2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryScotland
CityGlasgow
Dates6–12 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueGlasgow National Hockey Centre
Final positions
Champions Scotland (1st title)
Runner-up Wales
Third place France
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored106 (5.3 per match)
Top scorerScotland Alan Forsyth (8 goals)
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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the seventh edition of the EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the European field hockey championships. It was held from the 6th to the 12th of August 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland.[1] The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, with the winner Scotland and runner-up Wales qualifying.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.[2]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
21–29 August 2015 2015 EuroHockey Championship London, England 2  France (17)
 Russia (21)
19–27 July 2015 2015 EuroHockey Championship II Prague, Czech Republic 4  Scotland (23)
 Czech Republic (24)
 Azerbaijan[a]
 Ukraine (25)
  Switzerland (28)
19–25 July 2015 2015 EuroHockey Championship III Lisbon, Portugal 2  Wales (32)
 Portugal (43)
Total 8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams of each pool advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams from each pool played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III.

Results

All times are local (UTC+0).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Scotland (H) 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Semi-finals
2  France 3 2 0 1 13 4 +9 6
3  Ukraine 3 1 0 2 9 9 0 3 Pool C
4  Portugal 3 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
(H) Hosts

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7 Semi-finals
2  Russia 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Pool C
4   Switzerland 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]

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
5  Ukraine 3 2 1 0 13 5 +8 7
6  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
7   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3 EuroHockey Championship III
8  Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 12 −6 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 August
 
 
 Scotland4
 
12 August
 
 Russia3
 
 Scotland2
 
11 August
 
 Wales1
 
 Wales4
 
 
 France3
 
Third place
 
 
12 August
 
 
 Russia4
 
 
 France5

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
 Scotland
 Wales
 France
4  Russia
5  Ukraine
6  Czech Republic
7   Switzerland
8  Portugal

  Qualified for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

Notes

  1. ↑ Azerbaijan qualified by finishing 5th in the 2015 EuroHockey Championship II but their national association was suspended by the FIH[3] so Switzerland qualified instead

References

  1. ↑ "EuroHockey Championship II 2017 Men". EuroHockey.
  2. ↑ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  3. ↑ "AZERBAIJAN". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 27 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 Regulations
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