Germany rallied for a third consecutive time in the tournament, this time coming back from 0-2 down to stun World and Olympic champions Belgium 5-4 via shootout to emerge world champions at the Kalinga Stadium here on Sunday.  In the quarter-finals, they had rallied to beat England and in the semis, they came back from the brink to conquer Australia.

Brilliant start for Belgium

Belgium began the fast-paced encounter brilliantly with two field goals, one each by Florent van Aubel (ninth minute) and Tanguy Cosyns (10th minute) to take a comfortable lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second, Germany missed a penalty stroke through skipper Mats Grambusch and it seemed the day belonged to the Belgians. However, Niklas Wellen (28th minute) converted a penalty corner to announce that the Germans were still in it.