2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityLousada
Dates27 July–2 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
VenueAD Lousada
Final positions
Champions Wales (1st title)
Runner-up Ireland
Third place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored114 (5.7 per match)
Top scorerScotland Struan Walker (10 goals)
Best playerWales Jacob Draper
Best goalkeeperIreland Jamie Carr
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The 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the eleventh edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held from 27 July to 2 August 2025 at AD Lousada in Lousada, Portugal.[1] The finalists qualified directly for the 2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship in London, England.[2] The top three teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.[3]

Wales won their first Championship II title by defeating the defending champions Ireland 3–1 in a shoot-out after the final finished 1–1 in regular time.[4] Scotland won the bronze medal by defeating Italy 5–2.[5]

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the runners-up, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams qualifying for the Championship II. Ukraine withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers Vienna, Austria 4  Ukraine
 Scotland
 Portugal
  Switzerland
 Croatia
Dublin, Ireland 4  Wales
 Ireland
 Czechia
 Italy
Total 8

Squads

 Croatia
 Czechia
 Ireland

Head coach: Mark Tumilty

  1. Jamie Carr (GK)
  2. Timothy Cross
  3. Jonathan McKee
  4. Matthew Nelson
  5. Daragh Walsh
  6. Kyle Marshall (C)
  7. Sean Murray
  8. Mark McNellis
  9. Peter McKibbin
  10. Jeremy Duncan
  11. Jonathan Lynch
  12. Peter Brown
  13. Benjamin Nelson
  14. Lee Cole
  15. Louis Rowe
  16. Fergus Gibson
  17. Luke Roleston (GK)
  18. Adam McAllister
 Italy
 Portugal
 Scotland

[6]

Head coach: Jonny Caren

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
2 DF Andrew Lochrin (2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 24) 22 Scotland Western Wildcats
3 DF Andrew McAlister (2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 24) 15 Scotland Western Wildcats
6 FW Ali Douglas (2003-11-13)13 November 2003 (aged 21) 21 England Holcombe
8 MF Rob Field (Captain) (1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 31) 43 England Holcombe
9 FW Andy McConnell (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 25) 40 Germany Harvestehuder THC
10 FW Rob Harwood (1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 28) 50 Scotland Western Wildcats
13 FW Struan Walker (2002-07-06)6 July 2002 (aged 23) 40 England Surbiton
20 MF Jamie Golden (2001-12-24)24 December 2001 (aged 23) 35 Scotland Western Wildcats
21 FW David Nairn (2000-06-30)30 June 2000 (aged 25) 21 Scotland Grange
22 GK Calum Douglas (2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 20) 15 England Surbiton
24 DF Jamie Croll (2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 21) 12 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
25 FW Jamie Green (2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (aged 19) 6 Scotland Grange
29 FW Keir Robb (2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 23) 21 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
30 MF Thomas Austin (2007-04-20)20 April 2007 (aged 18) 22 Scotland Western Wildcats
32 DF Callum Mackenzie (1998-12-31)31 December 1998 (aged 26) 59 England Wimbledon
33 GK Matthew Taylor (2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 24) 1 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
34 FW Alasdair Richmond (2000-08-06)6 August 2000 (aged 24) 13 England Beeston
36 FW Iain McFadden (2002-03-26)26 March 2002 (aged 23) 11 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
  Switzerland

Head coach: Jaïr Levie

  1. Philip Nitsch (GK)
  2. Clemént Thijs
  3. Nico Muggli
  4. Maurizio Ribaudo
  5. Louis Thijs
  6. Fabio Landtwing
  7. Léonard Kraxner
  8. Mika Conrad
  9. Loris Grandchamp (C)
  10. Elias Brönnimann
  11. Jens Flück
  12. Fabio Reinhard
  13. Lorenz Gassner
  14. Yannick Hug
  15. Lukas Müller
  16. Lukas Egloff (GK)
  17. Bastian Thoma
  18. Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
  19. Lukas Hengartner
  20. Matthias Mohrhauer
 Wales

[7]

Head coach: Daniel Newcombe

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
3 DF Daniel Kyriakides (1995-03-21)21 March 1995 (aged 30) 138 Germany Club an der Alster
5 MF Alf Dinnie (1994-12-01)1 December 1994 (aged 30) 65 Wales Cardiff & Met
6 DF Jacob Draper (1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 27) 91 Netherlands Pinoké
7 MF Gareth Griffiths (1999-03-13)13 March 1999 (aged 26) 45 England Beeston
9 MF Rupert Shipperley (co-Captain) (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 32) 116 England Hampstead & Westminster
13 MF Dale Hutchinson (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 32) 123 England Hampstead & Westminster
14 MF Owen Sutton (2004-07-30)30 July 2004 (aged 20) 20 England Wimbledon
15 MF Rhys Bradshaw (2000-09-19)19 September 2000 (aged 24) 73 England Wimbledon
17 MF Fred Newbold (2001-03-29)29 March 2001 (aged 24) 38 England Wimbledon
18 DF Gareth Furlong (1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 33) 158 England Surbiton
20 FW Jolyon Morgan (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 26) 52 England Hampstead & Westminster
23 FW Jack Pritchard (1993-08-14)14 August 1993 (aged 31) 39 Wales Cardiff & Met
24 DF Hywel Jones (1997-07-09)9 July 1997 (aged 28) 78 England Hampstead & Westminster
25 FW Ben Francis (co-Captain) (1996-03-20)20 March 1996 (aged 29) 120 England Wimbledon
33 GK Rhys Payne (2001-06-07)7 June 2001 (aged 24) 4 Wales Cardiff & Met
44 DF Nicholas Morgan (2002-01-05)5 January 2002 (aged 23) 11 England Surbiton
50 GK Toby Reynolds-Cotterill (1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (aged 27) 43 England Hampstead & Westminster
61 MF John Bennett (2003-07-05)5 July 2003 (aged 22) 12 England Sevenoaks

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 9 Semi-finals
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Czechia 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 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

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 2 1 0 19 3 +16 7 Semi-finals
2  Scotland 3 2 1 0 14 8 +6 7
3   Switzerland 3 0 1 2 7 10 −3 1
4  Croatia 3 0 1 2 6 25 −19 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]

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Czechia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
6   Switzerland 3 1 2 0 11 10 +1 5
7  Croatia 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
8  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 7 11 −4 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

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Wales5
 
2 August
 
 Italy0
 
 Wales (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
1 August
 
 Ireland1 (1)
 
 Ireland3
 
 
 Scotland1
 
Third place
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Italy2
 
 
 Scotland5

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1  Wales 2026 World Cup Qualifiers and
2027 EuroHockey Championship
2  Ireland
3  Scotland 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
4  Italy
5  Czechia
6   Switzerland
7  Croatia
8  Portugal (H)
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Awards

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

AwardPlayer
Player of the TournamentWales Jacob Draper
Leading goalscorerScotland Struan Walker
Goalkeeper of the TournamentIreland Jamie Carr

Goalscorers

There have been 114 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.7 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

  • Switzerland Loris Grandchamp

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Croatia Mario Ilinović
  • Croatia Andrej Zidanić
  • Czech Republic Eduard Gerlický
  • Czech Republic Jakub Homolka
  • Czech Republic Jakub Klaban
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Plochý
  • Czech Republic Kryštof Šesták
  • Czech Republic František Toms
  • Czech Republic Adam Uhlíř
  • Ireland Fergus Gibson
  • Ireland Jonathan Lynch
  • Ireland Mark McNellis
  • Ireland Sean Murray
  • Ireland Benjamin Nelson
  • Ireland Matthew Nelson
  • Italy Claudio Brocco
  • Italy Geronimo Clement
  • Italy Davide Giuliani
  • Italy Manuel Mondo
  • Portugal Joaquín Coelho
  • Portugal David Franco
  • Portugal Quentin Halfmann
  • Scotland Andrew McConnell
  • Switzerland Elias Brönnimann
  • Switzerland Mika Conrad
  • Switzerland Lorenz Gassner
  • Switzerland Léonard Kraxner
  • Switzerland Matthias Mohrhauer
  • Wales Jonathan Bennett
  • Wales Rhys Bradshaw
  • Wales Benjamin Francis

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Lousada and Gniezno to host EuroHockey Championship II events in 2025". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ↑ "EuroHockey Championships to expand to 12-team knock-out format in 2027". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ↑ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ↑ "Wales men beat Ireland in EuroHockey II final shootout". bbc.com. BBC. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "Welsh Dragons breath fire in shoot-out to win men's EHC II in Lousada". eurohockey.org. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Scotland". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  7. ↑ "Wales". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 3 "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  9. ↑ "Player Awards". fih.altiusrt.com.
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