Wednesday 7 August is ladies’s semi-finals day on the Yves-du-Manoir Hockey Stadium, with the Netherlands taking over nice rivals Argentina at 14:00 CEST earlier than Belgium’s Crimson Panthers face an impressed China at 19:00.
With 20,000 followers watching the 2 matches – 10,000 tickets have been offered for every contest – it will be one other sensational day of hockey motion on the Yves-du-Manoir Hockey Stadium.
Netherlands v Argentina – 14:00 CEST
After their males’s crew efficiently negotiated their strategy to the gold medal recreation on Tuesday (6 August), the Netherlands ladies will need to hold alive hopes of a Dutch double right here on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024. Their snug 3-1 quarter-final victory over Nice Britain was their sixth win on the bounce at Yves-du-Manoir, having scored 22 objectives and conceded simply six. No nation has ever received each the lads’s and the ladies’s hockey gold medals on the similar Olympic Video games, so historical past may very well be made right here in Paris.
Nonetheless, Argentina will do every part of their energy to cease the mighty Dutch, and definitely have the standard to do it as they proceed their seek for a primary Olympic title. Along with on-field excellence, in addition they have motivation, with many gamers a part of the crew overwhelmed by the Netherlands within the gold medal match at Tokyo 2020.
With a big contingent of Dutch and Argentinean followers attending, the stadium will likely be a cauldron of noise, color and environment.
Participant views
Renee van Laarhoven (NED): “I feel we all the time have nice, wonderful video games in opposition to Argentina. I imply, we all know they’ve a great deal of ardour. They offer it their all. We noticed it in opposition to Germany as we speak, once more. We all the time like to play in opposition to them, and I feel they like to play in opposition to us as properly. It’s all the time an important battle. And, yeah, we are able to’t wait to maintain going.”
Agustina Albertarrio (ARG): “(Reaching the semi-finals) is wonderful. I really like our crew. I don’t have the phrases to clarify it, however now now we have to relaxation, and now we have to maintain preventing, as a result of now now we have a extremely onerous recreation (within the semi-finals).”
Belgium v China – 19:00 CEST
Having claimed 5 wins from six matches – their solely defeat coming by the hands of the Netherlands – Belgium’s ladies are already assured their greatest ever end at an Olympic Video games. A beautiful achievement little doubt, however the Crimson Panthers have their eyes on the large prize. Excellent of their 2-0 win over Spain, Belgium are brimming with confidence and will likely be decided to profit from what may very well be a once-in-a-lifetime alternative to succeed in the Olympic ultimate.
Competing of their first Olympic semi-final in 16 years, China’s spectacular kind in Paris is a testomony to how far they’ve come since Alyson Annan grew to become head coach in 2022. China’s solely different Olympic semi-final look got here at Beijing 2008, the place objectives from Gao Lihua, Ma Yibo and Zhao Yudiao helped the hosts to a 3-2 victory earlier than taking the silver medal, shedding within the ultimate to the Netherlands. Nonetheless, after defeating Pool B winners Australia within the quarter-finals, China will imagine they don’t have anything to concern of their subsequent two matches, beginning with Belgium.
Participant views
Delphine-Daphne Marien (BEL): “They (China) are actually disciplined, they work so onerous however we’re going to do the identical. Enjoying for the medals, everyone will likely be much more fired up. For certain we’re going to be prepared from the primary whistle. After which hopefully, hopefully, hopefully we are able to make to the ultimate.”
Ou Ziaxia (CHN): “To succeed in the Olympic semi-finals is an enormous pay-off for us, a illustration of the onerous work that now we have put in. They (Australia) have been the champion of their pool. I’m very happy with my team-mates and really happy with my coach.”
Ladies’s Semi-Finals – Wednesday 7 August 2024 (all instances CEST)14:00: Netherlands vs Argentina19:00: Belgium vs China
Medal Matches – Friday 9 August 2024
14:00: Bronze medal match 20:00: Gold medal match
The hockey competitions on the Olympic Video games Paris 2024 happen from Saturday 27 July to Friday 9 August. Each the lads’s and ladies’s competitions characteristic 12 groups, cut up into two swimming pools of six forward of quarter-finals, semi-finals and medal matches. For extra details about the hockey competitions at Paris 2024, go to Olympics.Hockey.
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