2008 Rink Hockey European Championship


The 2008 Rink Hockey European Championship was the 48th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship—the biennial rink hockey competition for European national teams, supervised by CERH—that took place in the Spanish city of Oviedo, at the local arena Palacio de los Deportes, on July 21–26, 2008.
In a final against long-time rivals, Portugal, the hosts and holders Spain won their fifth consecutive European title.

Format

The tournament consists of two distinct phases: a single round-robin group phase and a knockout phase. In the first phase, the eight finalist teams are divided into two groups of four teams. Within each group, every team plays one match against all the other teams, to decide the group classification.
Unlike previous editions, all participating teams advance to the quarterfinals phase, whatever their final placing in the group phase. In the quarterfinals, each group winner and the runner-up teams will play the third and fourth placed teams of the other group, respectively, for a place in the semifinals. The four losing teams will play one last game to decide their final ranking in the tournament.
The quarterfinal winning sides progress to the semifinals and the two winners meet in the title-awarding final. A game deciding the third and fourth place will be held between the semifinal losing sides.

Group phase

The group phase was contested on July 21–23, with two matches per group, each day. Group A was composed by France, Italy, Netherlands and hosts Spain; Group B included Germany, England, Portugal and Switzerland.

Group A

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Goalscorers

Below is a list of all the tournament goalscorers by decreasing number of goals scored:
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  • Dominic Wirth
  • Arjan van Gerven
  • Leonardo Squeo
  • Felix Bender
  • Rémi Lasnier
  • Nicolas Guilbert
  • Frédéric Hamon
  • Guirec Henry
  • Domenico Illuzzi
  • John Jones
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Squads

Spain

NNameBirthdatePositionClub
1Sergi Fernández1985GKCP Vic
2Sergi Panadero1985D/MFC Barcelona
3Josep Maria Ordeig1981D/MFC Barcelona
4Marc Torra1984FCP Vic
5Josep Maria Roca1981D/MCP Vic
6Jordi Bargalló1979FIgualada HC
7Lluís Teixidó1978D/MFC Barcelona
8Marc Gual1980D/MReus Deportiu
9Pedro Gil1980FReus Deportiu
10Guillem Trabal1979GKReus Deportiu
CoachCarlos Feriche--

Portugal

NNameBirthdatePositionClub
1João Miguel1973GKPorto Santo, SAD
2Valter Neves1983D/MSL Benfica
3Ricardo Pereira1978FBassano
4Tiago Rafael1983D/MOK Barcelos
5Reinaldo Ventura 1978D/MFC Porto
6Pedro Moreira1985D/MFC Porto
7Ricardo Barreiros1982FSL Benfica
8Ricardo Oliveira1982FFC Porto
9Luís Viana1976FBassano
10Ricardo Silva1983GKJuventude Viana
CoachLuís Sénica--

France

NNameBirthdatePositionClub
1Nicolas Guillen1982GKSCRA St Omer
2Rémi Lasnier1987US COUTRAS
3Olivier Lesca1987SA Merignac
4Henry Guirec1978SCRA St Omer
5Jérôme Moriceau1979La Roche-sur-Yon
6Frédéric Hamon1977HC Quevert
7Sébastian Landrin 1979HC Quevert
8Nicolas Guilbert1985SCRA St Omer
9Igor Tarassioux1977Vaulx en Velin
10Olivier Gelebart1975GKHC Quevert
CoachFabien Savreux--