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Women's Hockey World Cup 2010

England jump to fifth in the women's world rankings

Posted on 17. Sep, 2010 Tag: England, wwcup2010

England's bronze medal in the women's world cup has pushed them up to fifth place in hockey's official world rankings.
The rankings see England and Australia swap fourth and fifth places making this the first time the English have been ranked ahead of Australia since the rankings began.
Argentina's gold medal sees them take top spot in the rankings for the first time since 2003 – the year the rankings system was launched. Las Leonas' first place comes at the expense of the Dutch who have held the number one spot since 2004.

Argentina strike gold

Posted on 12. Sep, 2010 Tag: Argentina, Netherlands, wwcup2010

Argentina 3 Germany 1
Two early goals, adept defending and fine goalkeeping by Belen Succi delivered the women's hockey world cup to Argentina.
A Carla Rebecchi strike and a Noel Barrionuevo corner had the hosts two-up inside 10 minutes. One could only admire the Dutch resolve as they slowly worked their way back into the match. It took until the 44th minute for the reigning champions to open their final account – almost inevitably it was Maartje Paumen who unleashed a powerful corner rocket into the roof of the net and flipped the off-switch for the crowd.
Belen Succi then produced an excellent double save from a Dutch corner variation followed by the best PC save of the tournament – getting her left glove to a Paumen rocket that had equaliser written all over it.
Carla Rebeccci added a second Argentine goal in the 54th minute, but the courageous Dutch kept coming with Minke Smeets to the fore. It wasn't to be, as las Leonas delivered a victory right off the scriptwriter's page.
Argentine skipper Lucuiana Aymar (pictured) had a quiet night but deservedly picked up the player of the tournament award.
The crowd roared, the flares burned, the drums thumped and the songs started.