The German women are in the quarterfinals of the Hockey World Cup in Spain and the Netherlands. The way there was difficult.
The fourth in the world rankings struggled to win 1-0 (0-0) against outsiders South Africa in the round of 16 in Amstelveen. Captain Nike Lorenz scored the only goal for the favorites (38th minute) with the tenth penalty corner. “It was a lot of work and we’ve never scored many goals against South Africa in the past so we’ll take the win as it is,” said the match-winner.
16 unused penalty corners
“I like the performance, but we have a problem in scoring”, national coach Valentin Altenburg complained in the half-time break in view of the clear advantage of chances. In the end, there were only 16 penalty corners against the world number 16. unused.
In the quarterfinals against New Zealand
In the quarter-finals on Tuesday (July 12th, 2022), the German women will meet New Zealand again in Amstelveen. As the winners of Group B, the “Black Sticks” went straight into the round of the top eight, while Germany, second in preliminary round A, had to take a detour via a knockout duel with the African champions, third in Group D.