Fact |
Great Britain record their best result in a world level event by claiming silver. |
RECORD |
Luciana Aymar wins 5th Champions Trophy gold medal, equalling record jointly held by Australia's Rechelle Hawkes and Juliet Haslam. |
Full-time |
ARG 1-0 GBR: Argentina become the fourth team to win the Champions Trophy at least once on home turf, joining Netherlands (1987, 2000 and 2011), Australia (1999 and 2003) and China (2002). |
Fact |
CT finals with less then 2 goals scored: 2005 AUS-NED 0-0, 2007 NED-ARG 1-0 and 2009 ARG-AUS 0-0 |
Fact |
Argentina have won 3 of 4 CT finals in which they scored the opening goal. They only failed to win the 2011 CT final losing in a penalty shoot-out after leading Netherlands 3-0 |
HT |
ARG 1-0 GBR: The last CT final with just 1 goal scored before half-time came in 2007 when Netherlands beat Argentina 1-0. |
29' |
ARG 1-0 GBR Silvina D'Elia converts Argentina's 5th penalty corner of the match to open the score |
Fact |
The only time (of a possible six) the Champions Trophy holders went on to become Olympic champions was in 1996, when 1995 CT winners Australia won Olympic gold. |
Pre-match |
Going into the CT final, GB women have not conceded any goals from 20 penalty corners awarded to their opponents at Rosario 2012 |
Pre-match |
GB women are in the final of a world level event (CT, WC, OG) for the first time in hockey history. Their best result so far was winning bronze at the 1992 Olympics. |