2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityValencia
Dates28 August – 3 September
Teams8
VenueEstadio Betero
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (9th title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Will Calnan
Netherlands Boris Burkhardt (11 goals)
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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 18th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.[1]

The defending champions, the Netherlands won the tournament for the 9th time by defeating Belgium 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished in a 2–2 draw.[2] The third-place match between Germany and Spain was cancelled due to illness.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified based on their final positions in the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championships.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
20–26 July 2014 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship Waterloo, Belgium 6  Netherlands
 Germany
 England
 Belgium
 Spain
 Austria
13–19 July 2014 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II Lousada, Portugal 2  Ireland
 Portugal
Total 8

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Spain (H) 3 1 2 0 17 5 +12 5 Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 3 1 2 0 15 5 +10 5
3  England 3 1 2 0 12 4 +8 5
4  Portugal 3 0 0 3 0 30 −30 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts


Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Semi-finals
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 9 4 +5 6
3  Ireland 3 0 1 2 7 11 −4 1
4  Austria 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
Source: FIH


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 3 3 0 0 16 1 +15 9
6  Austria 3 1 1 1 17 5 +12 4
7  Ireland 3 1 1 1 16 13 +3 4 Relegation to Junior Championship II
8  Portugal 3 0 0 3 2 32 −30 0
Source: FIH

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 September 2017
 
 
 Germany1
 
3 September 2017
 
 Netherlands2
 
 Netherlands (s.o)2 (5)
 
2 September 2017
 
 Belgium2 (3)
 
 Spain0
 
 
 Belgium1
 
Third place
 
 
3 September 2017
 
 
 Germany0
 
 
 Spain0

Semi-finals


Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

RankTeam
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 Germany
4  Spain
5  England
6  Austria
7  Ireland
8  Portugal

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.

11 goals

7 goals

4 goals

  • Austria Jakob Puchhammer
  • Austria Phillip Schippan
  • Belgium Gregory Stockbroekx
  • Spain Manuel Bordas

3 goals

  • Austria Oliver Binder
  • Austria Florian Steyrer
  • Belgium Alexis Lemaire
  • Ireland Julian Dale
  • Ireland Simon Wolfe
  • Netherlands Noud Schoenaker
  • Spain Xavi Gispert

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". EHF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
  2. ↑ "EuroHockey Junior Championship 2014, Waterloo (BEL) (M)". FIH. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.