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The following are facts on the 29 June Champions Trophy match between Germany and South Korea.
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Champions Trophy Head-to-heads
> This is the eighth Champions Trophy encounter between these nations and Germany were undefeated in the previous seven meetings, beating Korea six times and negotiating one draw.
> Their pool encounter in Rotterdam on Tuesday, 24 June, resulted in a 4-3 Germany victory.
> The only draw in this encounter took place in Lahore in 1998, when the two nations reached a 3-3 stalemate.
> These countries are also slated to meet in a 15 August Group A match at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Team Facts Germany
> The worst performance by titleholders in the Champions Trophy is finishing in sixth place, an achievement recorded by Germany in 1998 after winning the Champions Trophy in 1997.
> Germany have not finished in last place in the Champions Trophy since their sixth place classification in Amstelveen in 2003.
Team Facts South Korea
> South Korea will be playing their 50th Champions Trophy match. Their first ever match in the competition took place on 11 October 1997, when they lost 3-1 to Netherlands.
> South Korea wield by far the most dangerous penalty corner in Rotterdam having converted seven of 12 attempts for a success rate of 58%.
> Korea must win their Sunday match to avoid their fourth last place finish in the competition. Only Great Britain have been the Champions Trophy basement team more often (five times) than South Korea.
> South Korea have won only one match in seven final Sundays to a Champions Trophy tournament. In 2000, they beat Spain to the bronze medal in Amstelveen.
> South Korea have scored at least two goals in each of their last 10 Champions Trophy matches.
Player Facts Germany
> Florian Keller is the joint leading goalscorer at the 2008 Champions Trophy having netted six times in his first five matches.
> Kunz was the last German to win the top scorer crown in a single Champions Trophy. He managed that by netting 10 times in Rotterdam in 2001.
Player Facts South Korea
> Jong Hyun Jang is tied with Germany's Florian Keller on six tournament goals, making the two joint top scorers at the 2008 Champions Trophy.
> Jang was joint tournament top scorer with Holland's Taeke Taekema in Kuala Lumpur in 2007. Only eight players have won multiple top scorer crowns in the competition.
> Jang would become the first Korean to join that group and the first since Spain's Santi Freixa (2005-2006) to acquire membership to this elite group.
Multiple top scorer crowns in Men's Champions Trophy
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Name |
Nation |
Outright |
Shared |
Year(s) |
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3 |
Carsten Fischer |
GER |
2 |
1 |
1985 (9), 1986 (3), 1989 (7) |
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3 |
Taeke Taekema |
NED |
1 |
2 |
2002 (7), 2006 (8), 2007 (7) |
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2 |
Paul Litjens |
NED |
2 |
0 |
1980 (15), 1981 (11) |
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2 |
Stephen Davies |
AUS |
2 |
0 |
1992 (8), 1995 (4) |
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2 |
Javier Arnau |
ESP |
2 |
0 |
1994 (9), 1997 (8) |
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2 |
Hanif Khan |
PAK |
1 |
1 |
1978 (5), 1984 (4) |
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2 |
Santi Freixa |
ESP |
1 |
1 |
2005 (7), 2006 (8) |
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2 |
Floris Jan Bovelander |
NED |
0 |
2 |
1987 (7), 1991 (7) | Number of tournament goals in brackets. Korea's Jong Hyun Jang can join this list if he remains the leading goalscorer in the 2008 Champions Trophy.
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