2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship
The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 18th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | Amstelveen | ||
| Dates | 4–12 June | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | Wagener Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Netherlands (6th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Germany | ||
| Third place | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Belgium | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 121 (6.05 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Tom Boon Sam Ward (6 goals) | ||
| Best player |  Pau Quemada | ||
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The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021.[1][2] However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and took place from 4 to 13 June 2021.[3]
The top five teams qualified for the 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup.[4] The hosts Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time, beating Germany in a 4–1 penalty shoot out after a 2–2 tie. The previous title holders Belgium won the bronze medal, defeating England with 3–2.[5]
Qualification
Along the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, which was held in Antwerp from 16 to 24 August, and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified.[1] The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made.[6]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| 1 July 2018 | Host | N/A | 1 | Netherlands (3) |
| 16–24 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 5 | Belgium (2) England (7) Germany (6) Spain (8) Wales (18) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 2 |  France (12) Russia (22) |
| Total | 8 | |||
Squads
Preliminary round
The pools were announced on 11 May 2020.[3]
All times are local (UTC+2).[7]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 2 | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Russia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands (H) |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 2 | Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 7 | |
| 3 | Wales |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | |
| 4 | France |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
(H) Host
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Fifth to eighth place classification
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 5 | Spain |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 6 | France |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Wales |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Russia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 1 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 10 June | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| 12 June | ||||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 2 (1) | |||||
| 10 June | ||||||
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) | |||||
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Belgium | 2 (1) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 12 June | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Statistics
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
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 | Netherlands |
 | Germany |
 | Belgium |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Wales |
| 8 | Russia |
| Team qualified for the 2023 World Cup |
Awards
The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Under-21 talent of the tournament | Top goalscorers |
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| Pau Quemada |
Pirmin Blaak |
Antonin Igau |
Tom Boon Sam Ward |
Goalscorers
There were 121 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.05 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
- Christopher Rühr
- Constantin Staib
- Jip Janssen
- Joe Naughalty
2 goals
- Thomas Briels
- Florent Van Aubel
- Nicolas De Kerpel
- Lukas Windfeder
- Liam Ansell
- Zachary Wallace
- Victor Charlet
- Timothée Clément
- Benjamin Marqué
- Blaise Rogeau
- Seve van Ass
- Thierry Brinkman
- Jeroen Hertzberger
- Robbert Kemperman
- Mirco Pruyser
- Marat Khairullin
- Andrey Kuraev
- Semen Matkovskiy
- Artem Nadyrshin
- David Alegre
- Joan Tarrés
- Gareth Furlong
1 goal
- Cédric Charlier
- Antoine Kina
- Adam Dixon
- James Gall
- Chris Griffiths
- Phil Roper
- Nicolas Dumont
- Antonin Igau
- Charles Masson
- Niklas Bosserhoff
- Florian Fuchs
- Timm Herzbruch
- Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
- Martin Zwicker
- Billy Bakker
- Jonas de Geus
- Evgeny Artemov
- Linar Fattakhov
- Alexander Skiperskiy
- José Basterra
- Marc Miralles
- Viçens Ruiz
- Owain Dolan-Gray
- Hywel Jones
- Jolyon Morgan
Source: FIH
References
- "2021 EuroHockey Championships, men and women to take place in the Wagener Stadium". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "EuroHockey Championships goes Dutch as Amstelveen awarded 2021 event". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- "EuroHockey 2021 dates rejigged ahead of Tokyo Olympics". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- Sinnige, Clarinda. "Netherlands win final after late 'german' equalizer". Retrieved 12 June 2021.
- "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- Schedule
- FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
- "Individual awards Men's Tournament". rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
External links
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