2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Tournament details
Host countryTurkey
CityKırklareli
Dates28 July – 2 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ukraine (3rd title)
Runner-up Turkey
Third place Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored131 (6.55 per match)
Top scorerUkraine Andrii Koshelenko (10 goals)
Best playerUkraine Dmytro Luppa
Best goalkeeperUkraine Bohdan Tovstolytkin
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The 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 11th 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 in Kırklareli, Turkey from 28 July to 2 August 2025.[1] It was the first time Turkey hosted a Men's EuroHockey Championship event.[2] Ukraine won a record-extending third Championship III title by defeating the hosts Turkey 9–5 in the final. Lithuania won the bronze medal as they defeated Bulgaria 3–1.[3]

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the teams finishing sixth and lower qualifying for the Championship III. Ukraine originally qualified for the Championship II but withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation and was promoted. Gibraltar withdrew and when Ukraine wanted to rejoin the competition they were allowed back in the Championship III.[1]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers Vienna, Austria 3  Croatia
 Hungary
 Lithuania
 Ukraine
Dublin, Ireland 3  Luxembourg
 Malta
 Turkey
N/a FIH Men's World Ranking N/a 2  Bulgaria
 Finland
 Gibraltar
Total 8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 34 2 +32 9 Semi-finals
2  Bulgaria 3 2 0 1 5 18 −13 6
3  Malta 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3
4  Hungary 3 0 0 3 4 17 −13 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.[4]

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Turkey (H) 3 3 0 0 18 0 +18 9 Semi-finals
2  Lithuania 3 2 0 1 5 9 −4 6
3  Luxembourg 3 0 1 2 3 10 −7 1
4  Finland 3 0 1 2 2 9 −7 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.[4]
(H) Hosts

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Finland 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7
2  Malta 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 6
3  Hungary 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4  Luxembourg 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.[4]

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Ukraine5
 
2 August
 
 Lithuania0
 
 Ukraine9
 
1 August
 
 Turkey5
 
 Turkey13
 
 
 Bulgaria0
 
Third place
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Lithuania3
 
 
 Bulgaria1

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1  Ukraine 2027 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier I
2  Turkey (H)
3  Lithuania 2027 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier II
4  Bulgaria
5  Finland
6  Malta
7  Hungary
8  Luxembourg
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[5]

AwardPlayer
Player of the TournamentUkraine Dmytro Luppa
Leading goalscorerUkraine Andrii Koshelenko
Goalkeeper of the TournamentUkraine Bohdan Tovstolytkin

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.55 goals per match (as of completed).

10 goals

  • Ukraine Andrii Koshelenko

9 goals

  • Turkey Ali Akin Özkiliç
  • Ukraine Maksym Onofriiuk

6 goals

  • Lithuania Povilas Sinkevičius
  • Turkey Mehmet Aydin
  • Turkey Müslüm Elagöz

5 goals

  • Turkey Müslüm Ekinci

4 goals

  • Malta Keith Bajada
  • Ukraine Oleksii Popov

3 goals

  • Finland Emil Könönen
  • Malta Luke Bajada
  • Malta Thomas Degiovanni
  • Turkey Furkan Ataş
  • Turkey Zeynel Öz
  • Ukraine Vitalii Semeniushko
  • Ukraine Vitalii Shevchuk
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Solomianyi

2 goals

  • Bulgaria Georgi Baklev
  • Hungary Benedek Kozári
  • Hungary Sebastian Leber
  • Lithuania Dominykas Vaikenas
  • Luxembourg Oscar Lutgen
  • Malta Christ Agius
  • Malta Alessandro Amore
  • Turkey Celal Aydin
  • Ukraine Oleksandr Boiko
  • Ukraine Dmytro Luppa
  • Ukraine Rostyslav Takovenko
  • Ukraine Vladyslav Tsymbaliuk

1 goal

  • Bulgaria Ventsislav Balev
  • Bulgaria Valentin Georgiev
  • Bulgaria Radoslav Grozkov
  • Bulgaria Bogomil Pavlov
  • Finland Aaron Lehmus
  • Finland Santeri Määttänen
  • Finland Elmeri Rihtilä
  • Hungary Martin Csőgör
  • Hungary András Hortobágyi
  • Hungary Zsigmond Szóga
  • Hungary Marton Wesselenyi
  • Luxembourg Loic Prost-Gargoz
  • Luxembourg Pavel Singh
  • Malta Luke Borg Constanzi
  • Turkey Ramazan Kayar
  • Turkey Furkan Mehmet Özkiliç
  • Ukraine Volodymyr Kostechko
  • Ukraine Volodymyr Zhmereniuk

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Portugal, Poland and Türkiye to host EuroHockey Championship II and III events in 2025 – Updated". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  2. ↑ "Competitions Archive" (PDF). eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation.
  3. ↑ "Ukraine win 14-goal cracker to win men's EHC III title in style". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "FIH General Tournament Regulations January 2025" (PDF). International Hockey Federation.
  5. ↑ "Player Awards". fih.altiusrt.com.
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