Having had one free hit reversed for time wasting you would have thought they would have learnt their lesson but Australia threw away a chance of a place in the final of the Champions Trophy in Terrassa when they dwelt on the ball for too long at a hit-in. With only seconds left on the clock umpire Santi was having none of it. From the reversed hit-in the Germans won themselves a penalty corner, which Zeller struck the ball high into the Australian net. Only needing a draw to qualify for tomorrow's final, Australia lost the match 3-4. The other drama of the day was the Match between the Netherlands and the hosts, Spain. Having gained an early lead the Dutch threw it away, only finally overcoming their opposition in the last minutes. Final score, 4-3 to the Netherlands, who meet Germany in the final tomorrow. Intriguingly, when the two teams met in the round-robin stage of the tournament they could only manage a draw. Pakistan, who beat Argentina today (Saturday), will repeat the match tomorrow to decide the 5th/6th place, whilst Spain will play Australia to decide the bronnze.
In the European Junior Nations Championship in Prague, England's boys finished fifth, having beaten Poland 7-0. The tournament was finally won by the Netherlands, with Germany taking the silver and Belgium the bronze.
As of 23:00 today it has not been possible to get any results for the girl's competition in Catania where England were playing in the final, nor have we be able to find any scores for the four nations tournament in Poland in which England men are playing.
