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Germany End Australia's Champions Trophy Reign

December 13, 2014 20:20

Olympic gold medallists Germany quashed Australia's bid to win a sixth successive Champions Trophy field hockey title, ousting the side 3-2 in the semi-final on Saturday. Earlier, the Netherlands defeated Belgium to earn 5th-place playoff.

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Olympic gold medallists Germany quashed Australia's bid to win a sixth successive Champions Trophy field hockey title, ousting the side 3-2 in the semi-final on Saturday. (All AP and NDTV images)
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The Germans, playing with seven junior World Cup winners of 2013, stunned the Kookaburras with two goals by the ninth minute through Timur Oruz and Mats Grambusch. They went up 3-0 immediately after half-time when Florian Fuchs took advantage of a goalmouth scramble and scooped the ball past Australian goalkeeper Andrew Charter.
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Australia hit back in the 34th minute as Chris Ciriello banged in a penalty corner to net his fourth goal in the tournament. Nicholas Budgeon narrowed the margin further in the 42nd by scoring off a penalty corner rebound. Australia failed to equalise despite benching the goalkeeper to accommodate an extra striker.
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It will be Germany's first Champions Trophy final since 2009 when they were beaten by hosts Australia 5-3 in Melbourne.
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In the other match, The Netherlands eventually saw off Belgium in a penalty shoot-out to earn a fifth-place playoff.
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Netherlands will face Argentina in the fifth-sixth place play-off match after registering wins in their respective classification games. Argentina defeated England.

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