2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
CityCatania
Dates24–30 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Azerbaijan (1st title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Gibraltar
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored86 (5.73 per match)
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The 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 4th 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 from 23 to 30 July 2011 in Catania, Italy.[1]

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the champions and runners-up, Azerbaijan and Italy, respectively, qualifying.

Qualified teams

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

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
1—8 August 2009 2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Wrexham, Wales 2  Italy (28)
  Switzerland (36)
25–31 July 2009 2009 EuroHockey Challenge I Zagreb, Croatia 3  Portugal (50)
 Azerbaijan (37)
 Croatia (48)
25–31 July 2009 2009 EuroHockey Challenge II Bratislava, Slovakia 2  Gibraltar (44)
 Slovakia (51)
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 8 4 +4 4 Semi-finals
2  Italy (H) 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
3  Croatia 2 0 1 1 4 8 −4 1 Pool C
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
24 July 2011
Italy  2–2  Croatia
26 July 2011
Croatia  2–6  Azerbaijan
27 July 2011
Azerbaijan  2–2  Italy

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Switzerland 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 Semi-finals
2  Gibraltar 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3  Portugal 3 1 1 1 10 9 +1 4 Pool C
4  Slovakia 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
Source: TheSports.org
24 July 2011
Switzerland  3–1  Gibraltar
24 July 2011
Portugal  5–2  Slovakia
25 July 2011
Portugal  2–2   Switzerland
25 July 2011
Gibraltar  4–3  Slovakia
27 July 2011
Slovakia  0–5   Switzerland
27 July 2011
Gibraltar  5–3  Portugal

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 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6
6  Portugal 2 1 0 1 6 7 −1 3
7  Slovakia 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0
Source: TheSports.org
29 July 2011
Croatia  5–1  Portugal
30 July 2011
Croatia  3–1  Slovakia

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 July
 
 
 Italy3
 
30 July
 
  Switzerland2
 
 Italy2
 
29 July
 
 Azerbaijan3
 
 Azerbaijan4
 
 
 Gibraltar2
 
Third place
 
 
30 July
 
 
  Switzerland4
 
 
 Gibraltar5

Semi-finals

29 July 2011
Italy  3–2   Switzerland
29 July 2011
Azerbaijan  4–2  Gibraltar

Third place game

30 July 2011
Switzerland  4–5  Gibraltar

Final

30 July 2011
Italy  2–3  Azerbaijan

Final standings

Rank Team
 Azerbaijan
 Italy
 Gibraltar
4   Switzerland
5  Croatia
6  Portugal
7  Slovakia

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

See also

References

  1. ^ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships III - Home". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Teams" (PDF). fih ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2019.