Belgium Beat Netherlands to Win Hockey World Cup
NEW DELHI (AP) - Belgium have beaten the Netherlands 3-2 in a penalty shootout to win their first ever men's Hockey World Cup in India.
Both the teams failed to score in regulation time at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswsar, the capital of Odisha.
"A goalless stalemate in regulation time forced the shootout which also resulted in a 2-2 deadlock after five penalties each on Sunday night," an official of International Hockey Federation (FIH) said. "Belgium then scored the decisive goal in sudden death to script history."
For Belgium, Florent Van Aubel struck twice in the shootout while Victor Wegnez was on target once. Meanwhile, for the Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger and Jonas de Geus scored once each.
In 2016 Belgium hockey team won the Olympics silver in Brazil.
*******Belgium's Florent van Aubel (center) fights for the ball with Netherland's Jonas de Geus during the field hockey final match between Belgium and Netherlands at the 2018 Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Dec 16, 2018.
Both the teams failed to score in regulation time at Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswsar, the capital of Odisha.
"A goalless stalemate in regulation time forced the shootout which also resulted in a 2-2 deadlock after five penalties each on Sunday night," an official of International Hockey Federation (FIH) said. "Belgium then scored the decisive goal in sudden death to script history."
For Belgium, Florent Van Aubel struck twice in the shootout while Victor Wegnez was on target once. Meanwhile, for the Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger and Jonas de Geus scored once each.
In 2016 Belgium hockey team won the Olympics silver in Brazil.
*******Belgium's Florent van Aubel (center) fights for the ball with Netherland's Jonas de Geus during the field hockey final match between Belgium and Netherlands at the 2018 Hockey World Cup in Bhubaneswar on Dec 16, 2018.