The 2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 17th edition of the

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for women. It was held between 11 and 19 July 2009 in

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, Australia.

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won the tournament for the third time after defeating

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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

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, due to England being the host of the 2010 edition. Relegation was decided based on rankings from the

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. 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

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announced the qualified teams for this event: * ( Defending champions) * (Champions of

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and champions of

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) * (Host nation) * (Second in 2008 Olympics) * (Fourth 2008 Olympics) * (Sixth in 2008 Olympics as

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)

Umpires

Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the

: *

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(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

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( UTC+10:00)'' Dutch Women Hockey - Shielding the ball

Pool

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Classification

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

Awards

Statistics

Final standings

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Goalscorers

References

External links

Official FIH website
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