2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy

The 2008 Men's Hockey Setanta Sports Trophy was the second edition of the Setanta Sports Trophy, a men's field hockey tournament. It was held in Dublin, Ireland, from June 11 to 15, 2008, and featured four of the top nations in men's field hockey.^[1] The tournament was held simultaneously with the women's competition.

Setanta Sports Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Teams	4 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	University College Dublin
Final positions
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runner-up	Canada
Third place	Great Britain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	8
Goals scored	36 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Rehan Butt (4 goals)
← 2007 (previous)

Competition format

The tournament featured the national teams of Canada, Great Britain, Pakistan, and the hosts, Ireland, competing in a round-robin format, with each team playing each other once.^[2] Three points were awarded for a win, one for a draw, and none for a loss.

Country	September 2008 FIH Ranking[3]	Best World Cup finish	Best Olympic Games finish
Canada	13	Eighth place (1998)	Tenth place (2000)
Great Britain	6	Runners-up (1986)	Champions (1920, 1988)
Ireland	18	Twelfth place (1978, 1990)	Runners-up (1908)
Pakistan	8	Champions (1971, 1978, 1982, 1994)	Champions (1960, 1968, 1984)

Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:^[4]

• Ihsan-ul-Haque Babar (PAK)
• Marcin Grochal (POL)
• Jonathan Hyrtsak (CAN)
• Martin Madden (GBR)
• Christopher McConkey (IRE)

Results

All times are local (Irish Standard Time).

Preliminary round

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Pakistan	3	1	2	0	9	7	+2	5	Advanced to Final
2	Canada	3	1	2	0	6	5	+1	5
3	Great Britain	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Ireland (H)	3	0	1	2	7	10	−3	1

Source: BBC
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[5]
(H) Hosts

Fixtures

11 June 2008 16:00 Great Britain  0–1  Canada Report P. Short  58' Umpires: Ihsan-ul-Haque Babar (PAK) Christopher McConkey (IRE)

11 June 2008 20:00 Ireland  2–4  Pakistan Lewis  8' Cockram  10' Report Waqas  18' Butt  19' Akbar  65' Saqlain  70' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (GBR)

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12 June 2008 16:00 Pakistan  3–3  Great Britain Haider  43' Saqlain  52' Zubair  59' Report R. Mantell  10' Alexander  20' Jackson  23' Umpires: Christopher McConkey (IRE) Jonathan Hyrtsak (CAN)

12 June 2008 20:00 Ireland  3–3  Canada Magee  14' Sothern  16' Darling  41' Report Pearson  31' Kahlon  42' R. Short  49' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Ihsan-ul-Haque Babar (PAK)

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14 June 2008 17:00 Pakistan  2–2  Canada Butt  44', 53' Report Pearson  51' R. Short  59' Umpires: Martin Madden (GBR) Marcin Grochal (POL)

14 June 2008 19:00 Great Britain  3–2  Ireland Kirkham  8' Middleton  15' R. Mantell  27' Report Watt  5' Darling  64' Umpires: Jonathan Hyrtsak (CAN) Ihsan-ul-Haque Babar (PAK)

Classification round

Third and fourth place

15 June 2008 14:05 Great Britain  2–1  Ireland Daly  41' Dick  48' Report Butler  59' Umpires: Jonathan Hyrtsak (CAN) Marcin Grochal (POL)

Final

15 June 2008 16:30 Pakistan  3–2  Canada Imran  3' Khan  56' Butt  67' Report Wettlaufer  38' Fernandes  46' Umpires: Christopher McConkey (IRE) Martin Madden (GBR)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Pakistan	4	2	2	0	12	9	+3	8	Tournament Champion
	Canada	4	1	2	1	8	8	0	5
	Great Britain	4	2	1	1	8	7	+1	7
4	Ireland (H)	4	0	1	3	8	12	−4	1

Source: BBC
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 36 goals scored in 8 matches, for an average of 4.5 goals per match.

4 goals

• Rehan Butt

2 goals

• Mark Pearson
• Robert Short
• Richard Mantell
• Michael Darling
• Muhammad Saqlain

1 goal

• Wayne Fernandes
• Ravi Kahlon
• Peter Short
• Paul Wettlaufer
• Richard Alexander
• Matthew Daly
• Stephen Dick
• Ashley Jackson
• Glenn Kirkham
• Barry Middleton
• Stephen Butler
• Timothy Cockram
• Timothy Lewis
• Eugene Magee
• Alan Sothern
• Michael Watt
• Salman Akbar
• Abbas Haider
• Muhammad Imran
• Shabbir Khan
• Muhammad Waqas
• Muhammad Zubair