2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Rotterdam
Teams	6
Final positions
Champions	Australia (9th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Argentina
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	87 (4.83 per match)
Top scorer	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.

• 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)

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	5	3	1	1	14	7	+7	10	Final
2	Australia	5	3	1	1	13	9	+4	10
3	Argentina	5	3	1	1	10	7	+3	10	Third Place Match
4	Netherlands (H)	5	2	0	3	13	12	+1	6
5	Germany	5	1	1	3	10	16	−6	4	Fifth Place Match
6	South Korea	5	1	0	4	14	23	−9	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

21 June 2008
10:30

Australia 5–3 South Korea Matheson  4'
Guest  24'
Dwyer  38'
Smith  40'
De Young  49' Report Yeo  28'
Jang  47'
Lee N.  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)

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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 B.  48'
Jang  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)

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24 June 2008
13:00

Germany 4–3 South Korea Keller  3', 21'
Korn  7'
Draguhn  13' Report Kim B.  16'
Lee N.  50'
Seo  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

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25 June 2008
19:30

Spain 2–1 Argentina Freixa  21', 43' Report Callioni  10'

Umpires:
David Gentles (AUS)
Andy Mair (SCO)

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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  27', 68'
Seo  32'
Yeo  64' Report De Nooijer  5'
Weusthof  41'
R. Brouwer  63'

Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

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27 June 2008
17:30

South Korea 2–4 Argentina Jang  38', 67' Report Paredes  26'
R. Vila  47', 60'
Gilardi  57'

Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Roel van Eert (NED)

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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  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

Top Goalscorer	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Best Young Player	Fair Play Award
Florian Keller	Jamie Dwyer	Juan Manuel Vivaldi	Edward Ockenden	Spain

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in regular time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final result
	Australia	6	4	1	1	17	10	+7	13	Gold Medal
	Spain	6	3	1	2	15	11	+4	10	Silver Medal
	Argentina	6	3	2	1	12	9	+3	11	Bronze Medal
4	Netherlands (H)	6	2	1	3	15	14	+1	7
5	Germany	6	2	1	3	13	17	−4	7
6	South Korea	6	1	0	5	15	26	−11	3

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 87 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 4.83 goals per match.

7 goals

• Florian Keller

6 goals

• Jang Jong-hyun

5 goals

• Pol Amat

4 goals

• Jamie Dwyer
• Ronald Brouwer
• Santiago Freixa

3 goals

• Matías Paredes
• Rodrigo Vila
• Teun de Nooijer
• Roderick Weusthof
• Yeo Woon-kon
• Xavier Ribas

2 goals

• Juan Ignacio Gilardi
• Eli Matheson
• Fergus Kavanagh
• Edward Ockenden
• Grant Schubert
• Sebastian Draguhn
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Kim Byung-hoon
• Seo Jong-ho
• Lee Nam-yong
• David Alegre

1 goal

• Mario Almada
• Tomás Argento
• Facundo Callioni
• Lucas Vila
• Desmond Abbott
• Travis Brooks
• David Guest
• Andrew Smith
• Liam de Young
• Oliver Korn
• Jan-Marco Montag
• Tibor Weißenborn
• Timo Weß
• Geert-Jan Derikx
• Laurence Docherty
• Rob Reckers
• Ramón Alegre

Source: FIH

External links

• Official FIH website