2009 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy Explained

Tournament:2009 Women's Hockey
Champions Trophy
Country:Australia
City:Sydney
Venues:Sydney Olympic Park Hockey Centre
Teams:6
Count:3
Matches:18
Goals:59
Top Scorer: Maartje Paumen
Top Scorer Goals:5
Best Player: Madonna Blyth
Previous Year:2008
Previous Tournament:2008 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy
Next Year:2010
Next Tournament:2010 Women's Hockey Champions Trophy

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.[1] 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.[2]

Teams

The International Hockey Federation announced the qualified teams for this event:[3]

Umpires

Below are the 8 umpires appointed by the International Hockey Federation:

Results

All times are Eastern Standard Time [4]

Pool

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Classification

Final

Statistics

Goalscorers

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Hockeyroos lose 4–3 in penalty shootout final against Argentina. Fox Sports AU . 19 July 2009. 14 October 2010.
  2. News: Hockeyroos must win gold or be relegated. Samantha Broun. The Roar. 19 July 2009. 14 October 2010.
  3. News: FIH releases Qualified Teams for 2009 Events. 12 November 2008. FIH. 2009-03-19.
  4. News: FIH releases Samsung Champions Trophy schedule. 17 March 2009. FIH. 2009-03-19.