2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy explained

Tournament:2008 Women's Hockey
RaboTrophy
Country:Netherlands
City:Rotterdam
Venues:Hazelaarweg Stadion
Teams:4
Count:2
Matches:8
Goals:33
Top Scorer: Maartje Paumen
Top Scorer Goals:7
Previous Year:2004
Previous Tournament:2004 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy
Next Year:2010
Next Tournament:2010 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy

The 2008 Women's Hockey RaboTrophy was the third edition of the women's field hockey tournament. The RaboTrophy was held in Rotterdam from 24 to 28 June 2008, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey.[1]

The Netherlands won the tournament for the second time, defeating Great Britain 5–0 in the final.[2]

The tournament was held in conjunction with the Men's FIH Champions Trophy.

Competition format

The four teams competed in a pool stage, played in a single round robin format. At the conclusion of the pool stage, the top two teams contested the final, while the remaining teams played off for third place.

Teams

The following four teams competed for the title:

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:[3]

Results

All times are local (Central European Time).

Preliminary round

Fixtures

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Classification round

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Results – Championstrophy . https://web.archive.org/web/20081206092453/http://www.championstrophy.nl/uitslagen/cDU552_Uitslagen.aspx . dead . 6 December 2008 . . championstrophy.nl . 3 December 2020.
  2. Web site: Nederland – Groot-Brittannië . . interlandhistorie.knhb.nl . Dutch . 3 December 2020.
  3. Web site: FIH OUTDOOR APPOINTMENTS - 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100622051131/http://www.fihockey.org/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,1181-194382-211605-140927-0-file,00.pdf . dead . 22 June 2010 . . fihockey.org . 3 December 2020.