2026 Men's EuroHockey5s Championship

2026 Men's EuroHockey5s Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Walcz
Dates	6–9 August
Teams	5 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Centralny Ośrodek
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	Sweden
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	237 (11.85 per match)
Top scorer	Volodymyr Kaplinskyi (30 goals)
Best player	Andrii Koshelenko
Best goalkeeper	Marek Polák
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The 2026 Men's EuroHockey5s Championship was the third edition of the Men's EuroHockey5s Championship. It was held at the same time as the women's tournament in Walcz, Poland, from 6 to 9 August 2026.

The tournament served as a continental qualifier for the 2028 FIH Hockey5s World Cup.

Teams

• Bulgaria
• Poland
• Slovakia
• Sweden
• Ukraine

Round Robin

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ukraine	8	8	0	0	85	18	+67	24
2	Poland (H)	8	6	0	2	74	26	+48	18
3	Sweden	8	2	1	5	32	63	−31	7
4	Slovakia	8	2	1	5	28	62	−34	7
5	Bulgaria	8	1	0	7	18	68	−50	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.
(H) Hosts

6 August 2026
09:00

Ukraine 9–1 Bulgaria Kaplinskyi  7', 15', 21', 25'
Kostechko  7'
Koshelenko  10', 20'
Solomianyi  14'
Shevchuk  17' Report Balev  29'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)

6 August 2026
10:00

Sweden 8–5 Slovakia Lunde  6', 27'
Tyne  7', 14'
Karlsson  11', 28'
Haag  13'
Rodewi  21' Report Kajaba  5', 16', 27'
Garaj  8'
Krajčir  19'

Umpires:
Oleksandra Lynnyk (UKR)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

6 August 2026
16:00

Poland 11–2 Bulgaria Rataj  5', 20', 25', 28'
Turij  7'
Mc. Poltaszewski  10', 27'
Mikołajczak  14'
Ma. Poltaszewski  22'
Małecki  24', 29' Report Vasilev  4', 19'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Serap Yürükoğlu (TUR)

6 August 2026
19:00

Ukraine 12–1 Slovakia Boiko  5'
Kaplinskyi  7', 13'
Koshelenko  10', 21', 26', 30'
Solomianyi  11', 13'
Luppa  14'
Shevchuk  17', 18' Report Nedeliak  8'

Umpires:
Marcel Knakowski (GER)
Paula Slawinska (POL)

6 August 2026
20:00

Sweden 2–12 Poland Taylor  6'
Lunde  7' Report Turij  3', 12', 20', 24'
Bieńkowski  8', 28'
Małecki  12', 14'
Mc. Poltaszewski  15'
Stotko  21'
Rataj  29'
Ma. Poltaszewski  30'

Umpires:
Oleksandra Lynnyk (UKR)
Daniel Stewart (ENG)

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7 August 2026
09:00

Slovakia 6–4 Bulgaria Krajčir  4', 13'
Blazovsky  7'
Garaj  9'
Mišovič  9'
Belošovič  23' Report Milkovski  8'
Balev  18', 29'
Lekov  23'

Umpires:
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

7 August 2026
10:00

Ukraine 8–3 Poland Shevchuk  5', 10', 21', 25'
Kaplinskyi  8', 28'
Solomianyi  14'
Koshelenko  22' Report Rataj  4', 12'
Małecki  27'

Umpires:
Daniel Stewart (ENG)
Marcel Knakowski (GER)

7 August 2026
16:00

Bulgaria 2–6 Sweden Antonov  7'
Vasilev  29' Report Taylor  5'
Karlsson  8'
Lunde  13', 14'
de Groen  21', 26'

Umpires:
Daniel Stewart (ENG)
Paula Slawinska (POL)

7 August 2026
19:00

Poland 8–4 Slovakia Rataj  3', 15', 27'
Stotko  5', 18'
Mc. Poltaszewski  9'
Bieńkowski  12'
Małecki  19' Report Garaj  11'
Kajaba  17', 24'
Blazovsky  21'

Umpires:
Oleksandra Lynnyk (UKR)
Serap Yürükoğlu (TUR)

7 August 2026
20:00

Sweden 3–10 Ukraine Rodewi  5'
Lunde  17'
Taylor  21' Report Luppa  3', 19', 26'
Solomianyi  5', 10'
Shevchuk  6', 29'
Kaplinskyi  7', 27'
Boiko  22'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Marcel Knakowski (GER)

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8 August 2026
09:00

Bulgaria 2–14 Ukraine Vasilev  12'
Lekov  25' Report Koshelenko  3', 8', 14', 15'
Kaplinskyi  7', 20', 26', 27', 30'
Shevchuk  13', 17', 22', 24', 28'

Umpires:
Daniel Stewart (ENG)
Serap Yürükoğlu (TUR)

8 August 2026
10:00

Slovakia 4–4 Sweden Krajčir  3'
Garaj  8'
Kajaba  20'
Nedeliak  21' Report Lunde  2'
Magnusson  6'
Karlsson  22'
Haag  28'

Umpires:
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
Marcel Knakowski (GER)

8 August 2026
13:00

Bulgaria 1–14 Poland Vasilev  29' Report Małecki  2'
Turij  8', 28'
Rataj  9', 10', 19', 25', 25'
Mc. Poltaszewski  10'
Bieńkowski  14', 23', 29'
Ma. Poltaszewski  15'
Mikołajczak  21'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Oleksandra Lynnyk (UKR)

8 August 2026
19:00

Slovakia 2–12 Ukraine Krajčir  9'
Belošovič  21' Report Kaplinskyi  1', 13', 14', 27', 30'
Koshelenko  2', 14'
Solomianyi  11'
Luppa  19'
Shevchuk  28'
Boiko  29'
Kostechko  30'

Umpires:
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
Paula Slawinska (POL)

8 August 2026
20:00

Poland 11–3 Sweden Rataj  2', 7', 10', 10'
Mc. Poltaszewski  3', 13', 27'
Małecki  5'
Bieńkowski  12', 15'
Turij  30' Report Magnusson  17'
Taylor  21'
Tyne  29'

Umpires:
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
Serap Yürükoğlu (TUR)

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9 August 2026
09:00

Bulgaria 2–5 Slovakia Antonov  7'
Milkovski  14' Report Nedeliak  5', 27'
Kajaba  11', 15'
Belošovič  20'

Umpires:
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
Paula Slawinska (POL)

9 August 2026
10:00

Poland 3–5 Ukraine Małecki  18'
Stotko  23'
Rataj  28' Report Kaplinskyi  1', 18'
Shevchuk  5'
Koshelenko  8'
Luppa  29'

Umpires:
Marcel Knakowski (GER)
Daniel Stewart (ENG)

9 August 2026
12:00

Sweden 3–4 Bulgaria Lunde  16', 29', 29' Report Milkovski  2'
Vasilev  5', 26'
Lekov  8'

Umpires:
Marcel Knakowski (GER)
Paula Slawinska (POL)

9 August 2026
14:00

Slovakia 1–12 Poland Kajaba  28' Report Rataj  2', 6', 10', 12', 15', 20', 22', 23'
Turij  4', 21', 25'
Ma. Poltaszewski  8'

Umpires:
Oleksandra Lynnyk (UKR)
Daniel Stewart (ENG)

9 August 2026
15:00

Ukraine 15–3 Sweden Kaplinskyi  3', 7', 12', 13', 17', 18', 22', 27'
Solomianyi  4', 20', 24', 30'
Shevchuk  21'
Yasinskyi  23'
Boiko  25' Report Lunde  12', 15'
Taylor  24'

Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Serap Yürükoğlu (TUR)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team
	Ukraine
	Poland
	Sweden
4	Slovakia
5	Bulgaria

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 237 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 11.8 goals per match.

30 goals

• Volodymyr Kaplinskyi

28 goals

• Waldemar Rataj

17 goals

• Vitalii Shevchuk

14 goals

• Andrii Koshelenko

12 goals

• Johannes Lunde

11 goals

• Dominik Turij
• Oleksandr Solomianyi

9 goals

• Dominik Małecki
• Matúš Kajaba

8 goals

• Jakub Bieńkowski

7 goals

• Ivan Vasilev
• Michal Poltaszewski

6 goals

• Dmytro Luppa

5 goals

• Mateusz Poltaszewski
• Lubor Krajčir
• Max Taylor

4 goals

• Mateusz Stotko
• Richard Garaj
• Matej Nedeliak
• Vilmer Karlsson
• Oleksandr Boiko

3 goals

• Ventsislav Balev
• Daniel Lekov
• Šimon Belošovič
• Tristan Tyne

2 goals

• Daniel Antonov
• Boris Milkovski
• Jakub Mikołajczak
• Michal Blazovsky
• Andries de Groen
• Dennis Haag
• Anders Magnusson
• Elias Rodewi
• Volodymyr Kostechko

1 goal

• Anton Milkovski
• Dominik Mišovič
• Mykhailo Yasinskyi

Source: FIH

See also

• 2026 Women's EuroHockey5s Championship