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Gold Medal Match: Argentina V Germany
General
> Winning the Champions Trophy is no guarantee for winning a gold medal at the Olympics.
> Only one of the previous five Champions Trophy holders going into the Olympics, went on to become Olympic Champions.
> Only Australia, the 1995 Champions Trophy winners, went on to become Olympic champions in 1996.
Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> Germany and Argentina reached the final by each collecting ten points from five matches.
> Germany and Argentina have met on nine occasions in Champions Trophy competition, with Germany winning five and Argentina winning three. One match was drawn.
> This sole draw came on Saturday, 24 May 2008, when Germany drew 0-0 with Argentina and both teams secured a final berth.
> Last year at Quilmes 2007, Argentina beat Germany 2-0 through goals by Noel Barrionuevo (PC) and Daniela Maloberti (FG).
> At Amstelveen 2006, Germany beat Argentina 3-1.
> In August 2008, Argentina and Germany meet at the Beijing Olympic Games in Pool B.
Team Facts Germany
> Germany have played four gold medal matches in Champions Trophy competition, winning one and losing three.
> Germany won the Trophy at Amstelveen 2006, defeating China (3-2) in the final.
> Prior to that match Germany had lost all three previous gold medal matches at Berlin 1997 (1-2 vs Australia), at Amstelveen 2000 (2-3 vs the Netherlands) and at Rosario 2004 (0-2 vs the Netherlands).
> Germany won the competition in 2006 and also collected four silver medals and three bronze medals.
> Germany are yet to score a penalty corner goal at Mönchengladbach 2008.
> Germany have been awarded 13 penalty corners so far.
> Germany and Argentina have conceded the least number of goals at Mönchengladbach 2008: four each.
> Germany lost their first match at Mönchengladbach 2008 against the Netherlands (2-1) and went on to beat Australia (2-1), Japan (2-1) and China (2-0) only to draw with Argentina (0-0).
Team Facts Argentina
> Argentina have made three Champions Trophy Final 1-2 appearances.
> At Amstelveen 2001 they won the Trophy by beating the Netherlands 3-2 in the final.
> At Macau 2002 Argentina lost 1-3 on penalty strokes to China.
> At Quilmes 2007, they were defeated 1-0 by the Netherlands in the final 1-2.
> Argentina have converted four of 17 penalty corners awarded at Mönchengladbach 2008. (i.e. 23%)
> Argentina lost 2-1 to China on Matchday 1 and then went on to beat Japan (2-1), Australia (2-1) and the Netherlands (2-0), only to draw 0-0 with Germany.
> Argentina's biggest Champions Trophy defeats (0-3) came against Australia at Amstelveen 2000 and the Netherlands at Quilmes 2007 and at Brisbane 1999.
> Argentina recorded their biggest Champions Trophy victory at Rosario 2004, when they beat New Zealand (6-0).
Player Facts Germany
> Captain Marion Rodewald and Natascha Keller are the only players to have played in all four of Germany's Champions Trophy Final 1-2 matches.
> 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.
> With two goals each, Anke Kuhn and Anneke Böhmert are Germany's top scorers at Mönchengladbach 2008.
Player Facts Argentina
> Luciana Aymar, Claudia Burkart, Maria Magdalena Aicega and Mariana Gonzalez Oliva have made appearances in each of Argentina's three previous Champions Trophy gold medal matches.
> At the average age of 27 years and 299 days, Argentina are the oldest team at the 2008 Champions Trophy.
> Alejandra Gulla is tied on 16 goals with Vanina Oneto as top scorers for Argentina in Champions Trophy history.
> Noel Barrioneuvo (2 PC goals) is Argentina's top scorer at Mönchengladbach 2008.
> Six Argentine players have scored at least once, more than any other team at Mönchengladbach 2008.
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