Australia, Netherlands, Belgium & England clash on penultimate day

With the Semi-Final line-ups revealed for the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018, hockey fans will be in for an exciting penultimate day of the tournament as Belgium take on England in the first round-of-four knockout tie while Australia face a tough test against The Netherlands here at the Kalinga Stadium on Saturday, 15th December.

The first semi-final is scheduled to take place at 4 pm India time which will see World No. 3 Belgium face a determined English team who came from behind to defeat Olympic Champions Argentina in their quarter-final encounter. Belgium also go into the match high on confidence, having knocked-out world No. 6 Germany in their quarter-final tie.

The second semi-final match will be a repeat of the 2014 Hockey World Cup final as Defending Champions Australia take on The Netherlands at 6.30 pm. While Australia defeated lowest ranked France in their quarter-final match, The Netherlands had to play out of their skin to overcome hosts India 2-1 in-front of a packed Kalinga Stadium on Thursday evening.

The teams who lose the semi-final matches will face-off for the bronze medal tie on Sunday, December 16 at 4.30 pm, followed by the final match which takes place at 7 pm.

The organisers reiterated that there will be no closing ceremony. Only customary presentation and prize distribution will take after the bronze medal play off and the final.

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