GBR V CHN ( Pool B ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Antwerp 2015


Match Review GBR - CHN 8-1
It proved to be third game lucky for Barry Middleton’s Great Britain, who finally got their first Pool B win at the FINTRO Hockey World League Semi-Finals with a hugely convincing triumph over China in Antwerp.
Nick Catlin, Sam Ward and Mark Gleghorne both scored doubles in the rout to help GB move into second place in the pool, ahead of hosts Belgium but behind Malaysia.
Catlin was the first GB player to make their mark on the score-board, slapping a high ball into an open net to finish off a decisive attack, with Ward and Gleghorne netted second quarter goals before China’s Li Zecheng made the score 3-1 at half time.
Four Great Britain goals arrived in the third quarter, the pick of which came from a brilliant back-hand effort from Ashley Jackson either side of fine finishes from Gleghorne and Ward before Alastair Brogdon and Catlin completed the scoring.
When asked to sum up his feelings about the game, GB’s Nick Catlin said: “We were much improved today, as we were looking to bounce back from our disappointing performance against Ireland (2-2), so I’m really pleased with what we did out there. When you play well, the scoreline kind of takes care of itself. We want to finish as high in the pool as we can, and we know that if we win the next game we will be in a really strong position.”
Great Britain’s final Pool B match will be against current table-toppers Malaysia on Sunday (28 June), while China will be back in action on Friday (26 June) when they face Ireland.
Goals
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Action | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
GBR | 4 | 26 | CATLIN Nick | FG | 1 - 0 |
GBR | 18 | 13 | WARD Sam | FG | 2 - 0 |
GBR | 23 | 14 | GLEGHORNE Mark | FG | 3 - 0 |
CHN | 26 | 11 | LI Zecheng | PC | 3 - 1 |
GBR | 36 | 14 | GLEGHORNE Mark | PC | 4 - 1 |
GBR | 38 | 7 | JACKSON Ashley | FG | 5 - 1 |
GBR | 42 | 11 | BROGDON Alastair | FG | 6 - 1 |
GBR | 43 | 13 | WARD Sam | FG | 7 - 1 |
GBR | 55 | 26 | CATLIN Nick | FG | 8 - 1 |
Cards
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
CHN | 22 | 27 | SUN Tianjun | G |
GBR | 26 | 21 | WHITEMAN Tim | Y |
CHN | 34 | 1 | ZHANG Zhixuan | G |
GBR
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
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X
|
1 | PINNER George | ||||
Bench
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2 | BAILEY James | ||||
6
|
6 | WEIR Henry | ||||
X
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7 | JACKSON Ashley | 1 | |||
5
|
9 | MARTIN Harry | ||||
5
|
11 | BROGDON Alastair | 1 | |||
X
|
12 | HOARE Michael | ||||
4
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13 | WARD Sam | 2 | |||
X
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14 | GLEGHORNE Mark | 2 | |||
X
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16 | DIXON Adam | ||||
X
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18 | MIDDLETON Barry | ||||
7
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21 | WHITEMAN Tim | 1 | |||
4
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22 | CONDON David | ||||
X
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24 | LEWERS Iain | ||||
X
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25 | GRIFFITHS Chris | ||||
X
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26 | CATLIN Nick | 2 | |||
X
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27 | FOX Dan | ||||
X
|
30 | AMES David | ||||
Team Manager | HALLIDAY Andy | |||||
Head Coach | CRUTCHLEY Bobby | |||||
Stand-In Manager | RALPH David | |||||
Assistant Coach | BLEBY Jon | |||||
Physiotherapist | SAWKINGS Julia | |||||
Medical Doctor | WILKES Graeme |
CHN
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X
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1 | ZHANG Zhixuan | 1 | |||
X
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5 | HUANG Yue | ||||
4
|
7 | GUO Xiaoping | ||||
6
|
8 | LU Fenghui | ||||
6
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9 | WANG Bowen | ||||
X
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10 | WANG Zipeng | ||||
5
|
11 | LI Zecheng | 1 | |||
X
|
13 | AO Yang | ||||
29
|
14 | MENG Lei | ||||
6
|
15 | DU Talake | ||||
X
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17 | E Liguang | ||||
X
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21 | DU Chen | ||||
X
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22 | DONG Yang | ||||
X
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26 | AO Weibao | ||||
X
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27 | SUN Tianjun | 1 | |||
X
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28 | LIU Yixian | ||||
37
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30 | YAN Rongyao | ||||
X
|
32 | XU Rui | ||||
Team Manager | YANG Liu | |||||
Head Coach | CUI Yingbiao | |||||
Stand-In Manager | HUO Kelin | |||||
Assistant Coach | JIA Wei | |||||
Assistant Coach | HAN JiZhong | |||||
Assistant Coach | TAO Zhinan | |||||
Physiotherapist | WANG Mingbo |
DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified
Match Officials
Role | Official |
---|---|
Umpire 1 | VAN EERT Roel |
Umpire 2 | BARBAS Diego |
Reserve Umpire | KOH Eric Kim Lai |
Video Umpire | van BUNGE Coen |
Judge 1 | WARRIS Rogier |
Judge 2 | RAMPONE Guendalina |
Technical Officer | DECKENBROCK Christian |
- Match 12
- Date Thu, 25 Jun 2015
- Time 16:00
- Pool/Class Pool B
- Venue KHC Dragons