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Olympic Hockey History Quiz comes to conclusion
28 Aug 2008 12:38
 

After eight rounds the Olympic Hockey Quiz of the International Hockey Federation (FIH) comes to a conclusion. For the visitors of www.worldhockey.org were able to win one of the special WorldHockey prize offered by our Partner TK during the last two months by answering to a special Olympic Hockey History Question.

Hockey celebrated its 100th anniversary at the Beijing Olympics and part of the celebrations was this special Olympic Hockey History Quiz. The eight and last question was the following:

Which match was the first Olympic men's match to be decided after a penalty stroke competition?

The right answer to this question was: The first Olympic men's match to be decided after a penalty stroke competition was when Poland defeated France in Munich 1972 for the 11th place.

The winner of a special WorldHockey prize offered by our Partner TK is:

Fauzia Karim Bashir from Croydon, United Kingdom

With the eight and last Olympic Hockey History Quiz Question, the special quiz has come to an end. The FIH would like to thank all thousands of people who replied to the eight questions during the last two months.


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