Zim hockey team disappoints at Junior World Cup

THE Zimbabwe Under-21 hockey team finished last in the Hockey Junior World Cup currently underway in Santiago, Chile, after they lost to France 3-1 in the final classification match for the bottom place on Saturday.

This is not the first time that they have fared badly at the tournament, as they also finished bottom in their two previous participations, with their last one coming 11 years ago.

Zimbabwe, the bottom-ranked team at the 16-team tournament on position 56 in the world, were in Group A, together with giants and world number one ranked Netherlands, as well as USA, ranked sixth and Korea at ninth.

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