Olympic Champions Argentina and title contenders Germany completed the semifinal line-up of the Men’s Hockey World League Finals, defeating England 3-2 and Netherlands 7-6 in the last two quarterfinals here at Kalinga Hockey Stadium today.

The last quarterfinal witnessed a nail-biting finish with Germany emerging winners via penalty shoot out. Argentina striker Lucas Vila made his 200th senior international appearance in the quarterfinal against England. In the semifinals, Argentina will meet Asia Cup champions India tomorrow and Germany will take on title holders Australia day after tomorrow.

RESULTS:

Dec 7 (Match No 17, QF): Argentina (Lucas Vila 21-FG, Matias Paredes 29-FG, Juan Gilardi 34-PS) beat England (David Condon 29-FG, Adam Dixon 60-FG) 3-2. PoM: Juan Gilardi (Argentina). JPoM: Liam Sanford (England).

Dec 7 (Match No 18, QF): Germany (Julius Meyer 12-FG, Florian Fuchs 34-FG, Constantin Staib 41-FG. Shootout: Mats Grambusch, Marco Miltkau, Dieter Linnekogel, Christopher Ruhr) beat Netherlands (Mirco Pruijser 21-FG, 60-FG; Bjorn Kellerman 27-FG. Shoot out: Mirco Pruijser, Seve van Ass, Tobias Walter) 7-6, via penalty shootout (Full time 3-3). PoM: Florian Fuchs (Germany). JPoM: Joep de Mol (Netherlands).
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PHOTO: Germany players celebrate their win over Netherlands on December 7 2017.