Bhubaneshwar: Olympic champion Germany knocked out five-time defending champion Australia 3-2 on Saturday to reach the Champions Trophy field hockey final.
Nine-time champion Germany, in its first final since 2009, awaits the winner of the other semifinal between India and Pakistan later Saturday.
Germany, which beat a dangerous-looking England 2-0 in the quarterfinals, scored two first-quarter goals against Australia through Timur Oruz and Mats Grambusch.
Florian Fuchs made it 3-0 off a penalty corner for the new-look German team, which is here with seven players from the 2013 Junior World Cup squad.
Australia had been forced to try out new combinations due to the absence of four first-choice players, including star forward Jamie Dwyer. Its goals came through Chris Ciriello and Nicholas Budgeon off penalty-corners.
