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Hockey World Cup 2018: Rogier van 't Hek on crowd-surfing after Netherlands' 1998 title, the state of the game back home and more

Rogier van 't Hek was part of the Netherlands team which won the 1998 Hockey World Cup. In India as a journalist for the 2018 edition, he talks about the fortunes of the Dutch national team, how the celebrated the 1998 victory and more.

Hockey World Cup 2018: India's forward line fails as mature captain Billy Bakker leads Netherlands to semi-finals

It would be prudent for India to ensure continuity and build a structure from the core at hand to ensure a strong challenge in the Olympic qualifiers.

India vs Netherlands, Hockey World Cup 2018 quarter-final, Match highlights: Dutch hold on to beat hosts 2-1

Catch the Live score and updates from the Hockey World Cup 2018 quarter-final match between India and Netherlands

Hockey World Cup 2018: Netherlands thrash Canada 5-0; set up quarter-final clash against hosts India

In the match between World No. 4 Netherlands and World No. 11 Canada, the Dutch were the early aggressors as they made continuous forays into Canada's half.

Hockey World Cup 2018: Netherlands challenge on their minds, India gear up for date with history

India captain Manpreet Singh said, "We expect Holland to be our quarter-final opponents. They are a very strong team. We will watch all the matches tonight, and we will give our best in knock-outs."

Hockey World Cup 2018: India will continue to play attacking hockey regardless of opponent, says captain Manpreet Singh

Manpreet Singh didn't play the entire match against Canada in their last pool match because of fever but he has since recovered and will be a key figure in India's midfield on Thursday.

Hockey World Cup 2018: Germany defeat spirited Malaysia to enter quarter-finals; Pakistan qualify for cross-overs despite drubbing

Germany started brightly and raced to a 3-0 lead inside 18 minutes through goals from Herzbruch and Ruhr. But the Malaysians tried to make a valiant fightback and managed to reduce the margin to 2-3 in the 28th minute through goals from Rahim and Noor.

Hockey World Cup 2018: Pakistan play out hard-fought draw against Malaysia to keep knock-out hopes alive

Pakistan attacked mostly through the centre with a majority of their circle entries coming from that area, while Malaysia tried to find spaces on the right side.

Hockey World Cup 2018: Clinical Germany run riot against wasteful Netherlands side to inch closer to direct quarter-final place

By virtue of this win, Germany are top of Pool D with six points from two wins ahead of the Netherlands, who are on three points. they had earlier defeated Pakistan 1-0 in their opening match, while the Netherlands had mauled Malaysia 7-0.

Hockey World Cup 2018: Netherlands aim to end decade-long cycle of near misses by performing 'better than ever before'

The Netherlands will take on Malaysia in their first match on 1 December, before facing Germany on 5 December and finishing the group stage by playing Pakistan on 9 December.