India’s women’s hockey team were knocked out of semi-final contention after being held to a goalless draw by Australia in a must-win Pool D clash in Amstelveen. India needed victory to advance, while Australia progressed on goals scored. India finished third in the group and will now play a classification match, while Australia and the Netherlands reached the semis.

Amstelveen (Netherlands): The Indian women's hockey team succumbed to the pressure of a must-win match and were knocked out of semi-final contention after playing out a goalless draw against Australia here on Saturday.

India needed a win to advance to the last four while a draw was enough for the Aussies to make it to the last four on the basis of more number of goals scored.

The goal difference for both teams stood identical at minus two but Australia had three strikes compared to India's two. Both teams had drawn their opening Pool D match against China.

The Indian team, which had performed brilliantly before losing to the Netherlands by two goals in the first match of the second leg, looked out of rhythm on the day.