The seventh day of the FIH Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup 2023 brought the
conclusion of the group stage action from Pool A and Pool B, as Australia
and Belgium topped their groups, booking their quarterfinals spots.
However, Argentina, France, Germany and Korea now move on to the
crossovers. Incredibly, all four games saw at least one player score a
hat-trick. The second game between France and Argentina producing two, as
Blake Govers (AUS), Victor Charlet (FRA), Nicolas della Torre (ARG), Tom
Boon (BEL) and Niklas Wellen (GER) all scored at least thrice for their
teams.A total of 38 goals were scored across the 4 games on the day, for a
whopping average of 9.5 goals per game.
In the opening game of the day, the Australian attack showed out in the
first half going into the break up 7-1 to put the result beyond much doubt.
South Africa gave a better account of themselves in the second half but
Australia still ran out of comfortable winners with a 9-2 final scoreline.
conclusion of the group stage action from Pool A and Pool B, as Australia
and Belgium topped their groups, booking their quarterfinals spots.
However, Argentina, France, Germany and Korea now move on to the
crossovers. Incredibly, all four games saw at least one player score a
hat-trick. The second game between France and Argentina producing two, as
Blake Govers (AUS), Victor Charlet (FRA), Nicolas della Torre (ARG), Tom
Boon (BEL) and Niklas Wellen (GER) all scored at least thrice for their
teams.A total of 38 goals were scored across the 4 games on the day, for a
whopping average of 9.5 goals per game.
In the opening game of the day, the Australian attack showed out in the
first half going into the break up 7-1 to put the result beyond much doubt.
South Africa gave a better account of themselves in the second half but
Australia still ran out of comfortable winners with a 9-2 final scoreline.
