2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy

2008 Women's Hockey
Champions Trophy
Tournament details
Host country Germany
City Mönchengladbach
Teams 6
Venue(s) Warsteiner HockeyPark
Top three teams
Champions  Argentina (2nd title)
Runner-up  Germany
Third place  Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played 18
Goals scored 58 (3.22 per match)
Top scorer(s) Australia Megan Rivers
Netherlands Marilyn Agliotti (5 goals)
Best player Argentina Luciana Aymar
2007 (previous) (next) 2009

The 2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 16th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 17–25 May 2008 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.

Argentina won the tournament after 7 years for the second time after defeating Germany 6–2 in the final.[1]

Teams

Teams participating as announced by International Hockey Federation (FIH):[2]

Squads

Umpires

Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

  • England Frances Block
  • Netherlands Caroline Brunekreef
  • South Africa Marelize de Klerk
  • Germany Christiane Hippler
  • Scotland Anne McRae
  • China Miao Lin
  • Japan Chieko Soma
  • Italy Gina Spitaleri

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)[3]

Pool

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 531174+310
 Germany 531174+310
 Netherlands 530276+19
 China 512291235
 Australia 51138914
 Japan 51136934
     Advanced to final
17 May 2008
13:05
Australia  2 – 0  Japan
Eastham  18'
Halliday  61'
Umpires:
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
Miao Lin (CHN)

17 May 2008
15:05
Netherlands  2 – 1  Germany
Agliotti  41'
van As  60'
Schütze  16'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Frances Block (ENG)

17 May 2008
17:05
China  2 – 1  Argentina
Zhao Yudiao  45'
Ma Yibo  70'
Barrionuevo  51'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Christine Hippler (GER)

18 May 2008
14:05
Germany  2 – 1  Australia
Kühn  7'
Böhmert  18'
Rivers  65'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Chieko Soma (JPN)

18 May 2008
16:05
Netherlands  3 – 1  China
Agliotti  24', 53'
Smabers  59'
Zhao Yudiao  13'
Umpires:
Frances Block (ENG)
Anne McRae (SCO)

18 May 2008
18:05
Argentina  2 – 1  Japan
Bouza  29'
Burkart  63'
Chiba  69'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Miao Lin (CHN)

20 May 2008
18:05
Australia  1 – 2  Argentina
Rivers  42' Barrionuevo  27'
Luchetti  53'
Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Christiane Hippler (GER)

20 May 2008
20:05
Japan  1 – 2  Germany
Kimura  60' Kühn  40'
Keller  56'
Umpires:
Anne McRae (SCO)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

21 May 2008
16:05
China  3 – 3  Australia
Ma Yibo  17'
Fu Baorong  48'
Zhao Yudiao  62'
Young  4'
Rivers  16'
McGurk  70'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Frances Block (ENG)

21 May 2008
18:05
Japan  1 – 0  Netherlands
Chiba  50'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Christiane Hippler (GER)

22 May 2008
14:05
Germany  2 – 0  China
Böhmert  34'
Beermann  41'
Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Anne McRae (SCO)

22 May 2008
16:05
Argentina  2 – 0  Netherlands
Rebecchi  11'
Aymar  15'
Umpires:
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Miao Lin (CHN)

24 May 2008
12:05
Germany  0 – 0  Argentina
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

24 May 2008
14:05
China  3 – 3  Japan
Ren Ye  33'
Zhou Wanfeng  51'
Ma Yibo  63'
Tsukui  15'
Chiba  40', 54'
Umpires:
Anne McRae (SCO)
Frances Block (ENG)

24 May 2008
16:05
Australia  1 – 2  Netherlands
Rivers  52' Agliotti  27'
Mulder  37'
Umpires:
Chieko Soma (JPN)
Miao Lin (CHN)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

25 May 2008
10:05
Australia  3 – 0  Japan
Young  28'
Rivers  56'
Hudson  61'
Umpires:
Christiane Hippler (GER)
Caroline Brunekreef (NED)

Third and fourth place

25 May 2008
12:35
Netherlands  3 – 0  China
Agliotti  7'
Djikstra  35'
Mulder  61'
Umpires:
Anne McRae (SCO)
Gina Spitaleri (ITA)

Final

25 May 2008
15:05
Argentina  6 – 2  Germany
García  4'
Gulla  8', 37', 69'
Rebecchi  22'
Burkart  51'
Beermann  5'
Hoyer  47'
Umpires:
Marelize de Klerk (RSA)
Chieko Soma (JPN)

Awards

Top Goalscorers Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
Australia Megan Rivers
Netherlands Marilyn Agliotti
Argentina Luciana Aymar Germany Kristina Reynolds China Zhao Yudiao

Statistics

Final ranking

  1.  Argentina
  2.  Germany
  3.  Netherlands
  4.  China
  5.  Australia
  6.  Japan

Goalscorers

References

  1. "Aymar’s Argentina takes Samsung Champions Trophy Gold". FIH. 2008-05-25. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  2. "FIH releases dates of 2008 Samsung Champions Trophy women". FIH. 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2012-09-20.
  3. "FIH releases Samsung Champions Trophy match schedule". FIH. 2008-03-03. Retrieved 2012-09-20.

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