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This is the third time that 16 teams have participated in the World Cup. (PTI photo)
Of the 130 goals scored so far in this edition, 80 have been field attempts while 43 were from penalty corners while seven were from penalty strokes.
Ongoing FIH Men’s World The cup is proving to be a high-scoring tournament so far with 130 goals in 24 pool matches at an average of 5.41 goals per match.
In the 2010 World Cup in New Delhi, in which 12 teams participated, he scored 199 goals in 38 matches at an average of 5.24 per game.
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At least 20 matches are yet to be played in this edition, and if the current rate is maintained, it could become the highest scoring in the history of the Hockey World Cup.
Of the 130 goals scored so far in this edition, 80 have been from the ground while 43 have been from penalty corners. Seven goals came from penalty strokes.
The Netherlands, who topped Pool C and qualified directly for the quarter-finals, have scored the most goals so far – 22 in three matches. Australia have scored the most penalty corner goals – 7 – while France lead with two goals from penalty strokes.
There have been 44 green cards and 15 yellow cards shown to players by the umpires.
This is the third time that 16 teams have competed in the World Cup out of 15 editions, the others being in 2002 and 2018.
The 2002 edition in Germany saw him score 300 goals in 72 matches at an average of 4.17 per game. It was played in a different format, with only 16 teams divided into two pools, with the top two teams from each pool making the semi-finals.
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As in the last tournament in 2018 – also in Odisha – as well as in this edition, the 16 teams were divided into four pools, with the top teams from each directly qualifying for the quarter-finals, while the other four slots were shared by the others. were filled. And the teams of the four pools got the third place by playing a crossover round.
The 2018 edition scored 157 goals in 36 matches at an average of 4.36 per game.
The 1982 edition, which was held in then Bombay and played by 12 teams, was also a high-scoring one, with 216 goals scored in 42 matches at an average of 5.14 per game.
The final day of the pool matches of the ongoing tournament saw 38 goals scored in four matches – a whopping average of 9.5 goals per game – with five hat-tricks as Australia and Belgium topped Pool A and Pool B respectively to make the quarter-finals.
Incredibly, all four games saw at least one player score a hat-trick, with the second game between France and Argentina producing two.
Blake Govers (Australia), Victor Charlet (France), Nicolas Della Torre (Argentina), Tom Boon (Belgium) and Niklas Wellen (Germany) all scored at least three times for their teams.
Charlotte (France) is the all-time top scorer with six goals, while five players – Gowers (Aus), Jeremy Hayward (Aus), Tom Bon (Belgium), Thierry Brinkmann (Ned) and Jip Janssen (Ned) – have United are in second place. Five shots each.
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