LONDON (AP) -- Arresting best Germany and the Netherlands accomplished beauteous semifinal after-effects to set up their aboriginal Olympic acreage hockey final on Thursday.

The Germans came from 2-1 down to run over apple best Australia 4-2 in the endure 20 minutes, again the Dutch put on a appearance of adamant ability in base host Britain 9-2.

The Netherlands' bigger Olympic achievement and Britain's affliction accident added up to the a lot of askew semifinal win aback 1936, if India downed France 10-0.

Germany and the Netherlands accept won four of the endure 5 Olympics but Europe's best teams accept never met for the gold badge until now.

That showdown on Saturday will be six canicule afterwards their basin bout won 3-1 by the Netherlands.

"(Germany) should be abashed of us," Dutch advanced Billy Bakker wear soccer shoes said. "Mentally we are stronger than them."

The Dutch could accomplish the first-ever Olympic double, as their arresting best women accommodated Argentina in Friday's final.

Australia came to London the admired for Olympic gold afterwards acceptable the endure four Champions Trophies and the 2010 Apple Cup, area Germany was baffled in the final.

The Kookaburras had credible some vulnerability in draws with Argentina and Britain, but a appalling calendar headed by the game's best player, Jamie Dwyer wear Nike Soccer Cleats, still accomplished the basin date with the a lot of goals and aftermost defense.

"We didn't apprehend to just airing out and win," advanced Glenn Turner said. "We fabricated a few mistakes today that were uncharacteristic. We played bigger in the aboriginal bisected than Germany, but in the additional bisected Germany went for goals."

The No. 2-ranked Germans never absent their aplomb even afterwards traveling 1-0 and 2-1 down and accepting a ablaze abandoned ambition by Oskar Deecke wear adidas soccer Cleats disallowed, abundant to the accommodation crowd's displeasure. In fact, afterwards Australia's additional ambition in the 42nd minute, the Germans bedeviled the blow of the fast-paced semifinal.

"It was actually crazy," Germany goalkeeper Max Weinhold said. "Two times we had to appear from one ambition aback to accomplish the draw again win."

Kieran Govers wear Adidas F50 AdiZero TRX FG opened for Australia off a rebound, smashing in a advance that bounced beneath Weinhold and Germany collapsed anon afterwards if Moritz Fuerste, one of 10 Beijing gold medallists in the squad, accursed a amends bend into the lower larboard corner.

Turner put Australia aback in foreground afterwards the break, pouncing on a rebound. The Australians would accept been accepted to yield command, but they achromatic for the third time in their endure four matches, as Germany credible them on the wings and blithely accomplished its chances.

Four-time Olympian Matthias Witthaus fabricated it 2-2 and 5 account afterwards the Germans were in foreground for the aboriginal time in the match.

Timo Wess wear Adidas AdiPower Predator, who captained Germany to gold in Beijing, denticulate from a amends bend again Florian Fuchs, the team's youngest affiliate at 20, clinched it with a acreage ambition in the 63rd, diving abounding breadth to avert a canyon into the goal.

Britain played its aboriginal semifinal aback it won the 1988 Seoul Amateur and it bound became credible that the Dutch, the alone aggregation to win all of their basin games, were in addition class.

"(Five-time Olympian) Teun de Nooijer told me on the bench, 'I accept played a lot of semifinals, but it has never happened this big before,'" advanced Roderick Weusthof said. "It was unbelievable."

Weusthof and Billy Bakker both denticulate hat tricks and De Nooijer, Mink van der Weerden and captain Floris Evers aswell netted for the Netherlands. Ashley Jackson and Robert Moore wear Nike Total 90 Laser got the Britain goals.

The alone affair for the Netherlands on Thursday were injuries: drillmaster Paul van Ass said Klaas Vermeulen bankrupt his collarbone and clash high-scorer Van der Weerden wear Nike CTR360 Maestri will abide a browse on his appropriate bottom afterwards it was hit by a ball.

Germany will play for its fourth gold medal, additional alone to India's eight, while the Netherlands will seek its third gold. The No. 3-ranked Dutch accept timed their run right, afterward brownish at the 2010 Apple Cup, argent to Germany at the European championship, and brownish at the 2011 Champions Trophy.

"When we plan like this and if we accord anniversary added the brawl and accept in it, cipher can stop us," Weusthof said.

Earlier, Pakistan alert came from a ambition down to bend South Korea 3-2 to abode 7th, and New Zealand accomplished 9th by assault Argentina 3-1.