The Hockeyroos couldn't emulate the Socceroos on Sunday, beaten in the women's Champions Trophy final 5-4 by The Netherlands in a heartbreaking penalty shootout.

In a match with drama, controversy and Australian sport's second high-stakes penalty shootout in less than three weeks, scores were deadlocked at 0-0 after normal time before the match went to penalties.

With the scores locked at 4-4 after the first five penalties, Maartje Paumen netted the Dutch's first sudden-death attempt before Dutch goalkeeper Lisanne De Roever saved Australian Nicole Arrold's shot to give her side back-to-back Champions Trophy titles.

Earlier in the shootout, Australia's Angie Skirving and The Netherlands' Janneke Schopman both missed their penalty attempts - Skirving hitting the post and Schopman striking wide.

But after a tournament in which the Australians surprised most by getting to the final, beat the Dutch 3-1 in the round-robin stage and matched the world's No.1 team again throughout Sunday's game, Hockeyroos coach Frank Murray was full of praise for his side.

"It really is a lottery - it's a real pressure situation and the players who step up to take penalties should be commended for stepping up," said Murray, refusing to single out Arrold or Skirving - easily Australia's best at this tournament - for their missed penalties.

"We'd have taken (second place) at the start of the week, we'd have taken it at the start of the year.

"We'd have taken the performances, and the performances of the individuals and of the team.

"The younger players have learned a lot and that's very promising."

Without doubt the toughest lesson was that dealt to Canberra's Arrold, who found herself unable to do a John Aloisi with her penalty stroke in front of her home crowd at the National Hockey Centre.

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