Match 4: Germany v Australia

Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> Germany and Australia have met 13 times before in Champions Trophy history. Germany won 3 matches, Australia 7 and 3 matches ended undecided.
> Last year Australia beat Germany 2-1 in the 1st round, only to lose 2-0 against Germany in the bronze medal match.
> Tina Schütze (GER), Madonna Blyth (AUS) and Rebecca Sanders (AUS) scored the goals in the 1st round match.
> Janine Beermann and Silja Lorenzen scored for Germany in the bronze medal match.

Team Facts Germany
> Germany make their12th Champions Trophy participation at Mönchengladbach 2008.
> They won the competition in 2006 and also collected four silver medals and three bronze medals.
> Germany suffered their biggest Champions Trophy defeats (8-1 against the Netherlands in 2005.
> Germany recorded their biggest Champions Trophy victories against Korea (4-0 in 1999 and 5-1 in 2005).
> Germany lost their first match at Mönchengladbach 2008 against the Netherlands (2-1).

Team Facts Australia
> Australia are making their 16th Champions Trophy appearance.
> Australia are the only team to have participated in all 15 previous Champions Trophy editions.
> Australia have won the Champions Trophy a record six times. Their last trophy dates back to 2003.
> However, Australia have failed to win a medal at the last two Champions Trophies.
> Their last medal came at Canberra 2005, when they claimed silver.
> At the 1987 Champions Trophy Australia recorded their biggest win in the competition, beating New Zealand 8-0.
> The biggest CT defeat for the Aussies team came at Rosario 2004, when they went down 5-1 against Argentina.
> Australia are top of the table, after handing Japan a 2-0 defeat on matchday 1.

Player Facts Germany
> Germany's Nadine Ernsting-Krienke is all-time top scorer in Champions Trophy history with 22 goals.
> Natascha Keller is the top scorer in the current German squad with 12 Champions Trophy goals to her name.
> Keller, who is currently on 297 caps, can win her 300th cap for Germany at Mönchengladbach 2008.
> Tina Schütze scored the opening goal for Germanyin the match against the Netherlands, collecting her third goal in Champions Trophy history, adding to her goals at Rosario 2004 (1) and at Quilmes 2007 (1).

Player Facts Australia
> Nikki Hudson is the most capped player in the Hockeyroos squad with 287 caps under her belt.
> Hudson has scored 11 Champions Trophy goals, which makes her the fourth most prolific goalscorer for the Hockeyroos in the history of the competition.
> Australia's Champions Trophy top scorer is Jackie Pereira, who netted 21 goals between 1987 an 1995.
> Casey Eastham scored the opening goal of the 2008 tournament against Japan, on her Champions Trophy debut.
> Emily Halliday scored Australia's second penalty corner goal against Japan. This marked her second CT career goal and her first since 2006, when she also converted a penalty corner.