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2009 EuroHockey Nations Championship

EURO 2009
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amsterdam
Dates	22–30 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	England (1st title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	115 (5.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taeke Taekema Jérôme Dekeyser (9 goals)
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The 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 12th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 22 to 30 August 2009.

England won the tournament for the first time after defeating Germany 5–3 in the final. The hosts and defending champions the Netherlands secured third place after defeating Spain 6–1 in the third-place playoff.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Netherlands
19–26 August	2007 EuroHockey Championship	Manchester, England	5	Spain  Belgium  Germany  England  France
9–12 September	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Lisbon, Portugal	2	Poland  Austria
Total			8

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).^[1]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	17	6	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	10	7	+3	7
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4	3	Pool C
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

23 August 2009 13:30 England  5–0  Austria Jackson  12' Middleton  44', 61' Tindall  60' Mackay  69' Report Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Marc Knülle (FRA)

23 August 2009 17:30 Germany  3–2  Belgium Fürste  39', 66' Deecke  53' Report Luycx  33' Dekeyser  70' Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Francisco Vázquez López (ESP)

24 August 2009 15:30 Belgium  3–0  Austria Dekeyser  29', 70' Luycx  67' Report Umpires: Marc Knülle (FRA) Michiel Brüning (NED)

24 August 2009 17:30 Germany  4–4  England Zeller  32', 59' Fürste  36' Wesley  68' Report Jackson  4' Middleton  40', 43' Mackay  52' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Tim Pullman (AUS)

26 August 2009 13:30 Belgium  2–8  England Dekeyser  5' Luycx  33' Report Jackson  17', 27', 37' R. Mantell  23' Clarke  30', 68' Alexander  54' Tindall  60' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Tim Pullman (AUS)

26 August 2009 15:30 Germany  3–1  Austria Weß  27' C. Zeller  59' P. Zeller  59' Report Proksch  44' Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Pawel Linkowski (POL)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands (H)	3	2	0	1	15	3	+12	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3	Pool C
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

22 August 2009 15:30 Netherlands  9–0  Poland Taekema  16', 26', 63' de Nooijer  40' Kemperman  50' Hofman  54' Hertzberger  60' Brouwer  66', 68' Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) John Wright (RSA)

22 August 2009 19:30 Spain  3–0  France Tubau  23', 65' Arbós  43' Report Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Tim Pullman (AUS)

24 August 2009 13:30 Poland  2–3  France Strykowski  34' Dutkiewicz  68' Report Durchon  25', 42' Jean-Jean  52' Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) John Wright (RSA)

24 August 2009 19:30 Netherlands  0–3  Spain Report Tubau  4' Amat  43' Sojo  65' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

26 August 2009 17:30 Spain  6–1  Poland Enrique  8' Sojo  29', 66' Tubau  45' Fàbregas  58' Amat  62' Report Dutkiewicz  70' Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Christian Blasch (GER)

26 August 2009 19:30 France  0–6  Netherlands Report Taekema  12', 14', 54', 70' Weusthof  34' de Nooijer  37' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Belgium	3	3	0	0	15	0	+15	9
6	France	3	2	0	1	6	11	−5	6
7	Austria	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3	EuroHockey Championship II
8	Poland	3	0	0	3	6	13	−7	0

28 August 2009 12:00 Austria  2–3  France Körper  19' Stanzl  68' Report Jean-Jean  5' Becuwe  66' Sevestre  70' Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

28 August 2009 14:00 Belgium  5–0  Poland Briels  29' De Saedeleer  45' Dekeyser  54' Charlier  56' Thys  68' Report Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Marc Knülle (FRA)

30 August 2009 08:30 Austria  5–4  Poland Jelinek  3' Proksch  6' Monghy  14' Körper  31', 43' Report Dutkiewicz  24', 28', 32', 53' Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Marc Knülle (FRA)

30 August 2009 10:30 Belgium  7–0  France Dekeyser  1', 15', 50', 66' De Saedeleer  46' Thys  48' Briels  58' Report Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Francisco Vázquez López (ESP)

	Semi-finals				Final
	28 August
	England (a.e.t.)	2
					30 August
	Netherlands	1
					England	5
	28 August
					Germany	3
	Germany	2
	Spain	1
					Third place
					30 August
					Netherlands	6
					Spain	1

28 August 2009 16:00 England  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Netherlands Tindall  22' Jackson  87' Report Taekema  49' Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) John Wright (RSA)

28 August 2009 19:00 Germany  2–1  Spain Menke  48' Zeller  61' Report Tubau  58' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

30 August 2009 13:00 Netherlands  6–1  Spain Weusthof  18', 24' Kemperman  54' Hertzberger  63' Brouwer  65' Taekema  69' Report Garza  26' Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Christian Blasch (GER)

30 August 2009 15:30 England  5–3  Germany Jackson  9', 62' Middleton  14' R. Mantell  54', 57' Report Zeller  10', 26' Montag  31' Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

Rank	Team
	England
	Germany
	Netherlands
4	Spain
5	Belgium
6	France
7	Austria
8	Poland

  Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

• 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
• 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship