The Netherlands set a new record for goals scored in a match at the men’s Hockey World Cup yesterday, thrashing Chile 14-0 in a pool match.
Hammering the hapless debutants at the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar, the Dutch surpassed a previous record of 12-0 set by Australia against South Africa in 2010. The three-time winners finished top of the pool and became the first team into the quarter-finals.
Jip Janssen kicked off the score-fest in the sixth minute, putting away the first goal on a penalty corner, followed by back-to-back goals by Derck de Vilder and Thijs Van Dam in the 22nd and 23rd minutes.
Skipper Thierry Brinkman struck another in the 25th minute, before Janssen scored his second in the 29th to notch a 5-0 half-time lead.
Brinkman got a second in the first three minutes of the second half to restart the demolition. Janssen completed his hat-trick in the next minute from another penalty corner. Terrance Pieters, Koen Bijen and Justen Blok produced three more successful strikes, with Janssen hitting his fourth towards the end of the third quarter.
Bijen dealt another blow to Chile in the 45th minute before Teun Beins converted a penalty corner three minutes later.
Brinkman completed his hat-trick for the 14th goal just two minutes before full-time.
Elsewhere, Malaysia finished second in the table after a 3-2 win over New Zealand. Australia, England and Belgium lead the other three pools respectively.
Outside the World Cup, India currently holds the record for goals in an international hockey match, set during their 26-0 win over Hong Kong during the 2018 Asian Games.
Later in the day, a below-par India beat tournament debutants Wales 4-2 in their final pool match but failed to qualify directly for the quarter-finals.
India can still qualify for the quarter-finals if they beat New Zealand in their crossover match in Bhubaneswar on Sunday. Akashdeep Singh (32nd and 45th minutes) struck twice, while Shamsher Singh (21st) and Harmanpreet Singh (59th) got the other goals for India.
Gareth Furlong (42nd) and Jacob Draper (44th) were the goal-getters for Wales.
Needing to win by a margin of eight goals to directly qualify for the quarter-finals, India failed to live up to the expectations as they finished second in Pool D behind England.