Netherlands under 21 reach World Championship final (WK-finale) after 14‑10 against Chinese Taipei
The Netherlands under 21 are in the final of the World Championship. In the semi-final, the Netherlands beat Chinese Taipei 14‑10.
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The Netherlands started with Robin Bakker, Gideon Gort, Danique Klaren and Roos Hom in attack and Isa Dik, Amber Klaren, Seth Roeleven and Levi van Nieuwenhuijzen in defence. Bakker, captain in this match, scored the first two goals.
Chinese Taipei only scored after almost six minutes, from a penalty: 3‑1. The first quarter ended 5‑1. At half-time it was 9‑4.
Unlike in the earlier matches, the Netherlands made no substitution at half-time. Just before the end of the third quarter, Mikai van het Kaar came on for Roeleven and Rosalie Peet for Hom. Peet, who had earlier had an ankle injury, made it 13‑8, the score after three quarters.
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In the fourth quarter, in which no goal was scored for five minutes, Peet made it 14‑8 from behind the basket. With two goals in a row in the closing stages, Chinese Taipei won that quarter 1‑2.
A day earlier, Chinese Taipei lost to Belgium, after a golden goal, in the battle for first place in pool F. The final is on Sunday 16 August.