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The following are facts on the 28 June Champions Trophy match between Germany and Spain.
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Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> Germany and Spain have met on 12 previous occasions in the Champions Trophy. The Spanish have a slight statistical edge, having won six times and having suffered five defeats. One match involving the two was drawn.
> In 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, Germany won comprehensively (4-1). Oliver Korn (4'), Matthias Witthaus (32' PC), Jan-Marco Montag (34' PC), once more Witthaus (61') and Spain's Sergi Enrique (63') were credited with the goals in that match.
> Spain's last CT triumph over Germany came in the 2005 bronze medal match in Chennai. Santi Freixa and Pol Amat each scored twice in a 5-2 victory.
> These nations will also square off in a 17 August Group A encounter at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Team Facts Germany
> Germany's title defence of the Champions Trophy is officially over following Argentina's victory over South Korea on Friday, 27 June. A third place finish is the best that Markus Weise's team can still achieve.
> This means that Holland is still the last country to retain the Champions Trophy, winning back-to-back titles in 2002 and 2003.
> Germany have converted six penalty corners in 18 attempts in this tournament.
Team Facts Spain
> Spain need a victory over Germany to clinch a spot in Sunday's final. Any win will suit that purpose.
> Spain are undefeated since losing their opening match against hosts Netherlands on Saturday 21 June.
> Spain have won 17 penalty corners in this tournament. Their four successful attempts give them a conversion rate of 24%.
> 11 players in the current Spanish squad were present when Spain won their only Champions Trophy in 2004. The seven players in Spain's squad that have yet to win the Champions Trophy are Franc Dinares, Pol Amat, Eduard Tubau, Xavier Ribas, Xavi Castellano, Roc Oliva and José Borrell.
Player Facts Germany
> Florian Keller is the joint leading goalscorer at the 2008 Champions Trophy having netted six times in his first four matches.
> The six goals are an improvement of Keller's entire production recorded in eight matches in Kuala Lumpur in 2007, when he netted five times.
> The last German player to score more than five times in a single Champions Trophy before Keller was Florian Kunz who won tournament top scorer honours with 10 goals in Rotterdam in 2001.
> Kunz was the last German to win the top scorer crown in a single Champions Trophy.
> In the past 29 editions of the Champions Trophy it has taken on average 7.34 goals per tournament to earn at least a share of the top scorer crown.
Player Facts Spain
> In the victory over Argentina, Santi Freixa netted a brace to become Spain's all-time top scorer in the Champions Trophy.
> The ace forward scored his 28th CT goal, overtaking countryman Javier Arnau who netted 27 times between 1993 and 1999.
> Freixa took sole possession of eighth place in the table of all-time leading CT goalscorers and needs one more goal to join Australia's Stephen Davies (1990-1999) and Holland's Floris Jan Bovelander (1986-1994) in joint sixth place.
> By scoring his third goal in Rotterdam, Freixa became only the second player in Champions Trophy to score at least three goals in five successive Champions Trophies. Dutchman Taeke Taekema scored at least three times in seven successive editions of the competition (2001-2007).
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