The following are facts on the 21 June Champions Trophy match between Germany and Argentina.

Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> Germany and Argentina have met each other three times at the Champions Trophy since Germany's unification in 1990. The Argentines have won twice and the Germans have triumphed once.
> Their last meeting dates back to 25 July 2006, when Germany emerged victorious 3-1 in Terrassa, Spain. Matthias Witthaus, Jan-Marco Montag and Carlos Nevado-Gonzales scored for Germany and Germán Orozco provided the consolation goal for Argentina.
> At the 2003 Champions Trophy, the South Americans defeated the Germans twice, including in the fifth place final match.

Team Facts Germany
> Germany are making their 18th Champions Trophy appearance since the two Germanies were reunited and their 27th if one would count the nine participations by West Germany.
> Germany are the defending champions after winning the 2007 Champions Trophy in Kuala Lumpur following a 1-0 victory over Australia in the final.
> Germany have won a record nine Champions Trophy crowns, including six since their unification.
> The last time the Germans won back-to-back Champions Trophy titles was in 1991-1992.
> The Netherlands (2002-2003) are the last nation to retain the Champions Trophy.
> In the last 10 years, the titleholders managed to reach the final of the subsequent Champions Trophy only three times.
> Reigning World Champions Germany need to emerge victorious in Rotterdam to be able to complete a golden trilogy at the Olympic Games in Beijing in August.

Team Facts Argentina
> Argentina return to the Champions Trophy for their fourth appearance, including 2008. The South Americans previously featured in the 1987, 2003 and 2006 editions.
> Argentina's best finish at the Champions Trophy is fifth place, which they managed in 1987 and 2003.
> Argentina will be hoping to follow the example set by the national women's team, 'Las Leonas', who won the Women's Champions Trophy in Mönchengladbach last May.

Player Facts Germany
> Sebastian Draguhn will collect his 100th cap for Germany in the match against Argentina. He will become the eighth player in the German squad with at least a century of caps to his name.
> Only four players that won the 2007 Champions Trophy last November will not represent Germany in Rotterdam. Nicolas Emmerling, Oliver Hentschel, Maximilian Müller and Christian Schulte (goalkeeper) have been replaced by Philipp Zeller and Ulrich Bubolz (goalkeeper) as the squad has been reduced from 20 to 18 players.
> At an average of 25 years and 39 days, the Germans deploy the youngest squad, a group that is slightly younger than Argentina's which averages 25 years and 108 days.

Player Facts Argentina
> Holland is a popular place of business for Argentine players. Lucas and Matias Vila, Matias Paredes and Juan Martin López are players from the Argentine squad that plied their trade in the Dutch top flight last season.
> Argentina are fielding the most inexperienced squad at the Champions Trophy. The average team member has only 77 international matches to his name. The opposing Germans have accumulated on average 111 caps.

Performance by last 10 defending champions