A rampant Netherlands men's side romped to a 6-1 win over reigning Olympic champions Belgium here, keeping alive their hopes of securing back-to-back titles in the FIH Hockey Pro League.The victory took the Dutch to 32 points, the same as Great .
Defending champions Belgium are into the final of the International
Hockey Federation Men's Hockey World Cup, having dramatically won a
shootout against rivals The Netherlands in the semi-finals today at
the Kalinga Stadium in Bhubaneswar.
Belgium's golden generation of players stayed on course to defend its World Cup title after edging past a young Netherlands 3-2 in the penalty shootout, setting up the summit clash against Germany here on Friday. Reigning Olympic champions and world number two Belgium won in the battle of lowlands after the two sides were locked 2-2 in the regulation time in a tense semifinal
India were left with a mountain to climb following England’s 4-0 spanking of Spain in the preceding game if they wanted to top Pool D to advance directly to the quarterfinals and avoid playing the extra crossover game. They had to beat Wales by an eight-goal margin, something which they’d never done in a FIH World Cup game - their biggest win being a 7-0 defeat of Ghana way