Several teams secured their tickets to the quarterfinals on the third day of action at the FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup in Poreč, Croatia on Wednesday.
Austria’s men, who secured their playoff spot a day earlier, will be joined by Belgium, Iran, and Germany, while in the women’s event Germany, Namibia and Belgium advanced to join Czechia in the final eight.
The Belgian men made sure of their place with an emphatic 7-3 win over Australia. It was joint player of the match performances from skipper Phillippe Simar, who bagged all seven goals, and goalkeeper Romain Henet who produced three brilliant saves, that denied Australia any momentum in the match. Simar said afterwards: “That was a top performance with seven goals…