DIRECTIONS for Questions: Answer the questions on the basis of the information given below.
The year was 2006. All six teams in Pool A of World Cup hockey play each other exactly once. Each win earns a team three points, a draw earns one point and a loss earns zero points. The two teams with the highest points qualify for the semi-finals. In case of a tie, the team with the highest goal difference (Goal For-Goals Against) qualifies.In the opening match, Spainlost to Germany. After the second round (after each team played two matches), the pool table looked as shown below.
Pool A
|
Teams |
Games Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Goals For |
Goals Against |
Points |
|
Germany |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
|
Argentina |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
|
Spain |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
2 |
3 |
|
Pakistan |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
|
New Zealand |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
0 |
|
South Africa |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
0 |
In the third round, Spain played Pakistan, Germany played New Zealand, and Argentina played South Africa. All the third round matches were drawn. The following are some results from the fourth and fifth round matches.
(a) Spain won both the fourth and fifth round matches.
(b) Both South Africa and Germany won their fourth and fifth round matches respectively by 3 goals to 0 each.
(c) Pakistan won both the fourth and fifth round matches by 1 goal to 0
If Pakistan qualified as one of the two teams from Pool A, which was the other team that qualified?
