Hockey World Cup

The Germans then scored twice to go ahead 4-2 with just six seconds left on the clock; Germany will now face reigning champions Belgium in the World Cup final.

"But today we played a great game. In an extraordinary finish, the Kookaburras, despite being outplayed for much of the match, edged into a 3-2 lead with two minutes 35 seconds left and looked poised to pip the Germans just as they had in the Tokyo Olympics semi-final. Australia's hockey men will have to wait until next year's Olympics for a chance to climb back to the summit after the most agonising of World Cup exits for the Kookaburras in India.

Belgium are the defending champions while Germany have won the hockey World Cup twice before, the last time in 2006. Watch live!

Free live streaming of the FIH Men's Hockey World Cup 2023 final will be on FanCode. However, the Belgian hockey team, which won the hockey World Cup in 2018, hold the edge in the fixture. FIH World Cup 2023 final live streaming will be available on Disney+ Hotstar. Belgium are only making their second appearance in the final. Both Germany and Belgium started their hockey World Cup 2023 campaign in Pool B. The German hockey team’s sole win in that period came in November last year in the FIH Pro League.

It was a game high on quality, with Niklas Wellen and Tom Grambusch scoring for Germany while Cedric Charlier and Victor Wegnez netted for Belgium. Defending ...

To beat one of the best teams of this generation will require them to take Belgium out of the match at the earliest. They should aim to go into the final quarter with a healthy lead. They've done it before with the same goalkeeper, they can do it again. Belgium won their first World Cup title in 2018 at the same venue. A fact that was seen against the Dutch in the semifinal. It's fair to say they have quality all over the pitch. He's a defender who's a playmaker for his team, always finding the right passes into the circle and reading the game better than anybody on the pitch. Belgium have a squad full of experienced players - Olympic gold winners in Tokyo as well as the 2018 World Cup. The final score was 2-2 with Belgium winning the shootout 3-2. Boon scored five goals in one match against Japan and his total tally at this World Cup is seven goals in five matches. Against Australia, Germany were once again down 0-2 but made it 2-2 in the second half. Two champion teams will tussle for the title -- Belgium are aiming to cement the legacy of their golden generation while Germany are looking to reclaim some of their lost glory.

Germany left it late, but Gonzalo Peillat's hattrick and Niklas Wellen's last minute winner saw them through to the final.

It seemed Germany had done their job to take the match into a shootout. It was Peillat again with a superb conversion to make it 2-2 in the 51st minute. We wanted to go towards the target, which we didn't do in the first quarter. In the first half, it had been all Australia: Jermey Hayward scored from a penalty corner in the first quarter. 1 side Australia, it was them scoring four goals in the second-half, two in the last two minutes to win the match 4-3. Nathan Ephraums netted from a close range to make it 2-0 in the second quarter.

Australia and Netherlands to play for bronze medal and expect to finish on a high.

Both teams finished on the podium in 2018 and having faltered in the semifinals, will be hoping to end on a high. Earlier in the day, Australia will take on Netherlands with both teams hoping to go back with a medal from the competition even if it isn’t the one they would have wished for. That it has done so the hard way, coming through the crossovers and finding a new star in every victory has ensured the world number three will be high on confidence going into the final match of the competition.

Belgium's exalted Golden Generation will be looking to solidify their status as perhaps one of the finest sides of modern hockey when they take on comeback ...

[Dailymotion ](https://www.dailymotion.com/DeccanHerald) [Facebook ](https://www.facebook.com/deccanherald/) [Twitter ](https://twitter.com/DeccanHerald) Eleven of the players have over 200 caps each with five of them over 300. The two-time champions (2002, 2006), who held Belgium to an entertaining 2-2 draw during the group stage clash, have played probably the two most thrilling matches of this World Cup so far. Belgium’s stamp on world hockey since bagging a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics has been incredible, thanks to a once-in-a-generation group of gifted players who have made winning major spoils a habit.

Pakistan, Australia and Germany have won back-to-back titles in the past and Belgium, who made it to the world's elite just around a decade ago, ...

Apart from the advantage of having recorded two come-from-behind wins, the Germans have been able to succeed in different playing situations. Our ball possession game against Australia was unbelievable and we would want to continue that. "We have a lot of respect for the German side who came out of jail twice in this tournament and won. "We need to continue to trust ourselves in our ability and in our mental toughness. Germany have won 13 times while seven matches were drawn. We hope to save our best for the last. Florent Van Aubel, Cedric Charlier and Sebastien Dockier have scored just two goals each. Germany, on the other hand, will be looking to clinch their first title after 2006 and join the club of other three countries to have won the World Cup thrice or more. They also have one of the best goalkeepers in the world in the form of The depth in the Belgium team can also be gauged from the fact that the absence of penalty corner expert and star defender Alexander Hendrickx due to injury early in the tournament was not felt. Belgium have come with the bulk of team which had won the last edition of the event and Tokyo Games. Pakistan, Australia and Germany have won back-to-back titles in the past and Belgium, who made it to the world's elite just around a decade ago, would seek to achieve that feat and defend their title, which they won in 2018, at the same Kalinga Stadium.

Germany recorded their first entry into the final after the 2010 edition in New Delhi, where they had finished runners-up.

But Germany responded the next minute with Peillat completing his hat-trick from a penalty corner as the scores were level at 3-3. The Australians also won three video referrals against penalty corner decisions. For three-time champions Australia, this was their second consecutive failure to enter the final. Two-time champions Germany recorded their first entry into the final after the 2010 edition in New Delhi, where they had finished runners-up. He sounded the board by sending the ball to the left of goalkeeper Alexander Stadler. This was Germany's second comeback win after being 0-2 down against England as well in the quarter-final match.