2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityHamburg
Dates8–11 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
VenueAlsterdorfer Sporthalle
Final positions
Champions Austria (3rd title)
Runner-up Germany
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored191 (10.61 per match)
Top scorerBelgium Philippe Simar (20 goals)
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The 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the twentieth 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 was originally planned to be held alongside the women's tournament from 12 to 16 January 2022 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.[1] However on 22 December 2021, the tournament was postponed to 8 to 11 December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2]

Austria won their third title by defeating the hosts and defending champions Germany 2–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal after defeating Switzerland 10–3.[3]

Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2020 competition.[4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
17–19 January 2020 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Berlin, Germany 5  Austria
 Belgium
 Czech Republic
 Germany
 Netherlands
 Russia[a]
17–19 January 2020 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Lucerne, Switzerland 1  Belarus[a]
  Switzerland
Total 6

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 5 4 0 1 30 22 +8 12 Final
2  Germany (H) 5 3 1 1 38 25 +13 10
3  Netherlands 5 3 1 1 35 24 +11 10 Third place game
4   Switzerland 5 1 2 2 26 34 −8 5
5  Belgium 5 1 1 3 18 25 −7 4 Fifth place game
6  Czech Republic 5 0 1 4 12 29 −17 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 scored.[5]
(H) Hosts


Classification round

Fifth place game

Third place game

Final

Statistics

Final standings

  1.  Austria
  2.  Germany
  3.  Netherlands
  4.   Switzerland
  5.  Belgium
  6.  Czech Republic

Goalscorers

There were 191 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 10.6 goals per match.

20 goals

  • Belgium Philippe Simar

14 goals

  • Austria Michael Körper

12 goals

  • Netherlands Jochem Bakker

10 goals

  • Czech Republic Lukas Plochý

9 goals

8 goals

  • Germany Niklas Bruns

7 goals

  • Germany Henrik Mertgens
  • Switzerland Martin Greder

6 goals

  • Switzerland Yves Morard

5 goals

  • Germany Philip Schmid

4 goals

3 goals

  • Austria Sebastian Eitenberger
  • Belgium Gaetan Dykmans
  • Germany Luis Holste
  • Netherlands Jeroen Hertzberger
  • Switzerland Lorenz Gassner
  • Switzerland Michel Morard
  • Switzerland Gaël Wyss-Chodat

2 goals

  • Belgium Mallory Magnant
  • Czech Republic Štěpán Klaban
  • Czech Republic Tomas Procházka
  • Czech Republic Martin Seeman
  • Germany Adrian Lehmann-Richter
  • Netherlands Jasper Tukkers

1 goal

  • Austria Moritz Frey
  • Austria Leon Thörnblom
  • Belgium Arnaud Dykmans
  • Belgium Dylan Englebert
  • Czech Republic Ondrej Soukup
  • Czech Republic Josef Trejbal
  • Czech Republic David Vacek
  • Germany Anton Boeckel
  • Netherlands Nicki Leijs
  • Netherlands Lucas Middendorp
  • Netherlands Bram van Battum
  • Switzerland Elias Brönnimann
  • Switzerland Fabio Reinhard
  • Switzerland Fabio Marelli

Source: FIH

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Belarus and Russia are excluded from the tournament due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

  1. ↑ "2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship events". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "EuroHockey Indoor Championships (January) events – UPDATE". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ↑ "Unterkircher underlines Austria's incredible men's Euro Indoor journey to gold". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation.
  4. ↑ "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships – Ranking". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ↑ FIH Tournament Regulations Indoor - September 2022