This will be the XV Women’s Field Hockey World Cup and it will have the particularity that it will be played in two different territories of Europe, in which the venues will be Terrassa, Spain and Amstelveen, the Netherlands.
The Argentine team led by Fernando Ferrerawhich is assisted by Mario Almadawill make his debut on the second day of competition when he faces on Saturday, July 2, from 1:00 p.m., at the Terrassa Olympic Stadium, South Korea.
In addition, his second commitment for Group C will be against the host Spain, in the same stadium, on Sunday 3 at 4:30 p.m., while their last match in the first phase will be against CanadaThursday 7 at 13.
Las Leonas have two world titles, obtained in Australia 2002 and Argentina 2020, so in this new edition it will go in search of its third gold star. In addition, the national team has several podiums since she was runner-up in the world three times -France 1974, Germany 1976 and Ireland 1994, and obtained third place three times -Spain 1978 and 2006 and the Netherlands 2014-.
The Argentine team arrives at the most important tournament motivated after obtaining the last Pro League organized by the International Hockey Federation in Europe, which was used as preparation for the World Cup.
For their part, Las Leonas have been training for several days in Terrassa, where they will play the first two matches, after arriving from Rotterdam, the Netherlands, the city where they played the last two dates of the FIH Pro League, a contest that brings together the nine best teams in the world.
The lioness since they were Olympic runners-up in Tokyo 2020, under the leadership of Carlos Reteguiand the subsequent assumption of Ferrara they prioritized a replacement that left several historic players out of the squad, such as the captain Delfina Merino, Micaela Retegui, Micaela Triñanes and Celina Di Santo.
In this way, the squad of the Argentine team for the World Cup was constituted as follows: Belén Succi and Clara Barberi (archers); Agustina Gorzelany, Valentina Costa Biondi, María Emilia Forcherio, Sofía Toccalino (defenders); Agostina Alonso, Eugenia Trinchinetti, María Jimena Cedrés Lobbosco and Rocío Sánchez Moccia (midfielders); Agustina Albertario, María Jose Granatto, Victoria Sauze Valdez, Victoria Granatto, Julieta Jankunas, Valentina Marcucci, Valentina Raposo and Delfina Thome (forwards).
The groups of the Hockey World Cup 2022
Group A: Germany, the Netherlands, Chile and Ireland.
Group B: England, New Zealand, India and China.
Group C: Argentina, Spain, South Korea and Canada.
Group D: Australia, Belgium, Japan and South Africa.
The first stage will be played between July 1 and 7, while the second part will take place from July 9 to 13. On July 16, the two semifinals will be played, at 1:10 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. (Argentine time). , while July 17 will be the time of the match for third place and the grand final, at the aforementioned times.
Source: Ambito
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