AMSTELVEEN, 25 August 2003 — Teun de Nooiyer had a hand in two late goals as Olympic champions the Netherlands beat Australia 4-2 to retain the Champions Trophy at the Wagener Stadium yesterday.

De Nooiyer put his side 3-2 ahead in the final quarter after flicking over the Australian goalkeeper’s head, and then set up their fourth goal six minutes later as the Dutch became the first team to retain the title since Australia in 1992.

De Nooiyer was named player of the tournament while Australia, World Cup finalists, had to settle for their second silver medal in the event in three years.

Twice Australia equalized, but each time the Netherlands hit back quickly to regain their lead. Matthijs Brouwer put the home team ahead, as he did in the pool match won 5-3 by the Netherlands, by deflecting a 24th-minute free hit by Dutch captain Jeroen Delmee.

Australia leveled five minutes later from their fourth corner, Craig Victory cracking in the rebound from a Matthew Wells shot, his reverse stick shot flashing between the Dutch goalkeeper’s pads.

But the defending champions responded less than a minute later when Piet-Hein Geeris smashed a superb reverse stick shot into goal off the inside of a post.

Although Australia finished with an overall corner advantage of 8-1, they did not make the most of their set-piece drills. Troy Elder finally scored from their seventh attempt in the 60th minute to level at 2-2.

Once again, though, the Dutch hit back soon after as the Australians were caught napping.

De Nooiyer, so often a match-winner for the Netherlands in the past, dribbled forward skillfully and flicked over the Australian goalkeeper to restore their lead.

Six minutes later with Australia pressing forward, their defense was again exposed, de Nooiyer setting up Karel Klaver for a well-taken fourth goal.

Earlier, Rehan Butt scored a goal two minutes from time to earn Pakistan a 4-3 victory over India and the bronze medal for the second year running. Jugraj Singh scored the opener from a 26th-minute penalty after a foul on Gagan Ajit, who was particularly dominant in the first half.

Sohail Abbas leveled the scores from Pakistan’s second penalty corner. Seconds before halftime, India snatched the lead again. A shot by Gagan was deflected to Prabhjot Singh, whose instinctive reaction deflected the ball into the bottom corner of the Pakistan goal.

Pakistan leveled from a 42nd-minute penalty corner, Sohail’s shot ricocheting off the crossbar and Kashif Jawad lashing in the rebound with a first-time reverse stick hit.

India’s third came after a center from Baljit Dhillon flew high and was touched over the Pakistan goalkeeper by Deepak Thakur. Abbas scored his second and Pakistan’s third nine minutes from time to level the scores before Butt slid the ball past the keeper after latching on to a cross to seal the win.

Argentina’s Jorge Lombi finished as the tournament’s top scorer with a goal tally of 10. They beat Germany 2-1 to finish fifth.