In the semi-finals, Indian Airlines beat Punjab and Sind Bank via the tie-breaker, while BSF got the better of Indian Oil.
Australia finished on top of the standings despite losing 2-3 to Olympic champions Argentina earlier in the day. India, which needed just a draw to progress, finished second.
Germany led 2-0 and 5-1, but a four-goal burst by penalty-corner specialist Zulfikil Mohd Rejab saw the Malaysians go down fighting 5-7 in the Men's Junior World Cup hockey.
Former Delhi hockey player Chaman Lal Malhotra died recently because of some liver problems.
The hosts take on Olympic champions Australia in their opening match of the December 10 to 18 hockey tournament.
Mar del Plata in Argentina will host the women's tournament in 2007.
The Aussies battled for a 3-2 victory.
Akashdeep Singh scored three goals as India thrashed Oman 6-1 to finish fifth in the third Asian Champions Trophy hockey tournament at Kakamigahara, Japan on Sunday.
Jaime Dwyer's penalty-corner goal in extra-time gave the Aussies a 2-1 victory over defending champions the Netherlands in the final.
Bjoern Michel scored the golden goal in the second half of extra time to help Germany beat Spain 4-3.
The Netherlands beat Olympic and defending champions Australia 6-2 in the final to win their maiden Azlan Shah hockey title.
Roderick Weusthos scored for the Dutch in the 64th minute to take them into the final, against Australia.
Goals from Gurjit Kaur (7th, 9th minutes), Navjot Kaur (9th) and Lalremsiami (38th) ensured India's entry into Sunday's final where they will face China.
India lost 1-4 to Olympic champions Australia in their opening game of Azlan Shah hockey tournament.
Coach Vasudevan Bhaskaran is confident of a better finish in the Azlan Shah hockey tournament than the last place the team ended up at last time.
India beat New Zealand 3-2 in a practice match prior to Sultan Azlan Shah hockey.
The teams will lock horns again in the Lal Bahadur Shastri four-nation women's hockey tournament final on Wednesday.
India resurrected their campaign at the Asian Games women's hockey tournament with a fluent 4-2 victory over Malaysia in a round-robin league match.
Hosts Germany overpowered India 2-0 in an action-packed encounter to end its campaign at the Three Nations Invitational hockey tournament on a winning note.
Punjab and Sind Bank will lock horns with Indian Oil in the final of the Surjit hockey tournament.
Both laboured to 2-1 victories over Malaysia and Italy respectively in the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup women's hockey tournament.
Army XI, Bangalore, and South Central Railway, Secunderabad, entered the quarterfinals of the Bombay Gold Cup Hockey
The victory gave the defending champions a berth in the last eight of the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
India failed to make it to the elite six-nation hockey tournament after finishing at the bottom in the last edition in Chennai.
They beat Mumbai outfits Central Railway and Indian Navy in the Bombay Gold Cup hockey tournament.
Defender William Xalxo will miss the four-nation hockey tournament in Germany because of an ankle injury.
Do you think a foreign coach in hockey can replicate John Wright's success with the cricket team?
India lost 1-0 to Australia in the women's hockey final.
The victory gave Indian Airlines a place in the semi-finals of the Shastri hockey tournament.
Two goals down, the Indian women's hockey team scored two minutes from time to snatch a 2-2 draw.
After holding the Australians 2-2 in the first session, the Indians caved in the second session in the women's hockey tournament at the Commonwealth Games.
The mid-fielder has been appointed captain for the 109th Beighton Cup Hockey Tournament.
The ace forward, who was suspended for unruly conduct, was named in the 26-man probables' list for the eight-nation hockey tournament in Holland.
Dilip Tirkey scored the solitary goal as India beat China 1-0 in their first match of the Asia Cup.
Korea and Pakistan scored hard-fought victories to join Australia in the second round of the Rabobank Men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
Defending champions India wear the tag of favourites to win the Junior Men's World Cup hockey tournament in Rotterdam.
The Indian hockey ace scored two goals in PAP Academy's 5-0 rout of Indian Air Force in the Surjit hockey tournament.
Pakistan beat archrivals India 4-1 to clinch the four-nation men's Singapore Challenge hockey tournament.
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