Match 11 - Germany v China

Champions Trophy Head-to-Heads
> Germany and China have met five times before in Champions Trophy history, with Germany winning four times, and China winning once.
> Their last encounters came at Amstelveen 2006, where Germany beat China twice by 3-2: in the final and in the round robin.
> Fanny Rinne scored the winning goal for Germany in the 2006 final, after China had taken the lead twice.
> China's only victory over Germany in Champions Trophy competition came at Canberra 2005 (1-0).

Team Facts Germany
> Germany and Japan are the only teams that are yet to score a penalty corner goal at Mönchengladbach 2008.
> Germany lost their first match at Mönchengladbach 2008 against the Netherlands (2-1) and then went on to beat Australia (2-1) and Japan (2-1).
> Germany have now won two successive Champions Trophy matches.
> The last time they recorded three successive wins in Champions Trophy competition was in at Rosario 2004.
> Germany make their 12th 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).

Team Facts China
> China have been awarded seven penalty corners at Mönchengladbach 2008, two of which was converted.
> At Mönchengladbach 2008, China have recorded a win (2-1 vs Argentina) a draw (3-3 vs Australia) and a loss (1-3 vs the Netherlands).
> China are making their eighth Champions Trophy appearance.
> China have won the Champions Trophy once, at Macau 2002. They also collected two silver medals and one bronze medal.
> China's last medal came at Amstelveen 2006, when they claimed silver.
> At Amstelveen 2006 China recorded their biggest Champions Trophy win, beating New Zealand 4-0.
> China's biggest CT defeat came at Rosario 2004, when they went down 5-0 against Argentina.

Player Facts Germany
> Natascha Keller can collect her 300th cap for Germany in the match against China.
> So far Keller has collected 299 caps for Germany (270 outdoor and 29 indoor).
> Anneke Böhmert collected her 100th cap for Germany, on Tuesday 20 May, in the match against Japan.
> 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 13 Champions Trophy goals to her name.
> Fanny Rinne scored three goals against China at Amstelveen 2006, including the winning goal in the final.

Player Facts China
> Zhao Yu Diao (3 goals) is joint top scorer at Mönchengladbach 2008 with Megan Rivers (AUS) and Marilyn Agliotti (NED).
> Zhao Yu Diao has scored one goal in each of China's three matches at Mönchengladbach 2008.
> Ma Yi Bo is China's top scorer in Champions Trophy competition. All of her 11 CT goals came from penalty corners.