IKF AOKC 2018 Day 2: Reviews, results, images & videos
Monday, 30-July-2018 – Second day of competition at the the IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship 2018 in Japan. You can follow live all the tournament on worldkorfball.org
OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#AOKC2018 – #korfball):
Website: aokc2018.strikingly.com
Facebook: facebook.com/aokc2018
Twitter: twitter.com/aokc2018
Instagram: instagram.com/aokc2018
Live streaming games (by Japan Korfball) on youtube.com/channel/UCXa72Gr7UIKDqgv3xRmQ2Cg
DAY 2 RESULTS:
| 30-July | Match | Day 2 | Result | |
| 13:30 | 5 | Chinese Taipei | Macau | 37-9 |
| 15:15 | 6 | Japan | China | 9-30 |
| 17:00 | 7 | Hong Kong China | New Zealand | 17-10 |
| 18:45 | 8 | Australia | Korea | 30-5 |
GAMES REVIEW [Live update]
Match 5: CHINESE TAIPEI 37 – MACAU CHINA 9
Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/chinese-taipei-macau-2215
In the first game of day two, Chinese Taipei met Macau China. Once again, the defending Asia Oceania champion and number two ranked korfball nation took little time to demonstrate their superiority, delivering a lesson in precise, controlled play that their opponents had few answers for. Macau China took 14 minutes before they registered a goal, by which time Chinese Taipei had scored 10. With neither team in any doubt about the outcome, there was little obvious pressure on either. As in their game yesterday, Chinese Taipei made multiple half time substitutions, though the score kept mounting steadily. Macau China will take some satisfaction from finishing with nine goals, albeit these were scored when the result was beyond doubt.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puI8kNBiB5c (Video by Japan Korfball)
Match 6: JAPAN 9 – CHINA 30
Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/japan-china-2216
Game two on day two saw two teams bringing plenty of passion to the arena. After their hard fought win yesterday, host Japan was looking for further momentum against the korfball world’s fifth ranked nation. China, which most observers at this tournament favour to make Sunday’s gold medal match, started slowly, conceding the first goal. Under strict and vocal instruction from master coach Ben Crum, following a bye on day one, China settled to use their height and athleticism with greater effect, asserting a solid lead by half time, 15-3. While Japan remained active, their accuracy dropped away and they wilted a little in their cherry blossom pink shirts, particularly as China introduced some of their star players from the bench for the second half. China eased back once the game was out of their opponents’ reach, and Japan scored a few late goals, though in the end the margin was decisive. As the game came to its conclusion a yellow card to Jing Zhao of China was the first of this tournament.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgIKbDRlsuQ (Video by Japan Korfball)
Match 7: HONG KONG CHINA 17 – NEW ZEALAND 10
Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/hong-kong-china-new-zealand-2217
Hong Kong China, coming off a comfortable win yesterday, and ranked 14 places ahead of today’s opponent, New Zealand, would have been confident of a second victory to set them up nicely for the rest of the tournament. New Zealand enjoyed clear height superiority, particularly among their female players, though struggled to make that count in the first half due to hesitant and inaccurate shooting, compared to Hong Kong China’s speed and clinical shot making. At half time Hong Kong China had built an 8-3 advantage. However, in the third quarter, New Zealand staged a strong comeback, to come to within 12-9 with ten minutes to play and the outcome undecided. Good use of his bench by Hong Kong China coach Warman Cheng managed to keep his team on top, and by the end the kiwi resurgence ran out of steam. Both teams are likely to be encouraged by this result in the overall scheme of the tournament, with New Zealand mounting a credible challenge to a much higher ranked team, and Hong Kong China keeping their quest for a medal well on track.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgTVC-_7R0w (Video by Japan Korfball)
Match 8: AUSTRALIA 30 – KOREA 5
Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/australia-korea-2218
Having waited two days to start their tournament, Australia took little time to establish their dominance over Korea. Goals came regularly from throughout Australia’s squad, with the majority of chances made within six metres. Meanwhile, Korea struggled to cope with the strong defensive pressure that Australia exerted on them, and achieved scant joy finding the korf in the few chances they were able to create. Having established a healthy lead, Australia’s coach Phil Sibbons rotated his squad regularly with a view to keeping his players as fresh as possible for the business end of the tournament, and the intensity of the game dropped a few level. Albeit several of the players who achieved World Games success for Australia last year are not in the current squad, this was a comfortable work out for them, playing the style that has been successful for Australia for the past few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wCG2tfctic (Video by Japan Korfball)
RANKING POOLS AFTER DAY 2:
| Pos | Pool A | Points | Pos | Pool B | Points | |
| 1 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 1 | Hong Kong China | 6 | |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 2 | China | 3 | |
| 3 | Macau | 3 | 3 | Japan | 3 | |
| 4 | Philippines | 0 | 4 | Indonesia | 0 | |
| 5 | Korea | 0 | 5 | New Zealand | 0 |
Match schedule, tournament rules and more on ➡️ ikf.org/event/ikf-asia-oceania-korfball-championship
You can follow all games play-by-play through IKF live data website on worldkorfball.org: Click here
OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT PROFILES (#AOKC2018 – #korfball):
Website: aokc2018.strikingly.com
Facebook: facebook.com/aokc2018
Twitter: twitter.com/aokc2018
Instagram: instagram.com/aokc2018
More on IKF social media profiles (#AOKC2018 – #korfball):
DAY 3 MATCH SCHEDULE:
| 31-July | Match | Day 3 | Result | |
| 13:30 | 9 | Indonesia | New Zealand | 0-0 |
| 15:15 | 10 | Hong Kong China | China | 0-0 |
| 17:00 | 11 | Australia | Macau | 0-0 |
| 18:45 | 12 | Chinese Taipei | Philippines | 0-0 |
DAY 1 IMAGE GALLERY (by Shota Kawajiri – @AOKC2018):
