2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
Tournament details
Host countryCroatia
CityZagreb
Dates25–31 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Ukraine (2nd title)
Runner-up Sweden
Third place Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored81 (5.4 per match)
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The 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the third edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the European field hockey Championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 25 to 31 July 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia.[1]

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the finalists, Ukraine and Sweden, qualifying.

The 15 games in the tournament witnessed 81 goals being scored.

Qualified teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.[2]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
9—12 September 2007 2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Lisbon, Portugal 2  Ukraine (33)
 Portugal (26)
9–15 September 2007 2007 EuroHockey Challenge I Kazan, Russia 4  Sweden (40)
 Azerbaijan (44)
 Croatia (48)
 Denmark (51)
9–15 September 2007 2007 EuroHockey Challenge II Predanovci, Slovenia 1  Slovenia (50)
Total 7

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Azerbaijan 2 1 1 0 5 2 +3 4 Semi-finals
2  Portugal 2 1 1 0 5 3 +2 4
3  Denmark 2 0 0 2 5 10 −5 0 Pool C
Source: TheSports.org
25 July 2009
Portugal  5–3  Denmark
26 July 2009
Azerbaijan  0–0  Portugal
28 July 2009
Denmark  2–5  Azerbaijan

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ukraine 3 3 0 0 11 0 +11 9 Semi-finals
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 12 3 +9 6
3  Croatia (H) 3 0 1 2 3 9 −6 1 Pool C
4  Slovenia 3 0 1 2 2 16 −14 1
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
25 July 2009
Ukraine  2–0  Sweden
25 July 2009
Croatia  2–2  Slovenia
26 July 2009
Sweden  8–0  Slovenia
26 July 2009
Croatia  0–3  Ukraine
28 July 2009
Ukraine  6–0  Slovenia
28 July 2009
Sweden  4–1  Croatia

Fifth to seventh place classification

Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Croatia (H) 2 1 1 0 7 6 +1 4
6  Slovenia 2 1 1 0 6 5 +1 4
7  Denmark 2 0 0 2 7 9 −2 0
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
30 July 2009
Denmark  3–4  Slovenia
31 July 2009
Denmark  4–5  Croatia

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
30 July
 
 
 Azerbaijan4 (3)
 
30 July
 
 Sweden (p.s.o.)4 (4)
 
 Sweden0
 
30 July
 
 Ukraine3
 
 Portugal1
 
 
 Ukraine7
 
Third place
 
 
30 July
 
 
 Azerbaijan1
 
 
 Portugal2

Semi-finals

30 July 2009
Azerbaijan  4–4 (a.e.t.)  Sweden
Penalties
3–4
30 July 2009
Portugal  1–7  Ukraine

Third place game

31 July 2009
Azerbaijan  1–2  Portugal

Final

31 July 2009
Sweden  0–3  Ukraine

Final standings

Rank Team
 Ukraine
 Sweden
 Portugal
4  Azerbaijan
5  Croatia
6  Slovenia
7  Denmark

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships III - Home". Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Teams" (PDF). fih ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 26 July 2019.[permanent dead link‍]