# 2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship

The 2008 Women's Hockey South American Championship was the second edition of the South American Championship. It was held between 30 March and 6 April 2008 in Montevideo, Uruguay.
Argentina won the tournament for the second time, defeating Chile 5–1 in the final. Uruguay won the bronze medal after defeating Brazil 2–0 in the third place match.

## Umpires

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Amy Hassick (USA)
* Cinthia Mellí (ARG)
* Beatriz Mongelos (PAR)
* Maritza Pérez (URU)
* Mariana Reydo (ARG)
* Claudia Videla (CHL)

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 51 | 1 | +50 | 15 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Chile | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 10 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | Uruguay | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 11 | +12 | 10 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 6 | |
| 5 | Paraguay | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 34 | −32 | 3 | |
| 6 | Venezuela | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 41 | −37 | 0 | |

#### Fixtures

* 30 March 2008 08:30
| Argentina | 18–0 | Venezuela |
| Muzaber 3', 22', 31' García 5', 9', 14', 19', 47', 66' Rodríguez 15' Del Carril 17', 26', 44' Pérez 21' L. González 29' Belda 30' Bertarini 62' Eichler 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Beatriz Mongelos (PAR)
* 30 March 2008 10:30
| Paraguay | 0–8 | Chile |
| | Report | Flores 5', 68' Herrera 9' Saieh 25' Urroz 30', 57' A. Sclabos 50' M. MacKenna 53' |
* Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Maritza Pérez (URU)
* 30 March 2008 14:30
| Uruguay | 2–1 | Brazil |
| Coates 42' Zas 58' | Report | A. Rodríguez 50' |
* Umpires: Cinthia Mellí (ARG) Claudia Videla (CHL)
* 31 March 2008 14:00
| Argentina | 12–0 | Paraguay |
| Muzaber 9', 48' Koltes 17', 46' Rodríguez 18', 53' García 22', 33' Pérez 27', 36' Castro 36', 38' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maritza Pérez (URU) Claudia Videla (CHL)
* 31 March 2008 16:00
| Venezuela | 0–9 | Uruguay |
| | Report | Mora 19', 52', 62' Nieto 25' Olave 45' Cristiani 57' Coates 58', 60' Olaso 66' |
* Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Cinthia Mellí (ARG)
* 31 March 2008 18:00
| Chile | 1–0 | Brazil |
| Greene 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Beatriz Mongelos (PAR) Amy Hassick (USA)
* 2 April 2008 15:00
| Paraguay | 2–1 | Venezuela |
| Ruíz 16' Riquelme 50' | Report | Llosa 17' |
* Umpires: Claudia Videla (CHL) Amy Hassick (USA)
* 2 April 2008 17:00
| Brazil | 0–9 | Argentina |
| | Report | Eichler 2', 48' Rodríguez 14', 19', 24', 58' Del Carril 41' García 61' Pérez 63' |
* Umpires: Beatriz Mongelos (PAR) Maritza Pérez (URU)
* 2 April 2008 19:00
| Chile | 2–2 | Uruguay |
| Pollmann 20' C. Sclabos 34' | Report | Nieto 37' Coates 69' |
* Umpires: Cinthia Mellí (ARG) Mariana Reydo (ARG)
* 3 April 2008 15:00
| Brazil | 3–0 | Paraguay |
| Boos 8' Vásques 21' Machado 27' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maritza Pérez (URU) Mariana Reydo (ARG)
* 3 April 2008 17:00
| Chile | 8–1 | Venezuela |
| Flores 8', 41', 50' C. Sclabos 31' Wagner 47', 54' A. Sclabos 59' Urroz 69' | Report | Aguilar 39' |
* Umpires: Cinthia Mellí (ARG) Beatriz Mongelos (PAR)
* 3 April 2008 19:00
| Uruguay | 0–8 | Argentina |
| | Report | Eichler 3', 39', 49' García 13', 43', 64' Muzaber 18' Pérez 35' |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Claudia Videla (CHL)
* 5 April 2008 10:00
| Uruguay | 10–0 | Paraguay |
| Cristiani 2' Mora 11', 33', 40', 58' Coates 17', 26' Ripoll 29' Olaso 36' Nieto 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Mariana Reydo (ARG) Claudia Videla (CHL)
* 5 April 2008 14:00
| Venezuela | 2–4 | Brazil |
| Llosa 40' Cottín 41' | Report | A. Rodríguez 33' Vásques 50' Boos 58' Cabral 66' |
* Umpires: Beatriz Mongelos (PAR) Cinthia Mellí (ARG)
* 5 April 2008 18:00
| Argentina | 4–1 | Chile |
| Muzaber 4', 7' Rodríguez 46' Del Carril 61' | Report | Flores 47' |
* Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Maritza Pérez (URU)

### Classification round
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 6 April 2008 08:00
| Paraguay | 0–3 | Venezuela |
| | Report | Cottín 27', 70' Llosa 52' |
* Umpires: Cinthia Mellí (ARG) Mariana Reydo (ARG)

#### Third and fourth place

* 6 April 2008 12:30
| Uruguay | 2–0 | Brazil |
| Coates 19' Nieto 35' | Report | |
* Umpires: Beatriz Mongelos (PAR) Claudia Videla (CHL)

#### Final

* 6 April 2008 17:00
| Argentina | 5–1 | Chile |
| García 16' Bertarini 21' Muzaber 37', 45' Eichler 56' | Report | Greene 40' |
* Umpires: Maritza Pérez (URU) Amy Hassick (USA)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* Note: as Argentina qualified for the 2009 Pan American Cup as defending champions, the qualification quota was moved to second placed team, Chile.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| | Argentina | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 2 | +54 | 18 | |
| | Chile | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | +9 | 10 | 2009 Women's Pan American Cup |
| | Uruguay | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 11 | +14 | 13 | |
| 4 | Brazil | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 6 | |
| 5 | Paraguay | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 37 | −35 | 3 | |
| 6 | Venezuela | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 3 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 119 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 6.61 goals per match.
13 goals
* Natalia García
10 goals
* Bárbara Muzaber
8 goals
* Macarena Rodríguez
7 goals
* Sofía Eichler
* Mercedes Coates
* Sofía Mora
6 goals
* Francisca Flores
5 goals
* Cecilia del Carril
* Paula Pérez
4 goals
* Agustina Nieto
3 goals
* Manuela Urroz
* María Rebeca Cottín
* Ana María Llosa
2 goals
* Ana Bertarini
* Paula Castro
* Gabriela Koltes
* Patrícia Boos
* Anita Rodríguez
* Djeniffer Vásques
* Andrea Greene
* Alexandra Sclabos
* Catalina Sclabos
* Cristina Wagner
* Magdalena Cristiani
* Isabel Olaso
1 goal
* Analía Belda
* Lucía González
* Thalita Cabral
* Tatiana Machado
* Francisca Herrera
* María José MacKenna
* Marianne Pollmann
* Paula Saieh
* Soledad Ruíz Díaz
* Fernanda Riquelme
* Anastásia Olave
* Carolina Ripoll
* Macarena Zas
* Marián Aguilar