2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Dates19–26 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueSK Slavia Prague
Final positions
Champions Poland (2nd title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored100 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Alan Forsyth
Ukraine Viacheslav Paziuk (7 goals)
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The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 6th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 19th until the 27th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship, with the champions and runners-up Poland and Austria, respectively, qualifying.

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
17–25 August 2013 2013 EuroHockey Championship Boom, Belgium 2  Czech Republic
 Poland
3–11 August 2013 2013 EuroHockey Championship II Vienna, Austria 4  Austria
 Azerbaijan
 Scotland
 Ukraine
12–18 August 2013 2013 EuroHockey Championship III Lausanne, Switzerland 2  Croatia
  Switzerland
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 with the teams they did not play against in the group stage.[2]

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Poland 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Semi-finals
2  Scotland 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 13 14 −1 3 Relegation pool
4  Croatia 3 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Semi-finals
2  Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Relegation pool
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation[a]
5  Azerbaijan 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
6  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 16 13 +3 6
7   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 10 7 +3 3
8  Croatia 3 1 0 2 10 20 −10 3 EuroHockey Championship III
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
Notes:
  1. ↑ Due to suspension of the national association of Azerbaijan by the International Hockey Federation in November 2016 only the last team was relegated.

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July
 
 
 Austria (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
26 July
 
 Scotland1 (1)
 
 Austria1
 
24 July
 
 Poland3
 
 Poland2
 
 
 Czech Republic1
 
Third place
 
 
26 July
 
 
 Scotland5
 
 
 Czech Republic1

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
 Poland
 Austria
 Scotland
4  Czech Republic
5  Azerbaijan
6  Ukraine
7   Switzerland
8  Croatia

  Qualified for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
  3. 1 2 3 Regulations
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