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South Korea Wins World Junior World Cup Field Hockey
South Korea vanquished host Argentina 4-3 in a penalty shootout Saturday to win the Junior Women's World Cup of field hockey.
Argentina stunned South Korea with two goals in the first 10 minutes.
Carril Del Carril, who received a deep pass from Soledad Garcia, swiftly dribbled around goalkeeper Ju Young Lin to score after six minutes. Four minutes later, she netted the second goal following a combined attack.
The South Koreans ratcheted up the pressure in the second half as their crisp passing game forced several well-executed penalty corners. One of the penalty corners was stopped by Argentine defender Maria Baetti on the goal line with her stick above her head, allowing Ma Young Kang Lee to cut the deficit to one with the resulting penalty stroke after 48 minutes.
Yun Mi Kim scored her 12th goal of the tournament to level the score in the 58th minute of regulation play.
In the overtime, South Korea came close to the sudden death goal with a penalty corner after two minutes, but Yun Mi Kim narrowly missed the shot. The Argentines could neither muster any scoring in overtime, leaving the match to penalty strokes.
South Korea won in penalty strokes 4-3 as its goalkeeper, Ju Young Kim, saved two of them.
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