2018 Woman's World Cup (London)

cdeb wrote: »

What are you on about?

There's a mix of people being genuinely delighted about the achievement, coupled with many saying the don't know the first thing about hockey and are quite open about jumping on a bandwagon.

There's no bitterness anywhere to be seen ffs.

Read the whole thread

A wee bit of reading material ahead of tomorrow

http://www.fih.ch/media/12236728/fih...ockey-2017.pdf

12 Penalties

12.1 Advantage: a penalty is awarded only when a player or team has been disadvantaged by an opponent breaking the Rules.

12.2 A free hit is awarded to the opposing team:
a for an offence by any player between the 23 metres areas
b for an offence by an attacker within the 23 metres area their opponents are defending
c for an unintentional offence by a defender outside the

12.3 A penalty corner is awarded:
a for an offence by a defender in the circle which does not prevent the probable scoring of a goal
b for an intentional offence in the circle by a defender against an opponent who does not have possession of the ball or an opportunity to play the ball
c for an intentional offence by a defender outside the circle but within the 23 metres area they are defending
d for intentionally playing the ball over the back-line by a defender Goalkeepers or players with goalkeeping privileges are permitted to deflect the ball with their stick, protective equipment or any part of their body in any direction including over the back-line.
e when the ball becomes lodged in a player’s clothing or equipment while in the circle they are defending.

12.4 A penalty stroke is awarded:
a for an offence by a defender in the circle which prevents the probable scoring of a goal
b for an intentional offence in the circle by a defender against an opponent who has possession of the ball or an opportunity to play the ball

12.5 If there is another offence or misconduct before the awarded penalty has been taken:
a a more severe penalty may be awarded
b a personal penalty may be awarded
c the penalty may be reversed if the subsequent offence was committed by the team first awarded the penalty

Cork Boy 53 wrote: »

Big leap to take, but if the Irish team were to lift the World Cup trophy tomorrow, as well as being a wonderful achievement in its own right, would that also automatically qualify them for the 2020 Olympics or how does that work?

No Olympic qualification from each continent is based on their own games so European Championship is next summer in Belgium. Only each winner will qualify for the Olympics

Teams in it are
Belgium
Netherlands
England
Germany
Spain
Ireland
Belarus
Russia


There will also be a 2nd comp but teams to be determined for that