1) Great Britain

2) India

3) Austria

4) Chile

5) Russia

6) Mexico

Great Britain - Mexico 11:0 (2:0)

13mn  Simon Mantell (FG)  1:0

23mn  Richard Mantell (PC)  2:0

47mn  Stephen Dick (FG)  3:0

50mn  Richard Alexander (FG)  4:0

51mn  Simon Mantell (FG)  5:0

54mn  Barry Middleton (FG)  6:0

57mn  Matt Daly (FG)  7:0

61mn  Rob Moore (FG)  8:0

63mn  Ashley Jackson (FG)  9:0

68mn  Matt Daly (FG)  10:0

70mn  James Tindall (FG)  11:0

It took GB nearly fifteen minutes to score their first goal and Mexico managed to reach half-time with only a two goal deficit. The British players then steadily increased their lead, without forcing their pace in the afternoon heat. There were nine individual GB scorers in this dominant performance over the world’s 28th ranked side. One worry is the GB only scored once from 10 penalty corners – an area manager Peter Nicholson admits “is an area which needs improving”.

India - Russia 8:0 (4:0)

14mn  Dilip Tirkey (PC)  1:0

19mn  Prabhjot Singh (FG)  2:0

29mn  Prabhjot Singh (FG)  3:0

30mn  Shivendra Singh (FG)  4:0

36mn  Tushar Khandekar (FG)  5:0

45mn  Sardar Singh (FG)  6:0

54mn  V.R. Raghunath  (PC)  7:0

65mn  Prabhjot Singh (FG)  8:0

The Russian defenders were far too inexperienced to prevent the quick passing game of the Indians, who somehow always managed to end up with a player alone in front of goal. Indian Coach Joaquim CARVALHO was happy with his team performance, admitting that they were worried before the game because they knew very little of their opponent of the day. He added that it was important for the forwards to score to raise their confidence. “It doesn’t matter who you score against, it is important for a forward to score goals!”. Indian Captain Prabodh TIRKEY expressed his satisfaction with new pitch, which he found even and fast, and well suited to the Indian style of play.

Chile - Austria 3:4 (1:2)

1mn  Felipe Montegu (FG)  1-0

20mn  Georg Jelinek (FG)  1-1

32mn  Tobias Hübner (FG)  1-2

42mn  Elmar Stremitzer (FG)  1-3

44mn  Benjamin Stanzl (PC)  1-4

46mn  Felipe Montegu (PC)  2-4

64mn  Felipe Montegu (PC)  3-4

It didn’t take long for host Chile to stake their claim on the last game of the day, which was supposed to be more balanced than the previous ones, with only a narrow gap in the World Rankings (20th for Chile, 25th for Austria). After hardly a minute of play, Chilean Captain Felipe MONTEGU was at the conclusion of a fast combination, much to the delight of the capacity crowd. Austria recovered quickly and the game settled in an entertaining contest, flowing quickly back and forth. The Chilean team kept pushing once they lost their lead but the Austrians held desperately onto their narrow lead until the end, celebrating wildly their spectacular upset of the home team.