Bhubaneswar, India (dpa) - Olympic champions Germany defeated world
champions Australia 3-2 while Pakistan snatched a late 4-3 win over
India Saturday to reach the final of the men's hockey Champions
Trophy.
Germany's victory in Bhubaneswar ended Australia's five-year run as Champions Trophy holders and put Germany into their first tournament final since 2009.
The Germans come up in Sunday's final against Pakistan, who snatched a late victory over arch rivals India.
Germany took an early two-goal lead through Timur Oruz in the fourth minute and Mats Grambusch five minutes later, before going further in front a minute after half-time when Florian Fuchs found the roof of the net from with an angled shot.
Australia fought back when Chris Ciriello scored in the 34th minute and Nicholas Budgeon struck with a powerful shot seven minutes later.
Australia piled on the pressure in the closing stages but the Germans held on to celebrate the victory.
"We confirmed our performance from the quarter-final and even improved on it. The win was a bit lucky but well deserved," Germany coach Markus Weise said.
Captain Moritz Fuerste said: "We started very strong, we fought 100 per cent until the end. I'm so proud on this young team, scoring two sensational goals at the beginning."
Australia's Eddie Ockenden said it was a game Australia could have won on chances.
"It was a really tough game," he said.
"We could have put a couple of goals away at the end and we could have easily scored more goals. We fought much better in second half and could have also taken the win."
Pakistan's victory over India put them into their first final since 1998 when they went down 3-1 to the Netherlands on home soil in Lahore. The last of Pakistan's three tournament titles was in 1994.
India took the lead from a penalty corner through Gurjinder Singh in the 12th minute before Muhammed Arsalan Qadir levelled five minutes later.
Muhammed Waqas struck two minutes after half-time to give Pakistan the lead which was then cancelled out by Dharamvir Singh six minutes later.
India again found themseles behind when Muhammad Irfin scored in the 44th minute but responded immediately through Chandanda Thimmaiah.
There was no coming back though when Qadir chipped over the keeper in the 59th minute.
The Netherlands and Argentina meanwhile earned victories to set up a fifth-place play-off.
The Dutch overcame Belgium 4-2 in a shoot-out after a 2-2 draw and Argentina edged England 2-1.
While Argentina now play the Dutch for fifth place Sunday, England and Belgium will compete for seventh place.
Belgium came back from 2-0 down against the Dutch to equalize with the last touch of the game before keeper Jaap Stockmann came on for the Dutch to save twice in the shoot-out.
Argentina clinched victory over England thanks to a double from Gonazalo Peillat.
Ashley Jackson opened the scoring for England in the first quarter with a penalty stroke goal but Argentina levelled on 25 minutes through Peillat's corner flick.
And it was Peillat who made the difference when he flicked home a 48th-minute penalty corner for the winner.
Germany's victory in Bhubaneswar ended Australia's five-year run as Champions Trophy holders and put Germany into their first tournament final since 2009.
The Germans come up in Sunday's final against Pakistan, who snatched a late victory over arch rivals India.
Germany took an early two-goal lead through Timur Oruz in the fourth minute and Mats Grambusch five minutes later, before going further in front a minute after half-time when Florian Fuchs found the roof of the net from with an angled shot.
Australia fought back when Chris Ciriello scored in the 34th minute and Nicholas Budgeon struck with a powerful shot seven minutes later.
Australia piled on the pressure in the closing stages but the Germans held on to celebrate the victory.
"We confirmed our performance from the quarter-final and even improved on it. The win was a bit lucky but well deserved," Germany coach Markus Weise said.
Captain Moritz Fuerste said: "We started very strong, we fought 100 per cent until the end. I'm so proud on this young team, scoring two sensational goals at the beginning."
Australia's Eddie Ockenden said it was a game Australia could have won on chances.
"It was a really tough game," he said.
"We could have put a couple of goals away at the end and we could have easily scored more goals. We fought much better in second half and could have also taken the win."
Pakistan's victory over India put them into their first final since 1998 when they went down 3-1 to the Netherlands on home soil in Lahore. The last of Pakistan's three tournament titles was in 1994.
India took the lead from a penalty corner through Gurjinder Singh in the 12th minute before Muhammed Arsalan Qadir levelled five minutes later.
Muhammed Waqas struck two minutes after half-time to give Pakistan the lead which was then cancelled out by Dharamvir Singh six minutes later.
India again found themseles behind when Muhammad Irfin scored in the 44th minute but responded immediately through Chandanda Thimmaiah.
There was no coming back though when Qadir chipped over the keeper in the 59th minute.
The Netherlands and Argentina meanwhile earned victories to set up a fifth-place play-off.
The Dutch overcame Belgium 4-2 in a shoot-out after a 2-2 draw and Argentina edged England 2-1.
While Argentina now play the Dutch for fifth place Sunday, England and Belgium will compete for seventh place.
Belgium came back from 2-0 down against the Dutch to equalize with the last touch of the game before keeper Jaap Stockmann came on for the Dutch to save twice in the shoot-out.
Argentina clinched victory over England thanks to a double from Gonazalo Peillat.
Ashley Jackson opened the scoring for England in the first quarter with a penalty stroke goal but Argentina levelled on 25 minutes through Peillat's corner flick.
And it was Peillat who made the difference when he flicked home a 48th-minute penalty corner for the winner.
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