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Argentina wins qualifier, India beat Japan

Argentina vs India - Photo: Vino John

July 30, 2001

The Times of India
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EDINBURGH: Spurred on by a brilliant Jorge Lombi hat-trick, Argentina beat Spain 5-4 in a thrilling final of the World Cup hockey qualifying tournament even as India signed off with the fifth place defeating Japan 4-3.

India which had finally qualified on Saturday with a hard fought 2-1 win over Canada had some more consolation Sunday as they came back with a stong finish to end the tournament on a winning note.

Argentina led 2-1 at the break and then by the 67th minute increased the lead to 5-2 before spain struck in the last two minutes to reduce the margin to 4-5.

For Lombi, it has been a brilliant tournament and he ended as the top scorer with 19 goals, a majority of them coming off drag-flicks in the penalty corners.

Argentina scored through Almada and Lombi in the 3rd and 12th minutes to take a 2-0 lead before Spain reduced the margin in the 33rd minute through Edward Tubau. In the 44th minute, Carlos Retegui scored to make it 3-1 for Argentina. Fabregas reduced it to 2-3 for Spain.

But in the 60th and 67th minutes, Lombi was right on target to pull Argentina away to a 5-2 lead. Spain fought back and in the 69th minute scored through Pol Amat off a penalty corner and then in the last minute off another penalty corner Quintana made it 4-5.

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IRENE CALDAS 07-30-2001��8:57 am	Report this post
`THANKS Thanks to this webpage we enjoyed the final match here in Argentina. ARGENTINE TEAM YOU ARE TERRIFIC!!!! FELICITACIONES A TODOS!!!!!`

Olegario Hernandez (Chile) 07-30-2001��1:54 pm	Report this post
`Congratulations !! Congratulations and thanks to the PFH team and game reporters. Well done. I got the minute to minute information regarding the chilean performance. One of my sons was there, so I was very happy following the events. Thanks again, especially to Andrew Griffiths and Hari Kant, and kind regards.`

Errol D'Cruz 07-30-2001��4:22 pm	Report this post
`Kudos Victory for Argentina....but most of all victory for hockey and shall we say, planetfieldhockey.com. As a sub-editor yr site was terrific for updates on the goings-on at Edinburgh. Great stuff. Keep it going for the Champions Trophy and the World Cup to come. Cheers.`

Happy New Zealander 07-30-2001��7:45 pm	Report this post
`Again Thanks I too would like to thank the hardworking team for the great match calls. Anything like this makes the tournament closer to those who can't travel.`

A fan 08-01-2001��7:47 am	Report this post
`Can t wait to see that KZ team next year. Lookin good, all be afraid be very afraid!!!!!!!!!! Hola my fellow muscateers xx`

Casey 08-16-2001��11:24 am	Report this post
`Re: a fan Are there any foreigners playing 4 KZ, because I heard that Shorty was going 2 play 4 them 2, but I never read anything about it! I think it was a pure money-question, no??`

GUILERMO DE LA ROSA CABALLERO 04-21-2005��7:30 pm	Report this post
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