Women's Hockey World Cup 2010: Day 8

From the look of things, in Pool A, the Netherlands have been assured of going through to the semi-finals of the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010. Germany and Australia have a chance still, and their match between each other is a virtual quarterfinal. In Pool B, England and hosts Argentina are sure to go ahead, irrespective of what happens in the last group games in this pool.

Let's have a look at the results and standings as on day 8 in the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, with all the teams now having played 4 games apiece.

Results - Day 8

England	2 : 1	South Africa
Spain	2 : 2	Korea
Argentina	2 : 0	China
India	2 : 0	Japan
Netherlands	2 : 1	Germany
Australia	4 : 1	New Zealand

P O O L - A

COUNTRY	PLD	WON	DRW	LOST	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Netherlands	4	4	0	0	20	6	14	12
Germany	4	3	0	1	9	4	5	9
Australia	4	3	0	1	13	9	4	9
India	4	1	0	3	7	17	-10	3
Japan	4	0	1	3	4	8	-4	1
New Zealand	4	0	1	3	6	15	-9	1

P O O L - B

COUNTRY	PLD	WON	DRW	LOST	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Argentina	4	4	0	0	12	2	10	12
England	4	3	1	0	7	4	3	10
Korea	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	5
China	4	1	0	3	5	6	-1	3
South Africa	4	1	0	3	6	12	-6	3
Spain	4	0	1	3	5	11	-6	1

(top 2 teams from each pool will progress to the semi-finals)
Today's games at the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010 will be Spain vs China, Korea vs South Africa, and Argentina vs England. Stay tuned!