Three-time champions the Netherlands registered a record-breaking 14-0 win over debutants Chile to secure a direct qualification into the hockey World Cup quarter-finals.
With three wins from as many games, the Netherlands finished at the top of Pool C with maximum 9 points, while Malaysia were second with 6 points from two victories.
In the second match of the day, the Netherlands, ranked world No.3, toyed with Chile, ranked 23rd, and scored goals at will to register the biggest margin of victory in a World Cup match. The record for the biggest margin of win in a hockey World Cup match was earlier held by Australia, who thrashed South Africa 12-0 in New Delhi in 2010.
Jip Janssen (6th, 29th, 34th, 44th minutes) and skipper Thierry Brinkman (25th, 33rd, 58th) scored a hat-trick each, while Koen Bijen (40th, 45th) struck a brace. Derck de Vilder (22nd), Thijs van Dam (23rd), Terrance Pieters (37th), Justen Blok (42nd) and Teun Beins (48th) were the other goal-getters for the Dutch. Janssen’s all four goals came from penalty corners.
The Netherlands, who have won the World Cup thrice and finished runners-up in the last two editions, earned 18 penalty corners from which they converted six.
