2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship

2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmstelveen
Dates18–26 August
Teams8
VenueWagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (9th title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored75 (3.75 per match)
Top scorerSpain Begoña García Grau (4 goals)
Best playerEngland Hollie Webb
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The 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 13th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 18–26 August 2017 in the Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen, Netherlands.[1] The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Women's Hockey World Cup, with the winner qualifying.

The Netherlands won their ninth overall title by defeating Belgium 3–0 in the final, while England capture the third place by beating Germany 2–0.[2]

Qualified teams

Format

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).[3]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Semifinals
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 8 2 +6 6
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 9 6 +3 3
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 1 23 −22 0
Source: EuroHockey
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  Germany 3 3 0 0 10 2 +8 9 Semifinals
2  England 3 2 0 1 6 2 +4 6
3  Scotland 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
4  Ireland 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 1
Source: EuroHockey
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
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 16 4 +12 9
2  Ireland 3 1 1 1 5 8 −3 4
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3 Relegated to EuroHockey Nations Challenge
4  Scotland 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 August
 
 
 Netherlands1
 
26 August
 
 England0
 
 Netherlands3
 
24 August
 
 Belgium0
 
 Germany0
 
 
 Belgium1
 
Third place
 
 
26 August
 
 
 England2
 
 
 Germany0

Semifinals

Third and fourth place

Final

Final standings

RankTeam
 Netherlands
 Belgium
 England
4  Germany
5  Spain
6  Ireland
7  Czech Republic
8  Scotland

Awards

Top Goalscorer[2] Player of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
Spain Begoña García Grau England Hollie Webb Belgium Aisling D'Hooghe Netherlands Pien Sanders

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

References

  1. ↑ "Amsterdam to host 2017 EuroHockey Championships (women and men)". eurohockey.org. 22 September 2016. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
  2. 1 2 "Netherlands tame Red Panthers, while Scotland are left rueing missed chances". fih.ch. 26 August 2017. Archived from the original on 2024-06-18.
  3. ↑ "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-09-27. Retrieved 2016-09-22.
  4. 1 2 Regulations
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