Women's Champions Trophy 2008

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Women's Champions Trophy 2008
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Samsung Hockey Champions Trophy Women 2008 Germany
Number of nations 6th
winner ArgentinaArgentina Argentina
Association FIH
venue Mönchengladbach
Stadion Hockey park
opening May 17, 2008
Endgame May 25, 2008
Number of games 18th
Number of goals 58  (Ø 3.22 per game)
Top scorer AustraliaAustralia Megan Rivers Marilyn Agliotti
NetherlandsNetherlands
Best player China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China Zhao Yudiao

The 16th FIH Champions Trophy for women in hockey took place from May 17th to May 25th 2008 in Mönchengladbach . The six best teams in the world played in the hockey park where the 2006 men's field hockey world championship took place. The Netherlands were defending champions and world champions .

A 0-0 win against Argentina was enough for the German women's national hockey team to make it into the final for the sixth time on May 24th. There she met Argentina again, lost the final 6: 2 and thus reached second place.

Last year's winner, the Netherlands, faced China in the game for 3rd place and prevailed 3-0 in this game. Australia and Japan played for 5th place . Australia won the game 3-0.

Teams

The following six teams were selected as participants by the FIH:

Teams

ArgentinaArgentina Argentina

Head coach: Gabriel Minadeo

  1. Belen Succi ( goalkeeper )
  2. Magdalena Aicega
  3. Rosario Luchetti
  4. Alejandra Gulla
  5. Luciana Aymar
  6. Agustina Bouza
  7. Agustina Soledad Garcia
  8. Carla Rebecchi
  9. Mariana Gonzalez Oliva
  1. Mercedes Margalot
  2. Maria de la Paz Hernández
  3. Mariana Rossi
  4. Paola Vukojicic ( goalkeeper )
  5. Navy Russo
  6. Gabriela Aguirre
  7. Claudia Burkart
  8. Silvina D'Elia
  9. Noel Barrionuevo

AustraliaAustralia Australia

Head Coach: Frank Murray

  1. Suzanne Faulkner
  2. Wendy Beattie
  3. Casey Eastham
  4. Megan Rivers
  5. Kim Walker
  6. Rebecca Sanders
  7. Kate Hollywood
  8. Emily Halliday
  9. Madonna Blyth
  1. Jessica Arrold
  2. Kobie McGurk
  3. Rachel Imison ( goalkeeper )
  4. Angela Lambert
  5. Melanie Wells
  6. Hope Munro
  7. Teneal Attard
  8. Sarah Young
  9. Nicole Hudson ( team captain )

China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China

Head coach: Kim Chang-Back

  1. Chen Zhaoxia
  2. Ma Yibo
  3. Cheng Hui
  4. Huang Junxia
  5. Fu Baorong
  6. Li Shuang
  7. Gao Lihua
  8. Tang Chunling
  9. Zhou Wanfeng
  1. Sun Zhen
  2. Zhang Yimeng
  3. Li Hongxia
  4. Ren Ye
  5. Chen Qiuqi
  6. Zhao Yudiao
  7. Song Qingling
  8. Li Aili
  9. Pan Fengzhen

GermanyGermany Germany

Head coach: Michael Behrmann

  1. Yvonne Frank ( goalkeeper )
  2. Tina Bachmann
  3. Mandy Haase
  4. Natascha Keller
  5. Kerstin Hoyer
  6. Nina Kasselmann
  7. Eileen Hoffmann
  8. Marion Rodewald
  9. Fanny Rinne ( team captain )
  1. Anke Kühn
  2. Anneke Boehmert
  3. Janine Beermann
  4. Maike Stöckel
  5. Janne Müller-Wieland
  6. Christina Sagittarius
  7. Julia Müller
  8. Lina Geyer
  9. Kristina Reynolds ( goalkeeper )

JapanJapan Japan

Head Coach: Yoo Seung-Jin

  1. Ikuko Okamura
  2. Keiko Miura
  3. Mayumi Ono
  4. Chie Kimura
  5. Rika Komazawa
  6. Miyuki Nakagawa
  7. Sakae Morimoto
  8. Kaori Chiba
  9. Yukari Yamamoto
  1. Toshie Tsukui
  2. Yuku Kitano
  3. Sachimi Iwao
  4. Akemi Kato ( team captain )
  5. Tomomi Komori
  6. Misaki Ozawa
  7. Chinami Kozakura
  8. Chie Akutsu
  9. Yuka Yoshikawa

NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands

Head coach: Marc Lammers

  1. Lisanne de Roever ( goalkeeper )
  2. Eefke Mulder
  3. Fatima Moreira de Melo ( team captain )
  4. Renske van Geel
  5. Fleur van Dooren
  6. Wieke Dijkstra
  7. Minke Smabers
  8. Marieke Dijkstra
  9. Carlijn worlds
  1. Roël Kuyvenhoven
  2. Naomi van As
  3. Claire Verhage
  4. Marise Jongepier
  5. Kiki Collot d'Escury
  6. Eva de Goede
  7. Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
  8. Michelle van der Pols
  9. Marilyn Agliotti

table

table
Pl. Sp. Gates Pt.
1. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 5 7: 4 13 final
2. GermanyGermany Germany 5 7: 4 10
3. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 5 7: 5 9 3rd place match
4th China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China China 5 9:12 5
5. AustraliaAustralia Australia 5 8: 9 4th Play for 5th place
6th JapanJapan Japan 5 6: 9 4th

game schedule

Preliminary round

Match number - date - time Team 1 Team 2 Result
01-17 May 2008 - 13:00 AustraliaAustralia Australia JapanJapan Japan 2-0
May 02 - May 17, 2008 - 15:00 NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands GermanyGermany Germany 2: 1
03 - 17th May 2008 - 17:00 China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 2: 1
May 04 - May 18, 2008 - 14:00 GermanyGermany Germany AustraliaAustralia Australia 3: 1
May 05 - May 18, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 3: 1
06 - 18th May 2008 - 18:00 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina JapanJapan Japan 2: 1
May 07 - May 20, 2008 - 6:00 p.m. AustraliaAustralia Australia ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 1: 2
May 8th - 20th, 2008 - 8:00 pm JapanJapan Japan GermanyGermany Germany 1: 2
May 09 - May 21, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China AustraliaAustralia Australia 3: 3
May 10 - May 21, 2008 - 6:00 p.m. JapanJapan Japan NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1-0
May 11 - May 22, 2008 - 2:00 p.m. GermanyGermany Germany China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China 2-0
May 12 - May 22, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. ArgentinaArgentina Argentina NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 2-0
May 13 - May 24, 2008 - 12:00 GermanyGermany Germany ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 0-0
May 14 - May 24, 2008 - 2:00 p.m. China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China JapanJapan Japan 3: 3
May 15 - 24, 2008 - 4:00 p.m. AustraliaAustralia Australia NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 1: 2

Placement games

Game for 5th and 6th place May 25, 2008 10:00 AustraliaAustralia Australia 3 - 0 (2 - 0) JapanJapan Japan
Game for 3rd and 4th place May 25, 2008 12:30 pm NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands 3 - 0 (2 - 0) China People's RepublicPeople's Republic of China People's Republic of China
final May 25, 2008 15:00 ArgentinaArgentina Argentina 6 - 2 (3 - 1) GermanyGermany Germany

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