2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

2020 Indoor Championship II
Tournament details
Host countrySwitzerland
CityLucerne
Dates17-19 January 2020
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueMaihof Halle
Final positions
Champions  Switzerland (1st title)
Runner-up Belarus
Third place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored148 (7.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal David Franco
Portugal Vasco Ribeiro (10 goals)
All statistics are correct as of 23 January 2020
← 2018 (previous) (next) 2022 →

The 2020 Eurohockey Indoor Championship II was the 7th edition of the tournament. It took take place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Lucerne, Switzerland.[1]

Qualified Teams

Sweden finished 3rd in the previous tournament, but did not take part in 2020. Instead Turkey, which as 7th placed team in 2018 were originally relegated, took part.

Format

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The bottom two teams from pool A and B, play in a new group, pool C, against the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The top two teams from pool A and B, will also play in a new group, pool D, where they play the teams they did not play against in the group stage to determine the winner. All points from pools A and B will be taken over in pools C and D. The top two teams will be promoted to the 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship. The last two teams will be relegated to the 2022 Eurohockey Indoor Championship III.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Switzerland 3 2 1 0 15 6 +9 7 Advance to Pool D
2  Croatia 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4
3  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 10 13 −3 4 Transfer to Pool C
4  Italy 3 0 1 2 8 15 −7 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Belarus 3 2 1 0 18 10 +8 7 Advance to Pool D
2  Portugal 3 2 0 1 17 11 +6 6
3  Turkey 3 1 1 1 15 15 0 4 Transfer to Pool C
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 7 21 −14 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]

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  Turkey 3 2 1 0 16 8 +8 7
2  Italy 3 1 2 0 14 11 +3 5
3  Slovakia 3 1 1 1 12 11 +1 4 Relegated to EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship III
4  Denmark 3 0 0 3 6 18 −12 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Pool D

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   Switzerland 3 2 1 0 7 5 +2 7 Promoted to 2022 Indoor Nations Championship
2  Belarus 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3  Portugal 3 1 0 2 11 11 0 3
4  Croatia 3 0 1 2 8 11 −3 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

Final standings

RankTeam
  Switzerland
 Belarus
 Portugal
4  Croatia
5  Turkey
6  Italy
7  Slovakia
8  Denmark

References

  1. ↑ "EUROHOCKEY INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP II, MEN". eurohockey.org. EHF. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
  2. 1 2 Regulations
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