World champions Germany entered the final of the Champions Trophy beating Malaysia 3-2 here on Thursday.
Germany have 16 points and even a loss to Australia on Saturday will not change the position.

Earlier, defending champions the Netherlands played out a thrilling 3-3 draw with Australia. The match started about an hour late due to heavy rains.

With both teams realising the need for a win in this match in order to make it to the final, it was a thrilling show from both teams. However, the draw would be a setback if Germany and Korea don’t lose their matches.
Australia now have ten points, while the Dutch are a point behind with nine.

European silver medallists Spain thrashed Great Britain 5-0.

The winners now have eight points and Britain have six.

After a rest day on Friday, the teams will play their last league matches on Saturday. The Dutch take on Pakistan, who drew with Korea 3-3 on Thursday. Also, Spain play Malaysia and Great Britain lock horns with South Korea.
Results: The Netherlands 3 (Jeroen Hertzberger 11th, Taeke Taekema 29th PC, Matthijs Brouwer 39th) drew with Australia 3 (Russel Ford 27th, Edward Ockenden 33rd, Luke Doerner 64th PC); South Korea 3 (Se Jong Ho 6th, Hyo You Sik 44th, Jang Jong Hyun 47th PC) drew with Pakistan 3 (Shakeel Abbasi 26th, Waqas Sharif 58th, Kashif Ali 63rd PC); Spain 5 (Ramon Alegre 22nd PC, 46th, Santiago Freixa 24th, Eduard Arbos 54th, Victor Sojo 64th) bt Great Britain 0; Germany 3 bt Malaysia 2.