03-Dec-2018
Olympic champions Argentina blanked New Zealand 3-0 in their second Pool-A match to move up to the touching distance of a quarterfinal berth in the 14th Hockey Men’s World Cup at Kalinga Hockey Stadium today. France (World Ranking 20) caused a mini upset by holding Spain (World Ranking 8) to 1-1 draw in another Pool A match of the day.
Argentina now lead the pool with six points, three points ahead of second placed New Zealand with one round of matches to play. Spain and France ended the day in third and fourth position espectively. Spain and France started the day needing to recover from opening day defeats – Spain lost to Argentina while France fell to New Zealand -- and get some important points on the board.
