Great Britain and China win big on day three

Rosario, December: The two final Pool B matches in the Argentina Hockey World League Final saw lower-ranked teams triumph over their higher ranked opposition.

Great Britain, currently ranked sixth in the world, beat the number two ranked team, Australia 1-0, while China beat host nation Argentina in a 3-1 thriller.

China's strategy of defending deep and hitting their opponents on the counter attack paid dividends as they beat the host nation 3-1 – a result that pushed Argentina from second in the pool to fourth.

Wang Mengyu, Zhao Yudiao and Yu Qian were all on target for China, while Noel Barrionuevo scored Argentina's consolation goal.

Although the goal scorers got the plaudits, it was goalkeeper Li Dongxiao whose brilliant and brave defending maintained her team's lead. The result means Argentina will take on the Netherlands, but China will not know their opposition until the final two Pool A matches are completed.

In the earlier match between Australia and Great Britain, Helen Richardson-Walsh scored the only goal in a highly paced game against the world number two side Australia.

This was a match that Great Britain needed to win to avoid finishing the pool stages in fourth place.

Heavy rain in Rosario caused the final two games of the pool stages to be rescheduled to Wednesday.

This meant that the pool A matches between New Zealand and Germany and Korea versus Netherlands will now be played on Wednesday, when the final three quarter-final matches will be decided.

Day Three Results:

Pool A

Germany v New Zealand rescheduled for 12:45 Wednesday 9 December

Netherlands v Korea rescheduled for 10:30 Wednesday 9 December

Pool B

Australia v Great Britain 0-1 (0-1)

China v Argentina  3-1 (1-0)

FIH Press release