2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters

2008 Men's Hockey
Hamburg Masters
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Hamburg
Teams	4
Venue(s)	Uhlenhorster HC
Final positions
Champions	Germany (10th title)
Runner-up	Malaysia
Third place	Pakistan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	6
Goals scored	34 (5.67 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tobias Lietz; Amin Rahim (3 goals)
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The 2008 Men's Hockey Hamburg Masters was the fourteenth edition of the Hamburg Masters, consisting of a series of test matches. It was held in Hamburg, Germany, from 3–5 October 2008, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1]

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Belgium, Malaysia, the Pakistan, and the hosts, Germany, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once. Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	2008 FIH Ranking^[2]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Belgium	10	Eighth place (1973)	Third place (1920)
Germany	1	Champions (2002, 2006)	Champions (1992, 2008)
Malaysia	15	Fourth place (1975)	Eighth place (1972, 1976)
Pakistan	8	Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)	Champions (1960, 1968, 1984)

Officials

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

Mubarik Ali (PAK)
Fabian Bläsch (GER)
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

Results

All times are local (Central European Summer Time).

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Result
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Tournament Champion
2	Malaysia	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	5
3	Pakistan	3	1	1	1	9	11	−2	4
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	6	15	−9	0

Source: Deutscher Hockey-Bund
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Games won; 5) Head-to-head.
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

3 October 2008
10:30

Pakistan	6–3	Belgium
Rasool 10' Ali 28', 70' Zubair 39' Khan 48' Imran 67'	Report	Boon 25' Boccard 53' Gucassoff 65'

Umpires:
Iskandar Rusli (MAS)
Fabian Bläsch (GER)

3 October 2008
15:30

Germany	1–1	Malaysia
Fürste 26'	Report	Selvaraju 46'

Umpires:
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
Mubarik Ali (PAK)

4 October 2008
13:00

Malaysia	2–2	Pakistan
Rahim 4' Azlan 52'	Report	Abbasi 50' Khan 57'

Umpires:
Fabian Bläsch (GER)
Thomas Dumon (BEL)

4 October 2008
15:30

Germany	3–1	Belgium
Lietz 34' Deecke 39' Wösch 48'	Report	Gucassoff 35'

Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Iskandar Rusli (MAS)

5 October 2008
12:00

Malaysia	6–2	Belgium
Rahim 5', 51' Kelvinder 9' Ismail 31' Sallehin 41' Azlan 51'	Report	Boccard 37' De Paeuw 56'

Umpires:
Mubarik Ali (PAK)
Fabian Bläsch (GER)

5 October 2008
14:30

Pakistan	1–6	Germany
Abbasi 68'	Report	Häner 34' Menke 38' Rabente 46' Lietz 52', 60' Biederlack 70'

Umpires:
Thomas Dumon (BEL)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

There were 34 goals scored in 6 matches, for an average of 5.67 goals per match.

3 goals

Tobias Lietz
Amin Rahim

2 goals

1 goal

References

^ "BDO Hamburg Masters". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "ABN AMRO MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003-2009" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.
^ "Appointments 2008". fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

External links

Deutscher Hockey-Bund Archived 2020-12-04 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "BDO Hamburg Masters". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[2] "ABN AMRO MEN'S WORLD RANKINGS -- 2003-2009" (PDF). fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 June 2010. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[3] "Appointments 2008". fihockey.org. International Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 17 December 2008. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

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