The opening day of play in the Champions Trophy in Rotterdam saw Australia lead the table on goal difference with a 5-3 win over Korea, with goals from Eli Matheson, David Guest, Jamie Dwyer, Andrew Smith and Liam De Young. Former Scotsman, now Dutch citizen, Lawrence Docherty was on the score sheet for his adopted country as the Netherlands put three passed Spain. The other Dutch scorers were Teun de Nooijer and Ronald Brouwer. Xavier Ribas scored for Spain from a penalty corner in this 3-1 win for the Netherlands. Argentina is the only team in Rotterdam who will not be at the Olympics but they were clearly not fazed by taking on World Champions Germany. Florian Keller scored an early goal from a penalty corner, but Argentina went ahead with goals from Paredes and Rodrigo Vila. A last gasp penalty corner conversion by skipper Timo Wess gave the Germans a 2-2 draw.
Tomorrow Australia play Argentina, whilst Spain take on Korea, and the Netherlands play Germany.
