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| December 5, 2002 | Thursday | Ramazan 29,1423 |
China beat Kiwis for semis spot
PERTH (Australia), Dec 4: China breezed into the semifinals of the women’s field hockey World Cup here on Wednesday with a 2-0 win over New Zealand.
The Chinese, who had to beat the Kiwis to make it through after South Korea’s 6-2 victory over Scotland earlier in the day, saw off the New Zealanders with two first-half goals. They will meet the in-form Dutch in the semis. Australia will meet Argentina in the other semifinal.
Fu Baorong tipped in a pass from Hou Xiaolan in the 13th minute and Cheng Hui tapped in a rebound from a Zhou Wanfeng shot four minutes from the break to secure victory here.
England jumped from fifth to third place in Pool B after winning 3-0 over Spain, earning the right to play off for fifth to eighth place.
England needed three goals to get ahead of Spain on goal difference and scored them in style.
Helen Grant scored on five minutes, Jane Smith added a second midway through the second half and Anna Bennett chipped in a loose ball seconds from time.
In the earlier Pool A match, Germany defeated Ukraine 5-2.
Pool A cellar-dwellers Russia held undefeated Argentina goalless for 54 minutes until top-scorer Agustina Garcia popped up to settled a meaningless encounter.
In Pool B, Netherlands
beat United States 5-2 and South Africa demolished Ireland 6-0.
Japan held Australia to a 1-1 draw but had no influence on the pool standings with Australia staying in second place and Japan in fifth.
Women’s World Cup results
Pool A
Ukraine 2 Germany 5
South Korea 6 Scotland 2
Russia 0 Argentina 1
China 2 New Zealand 0
Pool B
Netherlands 5 United States 2
England 3 Spain 0
Ireland 0 South Africa 6
Australia 1 Japan 1
—AFP
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