BHUBANESWAR: At 0-2 down in a World Cup final, comebacks need nerves of steel. Germany and Belgium took turns to show that in a test that refused to end, until Belgium died a 'sudden death', which gave the Germans a third Men's Hockey World Cup title -- first since 2006.
It was Germany first who put the game on a knife's edge by erasing a two-goal deficit to level it at 2-2 and then got into the lead at 3-2. Then, it was the turn of the defending champions.