While we can be happy Malaysia qualified for the final Olympic qualifiers, nevertheless, we can expect them to qualify for Olympics should current performance remains.
The recent FIH series, Malaysia finished 2nd behind Canada by loosing with slim margin or 3-2. To make it worse, Malaysia missed 2 penalty stroke, which could have enabled us to win the tournament.
The series had teams whom were ranked lower than Malaysia except for Canada, yet we lost to Italy, draw with China, and beat Wales by 1 goal margin.
The finally
Olympic qualifiers which will offer 7 slots (thanks to Japan as they qualified as host, thus Asian Champion slot is gone), while South Africa will qualify as African Champion, Argentina will qualify as Pan American Champion, Germany will qualify as European Champion and Australia from Ocenia. Thus 5 of the 12 slots are taken.
For the qualifiers, we will have strong line up of Belgium, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, India, South Korea, England, Ireland, Canada.
Looks like Roaland Olthmans service will be continued. They need to buck up or revamp the team, else, they can kiss goodbye to Tokyo.
The recent FIH series, Malaysia finished 2nd behind Canada by loosing with slim margin or 3-2. To make it worse, Malaysia missed 2 penalty stroke, which could have enabled us to win the tournament.
The series had teams whom were ranked lower than Malaysia except for Canada, yet we lost to Italy, draw with China, and beat Wales by 1 goal margin.
The finally
Olympic qualifiers which will offer 7 slots (thanks to Japan as they qualified as host, thus Asian Champion slot is gone), while South Africa will qualify as African Champion, Argentina will qualify as Pan American Champion, Germany will qualify as European Champion and Australia from Ocenia. Thus 5 of the 12 slots are taken.
For the qualifiers, we will have strong line up of Belgium, Netherlands, New Zealand, Spain, India, South Korea, England, Ireland, Canada.
Looks like Roaland Olthmans service will be continued. They need to buck up or revamp the team, else, they can kiss goodbye to Tokyo.
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