Record breaking Netherlands top Pool A and Korea send Asian rivals China home

Carlien van den Heuvel celebrated 200 caps by scoring two goals. Getty Images/FIH

A record-breaking victory over Italy helped the Netherlands to join Ireland, Germany and Australia in the quarter-finals of the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup London 2018, as the pool phase ended at the Lee Valley Hockey & Tennis Centre. The Dutch produced a stunning performance to set a new record in terms of the biggest ever victory at an official FIH Women's World Cup, with the 12-1 triumph over the Italians eclipsing the nine goal winning margins achieved by West Germany(1976: 9-0 vs Nigeria / 1978: 10-1 vs Nigeria) and Korea (1990: 9-0 vs USA).