Hosts China fought their way to a 6-1 win over South Korea in the Olympic women's hockey on Saturday.

The win awarded China a chance to get the second semifinal spot fighting against Australia, who were defeated 2-1 by world champions the Netherlands in the morning.

South Korea were totally knocked out of the medals rounds for four losses out of four.

The match went quite tight until the 30th minute when forward Tang Chunling opened the scoring with a field goal which put China 1-0 ahead. Three minutes later, Tang added a second goal to take China 2-0 up at halftime.

In the second half, China put on a perfect show by scoring three consecutive goals from the fourth minute on, one goal in each minute.

Among the three field goals, two were from Fu Baorong and the other was again from Tang Chunling. Fu added her third goal in the 29th minute and sealed the 6-1 win for China.

South Korea got their only goal from captain Lee Seon-ok on a penalty stroke in the 18th minute.

South Korea next play South Africa and China take on Australia on Monday.

(Xinhua News Agency August 16, 2008)