Melbourne, Dec 05: Australia beat Spain 10-3 on Saturday to qualify for the gold medal final at the Champions Trophy men’s field hockey tournament. The hosts and defending champions broke open a close game 2-2 at halftime by scoring seven unanswered goals in the final 20 minutes.
Australia will play either Germany or the Netherlands in Sunday’s final, depending on the result of their final round-robin match later Saturday. Earlier, England scored three second-half goals and won its first match of the tournament, defeating South Korea 4-2.
England will play Spain on Sunday for fifth place.
–Agencies