Great Britain's men are the reigning European champions

Great Britain beat New Zealand 5-1 in Nottingham's Four Nations tournament to reach Saturday's final against Germany.

James Tindall and Ashley Jackson both scored twice for the home side after Simon Mantell had broken the deadlock in the 18th minute.

Germany earlier cruised past Japan 4-2 to finish top of the four-team pool.

Needing a victory to guarantee their place in the final, Great Britain took the lead when Mantell scored from an acute angle at the near post.

Four minutes later, Tindall spun past his marker and drilled home to make it 2-0 from the game's first penalty corner.

We're slightly inconsistent at the moment but apart from the first 20 minutes we played some good hockey and scored some good goals GB coach Bobby Crutchley

With five minutes of the first half remaining, world young player of the year Jackson slammed home a penalty corner flick to put the home side in total command.

Great Britain were reduced to nine men early in the second period when Jackson and Alastair Wilson were shown yellow cards and New Zealand capitalized with a scrappy goal from Marcus Child.

But Jackson's penalty made it 4-1 and Tindall grabbed his second of the game with a superb finish five minutes from time.

"We did a lot of good stuff today," said Great Britain coach Bobby Crutchley. "We're slightly inconsistent at the moment but apart from the first 20 minutes we played some good hockey and scored some good goals."

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