Australia beat Netherlands 2-1, to meet Germany in the final
March 11th, 2010 - 11:49 pm ICT by IANSNew Delhi, March 11 (IANS) Australia defeated the Netherlands 2-1 in the semi-final of the Hockey World Cup and set up their third consecutive title clash with Germany.
Australia’s penalty corner specialist Luke Doerner opened the scoring. Glenn Turner increased the lead to 2-0 in the second half before Taeke Taekama pulled one back for the Netherlands through a penalty stroke.
Earlier England outplayed Germany 4-1 in the first semi-final.
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