2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup, Boston, Aug 3 -Aug 16

The past two-time defending junior women’s world cup champions met past host Chile in the second match. After a quick attack from Chile, Korea dominated the attack. Korea opened the scoring in the 13th minute and with a quick second goal three minutes later. Chile continued to be met by Korea’s persistent defense. In the twentieth minute, Korea was awarded a short corner and did not convert. Korea’s Jung Mi Yoo scored her second goal of the match and tournament in the 24th minute to close out the scoring for the half and leave Korea up 3-0.

In the fourth match of the first day, England met France. France did not play in the 2005 Junior Women’s World Cup, while England finished ninth. England began the match on the attack. Lauren Turner of England opened the scoring in the 10th minute, but France kept firm pressure as England continued to attack. England missed another chance to score as the ball went wide of an open goal with ten minutes remaining the first half. At the 31st minute of play, England was awarded the first penalty corner of the match, but it was stopped by France’s goalie. As time elapsed at the end of the first half, England failed to convert two consecutive penalty corners.

The first game of the second day was hard fought by two dominant forces and neither one gave in. Korea and England ended the match with a 2-2 tie. The game opened with England on the attack when #15, Charlotte Craddock scored in the first minute.

The second match on day two of the Junior Women’s World Cup, pitted Pool A teams Chile against France. Chile got on the board early on a field goal around the sixth minute. Both teams failed to covert penalty corners within the first fifteen minutes of the match. France was able to pressure past Chile into their attacking circle a bit more than Chile was able to do so with France. Overall, however, both teams fought evenly for ball possession. Towards the end of the half, each team failed to take advantage of a couple more penalty corner opportunities.

Pool A		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	Korea	3	2	1	0	12:4	7
2.	England	3	2	1	0	9:2	7
3.	Chile	3	1	0	2	3:8	3
4.	France	3	0	0	3	1:11	0

The first game of the tournament kicked off with a 2-1 win by Germany. The women hit the field with nervous energy and Argentina had the ball on Germany's side the majority of the first half. It was a game of missed opportunities them with six corners and no goals. Argentina used their speed to breakaway down the field while Germany's technical defensive skills kept the ball out of the goal.

The 13th match of the tournament started off shaky, but the second half showcased the flair and speed that the Argentina women have to offer. Lithuania was able to hold them off until the very last minute of the first half when Captain Victoria Zuloaga drove the ball in off a penalty corner. It took Argentina 7 corners before they were able to convert.

The second Pool B match of the 2009 Junior Women’s World Cup was between South Africa and Germany. Both teams were coming off one-goal wins (against Lithuania 3-2 and 2-1 over Argentina, respectively) and looking to further assert themselves in Pool B. Germany started off the first half looking as if they had sound control over South Africa and had a series of penalty corners; one of which was finally converted to a goal in the 18th minute by Germany’s #8 Pia Grambusch. South Africa did not retreat and immediately came back, with #12, Kerry Pearton, scoring off a field goal almost a minute later. Exciting play ensued back and forth with neither team able to take full control of the game flow. At the end of the first half, however, Germany scored a thrilling field goal to enter halftime with the advantage.

Germany and Lithuania met in the first Pool B match on day four of the BDO Junior Women’s World Cup. The match was played in front the Consulate General to Lithuania (who is also a Lithuanian Ambassador to the United Nations), Jonas Paulauskas. Germany’s #8 Pia Rambusch gave Germany an early lead in the 10th minute off a penalty corner. Soon after, Germany’s #24 Eva Frank blasted off two field goals in two minutes to put Germany ahead of Lithuania 3-0. Lithuania had a hard time getting into their attacking circle, but were unlucky in converting two penalty corners mid-way through the first half following a brilliant run down the field from #2 Ina Kenstaviciute. Germany finished on the attack and with quick passing around their backfield to end the half 3-0. In the 47th minute, Germany got on the board again on a field goal by #15 Hannah Pehle; this was followed by a #4 Jana Teschke score to make it 5-0 in Germany’s favor. Lithuania, however, did not give up and scored on a field goal in the 64th minute by #13 Ausra Bardauskaite; ending the match 5-1.

Argentina came out on top today and shut out South Africa 5-0 for their second win of the tournament.

The score shows the offensive skills of the Argentines but they also proved themselves to be a formidable defense. As South Africa put on the pressure, the strikers just couldn’t get through the blue and white wall.

In the first half, Argentina dominated in the circle and scored off of two penalty corners. In the second half, South Africa came out strong, but the Argentines brought the action right back using their usual speed and agility. In the 50th minute, Macarena Rojas dribbled down the left side and drove it in the goal.

After the 3rd goal, the South Africans put in a new goalkeeper, but the Argentines fired back and #2, Delfina Marino scored the fourth goal. With two minutes remaining, #9, Carla Dupuy dribbled around the goalie and scored the fifth and final goal of the ga

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Pool B		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	11:4	9
2.	Argentina	3	2	0	1	10:2	6
3.	South Africa	3	1	0	2	5:11	3
4.	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	3:12	0

The Netherlands has been a strong competitor in past Junior Women's World Cups, but the unexpected happened today when New Zealand won the 5th match 3-1. The first half of the game was dominated by the Netherlands women as they made smooth and well paced passes down the field. In the 19th minute, #4, Kitty Van Male of the Netherlands scored the first goal.

The 6th match of the tournament gave China a 3-0 win over Spain. The game was frustrating and very physical for Spain as they continued to have corners and shots without any results.

New Zealand’s girls were able to take control of the first half of today’s game, keeping the ball mostly in the Spanish end. What appeared to be the first goal of the game was not counted as a point. The ball rolled off the stick of a Spanish player into their own goal, but without touching the stick of a New Zealand player first. New Zealand was able to secure a goal just minutes later when Petrea Webster (#21) scored on a corner.

Pool C		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	China	3	2	0	1	7:2	6
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	8:4	6
3.	New Zealand	3	2	0	1	7:4	6
4.	Spain	3	0	0	3	0:12	0

India and Australia played a tough game with a surprise ending in the 7th match. In the 2005 junior women's world cup, Australia placed fourth and India placed 11th. Both teams struggled with spacing on the field and it seemed that Australia was going to break free and come out on top when Casey Eastham scored the first goal of the game at the end of the first half.

The last match of the first day gave this years host, the United States a 3-1 win over Belarus. The US was on the attack from the very beginning when Katie O'Donnell, a player in the Chile world cup, scored a goal in the 9th minute. Three minutes O'Donnell dove after a shot that was wide of the goal and swept in her second goal.

Pool D		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	Australia	3	2	0	1	11:4	6
2.	India	3	2	0	1	11:6	6
3.	USA	3	2	0	1	8:5	6
4.	Belarus	3	0	0	3	1:16	0

Medal Round Pools

Pool E

England 1-0 India
Australia 1-0 Chile
Korea 2-1 USA
India 3-1 Chile
Korea 2-4 Australia
USA 2-3 England
Korea 3-2 India
Australia 1-1 England
USA 4-0 Chile

Pool E		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	England	5	3	2	0	9:5	11
2.	Korea	5	3	1	1	15:10	10
3.	Australia	5	3	1	1	10:7	10
4.	USA	5	2	0	3	12:9	6
5.	India	5	2	0	3	10:11	6
6.	Chile	5	0	0	5	2:16	0

Pool F

China 5-0 South Africa
Germany 1-1 New Zealand
Argentina 1-2 Netherlands
Netherlands 7-0 South Africa
New Zealand 2-5 Argentina
Germany 2-2 China
New Zealand 3-2 South Africa
Germany 0-1 Netherlands
China 2-4 Argentina

Pool F		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	13:5	12
2.	Argentina	5	3	0	2	16:8	9
3.	Germany	5	2	2	1	9:7	8
4.	China	5	2	1	2	13:8	7
5.	New Zealand	5	2	1	2	9:12	7
6.	South Africa	5	0	0	5	4:24	0

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Non-Medal Round Pool

Pool G

Lithuania 4-3 Belarus

Spain 6-0 France

Belarus 2-3 France

Spain 5-2 Lithuania

Lithuania 1-2 France

Belarus 1-3 Spain

Pool G		P	W	D	L	Goals	P
1.	Spain	3	3	0	0	14:3	9
2.	France	3	2	0	1	5:9	6
3.	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	7:10	3
4.	Belarus	3	0	0	3	6:10	0

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