The 2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 16th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 17 and 25 May 2008 in Mönchengladbach, Germany.
Argentina won the tournament after 7 years for the second time after defeating Germany 6–2 in the final.
Teams Teams participating as announced by International Hockey Federation (FIH):
(defending champions and champions of 2006 World Cup) (host nation and champions of 2004 Summer Olympics) (second in 2006 World Cup) (third in 2006 World Cup) (fifth in 2006 World Cup) (host of 2008 Summer Olympics)
Squads
Head coach: Gabriel Minadeo
Head coach: Frank Murray
Head coach: Kim Chang-back
Head coach: Michael Behrmann
Head coach: Yoo Seung-jin
Head coach: Marc Lammers
Umpires Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Frances Block (ENG) Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Christiane Hippler (GER) Anne McRae (SCO) Miao Lin (CHN) Chieko Soma (JPN) Gina Spitaleri (ITA)
Results All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC+02:00)
Pool
Classification Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
GK 18 Paola Vukojicic DF 14 Mercedes Margalot DF 3 Magdalena Aicega (c) DF 16 Mariana Rossi DF 24 Claudia Burkart DF 27 Noel Barrionuevo MF 12 Mariana González Oliva MF 8 Luciana Aymar FW 7 Alejandra Gulla FW 10 Soledad García FW 11 Carla RebecchiSubstitutions: MF 4 Rosario Luchetti FW 9 Agustina Bouza FW 15 María Paz Hernández MF 19 Mariné Russo Manager: Gabriel Minadeo
GK 32 Kristina Reynolds DF 2 Tina Bachmann DF 4 Mandy Haase DF 13 Marion Rodewald (c) MF 16 Fanny Rinne MF 18 Anke Kühne MF 22 Janine Beermann MF 28 Julia Müller MF 10 Nina Kasselmann FW 7 Natascha Keller FW 24 Maike StöckelSubstitutions: 8 Kerstin Hoyer 11 Eileen Hoffmann DF 25 Janne Müller-Wieland 26 Christina Schütze Manager: Michael Behrmann
Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorersGoalkeeper of the TournamentYoung Player of the Tournament Luciana Aymar Megan Rivers Marilyn Agliotti Kristina Reynolds Zhao Yudiao
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links Official FIH website