MELBOURNE: Pakistan recorded their first win of the Champions Trophy as they defeated Belgium 2-0 in their second Group B match at the Champions Trophy in Melbourne on Sunday.
Abdul Haseem Khan broke the deadlock with just fifteen minutes remaining in the game and Shafqat Rasool sealed three points for the Greenshirts just before the final whistle.
Pakistan started brightly in the first half, creating a lot of opportunities but failed to convert them into goals. Belgium responded with pace and Pakistan’s defence put up a much better showing than they had against the Netherlands in the opening match of the tournament which Pakistan lost 3-1.
Belgium had many chances to score but an impressive performance by goalkeeper Imran Butt kept them at bay. The result leaves the Belgians as the only winless team in Pool B while Pakistan still have a chance to finish on top of the pool after Australia and Netherlands played out a goalless draw.

After a goalless first half, Pakistan lifted their tempo after half time, and a goal to Abdul Haseem Khan was followed by another from Shafqat Rasool to put the result beyond doubt.
“Yesterday we actually played good hockey but we missed our chances. Today we missed some chances but we managed to score as well, so this is very good experience for our young players,” Shakeel Abbasi said.
Pakistan play Australia in their next match on Tuesday.