Asia Oceania Korfball Championship 2004
Christchurch - New Zealand 6-11 July 2004

Pioneer Leisure Centre - Lyttelton St - Spreydon

News Release - 10 July 2004 - Download PDF file

Day Five
Welcome to the fifth day of the 6th Asia Oceania Korfball Championships – the first ever international korfball event in New Zealand.

Chinese Taipei vs Australia
1pm Saturday
This match promises to be an exciting one – Chinese Taipei won by 3 points the last time they played.

New Zealand vs Invitational Team
2.45pm Saturday

New Zealand vs Chinese Taipei
6.30pm Saturday
On Thursday Chinese Taipei beat New Zealand 21-6. Since then the Kiwis have been working hard and will be aiming to decrease the gap tonight.

Invitational Team vs Australia
8.15pm Saturday

Match Report Australia vs New Zealand
Australia cruised to another win against New Zealand on Friday night, but the hosts showed some benefits of the korfball lessons provided by their opponents this week.

Led by prolific scoring performances by Jeremy Harris and Leigh Prior, who between them scored all but one of Australia's 20 goals, Australia confirmed that they, and not the hosts, will contest the final of this championship against Chinese-Taipei. Harris and Prior again showed up the defensive frailties of the less experienced Kiwis, with the latter continuing their trait of conceding too many penalties.

Despite again conceding 20 goals, this was New Zealand's best performance of the week so far, with their eight goals spread among most members of the team. Nick Muir again led the team well, Anna Teen off the bench, scored a well deserved long shot, Tim Asby controlled the rebound for long periods and Jeanette Visser looked assured in setting up the plays in her section.

Final Day
Sunday starts with the third place team playing the Invitational team at 1pm, followed by the Final at 2.45 and the closing ceremony at 4.15pm.

Spectators
Be sure to pick up a programme which will tell you how the game is played.