21th Match Hockey World Cup 2018 (Men's)

Odisha Hockey World Cup

Bhubaneswar 2018 (Men’s)

GER Vs MLA

Germany Beat The Malaysia

 

GERMANY                          5 - 3                      MALAYSIA

 Match Highlights

v Germany finished their pool engagements with a maximum of 9 points from 3 games

v Malaysia are all but out of the tournament as they are placed last in Pool D

Bhubaneswar, India:Olympic bronze medallist Germany defeated Malaysia 5-3 in a keenly-contested match to maintain their all-win record and seal a direct quarterfinal spot by topping Pool D at the men's hockey World Cup here on Sunday.

Germany finished their pool engagements with a maximum of nine points from three games.

Tim Herzbruch (2nd, 59th minutes) and Christopher Ruhr (14th, 18th) scored two goals each while Marco Miltkau (39th) struck the other one for the world number 6 Germans.

Malaysia's all three goals came from penalty corner conversions by Razie Rahim (26th, 42nd) and Nabil Noor (28th).

By virtue of this win, the Germans joined two-time champions Australia, Olympic champions Argentina and hosts India in the quarterfinals.

The Malaysians on the other hand, crashed out of the tournament as they finished at the bottom of the group with a mere one point.