Saturday, March 13, 2010

Hockey News
At 12th FIH World Cup 2010, New Delhi, India

Final
Australia bt Germany 2-1
Goal Scored - Edward Ockenden (AUS) 6', Luke Doerner (AUS) 59' PC and Moritz Furste I(NED) 47'

For 3rd Place
Netherlands bt England 4-3

Australia defeated Germany to lift their 2nd World Cup title and also ruined Germany's dream of scoring first hat-trick of world hockey titles in the history of the game.

In fast paced match Australians take early lead but Germany kept fighting and scored equaliser in second half but Doerner scored important goals and then Australians defended well to lift the title.

Netherlands won bronze medal in very exciting match ... At half-time they were down 1-3 but in second half they fought back very hard and scored 3 goals to won this match.

Australian drag-flicker Luke Doerner and Dutchman drag-flicker Taeke Taekema became the top-scorer of the tournament with 8 goals apiece.

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