Australia beat Netherlands 2-1, to meet Germany in the final

India's News.Net
Thursday 11th March, 2010

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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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