Briefings


Jan 29, 2012 02:21 Match Preview 6. Great Britain - Netherlands (January 29th, 3:00pm)
Match Preview 6. Great Britain - Netherlands (January 29th, 3:00pm)


Head-to-Heads
> Netherlands have taken on Great Britain four times in CT competition, winning three and losing once.
> Their last CT encounter came in 1997 with the Dutch winning 1-0.
> Holland’s biggest CT victory over GB came in their first meeting in 1987 (4-0).
> GB’s sole win over the Netherlands came at the 1989 CT (3-2). This was also the only time they managed to score against the Dutch in CT competition.
> England and the Netherlands last met at the Champions Trophy in 2009 with the Netherlands winning 3-0 through goal scored by Eva de Goede, Kelly Jonker and Ellen Hoog.
 
 
Great Britain
> On Day 1 GB beat Japan 3-0, goals scored by Crista Cullen (PC), Helen Richardson and Alex Danson.
> This marked the first time GB won their opening match in a CT tournament.
> Helen Richardson and Alex Danson are now on 4 CT goals. The record from most CT career goals for England and Great Britain is 6 by Karen Brown. Rebecca Herbert in on 5.
> GB have converted 1 of 3 penalty corners awarded at Rosario 2012.
> GB goalkeeper Abi Walker celebrates her 30th birthday today.
> 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.
> Alex Danson is the only player in the current GB squad to have score against the Netherlands in CT competition. Danson scored a field goal in a 2-2 draw against the Dutch in 2009.
 
 
Netherlands
> Netherlands participate for the 19th time in a CT tournament breaking the record for most participations, which was jointly held with Australia. The Dutch only missed out on the Mar del Plata tournament in 1995.
> The Dutch have finished in the top 3 in 17 of their 18 previous CT participations.
> Netherlands are top of the World Ranking leading Argentina by a margin of only 33 points (2063 vs 2030 points).
> Defending champions Netherlands are a record breaking 7th Champions Trophy title. They are now tied on 6 gold medals with Australia.
> The Dutch are the reigning European champions, Olympic champions and Champions Trophy champions.
> Kim Lammers, Maartje Paumen and Argentina’s Luciana Aymar aim to collect their fifth CT gold medal to equal the record shared by Australia’s Rechelle Hawkes and Juliet Haslam.
> Maartje Paumen needs 1 more goal to equal Germany’s Nadine Ernsting-Krienke as all-time Champions Trophy top scorer on 22 goals.
> Paumen is on 19 PC goals in CT competition. The CT record is 20 by Argentina’s Noel Barrionuevo. China’s Ma Yibo is also on 19 PC career goals in CT competition after Day 1.
> Joyce Sombroek, Willemijn Bos and Maartje Paumen were all selected in the FIH 2011 Women’s All Star team.
> Kitty van Male can make her Champions Trophy debut.
> Netherlands failed to convert 6 penalty corners awarded in their opening match against China, which they won 3-1 through 2 goals by Lidewij Welten and one by Marilyn Agliotti.