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 from June 21 to June 29, 2008 in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Participating nations

Six national teams participated in the tournament with Germany defending the title they won in the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.^[1]

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

Squads

   Argentina

Head coach: Carlos Retegui

1. Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
2. Juan Ignacio 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 Eduardo Garreta
20. Tomás Argento
22. Matías Rey
24. Lucas Argento
26. Joaquin Gonzalez (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)
3. Philip Witte
5. Sebastian Biederlack
7. Carlos Nevado
8. Christoph Menke
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
21. Max Weinhold (GK)
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
5. Rob Derikx
6. Thomas Boerma
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
5. Francisco Fabregas (C)
6. Franc Dinares
8. Alex Fàbregas
9. Pol Amat
10. Eduard Tubau
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
24. Roc Oliva
25. Jose Borrell

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  4' Guest  24' Dwyer  38' Smith  40' De Young  49' Report Yeo Woon-kon  28' Jang Jong-hyun  47' Lee Nam-yong  58' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Andy Mair (SCO)

21 June 2008 13:00 Germany  2–2  Argentina Keller  6' Weß  69' Report Paredes  25' R. Vila  55' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Satinder Kumar (IND)

21 June 2008 15:30 Netherlands  3–1  Spain De Nooijer  10' R. Brouwer  19' Docherty  53' Report Ribas  61' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Christian Blasch (GER)

22 June 2008 11:00 Argentina  2–1  Australia L. Vila  7' T. Argento  15' Report Kavanagh  22' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Rob ten Cate (NED)

22 June 2008 13:30 Spain  7–2  South Korea Ribas  7' Amat  23', 27', 39', 40' R. Alegre  56' Freixa  60' Report Kim Byung-hoon  48' Jang Jong-hyun  70' Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Roel van Eert (NED)

22 June 2008 16:00 Netherlands  5–3  Germany Weusthof  34', 41' Reckers  39' R. Brouwer  45' Hertzberger  52' Report Keller  3', 24' Montag  70' Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) David Gentles (AUS)

24 June 2008 13:00 Germany  4–3  South Korea Keller  3', 21' Korn  7' Draguhn  13' Report Kim Byung-hoon  16' Lee Nam-yong  50' Seo Jong-ho  64' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) David Gentles (AUS)

24 June 2008 15:00 Australia  1–1  Spain Schubert  54' Report D. Alegre  64' Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Christian Blasch (GER)

24 June 2008 19:30 Argentina  1–0  Netherlands Gilardi  70' Report Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Satinder Kumar (IND)+ + Replaced at half time by Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) due to injury

25 June 2008 19:30 Spain  2–1  Argentina Freixa  21', 43' Report Callioni  10' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Andy Mair (SCO)

26 June 2008 17:00 Australia  3–1  Germany Dwyer  17' Kavanagh  44' Ockenden  50' Report Keller  26' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Rob ten Cate (NED)

26 June 2008 19:30 South Korea  4–3  Netherlands Jang Jong-hyun  27', 68' Seo Jong-ho  32' Yeo Woon-kon  64' Report De Nooijer  5' Weusthof  41' R. Brouwer  63' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

27 June 2008 17:30 South Korea  2–4  Argentina Jang Jong-hyun  38', 67' Report Paredes  26' R. Vila  47', 60' Gilardi  57' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Roel van Eert (NED)

28 June 2008 13:00 Germany  0–3  Spain Report Amat  1' D. Alegre  39' Freixa  42' Umpires: David Gentles (AUS) Roel van Eert (NED)

28 June 2008 15:00 Netherlands  2–3  Australia Derikx  5' Hertzberger  54' Report Schubert  35' Dwyer  48' Brooks  62' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

Classification

Fifth and sixth place

29 June 2008 11:00 Germany  3–1  South Korea Draguhn  12' Weißenborn  62' Keller  69' Report Yeo Woon-kon  33' 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  17' Paredes  62' Report De Nooijer  5' R. Brouwer  31' Penalties L. Vila Gilardi R. Vila M. Vila Cammareri 5–3 R. Brouwer Reckers Weusthof Van der Horst Umpires: Andy Mair (SCO) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

Final

29 June 2008 16:00 Spain  1–4  Australia Ribas  12' Report Abbott  6' Dwyer  52' Ockenden  60' Matheson  70' 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

Final standings

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

References

External links

• Official FIH website

International field hockey
FIH World Cup Men Women Men Junior Women Junior World League Champions Trophy Olympics Youth Olympics World Rankings Achievements by nation
Africa	AFHF – African Cup for Nations
Americas	PAHF – Pan American Cup Pan American Junior Championship
Asia	ASHF – Asia Cup Junior Asia Cup
Europe	EHF – Nations Championship EuroHockey Nations Challenge EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Oceania	OHF – Oceania Cup
Games	All-Africa Games Asian Games Commonwealth Games Friendship Games Pacific Games Pan American Games
Others	Pannonia Cup Sultan Azlan Shah Cup Champions Challenge I (defunct) Champions Challenge II (defunct)