# 2008 Rink Hockey European Championship

The 2008 Rink Hockey European Championship was the 48th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship—the biennial rink hockey competition for European national teams, supervised by CERH—that took place in the Spanish city of Oviedo, at the local arena Palacio de los Deportes (English: Sports Palace), on July 21–26, 2008. In a final against long-time rivals, Portugal, the hosts and holders Spain won their fifth consecutive European title.

## Format

The tournament consists of two distinct phases: a single round-robin group phase and a knockout phase. In the first phase, the eight finalist teams are divided into two groups of four teams. Within each group, every team plays one match against all the other teams, to decide the group classification. Unlike previous editions, all participating teams advance to the quarterfinals phase, whatever their final placing in the group phase. In the quarterfinals, each group winner and the runner-up teams will play the third and fourth placed teams of the other group, respectively, for a place in the semifinals. The four losing teams will play one last game to decide their final ranking in the tournament. The quarterfinal winning sides progress to the semifinals and the two winners meet in the title-awarding final. A game deciding the third and fourth place will be held between the semifinal losing sides.

## Group phase

The group phase was contested on July 21–23, with two matches per group, each day. Group A was composed by France, Italy, Netherlands and hosts Spain; Group B included Germany, England, Portugal and Switzerland.

### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
| Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 3 | 9 |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 |
| France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 |
| July 21, 2008 16:30 CET |
| July 21, 2008 16:30 CET | Italy | 2–0 | France | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| July 21, 2008 16:30 CET | Juan Travasino Mattia Cocco | Report | | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| | Umpires: Jordi Vidal (ESP) & Joaquim Carpelho (POR) | Umpires: Jordi Vidal (ESP) & Joaquim Carpelho (POR) | Umpires: Jordi Vidal (ESP) & Joaquim Carpelho (POR) |
| July 21, 2008 20:50 CET |
| July 21, 2008 20:50 CET | Spain | 7–1 | Netherlands | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| July 21, 2008 20:50 CET | Jordi Bargallo (2) Sergi Panadero Josep Ordeig Marc Torra Marc Gual Pedro Gil | Report | Arjan van Gerven | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| | Umpires: Mark Lewis (SUI) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) | Umpires: Mark Lewis (SUI) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) | Umpires: Mark Lewis (SUI) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) |
| July 22, 2008 16:30 CET |
| July 22, 2008 16:30 CET | Netherlands | 0–3 | Italy | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| July 22, 2008 16:30 CET | | Report | Juan Travasino Mattia Cocco Leonardo Squeo | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| | Umpires: Oscar Valverde (ESP) & Xavier Jacquart (FRA) | Umpires: Oscar Valverde (ESP) & Xavier Jacquart (FRA) | Umpires: Oscar Valverde (ESP) & Xavier Jacquart (FRA) |
| July 22, 2008 20:11 CET |
| July 22, 2008 20:11 CET | France | 1–6 | Spain | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| July 22, 2008 20:11 CET | Rémi Lasnier | Report | Josep Ordeig (3) Sergi Panadero Marc Gual Pedro Gil | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| | Umpires: Massimiliano Carmazzi (ITA) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) | Umpires: Massimiliano Carmazzi (ITA) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) | Umpires: Massimiliano Carmazzi (ITA) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) |
| July 23, 2008 14:51 CET |
| July 23, 2008 14:51 CET | Netherlands | 0–10 | France | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| July 23, 2008 14:51 CET | | Report | Sébastien Landrin (5) Frédéric Hamon (2) Rémi Lasnier Olivier Lesca Nicolas Guilbert | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| | Umpires: Mark Lewis (SUI) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) | Umpires: Mark Lewis (SUI) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) | Umpires: Mark Lewis (SUI) & Thomas Ullrich (GER) |
| July 23, 2008 20:12 CET |
| July 23, 2008 20:12 CET | Spain | 4–1 | Italy | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| July 23, 2008 20:12 CET | Lluis Teixido (2) Marc Gual (2) | Report | Juan Travasino | Palacio de los Deportes, Oviedo |
| | Umpires: Joaquim Carpelho (POR) & Xavier Jacquart (FRA) | Umpires: Joaquim Carpelho (POR) & Xavier Jacquart (FRA) | Umpires: Joaquim Carpelho (POR) & Xavier Jacquart (FRA) |

### Group B
## Knockout phase

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| July 24 — 17:30 CET (Match 16) | July 24 — 17:30 CET (Match 16) | | | |
| England | 0 | | | |
| England | 0 | July 25 — 18:30 CET (Match 19) | July 25 — 18:30 CET (Match 19) | | |
| Italy | 5 | July 25 — 18:30 CET (Match 19) | July 25 — 18:30 CET (Match 19) | |
| Italy | 5 | Italy | 0 | |
| July 24 — 19:00 CET (Match 17) | July 24 — 19:00 CET (Match 17) | | Italy | 0 | |
| July 24 — 19:00 CET (Match 17) | July 24 — 19:00 CET (Match 17) | Portugal | 5 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | Portugal | 5 | |
| Netherlands | 1 | | | | July 26 — 21:00 CET (Match 22) | July 26 — 21:00 CET (Match 22) |
| Portugal | 10 | | | | July 26 — 21:00 CET (Match 22) | July 26 — 21:00 CET (Match 22) |
| Portugal | 10 | | | | Portugal | 0 |
| July 24 — 21:00 CET (Match 18) | July 24 — 21:00 CET (Match 18) | | | | | Portugal | 0 |
| July 24 — 21:00 CET (Match 18) | July 24 — 21:00 CET (Match 18) | | | | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 9 | | | | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 9 | July 25 — 21:00 CET (Match 20) | July 25 — 21:00 CET (Match 20) | | | |
| Germany | 1 | July 25 — 21:00 CET (Match 20) | July 25 — 21:00 CET (Match 20) | | | |
| Germany | 1 | Spain | 3 | | | |
| July 24 — 15:45 CET (Match 15) | July 24 — 15:45 CET (Match 15) | | Spain | 3 | | | |
| July 24 — 15:45 CET (Match 15) | July 24 — 15:45 CET (Match 15) | France | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Switzerland | 2 | France | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Switzerland | 2 | | | | July 26 — 18:30 CET (Match 21) | July 26 — 18:30 CET (Match 21) |
| France | 3 | | | | July 26 — 18:30 CET (Match 21) | July 26 — 18:30 CET (Match 21) |
| France | 3 | | | | Italy | 4 |
| | | | | | France | 3 |

### Final
## Classification
### Third place
## Final ranking

| Plc | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Diff |
| 1 | Spain | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 30 | 4 | +26 |
| 2 | Portugal | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 6 | +26 |
| 3 | Italy | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 |
| 4 | France | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 0 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 16 | −1 |
| 6 | England | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 16 | −7 |
| 7 | Germany | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 16 | 21 | −5 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 46 | −42 |

## Goalscorers

Below is a list of all the tournament goalscorers by decreasing number of goals scored:

## Squads
### Spain

| N | Name | Birthdate | Position | Club |
| 1 | Sergi Fernández | 1985 | GK | CP Vic |
| 2 | Sergi Panadero | 1985 | D/M | FC Barcelona |
| 3 | Josep Maria Ordeig | 1981 | D/M | FC Barcelona |
| 4 | Marc Torra | 1984 | F | CP Vic |
| 5 | Josep Maria Roca | 1981 | D/M | CP Vic |
| 6 | Jordi Bargalló | 1979 | F | Igualada HC |
| 7 | Lluís Teixidó | 1978 | D/M | FC Barcelona |
| 8 | Marc Gual | 1980 | D/M | Reus Deportiu |
| 9 | Pedro Gil | 1980 | F | Reus Deportiu |
| 10 | Guillem Trabal | 1979 | GK | Reus Deportiu |
| Coach | Carlos Feriche | |

### Portugal

| N | Name | Birthdate | Position | Club |
| 1 | João Miguel | 1973 | GK | Porto Santo, SAD |
| 2 | Valter Neves | 1983 | D/M | SL Benfica |
| 3 | Ricardo Pereira | 1978 | F | Bassano (ITA) |
| 4 | Tiago Rafael | 1983 | D/M | OK Barcelos |
| 5 | Reinaldo Ventura (C) | 1978 | D/M | FC Porto |
| 6 | Pedro Moreira | 1985 | D/M | FC Porto |
| 7 | Ricardo Barreiros | 1982 | F | SL Benfica |
| 8 | Ricardo Oliveira | 1982 | F | FC Porto |
| 9 | Luís Viana | 1976 | F | Bassano (ITA) |
| 10 | Ricardo Silva | 1983 | GK | Juventude Viana |
| Coach | Luís Sénica | |

### France

| N | Name | Birthdate | Position | Club |
| 1 | Nicolas Guillen | 1982 | GK | SCRA St Omer |
| 2 | Rémi Lasnier | 1987 | | US COUTRAS |
| 3 | Olivier Lesca | 1987 | | SA Merignac |
| 4 | Henry Guirec | 1978 | | SCRA St Omer |
| 5 | Jérôme Moriceau | 1979 | | La Roche-sur-Yon |
| 6 | Frédéric Hamon | 1977 | | HC Quevert |
| 7 | Sébastian Landrin (C) | 1979 | | HC Quevert |
| 8 | Nicolas Guilbert | 1985 | | SCRA St Omer |
| 9 | Igor Tarassioux | 1977 | | Vaulx en Velin |
| 10 | Olivier Gelebart | 1975 | GK | HC Quevert |
| Coach | Fabien Savreux | |