2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship

2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
CityBoom
Dates17–25 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueBraxgata HC[1]
Final positions
Champions Germany (8th title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorerSpain Eduard Tubau (6 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Robbert Kemperman
Best goalkeeperCzech Republic Filip Neusser
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The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament from 17 until 25 August 2013 at Braxgata HC in Boom, Belgium.[2] The main sponsor for the tournament was TriFinance.

The defending champions Germany defeated the hosts Belgium 3–1 in the final to win a record-extending eighth title and they earned their qualification to the 2014 World Cup.[3] The Netherlands won the bronze medal as they defeated England 3–2.

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1  Belgium
20 – 28 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany 5  Germany
 Netherlands
 England
 Ireland
 Spain
8 – 14 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship II Vinnytsia, Ukraine 2  Czech Republic
 Poland
Total 8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II.

Squads

Preliminary round

The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium (H) 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Semi-finals
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 11 9 +2 4 Pool C
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 9 Semi-finals
2  England 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4
3  Ireland 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Pool C
4  Poland 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: FIH

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
5  Spain 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9
6  Ireland 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4
7  Poland (R) 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3 EuroHockey Championship II
8  Czech Republic (R) 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
Source: FIH
(R) Relegated

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 August
 
 
 Belgium3
 
25 August
 
 England0
 
 Belgium1
 
23 August
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany5
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
Third place
 
 
25 August
 
 
 England2
 
 
 Netherlands3

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification or relegation
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany Qualification for the 2014 Hockey World Cup
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Belgium (H)
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Netherlands
4  England
5  Spain
6  Ireland
7  Poland (R) Relegation to the Championship II
8  Czech Republic (R)
Source: FIH
(H) Host; (R) Relegated

Awards

Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EuroHockey Championships, 2013, Braxgata HC, Belgium". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship (Men) 2013". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ↑ "Double GOLD for Germany". eurohockey.org. eurohockey.org. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ↑ "TriFinance EuroHockey Championships – the Match Schedule". eurohockey.org. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 "Golden double for Germany!". EHC2013. Trifinanceeurohockey2013.be. Archived from the original on 3 September 2014. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
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