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

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, Germany.

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won the tournament after 7 years for the second time after defeating

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6–2 in the final.

Teams

Teams participating as announced by

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(FIH): * ( Defending champions and champions of

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) * (Host nation and champions of

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) * (Second in 2006 World Cup) * (Third in 2006 World Cup) * (Fifth in 2006 World Cup) * (Host of

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)

Squads

Head coach:

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Head coach: Frank Murray Head coach: Kim Chang-back Head coach:

Michael Behrmann Michael Behrmann (born 1 December 1966) is a German field hockey coach. At the 2012 Summer Olympics he coached the Germany women's national field hockey team The Germany women's national field hockey team has represented the unified Germany sinc ...

Head coach:

Yoo Seung-jin Yu Seung-jin (born 20 January 1969) is a former South Korean field hockey player and currently a head coach. He competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1996 Summer Olympics.He is the head coach of Monarch Mart Padma Monarch Padma (Bengal ...

Head coach: Marc Lammers

Umpires

Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the

: *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

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( UTC+02:00)''

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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