Match preview: Australia vs. Netherlands
This will be the 500th match in Champions Trophy history. The first ever Champions Trophy match was played in 1978 between Pakistan and New Zealand (6-2). Australia and Pakistan have played most matches (156), followed by the Netherlands (153 matches).
Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> This match marks the 29th Champions Trophy clash between Australia and Netherlands. Australia have won 16 encounters, the Netherlands have won nine. The teams have split the points three times, including their last encounter at Terrassa 2006 (1-1).
> Australia's biggest defeat against the Netherlands came in 2002 (1-6). The Netherlands suffered their biggest defeat at Karachi 1980, when Australia won 7-3.
> Australia are unbeaten against the Netherlands since the 2003 Champions Trophy final.
Team Facts Australia
> Australia are ranked third, having collected nine points from five matches.
> Australia have only scored seven goals (by six different players), and have only converted one of 24 penalty corners awarded.
Team Facts Netherlands
> The Dutch team have beaten Great Britain (4-0) and Malaysia (3-1), only to draw with Spain (3-3) and Germany (3-3) and to lose to Korea (6-2). They are standing 4th in the table with eight points
> The Netherlands have scored 15 goals in their five 2007 Champions Trophy matches, 12 field goals and three penalty corner goals.
Player Facts Australia
> Nathan Eglington (2 goals) is the only Australian player to have scored more than once.
> Brent Livermore (280 caps) is the most experienced player in the squad. He has already won two Champions Trophy gold medals, three silvers and one bronze.
Player Facts Netherlands
> Rob Reckers has scored five goals so far this tournament and is trailing Korea's Jang Jong-Hyun (6 goals) on the top scorer list.
> Taeke Taekema is top scorer of the Dutch team in the Champions Trophy competition with 35 goals. He is second on the all-time Champions Trophy top scorer list trailing Pakistan's Sohail Abbas by five goals.
> Captain Jeroen Delmee (34) is the oldest player participating in the 2007 Samsung Champions Trophy.
Match preview: Pakistan vs. Korea
Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> Pakistan and Korea have met six times in Champions Trophy competition, with Pakistan winning three and Korea winning two encounters. The only draw came at Brisbane 1999 (2-2). The last Champions Trophy match between Pakistan and Korea resulted in a 4-1 win for Pakistan at Cologne 2002.
> Pakistan's 6-2 win at Adelaide 1997 denoted their biggest Champions Trophy win over Korea.
Team Facts Pakistan
> Pakistan have collected four points from five matches, and are ranked seventh. They started their 2007 Champions Trophy campaign with a 5-2 defeat against Germany. They then beat Spain (2-0) and lost 2-1 to Australia, followed by a draw with Malaysia (2-2) and a 4-1 defeat by Great Britain.
> Pakistan have scored eight goals, six field goals and two penalty corner goals. They have converted two of seven penalty corners awarded.
Team Facts Korea
> On Monday, 3 December, Korea recorded their biggest ever Champions Trophy victory, beating the Netherlands 6-2 at Kuala Lumpur 2007.
> Korea have collected 10 points from five matches at Kuala Lumpur 2007.
> Korea have converted 5 out of 11 penalty corners awarded, which is 45 percent.
Player Facts Pakistan
> Yesterday Dilawar Hussain earned his 200th cap for Pakistan in the match against Great Britain. He is the third player in the current Pakistan squad to have reached this milestone, joining Ghazanfar Ali and Zeeshan Ashraf.
> Akhtar Ali is Pakistan's top scorer at Kuala Lumpur 2007, having scored three goals.
> Pakistan's Kamran Muhammad is one of three players (Korea's Hong Eun-Song and Pablo Amat from Spain ) who have not played a single match at Kuala Lumpur 2007.
Player Facts Korea
> Jang Jong-Hyun tops the goal scorer list with six goals, after day 5 at Kuala Lumpur 2007. He has scored five penalty corner goals and one field goal.
Match preview: Spain vs. Great Britain
Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> This match between Spain and Great Britain marks their ninth Champions Trophy encounter. Spain have won four of the previous encounters, Great Britain being victorious in two matches.
> The two teams last met at Amstelveen 2000, with Spain recording their biggest CT win over Great Britain (5-1).
> Great Britain biggest win in Champions Trophy history came against Spain (5-1) at Amstelveen 1987.
Team Facts Spain
> Spain are ranked sixth, with five points from five matches. They had drawn with Korea (2-2) and the Netherland (3-3) and were defeated by Pakistan (2-0) and Germany (4-1), before collecting their first win against Australia (3-2) on Wednesday.
> Spain have scored one out of nine penalty corners awarded at this tournament.
Team Facts Great Britain
> After five matches at the 2007 Champions Trophy Great Britain have recorded two wins, against hosts Malaysia (3-2) and Pakistan (4-1). They went down 4-0 in their opening match against the Netherlands and in their second match against Germany, and lost 1-0 to Australia.
> This is Great Britain's first CT participation since 2000, when they finished sixth and last. Their best ranking at a Champions Trophy tournament is second in 1985.
Player Facts Spain
> Eduard Tubau is Spain's top scorer with three goals at Kuala Lumpur 2007.
> Santiago Freixa's two goals against Australia lifted his all-time Champions Trophy total to 23. Only Javier Arnau has scored more Champions Trophy goals for Spain (26).
Player Facts Great Britain
> Stephen Dick and Rob Moore are Britain's top scorers so far having netted two goals each.
> At 31 years of age, Brett Garrard is the oldest player in the British squad, and the most experienced with a total of 256 caps to his name.
Match preview: Germany vs. Malaysia
Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> Germany and Malaysia's only pervious Champions Trophy encounter came in Kuala Lumpur1993, when Germany beat the hosts 4-1.
> In April 2008, these teams will meet again in Kakamigahara, Japan, when they will battle with four other teams for a spot at the Beijing Olympics.
Team Facts Germany
> Germany have recorded four straight victories and a draw in their 2007 Champions Trophy campaign, beating Pakistan (5-2), Great Britain (4-0), Korea (2-1) and Spain (4-1) and drawing 3-3 with the Netherlands. They are top of the table with 13 points from five matches, having scored 18 goals.
> Germany's 18 goals have been scored by nine different players. The Germans have scored most penalty corner goals this tournament, having converted six out of 18.
Team Facts Malaysia
> Last Monday, 3 December, Malaysia drew with Pakistan (2-2) to win their first Champions Trophy point in 14 years.
> Malaysia's seven goals scored at this tournament have been scored by seven different players.
> Malaysia have been awarded 13 penalty corners, but have converted only one. They have now seen 21 penalty corners been awarded to their opponents, more than any other team. Only three of these 21 penalty corners against Malaysia were converted.
Player Facts Germany
> Matthias Witthaus is top scorer of the German squad, having scored four goals this tournament. He scored five goals in last year's Champions Trophy.
> Oliver Korn has scored three goals in this tournament, which is his first ever Champions Trophy.
> Sebastian Draguhn is Germany's penalty corner top scorer, having scored two penalty corner goals.
> Goalkeeper Christian Schulte (32) is the oldest player in the current Germany squad.
Player Facts Malaysia
> Malaysia captain Azlan Misron became the 50th player to score at Kuala Lumpur 2007, by netting against Korea on Wednesday.
> Azlan Misron picked up his 150th cap, last Monday, when Malaysia played Pakistan.
