Luckless Korea went down 4-5 to Germany in a 5-8 classification match at the Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
India struggled to beat England while Spain made the grade after the Dutch shocked Korea in the last league matches in the men's Junior World Cup hockey tournament.
India took a decisive step towards a semi-final spot with a 3-1 victory in a crucial Pool E encounter of the Rabobank Men's Junior hockey World Cup.
The defending champions laboured to a 3-2 victory in their second match of the Men's Junior Hockey World Cup.
Fired India hockey coach Paul van Ass says Hockey India president Narinder Batra was just finding ways to fire him.
Chief coach of the Indian men's hockey Michael Nobbs said on Tuesday he wasn't "pushed out" but willingly resigned from the job owing to deteriorating health.
Paul van Ass, who claims he was fired as chief coach of India's men's hockey team following an altercation with Hockey India president Narinder Batra, says he is willing to resume duties provided there is no "interference" in his work.
Indian hockey eves eked out a hard-fought 2-1 win over lower-ranked Chile in a play-off match to avoid the wooden-spoon and finish seventh in the FIH World League Round 3, in Rotterdam on Saturday.
Maharaj Krishan Kaushik was appointed coach of the senior men's hockey team on Wednesday, just two days after chief coach Michael Nobbs was shown the door because of non-performance.
The Indian hockey team finished sixth at the FIH World League after losing a tense play-off match on penalties to higher-ranked Spain, in Rotterdam on Sunday.
The Indian women's hockey team put up yet another disappointing show, crashing out of the semi-final race with a 1-8 drubbing at the hands of top-ranked Netherlands in the FIH World League Round 3 in Rotterdam.
