London: After facing 4-1 defeat to Great Britain, Pakistan hockey team will face South Africa in a must win match in London Olympics 2012.
Pakistan lost to Great Britain by 4-1 after having a great start in initial two matches against Spain and Argentina. Pakistan have a vital chance to get three precious point against competitively easy opposition of South Africa before playing their last game against World Champion Australia.
In other match a group A today, the enthusiastic team GB will face unbeaten Australia while South Africa to take on Spain while in group B, Netherland will play India and New Zealand meet Belgium and South Korea to play against defending Olympic champion Germany.
London 2012 hockey: Pakistan beat South Africa by 5-4
Current position of the teams on points table:
Group A:
Teams | Played | Win | Loss | Draw | GF | GA | Total points |
Australia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 7 |
GB | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Argentina | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
RSA | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 1 |
Group B:
Teams | Played | Win | Loss | Draw | GF | GA | Total points |
Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 9 |
Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 9 |
South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
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