The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 17th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It was held between 11 and 19 July 2009 in Sydney, Australia.
Argentina won the tournament for the third time after defeating Australia 4–3 in the final on penalty strokes after a 0–0 draw.
Despite finishing runner-up, Australia were relegated from next year's tournament instead of the sixth-placed team England, due to England being the host of the 2010 edition. Relegation was decided based on rankings from the 2008 Olympics. Australian coach Frank Murray strongly criticised the rule, calling it "a ridiculous qualification process", upon discovering prior to the final that Australia would have to win the tournament to avoid relegation. He stated that the tournament's lowest-placed team bar the next hosts should instead be relegated, and noted that the rule incentivised Australia to deliberately lose to England, to help England to finish higher than sixth.
Teams The International Hockey Federation announced the qualified teams for this event: (Defending champions) (Champions of 2008 Summer Olympics and champions of 2006 World Cup) (Host nation) (Second in 2008 Olympics) (Fourth 2008 Olympics) (Sixth in 2008 Olympics as Great Britain)
Umpires Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:
Julie Ashton-Lucy (AUS) Marelize de Klerk (RSA) Christiane Hippler (GER) Lee Keum-ju (KOR) Lisette Klaassen (NED) Miao Lin (CHN) Lisa Roach (AUS) Wendy Stewart (CAN)
Results All times are Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10:00)
Pool
Classification Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
GK 1 Belén Succi DF 24 Claudia Burkart DF 25 Silvina D'Elía DF 26 Giselle Kañevsky DF 27 Noel Barrionuevo MF 4 Rosario Luchetti MF 19 Mariné Russo MF 8 Luciana Aymar MF 21 Mariela Scarone FW 10 Soledad García FW 11 Carla RebecchiSubstitutions: FW 7 Alejandra Gulla MF 18 Daniela Sruoga 30 Josefina Sruoga Manager: Carlos Retegui
GK 1 Toni Cronk DF 3 Sarah O'Conner DF 5 Alison Bruce MF 4 Casey Eastham MF 6 Megan Rivers MF 10 Kate Hollywood MF 28 Hope Munro MF 14 Nicole Arrold MF 16 Fiona Johnson FW 17 Emily Hurtz FW 12 Madonna BlythSubstitutions: MF 2 Georgia Nanscawen FW 8 Ashleigh Nelson 22 Airlie Ogilvie 24 Fiona Boyce Manager: Frank Murray
Awards Player of the TournamentTop GoalscorerGoalkeeper of the TournamentFair Play Trophy Madonna Blyth Maartje Paumen Belén Succi
Statistics Final standings
Goalscorers
References
External links Official FIH website