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Ian Sloan of Ireland and and Eun Seong Hong of Korea compete for possession. INPHO/Donall Farmer

Ireland secure impressive draw with Korea

A hard-working performance from the home side helped them secure an excellent result in their hockey qualifier.

IRELAND STILL HAVE a chance of qualifying for the 2012 Olympics after earning an impressive 1-1 draw against Korea at a sold-out Belfield tonight.

Korea – who are ranked sixth in the world – were favourites going into the game, but fell behind when David Ames opened the scoring for the hosts after 27 minutes.

And Ireland were on course for a shock win, until Hyun Woo-nam equalised from a penalty corner in the second half, causing the game to end all square.

Ireland have never qualified for an Olympics, but are still in with a chance with two games left to play – against Chile on Thursday and Malaysia on Sunday.

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