Hockeyroos Set to Face Germany

The world number two Hockeyroos will face world number nine Germany in the quarter-final of the World League Final in Argentina on Friday morning (05:30am Perth time). 

The match is live on Fox Sports 4, channel 505.

Eyes are on securing a top-four place ahead of the semi-finals and medal matches on the weekend. The losing side will playoff for fifth to eight place classification. 

Australia’s last competitive meeting against Germany was at the 2014 Champions Trophy in Mendoza, which Australia won 3-1. 

At the 2013 World League Final, the two sides came face-to-face in the quarter-final which ended in a 1-1 draw on the final siren. Australia then went on to win 4-2 on a sudden death shoot-out. 

Following the conclusion of the pool A phase earlier this morning, which had to be rescheduled due to bad weather, Germany finished at the bottom of the standings in Pool A, after losing to the Netherlands (5-1) and New Zealand (1-3), and a draw with Korea (1-1).

Australia’s women finished top in Pool B on six points courtesy of wins over China (1-0) and Argentina (2-1), and a loss to Great Britain (1-0). 

The Hockeyroos’ squad includes WAIS scholarship athletes Kathryn Slattery and Ashleigh Nelson.

The other quarter-finals see 2013 defending champions the Netherlands take on hosts Argentina, Great Britain to play the New Zealand Black Sticks, and China to face Korea. 

-HockeyAus