Australia's men are undefeated after four games at the hockey World Cup to qualify for the semi-finals.

Australia's men swept into the hockey World Cup semi-finals with a 5-0 drubbing of England in The Netherlands on Saturday.

But the women's team will need to beat New Zealand in its final group game if it is to make the last four after a 2-0 loss to the Dutch.

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For the Kookaburras, Matt Gohdes' strike inside the opening 30 seconds set the tone for a feast in a first half that finished with Kieran Govers scoring one of the goals of the tournament, knocking a Mark Knowles' aerial pass into the net with just one second of the half remaining.

In between, two of Australia's most decorated players - Athens Olympic gold medallists Liam De Young and Jamie Dwyer - showed their enduring talent; De Young knocking home a penalty corner rebound and Dwyer finishing from close range after Jake Whetton's unselfish pass across goal.

Aran Zalewski's surging run through the heart of the English defence just three minutes after the re-start made it 5-0 to the men in green and gold, who had further chances to extend their lead but were ultimately denied by several late blocks.

Sorry, this audio has expired Interview: Kieran Govers

The result takes the undefeated Kookaburras to 12 points with one pool match remaining.

Their nearest challengers Belgium are three points behind with England a further two back on seven.

England and Belgium meet on Monday to fight for the other semi-final position from Pool A while the Kookaburras play India the same day.

"When I came to the ground I would have been happy with a draw because that was enough for us to qualify for the main games," said coach Ric Charlesworth.

"I'm happy with the way the team played. I'm happy that our players are fit. We now have the opportunity of a long break before the semi-final but the next game [against India] is important for us to play well again and start preparing for what will be a semi-final next Friday."

Speaking about his goal, Govers said: "We got a bit of a rocket from Ric the other day for not staying switched on until the half-time whistle and we know with Knowlesy [Mark Knowles] on the ball you've got to look out.

"Really, GT [Glenn Turner] was having words with one of the full-backs so I went over to see what he was saying and the ball just popped over so I just whacked it in the goal. It was pretty good."

With Pool B a day behind, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Argentina and Germany are all still in the running to progress to the final four from the other half of the draw.

Hockeyroos succumb to the Netherlands

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Sorry, this audio has expired Interview: Ashleigh Nelson

The Australian women's team lost out to the Netherlands in a narrow 2-0 loss, but still has its destiny in its hands when it meets New Zealand in the final pool game on Monday.

The Dutch took the lead through Kim Lammers' near post deflection in the second half. Naomi van As struck late to double the advantage in a closely-contested affair.

With the win, the Netherlands progress to the semi-finals, and the Kookaburras will join them in the last four if they can beat New Zealand.

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