Hockey World Cup Highlights: Germany vs Belgium ends in a draw, Japan knocked out, SouthKorea through – Germany and Belgium settled for a pulsating 2-2 draw . Japan have been knocked out of the FIH Hockey World Cup on Tuesday. The Japanese took an early lead but SouthKorea registered a come-from-behind win to go though. Star Sports Network will have Hockey WC LIVE Telecast. Watch Hockey WC LIVE Streaming on Disney+Hotstar and FanCode & Follow FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 LIVE Updates on InsideSport.IN.
Today in Hockey WC:
- Korea vs Japan – Korea win 2-1
- Germany vs Belgium- ends in a 2-2 draw
Belgium began their Hockey World Cup Odisha campaign with a thumping 5-0 victory over Korea. On the other hand, Germany also managed a clean sheet with a 3-0 win over Japan.
Hockey World Cup LIVE Streaming: Defending champions Belgium eye quarters SPOT against Germany, Japan face Korea in DO-OR-DIE match, Follow Hockey WC LIVE Updates
Korea vs Japan LIVE: In a do-or-die Group B clash, SouthKorea take on Asian rivals Japan. With both teams yet to score in the tournament, their attackers need to find new strategies. A defeat will end in an early exit for either team.
Despite showing promise of late, Korea failed to impress against Belgium. They were routed 0-5 after a disastrous 2nd half. However, the Koreans will take a lot of learnings from that and will try to repeat their first-half performance. Korea did not allow Belgium to open the scoring until 3rd quarter.
As for Japan, they too managed to hold off Germany until 2nd half. But they conceded two goals in the 3rd quarter to hand over the match. They are fast and they have to take advantage of their pace against Korea.
Korea vs Japan Head-to-Head: Korea will start as overwhelming favourites. Japan have only won twice against Korea in 19 encounters. But their last win came 2018. In the last five meetings, Korea have won three while the other two have ended in draws.
Players to Watch out for in Korea vs Japan:
- Shota Yamada (Japan)
- Koji Yamasaki (Japan)
- Kentaro Fukuda (Japan)
- Manjae Jung (Korea)
- Namyong Lee (Korea)
Japan Squad: Yamasaki Koji, Yamada Shota, Kawamura Yusuke, Kawahara Yamato, Tanaka Seren, Fukuda Kentaro, Takade Taiki, Niwa Takuma, Nagai Yuma, Fujishima Raiki, Nagayoshi Ken, Saito Hiro, Kato Ryosei, Ooka Ryoma, Ohashi Masaki, Tanaka Kaito, Kuroda Kisho, Ochiai Hiromasa, Kobayashi Masato, Yoshikawa Takashi
South Korea Squad: Kim Jaehyeon, Kim Hyeonhong, Kim Kyubeom, Lee Gangsan, Lee Namyong, Jung Manjae, Hwang Taeil, Lee Jungjun, Seo Inwoo, Ji Woo Cheon, Lee Hyeseung, Kim Jaehan, Kim Sunghyun, Jeong Junwoo, Lee Seunghoon, Kim Hyeongjin, Jang Jonghyun, Jeon Byungjin, Yang Jihun, Lee Juyoung
Hockey World Cup LIVE Streaming: Defending champions Belgium eye quarters SPOT against Germany, Japan face Korea in DO-OR-DIE match, Follow Hockey WC LIVE Updates
Germany vs Belgium LIVE: With a quarterfinal spot at stake, the two Olympic and world champions face off. Belgium are the hot favourites with their golden generation of hockey players winning both World Cup and Olympic gold medals. But one would never write off Germany.
Germany thrashed Japan 3-0 with an inspiring 2nd-half performance. After Grambusch Mats opened the scoring from a penalty corner, Christopher Ruhr and Prinz Thies pumped in two more field goals. But Netherlands did it better than Germany.
Despite goalless 1st and 2nd quarter, Belgium scored 2 goals in Q3 and 3 in the final quarter against Korea. Five Belgian players were on target in the match. They have to repeat that performance once again. Alexander Hendrickx will be their main man who scored a whopping 14 goals in Tokyo Olympics.
Germany vs Belgium Head-to-Head: The two European powerhouses are difficult to separate. Belgium hold a slender advantage having win 15 matches in 34 encounters. Germany have won 13 while the other 6 have ended in draws. The last time, the two met in the FIH Pro League, Belgium won 1-0.
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Players to Watch out for in Germany vs Belgium:
- Christopher Ruhr (Germany)
- Mats Grambusch (Germany)
- Tom Boon (Belgium)
- Sebastien Dockier (Belgium)
- Alexander Hendrickx (Belgium)
Germany Squad: Goalkeepers: Stadler Alexander, Jean Danneberg, Defenders: Mathias Müller, Lukas Windfeder, Tom Grambusch, Teo Hinrichs, Gonzalo Peillat, Moritz Ludwig, Midfielders: Mats Grambusch, Martin Zwicker, Hannes Müller, Timur Oruz, Moritz Trompertz, Forward: Niklas Wellen, Christopher Rühr, Justus Weigand, Marco Miltkau, Thies Prinz
Belgium Squad: Goalkeepers: Louis Van Doren, Vincent Vanash, Defenders: Arthur Van Doren, Gauthier Boccard, Alexander Hendrikx, Arthur De Slover, Loick Luypaert, Midfielders: John-John Dohmen, Felix Denayer, Simon Gougnard, Anthony Kina, Victor Wegnez, Forwards: Florent van Aubel, Sebastian Dockeier, Cedric Charlier, Nico DeKerpel, Tom Bean, Tanguy Cosyns
Hockey World Cup Points Table:
| Pool B | |||||||||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Belgium | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 3 |
| 2 | Germany | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 3 | Japan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | −3 | 0 |
| 4 | South Korea | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | −5 | 0 |
Hockey WC LIVE Streaming: Star Sports Network will live telecast Hockey WC matches. Apart from that, DD Retro and DD Freedish will also have the live broadcast. Live Streaming will be on Disney+Hotstar and FanCode.
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