Classification 15th-16th

Referees: Ursula WENGEROTH (SUI), Mark KOGANOV (AZE)

Quarters: 1-2, 3-1, 2-1, 0-1

Extra man: RSA 2/7; KAZ 3/11

Teams:

SOUTH AFRICA: Dwayne FLATSCHER, Etienne LE ROUX, Andrew RIDLEY, Kevin O¹BRIEN, Wesley BOHATA, Jason KYTE, Christopher BROWN (2), Ryan BELL (1), Rick DIESEL, Pierre LE ROUX (1), Adam KAJEE, Duncan WOODS (2), Donn STEWART, Head Coach: Vladimir TRNINIC.
KAZAKHSTAN: Alexandr ANISSIMOV, Alexey SHMIDER, Alexandr GAIDUKOV (2), Sergey GOROVOY (2), Murat SHAKENOV, Vladislav ANDREYEV, Roman PILIPENKO, Nikita KOKORIN, Rustam UKUMANOV, Mikhail RUDAY (1), Ravil MANAFOV, Adil TEMRKHANOV, Alexey DEMCHENKO. Head Coach: Sergey DROZDOV.

South Africa finished 15th, one place lower than its best effort of 14th in 1998. For Kazakhstan, 16th place is its worst effort in four appearances and down from 12th, its last appearance at this level in 2001. South Africa won despite the loss of two players and the head coach in a last-quarter confrontation. Big centre forward BELL was red-carded from the exclusion box as Kazakhstan scored on extra. Head coach TRNINIC advanced on the referee and refused to go back so was also red-carded. The referee called for the ball and the low pass was not appreciated and Etienne LE ROUX was excluded for misconduct. With three team personnel in the stands, South Africa pushed on and gained a penalty shot, which captain WOODS had blocked at 2:13. At
6-5 the remainder of the game was tense but South Africa emerged with the victory.