Sport in Short: Hockey

SCOTLAND achieved their best result in more than a decade by beating Wales on penalty strokes, after a 1-1 draw, to meet Belgium in Inter-Continental Cup men's qualifying final at Olten, Switzerland.

INTER-CONTINENTAL CUP QUALIFYING TOURNAMENT (Olten, Swit): Semi-finals: Scotland 1 Wales 1 (Scotland won 4-3 on penalty strokes); Belgium 1 Switzerland 1 (Belgium won 4-1 on penalty strokes). Places 5 to 8: Italy 2 Austria 3; Denmark 0 Czechoslovakia 1.

PIZZA EXPRESS NATIONAL LEAGUE: First Division: Bromley 0 Bournville 1; Slough 0 Canterbury 2; Surbiton 1 Firebrands 3; Trojans 0 St Albans 1. Second Division: Brean 1 Doncaster 0; Brooklands 1 Isca 1; Cambridge City 0 Beeston 1; Harborne 1 Warrington 1; Harleston Magpies 2 Barford T 3; Indian Gymkhana 0 Reading 0; Lyons 1 Cheltenham 3; Richmond 1 Old Kingstonians 0.

WOMEN'S NATIONAL LEAGUE: Division One: Clifton 0 Ealing 0; Doncaster 0 F P Sutton Coldfield 1; Hightown 2 Slough 0; Ipswich 2 Exmouth 1; Pickwick 1 Leicester Balsam 3; Wimbledon 0 Chelmsford 1.