In the first semifinal on Thursday, World and Olympic champions Germany won by 4-1. For German side Jan-Marco Montag scored first goal in the sixth minute of the play. After five minutes, Oliver Korn scored other goal for his country and took lead by 2-0. England's Richard Smith converted a penalty corner in the eighteenth minutes of the play lead came down to 2-1. Martin Haner of Germany disheartens the English player when he scored third goal in 31st minute of the play in the first half. In the 60th minute two times champion Germany added one more goal through Linus Butt and secured their berth in the final third consecutive times in the world cup hockey.

Australia defeated Netherlands in the second semifinal on Thursday evening by 2-1 at the Major Dhyan Chand National Stadium. The Aussies were dominated for the most part of the game and scored once in each half with Luke Doerner (27th minute) converting a penalty corner before Glenn Turner (55th) got a field goal to register their fifth consecutive win after lost to England in the opening match of World Cup Hockey 2010. Netherlands Taeke Taekema scored his seventh goal in the tournament at the 58th minutes through a penalty stroke.