2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityCambrai
Dates28 July – 3 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueCambrai HC
Final positions
Champions France (1st title)
Runner-up Russia
Third place Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored76 (3.8 per match)
Top scorerFrance Viktor Lockwood (7 goals)
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The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 8th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Cambrai, France.[1] The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner France and runner-up Russia qualifying.

The hosts France won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Austria won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 4–1.[2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.[3]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
19–27 August 2017 2017 EuroHockey Championship Amstelveen, Netherlands 2  Austria (19)
 Poland (22)
6–12 August 2017 2017 EuroHockey Championship II Glasgow, Scotland 4  France (13)
 Russia (23)
 Ukraine (27)
 Czech Republic (30)
30 July – 5 August 2017 2017 EuroHockey Championship III Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia 2  Belarus (33)
 Italy (26)
Total 8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III.

Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 10 6 +4 7 Semi-finals
2  Austria 3 2 1 0 6 2 +4 7
3  Italy 3 1 0 2 6 8 −2 3 Pool C
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 6 12 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[4]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9 Semi-finals
2  Poland 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
3  Czech Republic 3 0 2 1 1 8 −7 2 Pool C
4  Belarus 3 0 1 2 2 8 −6 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[4]
(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
5  Italy 3 2 1 0 9 6 +3 7
6  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
7  Czech Republic 3 0 2 1 3 8 −5 2 EuroHockey Championship III
8  Belarus 3 0 1 2 3 5 −2 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[4]

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 August
 
 
 Russia2
 
3 August
 
 Poland0
 
 Russia0
 
2 August
 
 France4
 
 France (s.o.)1 (4)
 
 
 Austria1 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
3 August
 
 
 Poland1
 
 
 Austria4

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

RankTeam
 France
 Russia
 Austria
4  Poland
5  Italy
6  Ukraine
7  Czech Republic
8  Belarus

  Qualified for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

  • Ukraine Andrii Koshelenko

4 goals

  • Italy Agustin Nunez

3 goals

  • Austria Alexander Bele
  • Austria Michael Körper
  • Italy Julien Dallons
  • Russia Marat Khairullin
  • Ukraine Oleh Polishchuk

2 goals

  • France Theophile Ponthieu
  • France Blaise Rogeau
  • Poland Maciej Janiszewski
  • Russia Sergey Lepeshkin
  • Russia Alexey Sobolevskiy

1 goal

  • Austria Bernhard Schmidt
  • Austria Benjamin Stanzl
  • Austria Florian Steyrer
  • Austria Leon Thörnblom
  • Austria Fabian Unterkircher
  • Belarus Uladzislau Belavusau
  • Belarus Illia Krysiuk
  • Belarus Ivan Lutsevich
  • Belarus Yauheni Mikheichyk
  • Czech Republic Kryštof Bodnár
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Plochý
  • Czech Republic Martin Seeman
  • France Maximilien Branicki
  • France Simon Martin Brisac
  • France Victor Charlet
  • France Hugo Genestet
  • France Charles Masson
  • France Etienne Tynevez
  • Italy Fabio Blom
  • Italy Pietro Lago
  • Italy Julian Montone
  • Poland Mateusz Hulbój
  • Poland Michał Kasprzyk
  • Poland Adrian Krokosz
  • Poland Jacek Kurowski
  • Russia Georgii Arusiia
  • Russia Pavel Golubev
  • Russia Andrey Kuraev
  • Russia Mikhail Proskuriakov
  • Russia Alexander Skiperskiy
  • Ukraine Bohdan Kovalenko
  • Ukraine Maksym Onofriiuk
  • Ukraine Viacheslav Paziuk
  • Ukraine Oleh Polishchuk
  • Ukraine Vitalii Shevchuk

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ↑ "EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP II, MEN". eurohockey.org. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
  2. ↑ "France Claims the EuroHockey Championship II, Men". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
  3. ↑ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 FIH General Tournament Regulations March 2019
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