2010 Hockey World Cup

[ico]

It is starting from 28th February and India is hosting it.

Here are the teams.

Pool A

• Germany
• Netherlands
• Korea
• New Zealand
• Canada
• Argentina

Pool B

• Australia
• Spain
• England
• Pakistan
• India
• South Africa

India vs Pakistan on 8:35pm on Sunday, 28 Feb, 2009

I'll most probably go to watch the match @ Dhyan Chand National Stadium. Let's see.

Only the top 2 in their respective groups advance to the Semi Final.

Indian Squad
Goalkeepers: Adrian D'souza, P.R. Sreejesh
Defenders: Sandeep Singh, Diwakar Ram, Dhananjay Mahadik
Mid fielders: Gurbaj Singh, Vikram Pillay, Bharat Chikara, Danish Mustafa, Tushar Khandekar
Forwards: Deepak Thakur, Gurinder Chandi, Rajpal Singh (c), Prabhjot Singh, Sarwanjit Singh, Arjun Halappa, Shivendra Singh.

Two-three more to be confirmed.

[XTerminator]

good thing u made this thread.
we shud our home advantage to the fullest and beat racism with racism

i pray to god that we advance to the semis and that the tourney goes on without any problems.

[ico]

Originally Posted by XTerminator_09

good thing u made this thread.

Originally Posted by XTerminator_09

i pray to god that we advance to the semis and that the tourney goes on without any problems.

Well, a World Cup win will revive the beautiful game again.

[Liverpool_fan]

Let's hope India do well.

[thewisecrab]

lol . .didn't mention vice captains eh?

Great thread. I'll be rooting for Adrian D'Souza (mainly, I've seen him play )

[ico]

yup, Adrian D'Souza rocks. Great goal keeper.

[ssk_the_gr8]

its like all of us football fans.... have taken it upon us to promote sports other than cricket...

anyway, D'Souza is a gr8 keeper and i hope india wins it.. we have home advantage..

[DisaSTAR]

Hockey is our national sport and surely means 100x more to Mother India than Cricket - the lazy man's sport.

[ico]

^ true that. Cricket isn't even an olympic sport. :/ Is it even a team sport?

[ssk_the_gr8]

Originally Posted by ico

Is it even a team sport?

oh my.. blasphemy

this is the one thing cricket addicts hate to hear...

i have faced hell for proclaiming cricket is not a team sport...

[ico]

India has won both their practice matches against Argentina and Netherlands by 2-1.

India vs pakistan... 8:35pm

[Liverpool_fan]

2-0 Ahead @ HT

[ico]

India leading 2-0 @ HT.

[ssk_the_gr8]

Originally Posted by ico

India leading 2-0 @ HT.

nice......

[Liverpool_fan]

3-0 now XD

[ico]

India 4 - 1 Pakistan

xD xD

[Kl@w-24]

Great match!!! Thoroughly enjoyed it, esp. the result!!

Pak were unlucky though; 2 PCs hit the bar!!

[ratedrsuperstar]

i can see everything that is wrong with indian hockey here.17posts and none talking about any strategy or the playing style of our team.we only care as long as we win.so, this thread is expected to sink into oblivion as soon as india gets knocked out

[ico]

^ The Indian team this time is relying heavily on the Penalty corner dragflickers. We've got a good bunch of Penalty corner specialists in a long time. You could clearly see that the 2 goals which we scored yesterday were from Penalty corners.

[ratedrsuperstar]

^good observation

[Kl@w-24]

Yeah, and unlike previous times, this Indian team actually moves the ball by passing rather than running the entire length of the field by themselves.

[ico]

India lost.

[Kl@w-24]

India hammered 5-2 by the Aussies. We lost teh game in the midfield, rarely threatening to attack in numbers.

[Tagagat]

Too bad......................

[Liverpool_fan]

2-1 in favour of Spain now. Come on India. We need 2 goals now.

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sigh 1-3 now :/

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2-4 currently

[Kl@w-24]

Hammered again... 5-2

[thewisecrab]

Oh well . .atleast we beat Pakistan

[Liverpool_fan]

India v England right now

[ico]

We aren't qualifying now, sadly. :/

Not enough goal 'poachers'. :/

Anyways, just be above Pakistan now.