19th Match Hockey World Cup 2018 (Men's)

Odisha Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneswar 2018 (Men’s)

BEL Vs RSF

Belgium Beat The South Africa

 

 

BELGIUM                         5 - 1                      SOUTH AFRICA

 Match Highlights

v Belgium thrashed South Africa 5-1 in the first Pool C match on Saturday.

v The European giants dominated right from the start and simply blew away their opponents with a four-goal blitz in the first two quarters.

Bhubaneswar, India: European giants Belgium, who had thrashed South Africa 5-1 in the day's other Pool C match earlier in the evening also finished the group stage with seven points from their full quota of three matches.

Belgium, who finished second in Pool C, will have to go through an extra knock-out round to earn their tickets into the last eight stage.

Canada and South Africa finished their group campaign with just one point each. The Canadians took the third spot thanks to a better goal difference and will face the second placed team of Pool D in the pre-quarterfinals. The South Africans have been eliminated.

Despite the extremely one-sided final scoreline, the Canadians had given an extremely good account of themselves for most of the match.