BHUBANESWAR, India: Pakistan qualified for the knock-out stage of the FIH Men’s Hockey World Cup on the basis of goal average here at the Kalinga Stadium on Sunday.
Netherlands finished second in Pool D after defeating Pakistan 5-1 in the second match on day 12 of the tournament.
Malaysia failed to qualify for the cross-overs due to their poor score difference -9 while Pakistan had one point from three matches with a score difference of -5.
Now Pakistan will play against Belgium on December 12 in the crossover match while other crossover matches will be played between England and New Zealand, China and France, and, Netherlands and Canada.
India, Australia, Argentina and Germany are through to Quarter Finals directly after topping their respective Groups.
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