Germany joined England, South Korea and Argentina in the last four at the Hockey World League Semi-Final after beating hosts Malaysia 6-0 on Thursday.
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England thrashed Japan 5-0 on Thursday to set up a last-four meeting with Argentina at the Hockey World League Semi-Final in Malaysia.
Mark Gleghorne opened the scoring for England in the 20th minute after Simon Mantell had stolen possession – and skipper Barry Middleton doubled the lead three minutes later from a penalty corner.
Harry Martin made it 3-0 in the 44th minute with a brilliantly-taken backhand goal from an acute angle before Mantell and Dan Fox completed the rout.
Pool A winners Argentina made the breakthrough against South Africa in the 28th minute, with Gonzalo Peillat scoring from a short corner with the help of a deflection.
The 20-year-old scored his second of the game, flicking the ball inside the left-hand post.
Argentina maintained their clean sheet to win 2-0 and advance to face England.
Play continued with Pool B winners Pakistan taking on South Korea.
Kim Young-jin scored the decisive goal as South Korea held on to win 4-3 meaning they will either face Germany or hosts Malaysia in the semi-finals.
Christopher Zeller opened the scoring for the Germans from a short corner in only the 4th minute, but that was only the start of it.
Germany went on to score another 5 goals in the opening 20 minutes.
From there the World number Ones held back a little, while Malaysia tightened their defense.
There were no more goals but Germany secured their place in the semi-finals where they now face South Korea.
