Chanel News Asia-Olympics: Dutch shoot-out all black for New Zealand

LONDON: Defending champions the Netherlands won the Olympics' first ever hockey shoot-out Wednesday to beat dogged New Zealand and reach the women's final.

After the teams were locked at 2-2 at full-time and after extra-time, the Dutch dominated the shoot-out as they put away three strikes to New Zealand's one.

New Zealand, in the last four for the first time, were given a seventh-minute lead by their captain Kate Sharland from a penalty corner.

The Dutch captain Maartje Paumen replied in similar fashion. It was the first goal in London for the Beijing top-scorer.

Krystal Forgesson restored the Black Sticks' lead but Paumen produced a near-perfect corner flick into the roof of the net to make the score 2-2.

The Dutch were awarded a penalty corner in the second seven-and-a-half-minute period of extra time, which they tried unsuccessfully to have upgraded to a penalty stroke with a video referral.

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