NZL V JPN ( Pool A ) Hockey World League Semi-Final Buenos Aires 2015


Match Review NZL - JPN 2-1
The Black Sticks grabbed their second win at the Argentina Hockey World League Semi-Final in Buenos Aires. Steve Edwards and Simon Child scored the goals in an entertaining afternoon match that was played in beautiful condition. As Korea are not playing today, New Zealand will remain top of pool A. The Samurais suffered their second defeat in Buenos Aires after losing the opening match 4-2 to Korea.
The Black Sticks met Japan in a test series at the end of last year with the Kiwis remaining unbeaten in all four matches. The last time both teams met at an FIH tournament was at the Pahang Hockey Champions Challenge 1 in Kuantan when New Zealand won 6-1.
In today’s encounter, it took the world’s number 7 team just three minutes to get on the scoreboard. Steve Edwards (4’) scored after a brilliant interchange between Blair Tarrant and Arun Panchia. Team captain Simon Child (15’) doubled the lead from a penalty corner. Japan pulled one back through Kenji Kitazato (59’) who scored his second goal in this competition.
Thoughts on the match:
Ryan Archibald (NZL):
“We played a good first half and dominated the first part of the game. Although we are not completely satisfied, we are happy to have the points.”
Kenji Kitazato (JPN):
“We are disappointed that we lost again. Today, we scored too late while New Zealand had scored too early.”
Goals
Team | Minute | Shirt # | Player | Action | Score |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
NZL | 4 | 31 | EDWARDS Steve | FG | 1 - 0 |
NZL | 15 | 6 | CHILD Simon | PC | 2 - 0 |
JPN | 59 | 8 | KITAZATO Kenji | FG | 2 - 1 |
NZL
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
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X
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4 | HAIG Nick | ||||
X
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5 | HAYWARD Andy | ||||
X
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6 | CHILD Simon | 1 | |||
7
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9 | HILTON Blair | ||||
X
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10 | ARCHIBALD Ryan | ||||
Bench
|
15 | ENERSEN George | ||||
6
|
17 | WOODS Nic | ||||
X
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18 | BURROWS Phil | ||||
X
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20 | MANCHESTER Devon | ||||
8
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21 | RUSSELL Kane | ||||
X
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22 | TARRANT Blair | ||||
X
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24 | PANCHIA Arun | ||||
X
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25 | McALEESE Shea | ||||
6
|
27 | JENNESS Stephen | ||||
10
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28 | ROWSELL Dwayne | ||||
6
|
29 | INGLIS Hugo | ||||
X
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30 | MUIR George | ||||
X
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31 | EDWARDS Steve | 1 | |||
Team Manager | LESLIE Chris | |||||
Head Coach | BATCH Colin | |||||
Stand-In Manager | WOOLFORD Paul | |||||
Assistant Coach | COLLINS Bryce | |||||
Medical Doctor | McLAREN James (Dr) | |||||
Physiotherapist | LEE Peter | |||||
Video Technician | LALA Hemant | |||||
Physical Trainer | LOGAN Scott | |||||
Psychologist | THOMPSON Campbell |
JPN
Minute | Shirt # | Name | Goals | Green | Yellow | Red |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
X
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1 | TAKASE Katsuya | ||||
X
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3 | KAYUKAWA Koji | ||||
X
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5 | SHIOKAWA Naoto | ||||
X
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6 | MITANI Genki | ||||
X
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7 | ONO Tomonori | ||||
X
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8 | KITAZATO Kenji | 1 | |||
4
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9 | FUJIMOTO Ippei | ||||
X
|
11 | KAWAKAMI Kei | ||||
X
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14 | NAGASAWA Katsuyoshi | ||||
X
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15 | YAMASHITA Manabu | ||||
8
|
18 | ZENDANA Hirotaka | ||||
X
|
19 | TANAKA Kenta | ||||
X
|
23 | SAKAMOTO Hiroki | ||||
5
|
25 | WAKURI Hirotaka | ||||
4
|
26 | MURATA Kazuma | ||||
5
|
28 | HOSHI Suguru | ||||
Bench
|
31 | SHIMMOTO Suguru | ||||
3
|
32 | TACHIBANA Toshiro | ||||
Head Coach | KANG Keonwook | |||||
Stand-In Manager | FUJIHARA Nobuyuki | |||||
Physiotherapist | SEKIYA Kosuke | |||||
Team Manager | TERAMOTO Yuji |
DNP = Did not participate
S = Suspended
DSQ = Disqualified
Match Officials
Role | Official |
---|---|
Umpire 1 | MEJZLIK Jakub |
Umpire 2 | BALE Bruce |
Reserve Umpire | RASOOL Haider |
Video Umpire | GRIME Murray |
Judge 1 | BURT Josh |
Judge 2 | STEWART Tony |
Technical Officer | ALEMAN Luis |
- Match 05
- Date Thu, 4 Jun 2015
- Time 14:00
- Pool/Class Pool A
- Venue CeNARD