Women's Hockey World Cup 2010: Day 9

Pool B completed their league games today in the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010. We now have final standings in this group. England and hosts Argentina go through to the semi-finals, while Korea, China, South Africa and Spain will play for places fifth to twelfth.

Let's have a look at what transpired on day 8 of the 2010 Women's Hockey World Cup, and also the standings in both the groups.

Results - Day 9

China	6 : 0	Spain
Korea	5 : 3	South Africa
Argentina	2 : 0	England

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

(top 2 teams from each pool will progress to the semi-finals)

P O O L - B

COUNTRY	PLD	WON	DRW	LOST	GF	GA	GD	PTS
Argentina	5	5	0	0	14	2	12	15
England	5	3	1	1	7	6	4	10
Korea	5	2	2	1	10	8	2	8
China	5	2	0	3	11	6	5	6
South Africa	5	1	0	4	9	17	-8	3
Spain	5	0	1	4	5	17	-12	1

(Argentina & England are through to the semi-finals)
Today's games at the Women's Hockey World Cup 2010 will see the end of the league games. Pool A matches will be played: India vs New Zealand, Netherlands vs Japan, and Australia vs Germany. The game between Australia and Germany in particular will be interesting, not just because both teams are good, but also because this game is a virtual quarterfinal, and the winner will take position 2 in Pool A and go through to the semi-finals. Stay tuned!