2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship

2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmstelveen
Dates4–12 June
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueWagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (6th title)
Runner-up Germany
Third place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored121 (6.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Tom Boon
England Sam Ward (6 goals)
Best playerSpain Pau Quemada
Best young playerFrance Antonin Igau
Best goalkeeperNetherlands Pirmin Blaak
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 18th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021.[1][2] However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and took place from 4 to 13 June 2021.[3]

The top five teams qualified for the 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup.[4] The hosts Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time, beating Germany in a 4–1 penalty shoot out after a 2–2 tie. The previous title holders Belgium won the bronze medal, defeating England with 3–2.[5]

Qualification

Along the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, which was held in Antwerp from 16 to 24 August, and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified.[1] The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made.[6]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
1 July 2018 Host N/a 1  Netherlands (3)
16–24 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship Antwerp, Belgium 5  Belgium (2)
 England (7)
 Germany (6)
 Spain (8)
 Wales (18)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II Cambrai, France 2  France (12)
 Russia (22)
Total 8

Squads

Preliminary round

The pools were announced on 11 May 2020.[3]

All times are local (UTC+2).[7]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 3 3 0 0 10 3 +7 9 Semi-finals and
2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
2  Belgium 3 2 0 1 14 6 +8 6
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 9 8 +1 3
4  Russia 3 0 0 3 3 19 −16 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.[8]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 3 2 1 0 11 2 +9 7 Semi-finals and
2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
2  Germany 3 2 1 0 16 8 +8 7
3  Wales 3 1 0 2 4 16 −12 3
4  France 3 0 0 3 7 12 −5 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.[8]
(H) Hosts

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5  Spain 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
6  France 3 2 0 1 11 10 +1 6
7  Wales 3 1 1 1 7 11 −4 4
8  Russia 3 0 1 2 9 14 −5 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.[8]

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 June
 
 
 England2
 
12 June
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany2 (1)
 
10 June
 
 Netherlands (p.s.o.)2 (4)
 
 Netherlands (p.s.o.)2 (3)
 
 
 Belgium2 (1)
 
Third place
 
 
12 June
 
 
 England2
 
 
 Belgium3

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

RankTeam
1st place, gold medalist(s) Netherlands
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Belgium
4 England
5 Spain
6 France
7 Wales
8 Russia
Team qualified for the 2023 World Cup

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]

Player of the tournament Goalkeeper of the tournament Under-21 talent of the tournament Top goalscorers
Spain Pau Quemada Netherlands Pirmin Blaak France Antonin Igau Belgium Tom Boon
England Sam Ward

Goalscorers

There were 121 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.05 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "2021 EuroHockey Championships, men and women to take place in the Wagener Stadium". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  2. ↑ "EuroHockey Championships goes Dutch as Amstelveen awarded 2021 event". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. 1 2 "EuroHockey 2021 dates rejigged ahead of Tokyo Olympics". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  5. ↑ Sinnige, Clarinda. "Netherlands win final after late 'german' equalizer". EuroHockey Championships 2021 Amsterdam. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
  6. ↑ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
  7. ↑ Schedule
  8. 1 2 3 FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
  9. ↑ "Individual awards Men's Tournament". rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
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