England finished a disappointing seventh out of the eight teams taking part in the Under 21 Eight Nations Tournament at the Warsteiner Hockeypark in Monchengladbach this afternoon. After their decisive victory over the Poles yesterday, they met Germany to decide their final place. England were one down after Zwicker scored from open play in the first few minutes of the match. The Germans went 2-0 up minutes later, but a goal by David Condon gave England some hope and shortly after half time Peter Dobson scored an equaliser from a penalty corner. But the Germans started to race ahead with two penalty corner conversions of their own. Wuterich gave the Germans a four goal lead with six minutes of play left, although Loughborough Students’ James Osborn managed to pull one back in the dying seconds. Final score: Germany 6 England 3.
The gold medal was won by the Netherlands after a decisive 7-1 victory over Belgium. Spain took the bronze. Final placings: 1. Netherlands, 2. Belgium, 3. Spain, 4. India, 5. Germany, 6. Malaysia, 7. England, 8. Poland
