Argentina Wins 2012 FIH Champions Trophy on Home Turf in Rosario, 1 to 0 over Great Britain in Gold Medal Game

The Lionesses won their 5th Womens Hockey Champions Trophy, and 1st Championship at home.    The Gold Medal Game proved to be a real defensive battle for both teams, with not much opportunity for good scoring chances in the open field of play.

The Umpires from Ireland - Carol Metchette and Korea - Kang Hyun-Young had their hands full as this was a very Testy & Physical game as both teams recieved Green Cards with Argentina having 3 and Great Britain recieving 1.

The Winning Goal resulted from a penalty corner. Argentina was pushing hard late in the 1st half and won 5 penalty corners, converting on the 5th attempt. Argentina provided a variation involving Noel Barrionuevo and Silvina D’Elia (29’) who opened the scoring. Great Britain won 1 penalty corner during the game.

TEAM ROSTER:                                                                                                                                             Belen Succi, Mariela Scarone, Silvina D'Elia, Noel Barrionuevo, Rocio Sanchez Moccia, Macarena Rodriguez, Josefina Sruoga, Luciana Aymar ©, Rosario Luchetti, Carla Rebecchi, Delfina Merino. Entered: Martina Cavallero, Roberta Werthein, Florence Habif, Sofia Maccari. Coach: Carlos Retegui

 - Luciana Aymar of Argentina won Tournament Best Player Award

 - Belen Succi of Argentina won Goalkeeper of the Tournament

 - Great Britain's Crista Cullen, Japan's Rika Komazawa & Korea's Lee Seon-Ok were the Top Scorers

 - Germany won the Fair Play Award

Team Photo by FIH/Frank Uijlenbroek