# 2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters

The 2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the fourteenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 3–5 October 2008, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.

## Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Belgium, Malaysia, the Pakistan, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.
| Country | 2008 FIH Ranking | Best World Cup finish | Best Olympic Games finish |
| Belgium | 10 | Eighth place (1973) | Third place (1920) |
| Germany | 1 | Champions (2002, 2006) | Champions (1992, 2008) |
| Malaysia | 15 | Fourth place (1975) | Eighth place (1972, 1976) |
| Pakistan | 8 | Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994) | Champions (1960, 1968, 1984) |

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Mubarik Ali (PAK)
* Fabian Bläsch (GER)
* Thomas Dumon (BEL)
* Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

## Results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time).

### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Tournament Champion |
| 2 | Malaysia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | |
| 3 | Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 4 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 15 | −9 | 0 | |

### Fixtures

* 3 October 2008 10:30
| Pakistan | 6–3 | Belgium |
| Rasool 10' Ali 28', 70' Zubair 39' Khan 48' Imran 67' | Report | Boon 25' Boccard 53' Gucassoff 65' |
* Umpires: Iskandar Rusli (MAS) Fabian Bläsch (GER)
* 3 October 2008 15:30
| Germany | 1–1 | Malaysia |
| Fürste 26' | Report | Selvaraju 46' |
* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Mubarik Ali (PAK)
* 4 October 2008 13:00
| Malaysia | 2–2 | Pakistan |
| Rahim 4' Azlan 52' | Report | Abbasi 50' Khan 57' |
* Umpires: Fabian Bläsch (GER) Thomas Dumon (BEL)
* 4 October 2008 15:30
| Germany | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Lietz 34' Deecke 39' Wösch 48' | Report | Gucassoff 35' |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
* 5 October 2008 12:00
| Malaysia | 6–2 | Belgium |
| Rahim 5', 51' Kelvinder 9' Ismail 31' Sallehin 41' Azlan 51' | Report | Boccard 37' De Paeuw 56' |
* Umpires: Mubarik Ali (PAK) Fabian Bläsch (GER)
* 5 October 2008 14:30
| Pakistan | 1–6 | Germany |
| Abbasi 68' | Report | Häner 34' Menke 38' Rabente 46' Lietz 52', 60' Biederlack 70' |
* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* Germany
* Malaysia
* Pakistan
* Belgium

### Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.67 goals per match.
3 goals
* Tobias Lietz
* Amin Rahim
2 goals
* Gauthier Boccard
* Gregory Gucassoff
* Azlan Misron
* Shakeel Abbasi
* Kashif Ali
* Abdul Haseem Khan
1 goal
* Tom Boon
* Alexandre de Paeuw
* Sebastian Biederlack
* Oskar Deecke
* Moritz Fürste
* Martin Häner
* Christoph Menke
* Jan-Philipp Rabente
* Florian Wösch
* Ismail Abu
* Sallehin Ghani
* Selvaraju Sandrakasi
* Kelvinder Singh
* Muhammad Imran
* Shafqat Rasool
* Muhammad Zubair