Australia Overcome Germany To Claim World Cup
Australia has won the hockey World Cup after two decades by defeating defending champion Germany 2-1. During the last two encounters between the two sides, Australia was beaten by Germany in the final of the two World Cups in 2002 and ‘06.
Edward Ockenden was the first to score during the first half consequently Australia was in lead. Germany equalized in the 46th through Moritz Furste.
The last and the final goal of the match and tournament was scored by Luke Doerner converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute.
Earlier, the Netherlands defeated England 4-3 to claim the bronze medal.
Pakistan Beat India 6-3 in Field Hockey
Pakistan Beat India 6-3 in Field Hockey, SALTA: Argentina: Pakistan beat India 6-3 to set up a final against New Zealand in Champions Challenge field hockey.
New Zealand held out two-time defending champion and host Argentina 3-2 to reach Sunday’s final, where the winner will qualify for the Champions Trophy next July in Moenchengladbach, Germany.
Pakistan took only two minutes to score, through Rehan Butt, who would collect a hat trick in another classic match between the archrivals.
While two Pakistan players were cooling off on cards, India forced a penalty corner and leveled through Dhananjay Mahadik. India continued to enjoy the run of play, but Pakistan nailed its chances with Butt shooting home and Sohail Abbas adding a penalty corner goal for a 3-1 halftime lead.
After the break, India dominated, but its desperation to score left the defense vulnerable, and Haseem Khan’s goal against the run of play made it 4-1. There were four goals in the last eight minutes, with Butt claiming his third and Abbas his second. Mahadik also finished with a pair for India.
As in the Pakistan-India semifinal, New Zealand scored quickly, with Andrew Hayward converting a penalty corner to hush the home crowd. Argentina’s penalty corner specialist Pedro Ibarra claimed his sixth goal of the tournament to draw level, but just before halftime Phillip Burrows finished a counterattack to send New Zealand ahead into the break.
After Shea McAleese’s penalty corner goal 10 minutes into the second half gave New Zealand 3-1, Argentina’s attack ramped up but continued to be bottled by the New Zealand defense until four minutes from the end, when Lucas Vila’s counterattack field goal gave the home side renewed hope, but without enough time.
Pakistan Beat India 6-3 in Field Hockey was first posted on December 13, 2009 at 12:22 pm.
