10 Feb 2009

Black Sticks third in Punjab gold cup

5:52 am on 10 February 2009

The New Zealand men's hockey team has won the bronze medal at the Punjab Gold Cup in Chandigarh, India.

In the play-off for third the Black Sticks beat Germany 3-2.

The Netherlands beat hosts India 2-1 in the gold medal match in front of a crowd of 18 thousand.