2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Teams	6
Top three teams
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	87 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Florian Keller (7 goals)
Best player	Jamie Dwyer
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The 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 30th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands from June 21 to June 29, 2008.

Participating nations

Six national teams participated in the tournament with Germany defending the title they won in the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.

• Australia
• South Korea
• Netherlands
• Spain
• Germany (defending champions)
• Argentina

Squads

Argentina

Head coach: Carlos Retegui

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
2. Juan Gilardi
3. Juan Martín López
4. Matías Vila (C)
7. Mario Almada
8. Lucas Rey
9. Rodrigo Vila
10. Matías Paredes
11. Lucas Cammareri

12. Lucas Vila
13. Juan Garreta
20. Tomás Argento
22. Matias Rey
24. Lucas Argento
26. Joaquin Gonzalez Rothberg (GK)
28. Facundo Callioni
29. Agustin Corradini
31. Ignacio Bergner

Australia

Head coach: Barry Dancer

1. Jamie Dwyer
2. Liam de Young
6. Robert Hammond
9. Mark Knowles
11. Eddie Ockenden
12. David Guest
13. Luke Doerner
14. Grant Schubert
15. Bevan George (C)

17. Andrew Smith
18. Stephen Lambert (GK)
19. Eli Matheson
22. Nathan Burgers (GK)
23. Matthew Wells
24. Travis Brooks
28. Kiel Brown
31. Fergus Kavanagh
32. Des Abbott

Germany

Head coach: Markus Weise

1. Ulrich Bubolz (GK)
2. Christian Schulte (GK)
3. Philip Witte
4. Maximilian Müller
5. Sebastian Biederlack
7. Carlos Nevado
9. Moritz Fürste
10. Jan-Marco Montag
11. Sebastian Draguhn

13. Tobias Hauke
14. Tibor Weißenborn
15. Benjamin Weß
16. Niklas Meinert
17. Timo Weß (C)
18. Oliver Korn
22. Matthias Witthaus
23. Florian Keller
25. Philipp Zeller

South Korea

Head coach: Cho Myung-Jun

1. Ko Dong-Sik (GK)
2. Kim Byung-Hoon
3. Kim Chul
5. Kim Yong-Bae
6. Lee Nam-Yong
7. Seo Jong-Ho (C)
8. Kang Seong-Jung
9. Yoon Sung-Hoon
10. You Hyo-Sik

11. Yeo Woon-Kon
13. Hong Sung-Kweon
14. Hyun Hye-Sung
15. Cha Jong-Bok
16. Lee Myung-Ho (GK)
17. Hong Eun-Seong
19. Kang Moon-Kweon
22. Kim Sam-Seok
25. Jang Jong-Hyun

Netherlands

Head coach: Roelant Oltmans

1. Guus Vogels (GK)
2. Wouter Jolie
3. Geert-Jan Derikx
6. Thomas Boerma
7. Sander van der Weide
8. Ronald Brouwer
9. Roderick Weusthof
11. Laurence Docherty
12. Jeroen Delmee (C)

14. Teun de Nooijer
15. Eby Kessing
16. Floris Evers
18. Rob Reckers
19. Matthijs Brouwer
20. Jeroen Hertzberger
23. Timme Hoyng
24. Robert van der Horst
26. Jaap Stockmann (GK)

Spain

Head coach: Maurits Hendriks

1. Francisco Cortés (GK)
2. Santi Freixa
3. Franc Dinares
5. Francisco Fabregas (C)
6. Víctor Sojo
8. Alex Fàbregas
9. Pol Amat
10. Eduard Tubau
11. Roc Oliva

12. Juan Fernández
13. Ramón Alegre
16. Xavier Ribas
17. Albert Sala
18. Rodrigo Garza
20. Sergi Enrique
21. Eduard Arbós
22. Xavier Castillano (GK)
23. David Alegre

Results

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

Pool

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	5	3	1	1	14	7	+7	10
Australia	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	10
Argentina	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	10
Netherlands	5	2	0	3	13	12	+1	6
Germany	5	1	1	3	10	16	–6	4
South Korea	5	1	0	4	14	23	–9	3

21 June 2008 10:30 Australia 5 – 3 South Korea Matheson Template:Fhgoal Guest Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Smith Template:Fhgoal de Young Template:Fhgoal Yeo Woon-Kon Template:Fhgoal Jang Jong-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Lee Nam-Yong Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Andy Mair (SCO)

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21 June 2008 13:00 Germany 2 – 2 Argentina Keller Template:Fhgoal Weß Template:Fhgoal Paredes Template:Fhgoal R. Vila Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

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21 June 2008 15:30 Netherlands 3 – 1 Spain de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal R. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Docherty Template:Fhgoal Ribas Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Christian Blasch (GER)

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22 June 2008 11:00 Argentina 2 – 1 Australia L. Vila Template:Fhgoal T. Argento Template:Fhgoal Kavanagh Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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22 June 2008 13:30 Spain 7 – 2 South Korea Ribas Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal R. Alegre Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal Kim Byung-Hoon Template:Fhgoal Jang Jong-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Roel van Eert (NED)

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22 June 2008 16:00 Netherlands 5 – 3 Germany Weusthof Template:Fhgoal Reckers Template:Fhgoal R. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Hertzberger Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Montag Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

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24 June 2008 13:00 Germany 4 – 3 South Korea Keller Template:Fhgoal Korn Template:Fhgoal Draguhn Template:Fhgoal Kim Byung-Hoon Template:Fhgoal Lee Nam-Yong Template:Fhgoal Seo Jong-Ho Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) David Gentles (AUS)

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24 June 2008 15:00 Australia 1 – 1 Spain Schubert Template:Fhgoal D. Alegre Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Christian Blasch (GER)

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24 June 2008 19:30 Argentina 1 – 0 Netherlands Gilardi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)+ + Replaced at half time by Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) due to injury

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25 June 2008 19:30 Spain 2 – 1 Argentina Freixa Template:Fhgoal Callioni Template:Fhgoal Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Andy Mair (SCO)

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26 June 2008 17:00 Australia 3 – 1 Germany Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Kavanagh Template:Fhgoal Ockenden Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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26 June 2008 19:30 South Korea 4 – 3 Netherlands Jang Jong-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Seo Jong-Ho Template:Fhgoal Yeo Woon-Kon Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Weusthof Template:Fhgoal R. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

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27 June 2008 17:30 South Korea 2 – 4 Argentina Jang Jong-Hyun Template:Fhgoal Paredes Template:Fhgoal R. Vila Template:Fhgoal Gilardi Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Roel van Eert (NED)

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28 June 2008 13:00 Germany 0 – 3 Spain Amat Template:Fhgoal D. Alegre Template:Fhgoal Freixa Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) David Gentles (AUS)

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28 June 2008 15:00 Netherlands 2 – 3 Australia Derikx Template:Fhgoal Hertzberger Template:Fhgoal Schubert Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Brooks Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

29 June 2008 11:00 Germany 3 – 1 South Korea Draguhn Template:Fhgoal Weißenborn Template:Fhgoal Keller Template:Fhgoal Yeo Woon-Kon Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Satinder Kumar (IND) Rob ten Cate (NED)

Third and fourth place

29 June 2008 13:30 Argentina 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) Netherlands Almada Template:Fhgoal Paredes Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal R. Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Penalties L. Vila Gilardi R. Vila M. Vila Paredes 5 – 3 R. Brouwer Reckers Weusthof van der Horst Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

Final

29 June 2008 16:00 Australia 4 – 1 Spain Abbott Template:Fhgoal Dwyer Template:Fhgoal Ockenden Template:Fhgoal Matheson Template:Fhgoal Ribas Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

Awards

Topscorer	Best Goalkeeper	Best Young Player	Best Player	Fair Play Award
Florian Keller	Juan Manuel Vivaldi	Eddie Ockenden	Jamie Dwyer	Spain

Statistics

Final ranking

1. Australia
2. Spain
3. Argentina
4. Netherlands
5. Germany
6. South Korea

External links

• Official FIH website
• Official website