2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

Tournament details

Host country

Dates

28 July – 3 August

Teams

8 (from 1 confederation)

Venue

Victoria Stadium

Final positions

Champions

Croatia (1st title)

Runner-up

Third place

Tournament statistics

Matches played

20

Goals scored

110 (5.5 per match)

Top scorer

Martin Greder (6 goals)

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The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 8th edition of the men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the European field hockey Championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held from 28 July to 3 August 2019 in Gibraltar.^[1] The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II, with the finalists Croatia and Switzerland qualifying.

Croatia won their first EuroHockey Championship III title by defeating Switzerland 5–4 in the final. The hosts Gibraltar won the bronze medal by defeating Portugal 7–2.

In a rather high-scoring tournament, 110 goals were scored across the 20 games.

Qualified teams

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

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
6–12 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	Portugal (34) Switzerland (31)
30 July – 5 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship III	Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia	5	Croatia (40) Lithuania (50) Malta (52) Slovakia (51) Turkey (45)
31 July – 5 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship IV	Lipovci, Slovenia	1	Gibraltar (60)
Total			8

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9	Semi-finals
2	Gibraltar (H)	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4	Semi-finals
3	Turkey	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3	Pool C
4	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	4	16	−12	1	Pool C

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.^[3]
(H) Hosts

28 July 2019
15:45

11–1

Greder

2', 7', 14', 54'
Bergler

19'
Knabenhans

28', 60'
Wyss-Chodat

29'
Stomps

43'
Brönnimann

47'
Gassner

58'

Galkus

53'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Nathan Galea (MLT)

28 July 2019
18:00

1–5

Elagöz

43'

Casciaro

11'
Ramagge

38'
Hernandez

41', 55'
Lopez

57'

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)

30 July 2019
15:45

0–2

Brönnimann

39'
Greder

42'

Umpires:
Malcolm Coombes (IRL)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

30 July 2019
18:00

1–1

Bubnelis

31'

Lopez

20'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

31 July 2019
15:45

2–4

Balsiukas

49', 53'

Poyraz

10', 58'
Yilmaz

24'
Bakar

40'

Umpires:
Nathan Galea (MLT)
Nick Bennett (ENG)

31 July 2019
18:00

3–0

Greder

17'
Brönnimann

55'
Hug

57'

Umpires:
Malcolm Coombes (IRL)
Joe Kodde (POR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Croatia	3	3	0	0	17	2	+15	9	Semi-finals
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	14	10	+4	6	Semi-finals
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	8	16	−8	3	Pool C
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0	Pool C

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.^[3]

28 July 2019
09:00

7–0

L. Bachmann

14'
Zlimen

25'
A. Fujs

32'
Marković

32'
P. Hršak

36'
Krleža

59'
Vuk

59'

Umpires:
Malcolm Coombes (IRL)
Adrian Bucher (SUI)

28 July 2019
11:15

6–0

Tavares

2'
Rodrigues

9', 43'
Castro

16'
Santos

52'
Ribeiro

56'

Umpires:
Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

29 July 2019
15:45

1–3

Cuschieri

49'

Hruska

7'
Kovačevič

14'
Petraš

56'

Umpires:
Joe Kodde (POR)
Adrian Bucher (SUI)

29 July 2019
18:00

5–0

Mucić

3', 57'
Mucic

30'
Premilovac

34'
L. Bachmann

60'

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

31 July 2019
09:00

8–5

Castro

14', 59'
Tavares

15', 28'
Rodrigues

44'
Caramalho

47', 60'
Ribeiro

60+'

Romanec

5', 56'
Petráš

30'
Bitter

42'
Krampl

45'

Umpires:
Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)
Adrian Bucher (SUI)

31 July 2019
11:15

2–5

K. Bajada

46'
Sarcia

58'

Bagur

9', 43'
A. Fujs

14'
Marković

29'
Zlimen

36'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

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	Turkey	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
6	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
7	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	8	9	−1	3
8	Malta (R)	3	0	1	2	5	9	−4	1	EuroHockey Championship IV

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.^[3]
(R) Relegated

2 August 2019
09:00

5–3

Bubnelis

20', 52'
Balsiukas

34'
Galkus

37', 39'

Borg

45'
K. Bajada

48'
Agius

49'

Umpires:
Malcolm Coombes (IRL)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

2 August 2019
11:15

1–0

Kilinc

45'

Umpires:
Joe Kodde (POR)
Nathan Galea (MLT)

3 August 2019
09:00

1–1

Acikgoz

13'

Calleja

38'

Umpires:
Adrian Bucher (SUI)
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)

3 August 2019
11:15

2–1

Jelačič

32'
Vacha

33'

Balsiukas

23'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Joe Kodde (POR)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final

	2 August

	Switzerland	3
					3 August
	Portugal	2
					Switzerland	4
	2 August
					Croatia	5
	Croatia	1 (4)

	Gibraltar	1 (1)
					Third place

					3 August

					Portugal	2

					Gibraltar	7

Semi-finals

2 August 2019
15:45

3–2

Wyss-Chodat

14'
Brönnimann

38'
Knabenhans

60'

Ribeiro

23'
Ferreira

29'

Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

2 August 2019
18:00

1–1

A. Fujs

42'

Lopez

28'

Vuk

Mucić

A. Fujs

Bachmann

4–1

Silva

Rodriguez

Henwood

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)

Third and fourth place

3 August 2019
15:45

2–7

Tavares

35'
Rodrigues

40'

S. Ramagge

13'
Lopez

18', 22'
C. Ramagge

20'
Hernandez

38'
Henwood

45+'
Stagno

60'

Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)

Final

3 August 2019
18:00

4–5

Schneider

24'
Stomps

56', 60', 60'

Bachmann

23', 58'
Premilovac

50'
A. Fujs

51'
Zlimen

53'

Umpires:
Malcolm Coombes (IRL)
Nick Bennett (ENG)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Croatia
	Switzerland
	Gibraltar
4	Portugal
5	Turkey
6	Slovakia
7	Lithuania
8	Malta

Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship IV

Goalscorers

There have been 110 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.

6 goals

Martin Greder

5 goals

Julian Lopez

4 goals

Lucas Bachmann
Anže Fujs
Žygimantas Balsiukas
Miguel Rodrigues
Luis Tavares
Elias Brönnimann
Boris Stomps

3 goals

Filip Zlimen
Julian Hernandez
Rodrigo Castro
Vasco Ribeiro
Pascal Knabenhans

2 goals

Ivan Bagur
Pavel Marković
Mario Mucić
Toni Premilovac
Shane Ramagge
Kristis Bubnelis
Rokas Galkus
Keith Bajada
Afonso Caramalho
Daniel Petraš
Tomáš Romanec
Gael Wyss-Chodat
Numan Poyraz

1 goal

Petar Hršak
Josip Krleža
Marko Mucic
Zvonimir Vuk
Eric Casciaro
Gareth Henwood
Carl Ramagge
Kayron Stagno
Christ Agius
Jonathan Borg
Keith Calleja
Joseph Cuschieri
Juan Sarcia
Joao Ferreira
José Santos
Ondrej Bitter
Matej Hruska
Matej Jelačič
Zdenko Kovačevič
Matej Krampl
Tomáš Vacha
Nicolas Bergler
Lorenz Gassner
Mirko Hug
Sebastian Schneider
Onur Acikgoz
Isa Bakar
Müslüm Elagöz
Vakif Kilinc
Yaşar Yilmaz

Source: FIH

See also

References

↑ "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 28 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
↑ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
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