The seventh day of the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup 2023 was the last day of the Pool Stage/First Round of this tournament, where we experienced lots of goals along with five hat-tricks.
In Pool A, Australia thrashed South Africa, while France and Argentina had a thrilling high-scoring draw.
Later in Pool B, the defending champions Belgium and Germany dominated Japan and South Korea respectively.
Pool A
Australia vs South Africa (at Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela): Aussies performed unstoppably after four-goal scorer Blake Govers’ strong start
Australia – 9 (Blake Govers 3’, 14’, 18’, 19’; Tom Craig 9’; Jake Harvie 21’; Daniel Beale 27’; Jeremy Hayward 31’; Tim Brand 46’)
South Africa – 2 (Nqobile Ntuli 7’; Tevin Kok 57’)
France vs Argentina (at Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela): Hat-trickers Victor Charlet and Nicolás Della Torre set up a thrilling draw
France – 5 (Etienne Tynevez 10’; Victor Charlet 35', 37', 48', 59')
Argentina – 5 (Nicolás Keenan 2’; Nicolás Della Torre 33’, 41’, 59’; Martín Ferreiro 50’)
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Pool B
Belgium vs Japan (at Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela): Tom Boon’s five goals powered Belgium
Belgium – 7 (Cédric Charlier 17’; Tom Boon 21', 26', 27', 50', 55'; Sébastien Dockier 51’)
Japan – 1 (Kentaro Fukuda 45’)
South Korea vs Germany (at Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium, Rourkela): 2nd half dominators Germans destroyed the Koreans
South Korea – 2 (Jang Jong-hyun 14’, 59’)
Germany – 7 (Niklas Wellen 1’, 16’, 40’; Gonzalo Peillat 42’; Justus Weigand 50’; Mats Grambusch 52’; Moritz Ludwig 52’)
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