In Men’s Hockey World Cup, Spain will lock horns with New Zealand at 5 p.m. and Argentina face France at 7 p.m. in Pool-A matches at Bhubaneswar on Thursday.

In Wednesday’s group D matches, two-time champions Germany outclassed last edition silver medalist Netherlands 4-1 to inch closer towards booking a direct quarterfinal berth.

In the second match, Pakistan and Malaysia played out a 1-1 draw. With this, Pakistan continue to maintain third position and Malaysia fourth.