| Briefings |
| Jan 27, 2012 13:59 | Match Preview 2. Great Britain - Japan (January 28th, 3:00pm) | ||||||||||||||||||
| Match Preview 2. Great Britain - Japan (January 28th, 3:00pm) |
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| Head-to-Heads > This is the first ever Champions Trophy encounter featuring Japan and Great Britain or England. > The last time GB or England took on Japan was at the 2008 Olympics with GB winning 2-1 in Pool B, goals scored by Anne Panter, Crista Cullen (PC) and Keiko Miura (PC). > England’s last encounter with Japan in world level competition came on at the 2006 World Cup, when Japan won 2-0 in the Qualification Match 5-8. Great Britain > GB make their first Champions Trophy appearance since 1997, when they were ranked 5th. > GB’s best result came in 1989 when they were ranked 4th. > England are currently ranked 4th on the FIH World Ranking. > Helen Richardson and Alex Danson were selected in the 2011 FIH Women’s All Stars team. > Scottish Emily Maguire, Laura Bartlett, Abi Walker and Sarah Thomas from Wales, can all make their Champions Trophy debut. > The player in the current GB squad have accumulated more than 2000 caps among them, making them the most experienced team present at Rosario 2012. > Helen Richardson, Kate Walsh and Alex Danson are on 3 CT goals each. The England/GB record from most CT career goals in 6 by Karen Brown. Rebecca Herbert in on 5. > Laura Barlett was named Great Britain Hockey Athlete of the Year in December 2011. She was also named Player of the Tournament at the 2011 Champions Challenge I in Dublin, which was won by Japan. > Barlett was a travelling reserve for the Great Britain team at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing. Following an injury to Jennie Bimson in a pool match against New Zealand, she was called into the squad and made her Olympic debut in a 2-1 win against Japan. Japan > Japan are the only 2012 CT team that is still to qualify for the Olympic Games in London. > Japan aim to win their ticket to the Olympics in an Olympic Qualifier in Kakamigahara, Japan from April 25 - May 6. > Japan are ranked 9th on the FIH Worlds Ranking and are the lowest ranked team present at the 2012 Champions Trophy. > From the top 9 ranked teams on the FIH Worlds Ranking, only Australia (7th) are not participating at Rosario 2012. > Japan have participated twice before in CT competition finishing 5th in 2007 and 6th in 2008. > Japan were promoted to the Champions Trophy by winning the 2011 Champions Challenge. > Only 1 of 5 previous Champions Challenge winners managed to win a medal in the following CT tournament – Germany claimed silver in 2004. > At age 41, Japan’s Akemi Kato is the oldest player at the 2012 Champions Trophy. She is older than Korean coach Lim Jung-Woo (34) and Dutch coach Max Caldas (38) and is the same age as GB coach Danny Kerry (41). > Eight of the 18 layers in the Japanese squad have made previous CT appearances. > Yukari Yamamoto, Sachimi Iwao, Mayumi Ono, Rika Komazawa and Miyuki Nakagawa have a record equalling 12 CT matches under their belt for Japan. They also represented Japan at its two previous CT appearances in 2007 (5th) and 2008 (6th). > Japan have scored 10 goals in their 2 previous CT participations: 7 FG – 2PC and 1 PS. Results Champions Challenge winners in Champions Trophy
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