6th Match Hockey World Cup 2018 (Men's)

Odisha Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneswar 2018 (Men’s)

ENG Vs CH

England  Draw Match With China

 

                                                 

 ENGLAND                            2 - 1                            CHINA

 Match Highlights

v  China punched above their weight to draw 2-2 vs England in the Hockey World Cup 2018

v  China scored in the 59th minute to earn a point

v  China will next play Ireland on December 4 while England will be up against Australia

Bhubaneswar, India: World No.7 England were held to a 2-2 draw by China a Pool B match. Australia China produced a gritty show in their first-ever Hockey World Cup match to hold world No.7 England to a 2-2 draw in a Pool B match in Bhubaneswar on Friday.

China's men's hockey team's best result in the sport till date is a silver-medal finish at the 2006 Doha Asian Games but they sprung a surprise in its maiden World Cup match.

Unusual it may sound, but very few people know that China's entire 18-member men's hockey team making its debut in the World Cup belongs to just one province -- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. China is made up of 34 provinces.

England started the match as overwhelming favourites but the Chinese stunned their opponents early in the game when Xiaoping Gao (5th minute) scored a brilliant field goal from a tight angle after dribbling past three defenders.

Taken aback by the goal, the Englishmen went on the offensive and finally managed to equalise a minute from the first quarter when Mark Gleghorne (14th) converted a penalty corner