2014 Hockey World Cup Statsfile

First Goal of the World Cup: (Men) Glenn Turner (Australia) vs Malaysia

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First Hat-trick of the World Cup: (Women) Kelly Jonker (Netherlands) vs Japan

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Total Penalty Corners Earned in the World Cup: 542

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First Card of the World Cup: Jeremy Hayward (Australia) vs Malaysia – he got a green card

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Total Goals Scored in the World Cup: 320

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Total Matches Played in the 2014 World Cup: 76

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First Upset of the World Cup: (Men) 10th ranked Spain drawing 4th ranked England 1-1

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Number of Hat-tricks in the World Cup: 8 – Kelly Jonker (Netherlands) vs Japan, Tom Boon (Belgium) vs Malaysia), Andy Hayward (New Zealand) vs Malaysia, Katle O’Donnell (USA) vs China, Andy Hayward (New Zealand) vs Germany, Gonzalo Peillat (Argentina) vs New Zealand, Gonzalo Peillat (Argentina) vs Korea, Justin Reid-Ross (South Africa) vs Malaysia

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Fastest Goal of the World Cup: (Men) Steven Edwards (New Zealand) 11 seconds vs Korea

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Team Leaking Most Goals in the World Cup: Malaysia (Men) 26 goals

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Most Penalty Corners Awarded In A World Cup Match: 14 PCs earned by three teams – USA women vs England, Australian women vs Belgium, Netherlands women vs Korea

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Biggest Victory Margin: (Men) Netherlands beat South Africa 7-1; (Women) Netherlands beat Japan 6-1

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First Penalty Corner Goal of the World Cup: (Women) Krystal Forgesson (New Zealand) vs Belgium

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Top Goal-Scorer of the World Cup: (Men) 9 Gonzalo Peillat – Argentina (Women) 7 Maartje Paumen – Netherlands

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Team Winning Most Penalty Corners In A World Cup Match: 13 (Australia women vs Belgium

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New additions to the 2014 World Cup from the 2010 World Cup: Belgium and Malaysia – they replaced Pakistan and Canada

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First Player to Slam Two Hat-tricks in the World Cup: Gonzalo Peillat (Argentina) against New Zealand and Korea

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Only ten-minute yellow card of the World Cup: Gurbaj Singh (India) vs Korea

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First Penalty Stroke Goal of the World Cup: (Women) Anna Flanagan (Australia) vs Korea

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Most Goals in a World Cup match: Tom Boon (4) Belgium vs Malaysia

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Biggest Upset of the World Cup: 11th ranked Argentina men beating 2nd ranked Germany 1-0

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Team Having Giant-Killing Run in the World Cup: 10th USA women upset 4th England, 6th ranked Germany, 7th ranked China, even drawing world no. 2 Argentina in the league phase

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Only player to feature in four consecutive World Cup finals: Jamier Dwyer (Australia – 2002, 2006, 2010 and 2014)

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Maiden World Cup Podium Finish: Argentinean men bagging a bronze – their previous best World Cup performance was a 6th place finish in the 1986 and 2002 World Cup

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First Half Hat-Tricks in the World Cup: Tom Boon (Belgium) vs Malaysia and Gonzalo Peillat (Argentina) vs Korea

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Indian Perspective

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Number of Goals India Scored in the World Cup: 10

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Maiden Senior International Goal: Jasjit Singh vs Malaysia

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India’s First Goal of the World Cup: Mandeep Singh vs Belgium

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India’s biggest victory margin in the World Cup: 3-0 vs Korea

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First Indian Player to be shown a card at the World Cup: Chinglensana Singh (green) vs Belgium

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Number of Penalty Corners India Earned: 18

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India’s top goal-scorer in the World Cup: Akashdeep Singh (5 goals)

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Number of Cards shown to Indian players in the World Cup: 4 – Chinglensana Singh (green) vs Belgium, Akashdeep Singh (green)vs England, Vokkaliga Raghunath (green) vs Australia, Gurbaj Singh (yellow) vs Korea

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Total Number of Circle Penetrations India had in the World Cup: 113

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Number of Penalty Strokes Converted: 2

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Number of Penalty Corners Goals India Scored: Zero

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Highest Circle Penetrations India had in a single World Cup game: 29 vs Malaysia

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Only Indian to score two goals in a World Cup match twice: Akashdeep Singh vs Malaysia and Korea