2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityLousada
Dates1–7 August
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
VenueAD Lousada
Final positions
Champions Belarus (2nd title)
Runner-up Czech Republic
Third place Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored67 (4.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Tomas Procházka
Czech Republic Jan Železný (5 goals)
Best playerCzech Republic Tomas Procházka
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 to 7 August 2021 at AD Lousada in Lousada, Portugal.[1]

Belarus won their second EuroHockey Championship III title by defeating the Czech Republic 4–0 in the final. Turkey won their first-ever EuroHockey Championship III medal by defeating the hosts Portugal 4–3 in a shoot-out after a 3–3 draw in regular time.[2]

Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[3]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II Cambrai, France 2  Belarus (33)
 Czech Republic (32)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship III Gibraltar 5  Gibraltar[a]
 Lithuania (51)
 Malta[a]
 Portugal (41)
 Turkey (47)
 Slovakia (50)
6–11 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship IV Helsinki, Finland 0  Hungary[a]
Total 7

Umpires

The following eight umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[4]

  •  Mark Becholz (NED)
  •  Maarten Boxma (NED)
  •  Ricardo Fernandes (POR)
  •  Nathan Galea (MLT)
  •  Marcel Knakowski (GER)
  •  Yauheni Protska (BLR)
  •  Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)
  •  Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 2 1 1 0 11 2 +9 4 Semi-finals
2  Turkey 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4
3  Malta 2 0 0 2 0 12 −12 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.[5]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 15 1 +14 9 Semi-finals
2  Portugal (H) 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Lithuania 3 1 0 2 2 10 −8 3
4  Slovakia 3 0 1 2 3 11 −8 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.[5]
(H) Hosts

Fifth to seventh 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
5  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 3
6  Lithuania 2 1 0 1 2 2 0 3
7  Malta 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
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.[5]

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
6 August
 
 
 Belarus3
 
7 August
 
 Portugal2
 
 Belarus4
 
6 August
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 
 Turkey2
 
Third place
 
 
7 August
 
 
 Portugal3 (3)
 
 
 Turkey (s.o.)3 (4)

Semi-finals

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Belarus
  2.  Czech Republic
  3.  Turkey
  4.  Portugal
  5.  Slovakia
  6.  Lithuania
  7.  Malta

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[2]

Best player Best goalkeeper Top goalscorers
Czech Republic Tomas Procházka Slovakia Jakub Bogár Czech Republic Tomas Procházka
Czech Republic Jan Železný

Goalscorers

There were 67 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 4.47 goals per match.

5 goals

  • Czech Republic Tomas Procházka
  • Czech Republic Jan Železný

4 goals

  • Belarus Uladzislau Belavusau
  • Belarus Dzianis Tsaluika
  • Czech Republic Lukas Plochý
  • Portugal Afonso Caramalho
  • Turkey Ali Akin Özkiliç

3 goals

  • Belarus Aliaksandr Hancharou
  • Turkey Batuhan Erman

2 goals

  • Portugal José Santos
  • Slovakia Daniel Petráš
  • Turkey Vakif Kilinc

1 goal

  • Belarus Vadzim Bandarchuk
  • Belarus Yauheni Haurylau
  • Belarus Artur Kadran
  • Belarus Dzianis Khatyliou
  • Belarus Uladzislau Kochkin
  • Belarus Pavel Korsik
  • Belarus Mikhail Paulovich
  • Czech Republic Michal Bárta
  • Czech Republic Martin Capouch
  • Czech Republic Štêpán Klaban
  • Czech Republic Adam Uhlíř
  • Lithuania Zygimantas Balsiukas
  • Lithuania Julius Bandziulis
  • Malta Keith Bajada
  • Malta Tom Degiovanni
  • Portugal Rodrigo Castro
  • Portugal David Franco
  • Portugal Luis Tavares
  • Portugal Tiago Ventosa
  • Portugal Philipp Wenzel
  • Slovakia Matej Hruska
  • Slovakia Matej Jelačič
  • Slovakia Tomáš Romanec
  • Slovakia Adam Štrofek
  • Turkey Mehmet Demirel

Source: FIH

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 Hungary and Gibraltar withdrew and were replaced by Malta.

References

  1. ↑ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Final Day EuroHockey Championship III, m, Lousada". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
  3. ↑ "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Officials List".
  5. 1 2 3 FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
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