KAZ V HKG ( Pool ) 2016 Women Hockey World League Round 1 - Singapore (SIN)

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Match Review KAZ - HKG 1-1

Report from Singapore Hockey Federation

Hong Kong SAR sinks Kazakhstan in shootout after thrilling draw

Hong Kong SAR emerged as shootout heroines in an exciting 14 April (Thursday) match despite the contest being heavily dominated by their higher ranked opponents from Central Asia.

Hong Kong SAR looked fresher after their two rest days and were able to sit back and break on the counter against their physically stronger opponents.

Having already played three gruelling games in the past four days, their opponents Kazakhstan looked tired and were not able to show the clinical goalscoring touch that had earned them a total of 24 goals in the pool prior to Thursday’s match with Hong Kong.

A lapse of concentration by Hong Kong SAR in the 12th minute earned Kazakhstan their first penalty corner of the game, but Gulnara Imangaliyeva was unable to convert Natalya Sazontova’s sweep.

Good stickwork by captain Natalya Gataulina to get into the D to pass to Sazontova in the 20th minute, but the latter failed to catch the ball to convert past HK custodian Yip Ting Wai.

On the other side of the pitch, Hong Kong’s Mok Ka Man managed to intercept a poor pass by Kazakhstan outside of the D in the 16th minute, but Phoebe Mak was unable to convert this rate goalscoring opportunity.

The Kazakhs would nevertheless find themselves on the scoresheet in the 27th minute as Natalya Gataulina managed to lob the ball past the the HK keeper Yip Ting Wai.

Hong Kong almost equalised just a minute later but their shot from just outside of the D went just wide. They continued to press Kazakhstan in their D for five minutes before the end of the first half, but could not muster a good shot at goal as Kazakhstan heavily marked their opponents.

Hong Kong were the ones on the back foot in the second half as Kazakhstan were better at anticipating their opponent’s moves and were able to win the ball back to start attacks..

The women from the SAR managed to get a penalty corner in the 50th minute of the match but failed to convert from the sweep. However, they would get their equaliser in the 53rd minute as Chan Ching Nam found space in the Kazakh defence to poke the ball past Guzal Bakhavaddin.

Both teams continued in search of a winner after Hong Kong’s equaliser. Hong Kong failed to score another goal after a succession of penalty corners were wasted late in the second half.

Kazakhstan nearly got their winner through a penalty corner in the 61st minute, if not for a clearance off the line by the Hong Kong’s Mok Ka Man to deny Olga Khonina a goal at the near post. They also were unable to convert a last minute penalty corner as Hong Kong stood firm to take the game to a shootout.

The shootout was a nail-biting affair which Hong Kong managed to win with a score of 3-2 to crush Kazakh hearts.

Hong Kong had missed their first effort through captain Lo I Ka, but Lau Pui Sze, Melvinia Cheng and Tiffany Chan managed to convert their chances to give Hong Kong the lead and eventually the win.

Kazakhstan had started off strongly in the shootout with Captain Gataulina giving them the lead and Viktoriya Shaimardanova adding the second, but two missed efforts put their opponents in the driving seat before Natalya Sazontova poor conversion attempt handed the win to Hong Kong.

Ultimately, the result was a reflection of the pedigree of these two teams. Kazakhstan were arguably the better team with most of the attacking chances in normal time, but Hong Kong SAR’s hard work and cool nerves ensured that they would have plenty to celebrate that night.

Goals

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
KAZ	27	15	GATAULINA Natalya	FG	1 - 0
HKG	49	10	CHAN Ching Nam	FG	1 - 1

Shootouts

Team	Attacker	Defender	Result	Score
HKG	LO I Ka	BAKHAVADDIN Guzal	O	0 - 0
KAZ	GATAULINA Natalya	YIP Ting Wai	X	1 - 0
HKG	LAU Pui Sze	BAKHAVADDIN Guzal	X	1 - 1
KAZ	DOMASHNEVA Vera	YIP Ting Wai	O	1 - 1
HKG	CHENG Melvina	BAKHAVADDIN Guzal	X	1 - 2
KAZ	CHEPKASSOVA Alissa	YIP Ting Wai	O	1 - 2
HKG	CHUEN Sze Sze	BAKHAVADDIN Guzal	O	1 - 2
KAZ	SHAIMARDANOVA Viktoriya	YIP Ting Wai	X	2 - 2
HKG	CHAN Tiffany	BAKHAVADDIN Guzal	X	2 - 3
KAZ	SAZONTOVA Natalya	YIP Ting Wai	O	2 - 3

X Goal, O Saved, - Not Taken

Cards

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Type
HKG	70	15	LO I Ka	G

KAZ

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals
X	1	BAKHAVADDIN Guzal
X	2	MUKASHEVA Assel
X	4	SAZONTOVA Natalya
X	5	KHONINA Olga
13	8	IDIRISSOVA Gulim
18	9	MYRKASSYMOVA Moldir
X	10	DOMASHNEVA Vera
X	11	IMANGALIYEVA Gulnara
16	12	USSEN Zhansaya
X	13	CHEPKASSOVA Alissa
X	14	DOBRIOGLO Irina
X	15	GATAULINA Natalya	1
36	16	SHEVELEVA Olga
X	17	SABAZOVA Symbat
X	18	SHAIMARDANOVA Viktoriya
		Team Manager	KALIMBAYEV Serik

HKG

Minute	Shirt #	Name	Goals	Green
X	1	YIP Ting Wai
X	2	CHAN Yi Man
X	3	CHAN Tiffany
9	4	MAK Phoebe
11	5	CHEUNG Evelyn
X	6	MA Sin Yiu
11	7	CHAN Chi
X	8	CHENG Melvina
X	9	HO Weeraya
X	10	CHAN Ching Nam	1
X	11	CHUEN Sze Sze
16	12	CHAN Ka Yee
X	13	MOK Ka Man
X	14	LAU Pui Sze
X	15	LO I Ka		1
Bench	16	PANG Hoi Ming
9	17	LAW Melissa
Bench	18	KWOK Suen Ni
		Head Coach	ARIFALI
		Team Manager	LIP Wai Ting
		Physiotherapist	YUNG Mei Chun

DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified

Match Officials

Role	Official
Umpire 1	DAGAR Nirmla
Umpire 2	CARROLL Emily
Reserve Umpire	ARIFFIN Miskarmalia
Judge 1	GUBENKO Vitaliy
Judge 2	IMUAN Kamonwan
Technical Officer	TAN Bernetta

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Match 14
Date Thu, 14 Apr 2016
Time 15:00
Pool/Class Pool
Venue Pitch 1

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KAZ V HKG ( Pool ) 2016 Women Hockey World League Round 1 - Singapore (SIN)