2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityBerlin
Dates17–19 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueHorst-Korber-Sportzentrum
Final positions
Champions Germany (16th title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored183 (9.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Boris Burkhardt
Austria Michael Körper (11 goals)
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The 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It took place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Berlin, Germany.[1]

The hosts Germany won their sixteenth title by defeating the defending champions Austria 6–3 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Russia 11–3.

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
12–14 January 2018 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Antwerp, Belgium 6  Austria (1)
 Belgium (7)
 Czech Republic (3)
 Germany (2)
 Poland (5)
 Russia (6)
12–14 January 2018 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Alanya, Turkey 2  Netherlands (9)
 Ukraine (19)
Total 8

Format

The eight teams will be 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 Indoor Nations Championship II.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

The Pools were decided in summer 2019 following the FIH Indoor World Ranking.[1]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9 9 Semi-finals
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 13 12 +1 6
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 12 14 −2 3 Relegation pool
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 8 16 −8 0
Source: FIH

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 31 9 +22 9 Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 19 13 +6 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 3 Relegation pool
4  Belgium 3 0 0 3 8 23 −15 0
Source: FIH
(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  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 10 8 +2 7
6  Belgium 3 2 0 1 20 15 +5 6
7  Poland 3 1 1 1 12 14 −2 4 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 13 18 −5 0
Source: FIH

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Austria5
 
19 January
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Austria3
 
18 January
 
 Germany6
 
 Germany6
 
 
 Russia1
 
Third place
 
 
19 January
 
 
 Netherlands11
 
 
 Russia3

Semifinals


Third place game

Final

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification or relegation
1  Germany (H) Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup
2  Austria
3  Netherlands
4  Russia
5  Czech Republic
6  Belgium Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup as hosts
7  Poland Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8  Ukraine
Source: FIH
(H) Host

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.