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The 2008 Women’s Hockey Champions Trophy is the 16th edition of the Hockey Champions Trophy for women. It will be held from May 17 to May 25th, 2008 in Monchengladback, Germany.

Participating in this event will be countries Australia, Argentina, China, Germany, Japan, and last but not the least, Netherlands. Spain has dropped out of this event, of which place China has taken. Last year’s Winners (5th title) Netherlands are confident of winning this title yet again. However, it was a close match between Argentina and Netherlands, with an end score of just 1-0 so Netherlands better had watch out for the South Americans.

Ten Sports India will be covering the entire event with all the matches, Live on Indian television. Here are the schedules as of now. They are however subject to change depending on other international matches taking priority. All times are in Indian Standard Time (GMT +5:30)

Saturday, 17th May.
4:30 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. - Australia v Japan
6:30 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. - Netherlands v Germany
8:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m. - China v Argentina

Sunday, 18th May.
7:30 p.m. to 9:15 p.m. - Netherlands v China
9:30 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. - Argentina v Japan
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Germany v Australia (Taped match will be shown on 19th May)

Tuesday, 21st May.
1:30 a.m. - 3:00 a.m. - Australia v Argentina
3:00 a.m. - 4:30 a.m. - Japan v Germany
7:30 p.m. - 9:15 p.m. - China v Australia

Thursday, 22nd May.
3:30 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. Germany v China
10:30 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. Argentina v Netherlands
12:00 p.m. - 1:30 a.m. Japan V Netherlands

Saturday, 24th May.
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Germany v Argentina
5:30 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. China v Japan

Monday, 25th May.
3:30 a.m. - 5:00 a.m. Australia v Netherlands
18:30 - 20:15 - 5th vs 6th

Tuesday, 26th May.
5:30 a.m. - 7:00 a.m. - 4th vs 3rd
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. - 1st vs 2nd

More information on the finals will be posted on Mysportsindia. Check back for updates on this event.