Hockey World Cup Day 5 Highlights: BEL, GER play 2-2 draw; KOR beat JPN 2-1
Hockey World Cup 2023 Day 5 Highlights: Belgium came from behind to draw level against Germany as the game finished 2-2. Earlier in the evening Korea beat Japan 2-1 to get to 3rd spot in Group B
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Germany and Belgium play 2-2 draw at Hockey World Cup 2023. Photo: Twitter/The Hockey India
6:40 PM
The Korean team has gone for the referral here even as it is a clear foot and Japan would get a penalty corner in the last few seconds
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Korea take referral as Japan get last-second PC
The Korean team has gone for the referral here even as it is a clear foot and Japan would get a penalty corner in the last few seconds
6:36 PM
The Korean team is fighting it to the tee as goalkeeper Kim has saved a great try from the Japanese strikers. Korea still lead 2-1
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Kim with a crucial save for Korea again
The Korean team is fighting it to the tee as goalkeeper Kim has saved a great try from the Japanese strikers. Korea still lead 2-1
6:32 PM
The Japanese team needed a penalty corner and got one with Korea one man down, still the Japanese team could not get the ball in the goal and as a result, it is still 2-1 in the favour of Korea with only five minutes to go.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Japan miss a penalty corner
The Japanese team needed a penalty corner and got one with Korea one man down, still the Japanese team could not get the ball in the goal and as a result, it is still 2-1 in the favour of Korea with only five minutes to go.
6:29 PM
There is hardly any time left for the Japanese team to win this game as even a draw would do for them now. They need at least a goal in the last seven minutes to get that draw.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Last 8 minutes remain for Japan to come back
There is hardly any time left for the Japanese team to win this game as even a draw would do for them now. They need at least a goal in the last seven minutes to get that draw.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Korea in lead at half-time
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Korea came back in the first quarter itself
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Japan took the lead in the early stages
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: These were the people that started the game
5:45 PM
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup
Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Korea takes the lead with Lee Jungjun’s second goal, KOR 2-1 JAP
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Here’s the itinerary for Day 5
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: A look at the results of Day 4
4:30 PM
The second game, between Germany and Belgium, would be a fight for the quarterfinal as the winner will most likely top the group and march straight into the quarterfinal as per the rules of the World Cup. Both Germany and Belgium have won their opening matches with the Belgians being ultra-aggressive. The two teams will therefore go all out in this game with a nothing to lose attitude to try and claim all-important first place.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Battle for the quarterfinal between Germany and Belgium
The second game, between Germany and Belgium, would be a fight for the quarterfinal as the winner will most likely top the group and march straight into the quarterfinal as per the rules of the World Cup. Both Germany and Belgium have won their opening matches with the Belgians being ultra-aggressive. The two teams will therefore go all out in this game with a nothing to lose attitude to try and claim all-important first place.
4:29 PM
Korea were defeated 0-5 by Belgium in their opener while Japan faced a less humiliating 0-3 loss against Germany. Therefore the winner of this game would most likely finish third in the group as neither Korea are strong enough to beat Germany, nor Japan to beat Belgium.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: How the last games went for both teams
Korea were defeated 0-5 by Belgium in their opener while Japan faced a less humiliating 0-3 loss against Germany. Therefore the winner of this game would most likely finish third in the group as neither Korea are strong enough to beat Germany, nor Japan to beat Belgium.
4:29 PM
It is very evident that Korea and Japan will be fighting for the third position and a chance to get into the cross-overs. Teams finishing third in their group will go the cross-overs while the fourth-placed side will head home straight away.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: The fight is for third place between Korea and Japan
It is very evident that Korea and Japan will be fighting for the third position and a chance to get into the cross-overs. Teams finishing third in their group will go the cross-overs while the fourth-placed side will head home straight away.
4:28 PM
The FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup has now reached Day 5 of its caravan and today, there are two games in store for the audiences at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. While in the first game, which will begin at 05:00 pm IST, Korea will face co-Asians Japan, two heavyweights of hockey, Germany and Belgium will fight it out in the second game which begins at 07:00 pm IST.
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Korea vs Japan Live Score, Hockey World Cup: Here’s a look at the two games for tonight
The FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup has now reached Day 5 of its caravan and today, there are two games in store for the audiences at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneshwar. While in the first game, which will begin at 05:00 pm IST, Korea will face co-Asians Japan, two heavyweights of hockey, Germany and Belgium will fight it out in the second game which begins at 07:00 pm IST.
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First Published: Jan 17 2023 | 4:25 PM IST
