The 2008 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy was the 30th edition of the
Hockey Champions Trophy men's
field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...
tournament. It was held in from June 21 to June 29, 2008 in
Rotterdam
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, Netherlands.
Participating nations
Six national teams participated in the tournament with
Germany
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defending the title they won in the
2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur.
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Squads
Head coach:
Carlos Retegui
Carlos José Retegui (born 19 December 1969) is an Argentine retired field hockey player, who is nicknamed ''Chapa''. He was a member of the National squad from 1989 to 2006 and competed in three Summer Olympics (1996, 2000 and 2004). In 2006 he ...
Head coach:
Barry Dancer
Barry John Dancer (born 27 August 1952 in Brisbane, Queensland) is a former Australian field hockey player and coach of Australian men's national field hockey team.
As a player he competed in 48 international matches for Australia between 197 ...
Head coach:
Markus Weise
Markus Weise (born 19 December 1962 in Mannheim) is a German field hockey coach. Since 6 November 2006, he has been Head Coach of the Germany national field hockey team. Previous to this role, he was the coach of the Germany women's national fie ...
Head coach:
Cho Myung-jun
Cho Myung-jun (born July 29, 1970) is a South Korean field hockey
Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hoc ...
Head coach:
Roelant Oltmans
Roelant Wouter Oltmans (born May 25, 1954) is a Dutch field hockey coach who is the current head coach of Kampong first men's team. Earlier he coached the Larensche Mixed Hockey Club men's team. He coached the Netherlands men's, India men's, Pa ...
Head coach:
Maurits Hendriks
Maurits Gijsbreght Hendriks (born 1 January 1961 in Amsterdam) is a field hockey coach from the Netherlands, who himself played as a goalkeeper
In many team sports which involve scoring goals, the goalkeeper (sometimes termed goaltender, net ...
Results
''All times are
Central European Summer Time
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(
UTC+02:00)''
Pool
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Classification
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
Awards
Final standings
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References
External links
Official FIH website
{{CT field hockey
Champions Trophy (field hockey)
Mens Hockey Champions Trophy, 2008
2008
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