British women's hockey team sets up gold medal showdown with Netherlands
Dutch trying to become first team to win three consecutive Olympic titles
Great Britain celebrate their 3-0 semi-final victory over New Zealand (Photo: Getty Images/David Rogers)
Great Britain and the Netherlands will fight for the women's hockey gold medal at Rio 2016 after winning through their semi-finals on Wednesday (17 August).
The Dutch will try to become the first team to win three consecutive Olympic titles, after they edged Germany 4-3 in a shoot-out.
Great Britain produced an upset by beating New Zealand 3-0 to qualify for their first ever Olympic final.
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Dutch star Ellen Hoog missed earlier in the shoot-out, but ended up scoring the game-winner. "At first I had some doubts because I missed the first one, but I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to miss twice'.
"So I trusted and I felt that the team trusted me as well, but after I scored it, I didn't know what was going on. The biggest feeling I think is relief."
Great Britain's Helen Richardson-Walsh was thrilled with their historic achievement. "I'm over the moon," she said. "What an outstanding game that was and now we're going to the final. We've beaten a very, very good side pretty convincingly and we've got one more game. That's seven from seven (wins), we want eight from eight."
