Setanta Sports Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Teams	4 (from 2 confederations)
Venue	University College Dublin
Final positions
Champions	Great Britain (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	South Africa
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	24 (3 per match)
Top scorer	4 Players (see list below) (2 goals)
Best player	Maike Stöckel
← 2007 (previous)

The 2008 Women's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy was the second edition of the Setanta Sports Trophy, a women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 11 to 15, 2008, and featured four of the top nations in women's field hockey. ^[1]

Contents

• Competition format
• Officials
• Results
• Preliminary round
• Classification round
• Statistics
• Final standings
• Goalscorers
• References

The tournament was held simultaneously with the men's competition.

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Germany, Great Britain, South Africa, and the hosts, Ireland, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. ^[2] Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	September 2007 FIH Ranking [3]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Germany	3	Champions (1976, 1981)	Champions (2004)
Great Britain	10	Fourth Place (1990)	Third Place (1992)
Ireland	14	Eleventh Place (1994)	Never qualified.
South Africa	12	Seventh place (1998)	Ninth place (2004)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament: ^[4]

Results

All times are local (Irish Standard Time).

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advanced to Final
2	Great Britain	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
3	South Africa	3	1	0	2	3	6	−3	3
4	Ireland (H)	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[5]
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

11 February 2008 14:00 Great Britain   1–2   Germany Gilbert  36' Report Keller  27' Rodewald  44' Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRE) Amy Hassick (USA)

11 February 2008 16:00 Ireland   1–3   South Africa Cregan  67' Report Hector  4' Du Buisson  20', 51' Umpires: Petra Müller (GER) Jean Duncan (GBR)

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12 February 2008 14:00 Great Britain   3–0   South Africa Clewlow  6' Danson  28', 55' Report Umpires: Petra Müller (GER) Carol Metchette (IRE)

12 February 2008 18:00 Germany   1–0   Ireland Kühn  14' Report Umpires: Philette de Jager (RSA) Amy Hassick (USA)

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14 February 2008 13:00 Germany   2–0   South Africa Stöckel  57' Hoyer  66' Report Umpires: Amy Hassick (USA) Jean Duncan (GBR)

14 February 2008 13:00 Ireland   0–3   Great Britain Report Rogers  23' Cullen  35' Craddock  68' Umpires: Philette de Jager (RSA) Petra Müller (GER)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

15 February 2008 09:00 South Africa   2–1   Ireland Marescia  48' Bright  57' Report Jacob  35' Umpires: Jean Duncan (GBR) Amy Hassick (USA)

Final

15 February 2008 11:25 Germany   1–4   Great Britain Kühn  66' Report Thomas  7' Wright  31' Walker  44' Cullen  57' Umpires: Carol Metchette (IRE) Philette de Jager (RSA)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Great Britain	4	3	0	1	11	3	+8	9	Tournament Champion
	Germany	4	3	0	1	6	5	+1	9
	South Africa	4	2	0	2	5	7	−2	6
4	Ireland (H)	4	0	0	4	2	9	−7	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
(H) Hosts

References