Malaysia defeat USA with convincing 5:2. After a 5:2-victory over USA Malaysia kept their chances for the medal round. The hosts had a furious start into the match. After 90 seconds the ball was already in the goal of the USA. Muhd Izzat Mohd Rahim shot with the Argentinean backhand directly under the crossbar in the net. The crowd exploded and kept yelling. Just a few minutes later Mohd Marhan Mohd Jalil was successful. Malaysia´s next attack could only be stopped by an US-player who saved the ball with his body on the goal line. Faizal Saari converted the following penalty stroke without any problems. USA was shocked to be already 0:3b ehind after ten minutes. But the hosts kept the pressure up and gained the 4:0, a nice deflection by Mohamad Shafiq Mohamad Zain. After the convincing lead Malaysia gave the USA a chance get themselves organised. Malaysia did not play that consequently anymore which was penalized by US-boy Nicholas Szoke who scored for his team. To the end of the first half the stadium was that crowded that a lot of spectators watched from behind the fences on the street.

The start of the second half was a bit quiet. USA had two unsuccessful penalty corners and Malaysia´s attacks got more inefficiently as well. Around ten minutes before the final whistle USA came back with the 2:4, a penalty corner goal by Jed Cunningham.

To sum up Malaysia missed to score a few more goals which probably could have helped them if the medal-round ticket matter comes down to the goal difference with Spain or Korea in Pool C.

Malaysia v USA 5:2 (4:1)

1:0 Muhd Izzat MOHD RAHIM (FG), 2:0 Mohd Marhan MOHD JALIL (FG), 3:0 FaizalSAARI (PS), 4:0 Mohamad Shafiq MOHAMED ZAIN (FG), 4:1 Nicholas SZOKE (FG), 4:2 Jed CUNNINGHAM (PC), 5:2 Faizal SAARI (PC)

In today's matches in Singapore, South Africa dispatched Chile 6:1, while Poland slipped past Singapore with a last second winner.

South Africa defeat Chile 6:1 (4:0)

South Africa had little difficulty with a listless Chilean team that struggled with themselves more than they did with their opponents today. The Africans laid down a solid team effort, playing steady and committing few errors and scored goals at a constant pace.

With reliable set pieces that eventually yielded half their goals, South Africa had a foundation to build on, and moved past their opponents who were no match for them today.

The stand-out goal was Taine Paton's 13th minute hit, in which he sank a beautiful reverse stick shot, having weaved through a number of Chilean players, then finished the move off with a great backhand.

Poland defeat Singapore 2:1 (0:0)

The second game of the day in Singapore was between the home team and Poland. In a largely uneventful match that took a dramatic turn at the end, Poland were the stronger side but held themselves back with scores of unforced errors and a lack of understanding between team members.

When Piotr Kozlowski finally sank a penalty corner midway through the second half, it seemed like the decider, but then Singapore surprised the Polish as much as themselves, and delighted their incredibly enthusiastic supporters with their first goal of the tournament, also from a penalty corner.

For another eight minutes nothing much happened, until Poland were awarded a penalty corner seconds before the final whistle sounded. The flick was warded off, but as the Singaporean spectators were about to start their celebrations, their hearts were broken by a penalty stroke awarded for stopping the ball with the body on the line.

Krystian Makowski made no mistake and made the best possible use of the late opportunity, sinking the stroke for his team's first win in the tournament. Poland deserved the win for having been the stronger side, but eventually were lucky for getting a last second chance after having almost given away this match.

Chile - South Africa 1:6 (0:4)
RSA - Antony VERVOORT PC 7m
RSA - Taine PATON FG 13m
RSA - Antony VERVOORT PC 20m
RSA - Brandon PANTHER FG 35m
RSA - Simon van HELSDINGEN PC 42m
RSA - Nduduzo KHANYILE FG 57m
CHI - Sven RICHTER FG 58m

Singapore - Poland 1:2 (0:0)
POL - Piotr KOZLOWSKI PC 52m
SIN - Yi Ru TAN  PC 62m
POL - Krystian MAKOWSKI PS 70m
(source: worldhockey.org)