India to play South Korea for ninth position in hockey WC

The Hague (Netherlands), June 10:
India will be seeking to overcome Asian champions South Korea in the play-off for the ninth position in the ongoing men’s hockey World Cup here, after they failed to improve upon their eighth-place finish in the last (2010) edition at New Delhi.
South Korea finished fifth in Group B after suffering a 1-6 loss against 2012 Olympic champions Germany in their last league match here today. The Koreans suffered four defeats and managed to earn just one point from a draw with South Africa, who finished at the bottom of the pool.(PTI)

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