2024 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

2024 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

Tournament details
Host countries	Portugal Hungary
Dates	2–4 February
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	33
Goals scored	340 (10.3 per match)
Top scorer	Alessandro Muzzioli (18 goals)
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The 2024 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II was the fourteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II, the second level of the men's European indoor hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

This was the first edition with a Championship II-A and II-B having equal status, replacing the former Championship II and Championship III. The winner of each event was promoted to the 2026 Championship. The tournaments were held from 2 to 4 February 2024 in Paredes, Portugal and Budapest, Hungary.

Qualification

Participating teams qualified based on their performance in the 2022 Championships. Portugal was originally scheduled to participate in the Championship II, but they were offered a spot in the top tier due to the withdrawal of the Netherlands.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
14–16 January 2022	2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Paredes, Portugal	2	Slovakia Turkey
2–4 December 2022	2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship III	Athienou, Cyprus	6	Cyprus Denmark Greece Ireland Italy Serbia
—N/a	New entry	—N/a	4	Bulgaria Hungary Lithuania Norway
Total			12

Championship II-A

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Paredes
Dates	2–4 February
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Pavilhão Multiusos de Paredes
Final positions
Champions	Ireland
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	99 (8.25 per match)
Top scorer	Ross Canning (13 goals)
Best player	Jesper Jonasson
Best goalkeeper	Stephen O'Keeffe

Championship II-A was held at Pavilhão Multiusos de Paredes in Paredes, Portugal from 2 to 4 February 2024. Ireland won their first EuroHockey Indoor Championship II title and were promoted to the 2026 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship by defeating Denmark 3–1 in the final.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+0).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Ireland	4	3	0	1	31	11	+20	9	Final
2	Denmark	4	3	0	1	31	13	+18	9
3	Lithuania	4	2	0	2	14	15	−1	6	Third place match
4	Cyprus	4	1	0	3	5	21	−16	3
5	Norway	4	1	0	3	8	29	−21	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.

2 February 2024
12:15

Ireland 11–1 Norway Mackay  10', 36'
Canning  12', 22', 24', 39'
Patterson  25'
Williams  26', 34'
Hosking  33', 35' Report Ashraf  17'

Umpires:
Karolis Donculas (LTU)
Marco Santos (POR)

2 February 2024
13:30

Cyprus 1–3 Lithuania Lyne  38' Report Balsiukas  14'
Pocevicius  20'
Ridlauskas  32'

Umpires:
Divyabhanu Singh Rathore (NOR)
Tommy Croese (BEL)

2 February 2024
16:30

Denmark 13–2 Norway Thorsted  10', 17', 20', 37', 40'
Grand  13', 15', 21', 35'
Nørgaard  18', 30'
Jonasson  23', 23' Report Ashraf  20+'
Janjua  38'

Umpires:
Simon O'Connor (IRL)
Tommy Croese (BEL)

2 February 2024
17:45

Ireland 6–3 Lithuania Patterson  10+'
Canning  11', 32', 40'
Walker  19'
Williams  36' Report Pocevicius  4'
Sinkevičius  8', 30'

Umpires:
Raphaël Adrien (GER)
Divyabhanu Singh Rathore (NOR)

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3 February 2024
11:45

Lithuania 3–4 Norway Balsiukas  7', 27'
Astrauskas  10' Report Janjua  4', 23'
Singh  19', 38'

Umpires:
Marco Santos (POR)
Raphaël Adrien (GER)

3 February 2024
13:15

Cyprus 1–8 Denmark Ilgin  20' Report Jonasson  1', 4', 34'
Fich  8', 38'
Møller  15'
Nørgaard  17', 39'

Umpires:
Divyabhanu Singh Rathore (NOR)
Karolis Donculas (LTU)

3 February 2024
17:00

Norway 1–2 Cyprus Singh  12' Report Lyne  12'
Savvides  39'

Umpires:
Karolis Donculas (LTU)
Simon O'Connor (IRL)

3 February 2024
18:15

Ireland 5–6 Denmark Canning  2'
Williams  17'
Hosking  23'
Walker  28'
Mackay  34' Report Jonasson  3', 3', 36'
Grand  11', 40'
Fich  29'

Umpires:
Marco Santos (POR)
Tommy Croese (BEL)

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4 February 2024
08:00

Denmark 4–5 Lithuania Thorsted  21'
Fich  33'
Nørgaard  39'
Pedersen  40+' Report Ridlauskas  12', 28', 30'
Sinkevičius  17'
Ridlauskas  36'

Umpires:
Simon O'Connor (IRL)
Raphaël Adrien (GER)

4 February 2024
09:15

Cyprus 1–9 Ireland Savvides  9' Report Patterson  7', 35', 37'
Williams  8'
Canning  23', 28', 34'
Byrne  24'
Hosking  31'

Umpires:
Karolis Donculas (LTU)
Divyabhanu Singh Rathore (NOR)

First to fourth place classification

Third and fourth place

4 February 2024
12:15

Lithuania 5–1 Cyprus Balsiukas  3', 18'
Pocevicius  10', 35'
Stankevič  36' Report Lyne  1'

Umpires:
Marco Santos (POR)
Simon O'Connor (IRL)

Final

4 February 2024
13:40

Ireland 3–1 Denmark Williams  5'
Canning  37', 39' Report Grand  35'

Umpires:
Raphaël Adrien (GER)
Tommy Croese (BEL)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	Ireland (P)	EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2	Denmark
3	Lithuania
4	Cyprus
5	Norway

Source: FIH
(P) Promoted

Championship II-B

Tournament details
Host country	Hungary
City	Budapest
Dates	2–4 February
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Soroksári Sportcsarnok
Final positions
Champions	Turkey
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Slovakia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	21
Goals scored	241 (11.48 per match)
Top scorer	Alessandro Muzzioli (18 goals)

Championship II-B was held at the Soroksári Sportcsarnok in Budapest, Hungary from 2 to 4 February 2024. Turkey won their first EuroHockey Indoor Championship II title and were promoted to the 2026 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship by finishing first in the round-robin tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Turkey (P)	6	6	0	0	59	12	+47	18	EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2	Italy	6	5	0	1	63	10	+53	15
3	Slovakia	6	4	0	2	54	17	+37	12
4	Hungary (H)	6	3	0	3	27	21	+6	9
5	Bulgaria	6	1	0	5	13	57	−44	3
6	Serbia	6	1	0	5	12	59	−47	3
7	Greece	6	1	0	5	13	65	−52	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 scored.
(H) Hosts; (P) Promoted

Results

All times are local (UTC+0).

2 February 2024
10:00

Bulgaria 2–13 Turkey Baklev  19'
Momchilov  40' Report Öztürk  6'
Aydin  10', 30', 34', 35'
Elagöz  17'
Ekinci  20'
Özdemir  26', 31', 32', 37'
Ataş  27'
Acikgoz  33'

Umpires:
Isaac Charles (ENG)
Balazs Szalay (HUN)

2 February 2024
11:15

Greece 1–14 Italy Antonakos  13' Report Pagliara  6', 14', 23'
Valentino  10'
Muzzioli  20', 27', 30', 37', 37', 39'
Moretto  35'
Chiesa  36'
Succi  36', 38'

Umpires:
Daniël Veerman (NED)
Ivan Yanchev (BUL)

2 February 2024
12:30

Slovakia 15–1 Serbia Jelačić  4', 9', 13', 25', 38'
Augustinič  5', 6', 18', 34'
Petráš  12', 20', 20+', 26'
Garaj  15'
Hruska  35' Report Katančić  11'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

2 February 2024
14:00

Hungary 1–5 Turkey Leber  25' Report Taşar  8'
Sansar  30'
Ekinci  34'
Aydin  36'
Acikgoz  40'

Umpires:
Michal Pivko (SVK)
Kamaal Khan (ITA)

2 February 2024
16:00

Bulgaria 2–13 Italy Todorov  20'
Aleksandrov  25' Report Pagliara  3', 35'
Succi  9', 17', 30'
Valentino  10+', 28', 40'
Amorosini  16'
Ughetto  21'
Muzzioli  28', 37'
Moretto  37'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Michal Pivko (SVK)

2 February 2024
17:15

Greece 4–3 Serbia A. Dierckx  8'
Sideridis  20'
N. Dierckx  27', 40' Report Losonci  13', 18', 21'

Umpires:
Balazs Szalay (HUN)
Tomas Holek (CZE)

2 February 2024
18:30

Hungary 2–6 Slovakia Farkas  32'
Hortobágyi  38' Report Petrás  9'
Jelačić  17', 23', 40'
Bogar  20'
Krampl  30'

Umpires:
Ivan Yanchev (BUL)
Isaac Charles (ENG)

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3 February 2024
10:00

Turkey 14–0 Serbia Öztürk  2', 27'
Elagöz  8', 20', 30'
Ekinci  17', 23', 34'
Aydin  18', 26', 37'
Ataş  28', 39'
Sansar  36' Report

Umpires:
Ivan Yanchev (BUL)
Tomas Holek (CZE)

3 February 2024
11:15

Bulgaria 0–13 Slovakia Report Petráš  1', 7', 37'
Bogar  3'
Krampl  5'
Jelačić  9', 24'
Romanec  12', 20'
Augustinič  16', 32', 34', 40'

Umpires:
Balazs Szalay (HUN)
Kamaal Khan (ITA)

3 February 2024
12:30

Hungary 1–10 Italy Papp  33' Report Moretto  3'
Muzzioli  4', 22', 40'
Succi  4', 16'
Pagliara  6', 14', 38'
Chiesa  18'

Umpires:
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)
Daniël Veerman (NED)

3 February 2024
14:00

Turkey 15–2 Greece Erdoğan  2'
Öztürk  4', 21'
Aydin  8', 26', 31', 38'
Ataş  9'
Elagöz  11', 19', 25'
Acikgoz  14', 39'
Özdemir  27'
Ekinci  36' Report A. Dierckx  33'
Goultidis  35'

Umpires:
Michal Pivko (SVK)
Isaac Charles (ENG)

3 February 2024
16:00

Serbia 7–2 Bulgaria Dorgan  3'
Losonci  15'
Marjanušić  16'
R. Kiš  19', 23', 24', 36' Report Stoyanov  6'
Baklev  18'

Umpires:
Daniël Veerman (NED)
Kamaal Khan (ITA)

3 February 2024
17:15

Italy 5–1 Slovakia Pagliara  6', 14'
Succi  15'
Muzzioli  23'
Amorosini  26' Report Hruska  14'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgyrev (CRO)
Tomas Holek (CZE)

3 February 2024
18:30

Greece 0–11 Hungary Report Farkas  2'
Kovacs  11'
Leber  20', 26'
Wesselenyi  21'
Hortobágyi  22'
Ujvari  26'
Papp  28'
Szóga  34', 38'
Csőgör  35'

Umpires:
Michal Pivko (SVK)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

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4 February 2024
08:30

Turkey 4–3 Italy Özdemir  2'
Elagöz  5', 9'
Ataş  34' Report Muzzioli  13', 22'
Moretto  38'

Umpires:
Isaac Charles (ENG)
Daniël Veerman (NED)

4 February 2024
09:45

Greece 1–15 Slovakia Koulouvardis  26' Report Jelačić  1', 8', 18', 23'
Garaj  5'
Bogar  11', 24'
Krampl  17', 33'
Augustinič  25', 34', 35', 37', 40'
Petrás  29'

Umpires:
Kamaal Khan (ITA)
Ivan Yanchev (BUL)

4 February 2024
11:00

Hungary 6–0 Bulgaria Wesselenyi  17', 37'
Kovacs  18', 39'
Leber  28'
Szóga  35' Report

Umpires:
Tomas Holek (CZE)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

4 February 2024
12:15

Italy 18–1 Serbia Saoncella  5'
Succi  6', 25', 36', 40'
Pagliara  7', 9', 17', 20', 27'
Chiesa  12', 21'
Valentino  19'
Muzzioli  29', 35', 37', 39'
Amorosini  30' Report Kakaš  26'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Balasz Szalay (HUN)

4 February 2024
13:30

Turkey 8–4 Slovakia Erdoğan  4'
Aydin  6', 21'
Elagöz  23', 37', 38'
Acikgoz  25'
Sansar  28' Report Romanec  1', 37'
Petrás  9'
Augustinič  14'

Umpires:
Daniël Veerman (NED)
Tomas Holek (CZE)

4 February 2024
14:45

Greece 5–7 Bulgaria A. Dierckx  3', 8'
N. Dierckx  5', 16', 26' Report Baklev  22', 23', 28', 35'
Aleksandrov  30'
Momchilov  34'

Umpires:
Isaac Charles (ENG)
Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

4 February 2024
16:00

Serbia 0–6 Hungary Report Leber  17'
Wesselenyi  18'
Hortobágyi  27'
Papp  28'
Kovacs  30'
Csőgör  38'

Umpires:
Ivan Yanchev (BUL)
Michal Pivko (SVK)

See also

• 2024 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
• 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II