If the first period was about control, the second was pure chaos. Bosnia & Herzegovina, eager to secure their own positioning in the final standings, came out swinging. Jakub Silajdzic levelled the score at 26:21, and seven minutes later, Faris Capin put the visitors ahead 2-1, threatening to spoil the home team’s farewell party.
However, the resilience that defined South Africa’s win over Turkmenistan was on full display. Less than two minutes after falling behind, the Rhinos struck back. Stefan Kluyts, who had assisted the first goal, turned goalscorer at 35:57, finishing off a sequence orchestrated by Dion Phakathi and Duvan van der Merwe to tie the game at 2-2.
The momentum swung instantly back to the hosts. Just over a minute later, at 37:19, Daanyal Kamish fired South Africa back into the lead, sending the Rhinos into the dressing room up 3-2 after a breathless twenty minutes of hockey.
