2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
EURO 2007
Official logo
Tournament details
Host countryEngland
CityManchester
Dates19–26 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueBelle Vue Regional Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (3rd title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorerNetherlands Taeke Taekema (16 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Robert van der Horst
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The 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 11th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manchester, England from 19 to 26 August 2007.

The Netherlands won its third title by defeating the defending champions Spain 3–2 in the final. Belgium won its first-ever medal by defeating Germany 4–3.

The top three teams qualified directly for the 2008 Summer Olympics. The other teams qualified for the qualification tournaments for the Summer Olympics.

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1  England
28 August – 4 September 2005 2005 EuroHockey Championship Leipzig, Germany 5  Belgium
 France
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Spain
11–17 September 2005 2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Rome, Italy 2  Czech Republic
 Ireland
Total 8

Squads

Results

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 10 2 +8 7 Semi-finals
2  Belgium 3 1 2 0 10 4 +6 5
3  England (H) 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4 Pool C
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 0 18 −18 0
Source:
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Semi-finals
2  Spain 3 1 1 1 9 5 +4 4
3  France 3 1 0 2 4 14 −10 3 Pool C
4  Ireland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source:

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
5  England (H) 3 2 1 0 15 1 +14 7
6  France 3 2 0 1 4 7 −3 6
7  Ireland 3 1 1 1 11 2 +9 4 EuroHockey Nations Trophy
8  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 0 20 −20 0
Source:
(H) Hosts

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 August
 
 
 Netherlands7
 
26 August
 
 Belgium2
 
 Netherlands3
 
24 August
 
 Spain2
 
 Germany3 (2)
 
 
 Spain (p.s.)3 (4)
 
Third place
 
 
26 August
 
 
 Belgium4
 
 
 Germany3

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification or relegation
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands Qualification for the 2008 Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium
4  Germany
5  England (H)
6  France
7  Ireland Relegation to the Nations Trophy
8  Czech Republic

(H) Host.

Awards

Topscorer Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Fair Play Award
Netherlands Taeke Taekema Netherlands Robert van der Horst Netherlands Guus Vogels  Ireland

See also

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