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Doerner, Taekema top goal scorers in Hockey World Cup

Taeke-Taekema-Luke-DoernerNew Delhi, March 13 : Australia's Luke Doerner and Taeke Taekema of the Netherlands were the joint top goal scorers with eight goals apiece in the Hockey World Cup that concluded at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium here Saturday.

List:

Eight goals: Luke Doerner AUS; Taeke Taekema NED;

Seven: Ashley Jackson ENG;

Six: Glenn Turner AUS;

Five: Jamie Dwyer AUS,

Four: Desmond Abbott AUS, Florian Fuchs GER, Nam Hyun-Woo KOR, Lee Nam-Yong KOR, Pau Quemada ESP; Andy Hayward NZL, Sandeep Singh IND, Lucas Vila ARG;

Three: Pablo Amat ESP, Ronald Brouwer NED, Rehan Butt PAK, Marvin Harper RSA, Rogier Hofman NED, Martin Haner GER, Jang Jong-Hyun KOR, Jan-Marco Montag GER, Lloyd Norris-Jones RSA, Shivendra Singh, James Tindall ENG, Philip Wright CAN, Facundo Callioni ARG;

Two: Sohail Abbas PAK, David Alegre ESP, Tomas Argento ARG, Jonty Clarke ENG, Teun De Nooijer NED, Moritz Furste GER, Ian Haley RSA, Abdul Haseem Khan PAK, You Hyo-Sik KOR, Oliver Korn GER, Richard Mantell ENG, Barry Middleton ENG, Roc Oliva ESP, Matias Paredes ARG, Taine Paton RSA, Mark Pearson CAN, Vikram Pillay IND, Justin Reid-Ross RSA, Gurwinder Singh Chandi IND, Rajpal Singh IND, Scott Tupper CAN, Benjamin Wess GER, Matthias Witthaus GER, Martin Zwicker GER;

One: Shakeel Abbasi PAK, Waseem Ahmed PAK, Akhtar Ali PAK, Mario Almada ARG, ESP, Ryan Archibald NZL, Priyesh Bhana NZL, Alastair Brogdon ENG, Phillip Burrows NZL, Linus Butt GER, Matthew Butturini AUS, Gareth Carr RSA, Nick Catlin ENG, Dean Couzins NZL, Liam De Young AUS, Rodrigo Garza ESP, Connor Grimes CAN, Nick Haig NZL, Tommy Hammond RSA, Jeroen Hertzberger NED, Hyun Hye-Sung KOR, Julian Hykes RSA, Pedro Ibarra ARG, Muhammad Imran PAK, Hugo Inglis NZL, David Jameson CAN, Wouter Jolie NED, Seo Jong-Ho KOR, Fergus Kavanagh AUS, Iain Mackay ENG, Shea McAleese NZL, Thornton McDade RSA, Christoph Menke GER, Robert Moore ENG, Maximilian Muller GER, Eddie Ockenden AUS, Rob Reckers NED, Albert Sala ESP, Prabhjot Singh IND, Sarwanjit Singh IND, Austin Smith RSA, Richard Smith ENG, Yoon Sung-Hoon KOR, Eduard Tubau ESP, Klass Vermeulen GER, Nick Wilson NZL, Philip Witte GER.

Total goals scored in tournament: 199.(IANS)


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