MELBOURNE: Germany scored three first-half goals to set up a 3-1 win over Australia on Thursday, handing the hosts and defending champions their first loss of the Champions Trophy men’s field hockey tournament.

Australia could have clinched a spot in the gold medal final on Sunday with a win. Both Australia and Germany are still looking good for a spot in the championship match, sitting first and second respectively with one round-robin match to go on Saturday.
Earlier, South Korea came back from a 5-1 deficit to draw 5-5 with Spain and the Netherlands edged England 3-2.