{"id":487561,"date":"2026-06-20T21:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487561\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T21:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:35:10","slug":"black-sticks-beat-usa-in-shootout-to-reach-nations-cup-hockey-final","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/487561\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Sticks beat USA in shootout to reach Nations Cup hockey final"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">Both teams pushed hard for a winner, but the defining moment came when the USA earned a penalty stroke. With the home crowd holding their breath, FIH Goalkeeper of the Year Grace O\u2019Hanlon produced a massive save to deny the Americans and keep the scores level.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The match headed to a shootout, where the Black Sticks were clinical. New Zealand converted all four of their attempts, while O\u2019Hanlon delivered another masterclass, making three saves to secure a 4-1 shootout victory and send the home crowd into celebration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">India were dominant in the other semi-final against Chile, scoring six unanswered goals to stroll into the final.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EoZyGajGNiPxVf\" style=\"display:none\">The final takes place at 6.30pm at North Harbour National Hockey Centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Both teams pushed hard for a winner, but the defining moment came when the USA earned a penalty&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":487562,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2246,21230,4498,7022,10542,1872,5904,43779,78,2344,17154,111,139,69,23941,29392,19328,11791,213,118460,165,8229,61,1865,3337,2201,540,1533,2248,2834],"class_list":["post-487561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-2246","tag-advance","tag-beat","tag-black","tag-cup","tag-face","tag-final","tag-hockey","tag-in","tag-india","tag-nations","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-penalty","tag-perfect","tag-reach","tag-shootout","tag-sports","tag-sticks","tag-their","tag-they","tag-to","tag-today","tag-usa","tag-went","tag-where","tag-will","tag-women","tag-womens"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=487561"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/487561\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/487562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=487561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=487561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=487561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}