IKF AOKC 2018 Day 5: Reviews, results, images & videos

Thursday, 2-August-2018 – Fifth day of competition at the the IKF Asia Oceania Korfball Championship 2018 in Japan. After today’s results and final ranking pools, Indonesia and Philippines will play on Saturday for places 9 and 10 of this IKF AOKC 2018. All the other teams will play tomorrow to decide their next final games. You can follow live all the tournament on worldkorfball.org

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DAY 5 RESULTS

2-Aug	Match	Day 5		Result
13:30	17	New Zealand	China	15-28
15:15	18	Japan	Indonesia	24-15
17:00	19	Australia	Philippines	27-8
18:45	20	Korea	Macau	14-10

GAMES REVIEW:

Match 17: NEW ZEALAND 15 – CHINA 28

Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/new-zealand-china-2227

New Zealand and China played an entertaining and competitive match, albeit both had one eye on what comes next in this tournament. Although New Zealand put up more of a fight than their opponents might have expected, China’s quality showed through with their high shooting percentage against the defensive intensity that New Zealand’s other opponents so far have found more difficult to combat. Taking good options in attack created plenty of scoring opportunities for New Zealand, and although they can be pleased with the number of goals they made, they were no match for China in terms of shooting accuracy, which is what took the world’s fifth ranked team to another comfortable victory and confirmed their place at the top of pool A.

youtube.com/watch?v=WGtTfJPq4lIv (Video by Japan Korfball)

Match 18: JAPAN 24 – INDONESIA 15

Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/japan-indonesia-2228

This was a closer game than expected, with Indonesia showing how much they have learned from their experience of the tournament this week, testing Japan much more seriously than they have their previous opponents. Although the first quarter was tight, Japan took an early lead, which they built further in the second quarter to go six goals clear. Indonesia then mounted a concerted comeback to dominate the third quarter, making space and shooting with much greater fluency than they have during the rest of the tournament, bringing the margin back to just one goal. However, a series of substitutions at three quarter time brought Japan more control, and goals, breaking down Indonesia’s defence to close out the game. While six missed penalties through 40 minutes hurt both teams, the immense improvement Indonesia has made in the last few days is the big story of this game. Japan, meanwhile, confirmed third place in pool A,

youtube.com/watch?v=9qnCIoyJv5o (Video by Japan Korfball)

Match 19: AUSTRALIA 27 – PHILIPPINES 8

Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/australia-philippines-2229

Australia met the Phillipines in the penultimate pool game. Australia won comfortably without having to play too hard, conserving their energy for the games over the next three days that will determine the medals. Winning confirms Australia has made it to the top four of this tournament and will therefore play in the 2019 World Championship. In their first participation at an IKF Asia Oceania event, the Phillipines will play off for ninth and tenth.

youtube.com/watch?v=FIhspKCWNfM (Video by Japan Korfball)

Match 20: KOREA 14 – MACAU CHINA 10

Statistics: worldkorfball.org/matches/korea-macau-2230

In the final pool game Korea and Macau China met to determine who will play Japan and who will play New Zealand tomorrow for qualification to the 2019 IKF World Championship in Durban 12 months from now. Korea made the more positive start, shackling Macau China in a tight and effective defensive net to end half 9-4 ahead. Dutch master coach Atte van Haastrecht gave his players a stern motivational message at half time, and while it made some difference, encouraging Macau China to play with a little more purpose, they were unable to break the resistance of Korea, who remained resolute in defence and more clinical in attack. They will therefore play New Zealand tomorrow while Macau China will play Japan, with the winners of those two reaching the qualification goal.

youtube.com/watch?v=jZ4bDPiIQ3c (Video by Japan Korfball)

RANKING POOLS AFTER DAY 5:

Pos	Pool A	Points	Pos	Pool B	Points
1	Chinese Taipei	12	1	China	12
2	Australia	9	2	Hong Kong China	9
3	Korea	6	3	Japan	6
4	Macau China	3	4	New Zealand	3
5	Philippines	0	5	Indonesia	0