12 Mar 2010

Germany and Australia to meet in hockey final

6:21 am on 12 March 2010

Germany will meet Australia in the final of the men's Hockey World Cup in Delhi this weekend.

In this morning's semi-finals Germany beat England 4-1, while Australia beat the Netherlands 2-1.

It will be the third straight time the two teams have met in the title decider with Germany having won the previous two encounters.

New Zealand will meet South Africa tonight for 9th place at the tournament.