Germany regains Masters Trophy

With a display that reflected authority and an intelligent professional approach work, Germany regained the Masters Trophy - last won in 2008- with a convincing 5-1 victory over the Netherlands. The home team led 3-0 at half-time.

The three match victory sweep gave Germany the top spot with nine points, The outcome helped Japan to finish with a silver in its first-ever appearance in the competition after accruing four points followed by the Netherlands with three, and India one.

A quick German sally in the early minutes ended with Florian Fuchs hitting the target. Thereafter picking up a major share in the exchanges, the Germans scored through Moritz Furste and then by the mercurial Christopher Zeller, who created the move and concluded with a crisp finish.

Mortiz Furste converted a stroke late in the second-half to make the margin more impressive but the Dutch did not take defeat lying down. Tim Jenniskens narrowed the lead but it was enlarged second before the final whistle by Florian Fuchs.

The results: Germany 5 (Florian Fuchs 2 Moritz Furste 2, Christopher Zeller,) beat Netherlands 1 (Tim Jenniskens) HT 3-0

Table of Points: Germany Played 3, won 3, drawn nil, lost nil, goals for 15, goals against 7, Points 9; Japan 3-1-1-1-10-11-4; Netherlands 3-1-0-2-9-11-3; India 3-0-1-2-10-15-1.

Final positions: 1. Germany 2. Japan 3 The Netherlands 4. India.

Special awards: Player of the tournament: Maxmillan Mueller; Top scorer: Christopher Zeller; Most Promising player: Florian Fuchs (all from Germany); Best goal-keeper: Katsuya Takase (Japan).