# 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy

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

Head coach: Carlos Retegui
* Juan Manuel Vivaldi (GK)
* Juan Ignacio Gilardi
* Juan Martín López
* Matías Vila (C)
* Mario Almada
* Lucas Rey
* Rodrigo Vila
* Matías Paredes
* Lucas Cammareri
* Lucas Vila
* Juan Eduardo Garreta
* Tomás Argento
* Matías Rey
* Lucas Argento
* Joaquin Gonzalez (GK)
* Facundo Callioni
* Agustin Corradini
* Ignacio Bergner
Head coach: Barry Dancer
* Jamie Dwyer
* Liam de Young
* Robert Hammond
* Mark Knowles
* Eddie Ockenden
* David Guest
* Luke Doerner
* Grant Schubert
* Bevan George (C)
* Andrew Smith
* Stephen Lambert (GK)
* Eli Matheson
* Nathan Burgers (GK)
* Matthew Wells
* Travis Brooks
* Kiel Brown
* Fergus Kavanagh
* Des Abbott
Head coach: Markus Weise
* Ulrich Bubolz (GK)
* Philip Witte
* Sebastian Biederlack
* Carlos Nevado
* Christoph Menke
* Moritz Fürste
* Jan-Marco Montag
* Sebastian Draguhn
* Tobias Hauke
* Tibor Weißenborn
* Benjamin Weß
* Niklas Meinert
* Timo Weß (C)
* Oliver Korn
* Max Weinhold (GK)
* Matthias Witthaus
* Florian Keller
* Philipp Zeller
Head coach: Cho Myung-jun
* Ko Dong-sik (GK)
* Kim Byung-hoon
* Kim Chul
* Kim Yong-bae
* Lee Nam-yong
* Seo Jong-ho (C)
* Kang Seong-jung
* Yoon Sung-hoon
* You Hyo-sik
* Yeo Woon-kon
* Hong Sung-kweon
* Hyun Hye-sung
* Cha Jong-bok
* Lee Myung-ho (GK)
* Hong Eun-seong
* Kang Moon-kweon
* Kim Sam-seok
* Jang Jong-hyun
Head coach: Roelant Oltmans
* Guus Vogels (GK)
* Wouter Jolie
* Geert-Jan Derikx
* Rob Derikx
* Thomas Boerma
* Ronald Brouwer
* Roderick Weusthof
* Laurence Docherty
* Jeroen Delmee (C)
* Teun de Nooijer
* Eby Kessing
* Floris Evers
* Rob Reckers
* Matthijs Brouwer
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Timme Hoyng
* Robert van der Horst
* Jaap Stockmann (GK)
Head coach: Maurits Hendriks
* Francisco Cortés (GK)
* Santi Freixa
* Francisco Fabregas (C)
* Franc Dinares
* Alex Fàbregas
* Pol Amat
* Eduard Tubau
* Juan Fernández
* Ramón Alegre
* Xavier Ribas
* Albert Sala
* Rodrigo Garza
* Sergi Enrique
* Eduard Arbós
* Xavier Castillano (GK)
* David Alegre
* Roc Oliva
* 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 | Final |
| 3 | Argentina | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 10 | Third Place Match |
| 4 | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | Third Place Match |
| 5 | Germany | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 4 | Fifth Place Match |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 23 | −9 | 3 | Fifth Place Match |

#### 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)
* 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)
* 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
* 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 27', 68' Seo 32' Yeo 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 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 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 | |

## 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