New Delhi: Breaking News! A spirited and rejuvenated Australian team proved excellence in field hockey and won the FIH Hockey World Cup 2010. Australia beat Germany 2-1 in the final at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium in New Delhi.

 

Germany, which was eying for a hat-trick Hockey World Cup title, were left disappointed with the loss, but they will certainly admit that they were outclassed by the Kangaroos today. Germany had won the Hockey World Cup in 2002 and 2006.

 

It was Australia's first Hockey World Cup title in the last 24 years. The last time they had won the World Cup in 1986. Australia started their World Cup campaign with a loss against England. However, they never looked back after that and went on to win the gold medal.

Germany had to be content with a silver medal. Their players looked dejected after the loss. For Australia,Eddie Ockenden and Luke Doerner scored the goals. For Germany, Moritz Furste scored the lone goal.

Luke Doerner (Australia) was declared 'Man of the Match'. Guus Vogels (Netherlands) was declared 'Player of the Tournament'. Luke Doerner (Australia) and Taeke Taekema (Netherlands) shared the award for maximum goals in the tournament. They scored 8 goals each.