A full-strength Dutch U21 team lost in a thriller match - decided after a Golden Goal - to the Chinese Taipei U23 team, without Ricky Wu, in the final of the 19th Monuta U23 World Cup in Apeldoorn (NED). It has been the first time in history the Dutch U21 team has lost a match to a different team than Belgium. Dutch coach Wim Scholtmeyer was very disappointed after the result and KNKV will know they have homework to do toward next year's IKF U21 European Championship to be held in Milton Keynes (ENG)

Please see below the final results as well as the ranking listing:

Cross finals:
Hungary x Portugal 8-9
Germany x Scotland 17-7
Netherlands x Belgium 21-11
Chinese Taipei x England 16-7

Finals:
Hungary x Scotland 13-1
Portugal x Germany 9-16
Belgium x England 12-9
Netherlands x Chinese Taipei 16-17 (after golden goal)

Final ranking:
1. Chinese Taipei
2. Netherlands
3. Belgium
4. England
5. Germany
6. Portugal
7. Hungary
8. Scotland