2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship

2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
CityBoom
Dates17–25 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Braxgata HC[1]
Final positions
Champions Germany (8th title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Eduard Tubau (6 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Robbert Kemperman
2011 (previous) (next) 2015

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament from 17 until 25 August 2013 in Boom, Belgium.[2] The main sponsor for the tournament was TriFinance

Germany defeated Belgium in the final to win their eighth title and they earned their qualification to the 2014 World Cup.[3]

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1  Belgium
20 – 28 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany 5  Germany
 Netherlands
 England
 Ireland
 Spain
8 – 14 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship II Vinnytsia, Ukraine 2  Czech Republic
 Poland
Total 8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II.

Squads

Results

The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium (H) 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Semi-finals
2  Germany 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 11 9 +2 4 Pool C
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
17 August 2013
16:00
Spain  6–1  Czech Republic
Delas field hockey ball 4'
Tubau field hockey ball 7'60'
Quemada field hockey ball 29'
Oliva field hockey ball 55'
Casasayas field hockey ball 65'
Report Procházka field hockey ball 16'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Jonas van Hek (NED)
17 August 2013
20:00
Germany  1–2  Belgium
Grambusch field hockey ball 6' Report Boon field hockey ball 13'15'
Umpires:
Jon Wright (RSA)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

19 August 2013
14:00
Spain  3–6  Germany
Quemada field hockey ball 13'
Terraza field hockey ball 28'
Dabanch field hockey ball 56'
Report Stralkowski field hockey ball 18'49'
Fürste field hockey ball 46'
Wesley field hockey ball 53'
Zwicker field hockey ball 54'
Korn field hockey ball 64'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Martin Madden (SCO)
19 August 2013
18:00
Belgium  4–0  Czech Republic
Dohmen field hockey ball 5'
Boon field hockey ball 25'
field hockey ball 51'
Charlier field hockey ball 52'
Report
Umpires:
Jonas van Hek (NED)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

21 August 2013
16:00
Germany  3–0  Czech Republic
Grambusch field hockey ball 11'
Deecke field hockey ball 27'
Miltkau field hockey ball 42'
Report
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Dan Barstow (ENG)
21 August 2013
18:00
Belgium  2–2  Spain
Boon field hockey ball 2'
Truyens field hockey ball 61'
Report Quemada field hockey ball 49'
Tubau field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 9 Semi-finals
2  England 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4
3  Ireland 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Pool C
4  Poland 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: FIH
18 August 2013
10:00
England  5–2  Poland
Dixon field hockey ball 14'
Condon field hockey ball 44'45'
Brogdon field hockey ball 63'
Carson field hockey ball 66'
Report Górny field hockey ball 40'
Nowakowski field hockey ball 63'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
18 August 2013
18:00
Netherlands  2–1  Ireland
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 31'
Kemperman field hockey ball 65'
Report O'Donoghue field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)

19 August 2013
16:00
Ireland  4–2  Poland
Harte field hockey ball 6'
O'Donoghue field hockey ball 27'
Magee field hockey ball 45'
Watt field hockey ball 65'
Report Chwalisz field hockey ball 10'70'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)
19 August 2013
20:00
England  1–2  Netherlands
Middleton field hockey ball 54' Report Bakker field hockey ball 6'
Galema field hockey ball 24'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

21 August 2013
11:30
Ireland  2–2  England
O'Donoghue field hockey ball 51'57' Report Carson field hockey ball 7'19'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
21 August 2013
20:00
Netherlands  12–0  Poland
Kemperman field hockey ball 11'45'48'64'
Verga field hockey ball 40'
Jenniskens field hockey ball 43'59'
Hertzberger field hockey ball 51'
Van Ass field hockey ball 52'
Jonker field hockey ball 56'70+'
Bakker field hockey ball 69'
Report
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
5  Spain 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9
6  Ireland 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4
7  Poland (R) 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3 Relegation to the Championship II
8  Czech Republic (R) 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
Source: FIH
(R) Relegated
23 August 2013
14:00
Czech Republic  1–4  Poland
Bernátek field hockey ball 62' Report Zywiczka field hockey ball 4'
Kozlowski field hockey ball 21'
Rachwalski field hockey ball 24'
Makowski field hockey ball 30'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
23 August 2013
16:00
Spain  4–0  Ireland
Lleonart field hockey ball 7'
Dabanch field hockey ball 19'
Tubau field hockey ball 37'
Mir field hockey ball 53'
Report
Umpires:
Jonas ven Hek (NED)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

25 August 2013
09:00
Spain  4–1  Poland
Quemada field hockey ball 25'
Tubau field hockey ball 35'37'
Delas field hockey ball 61'
Report Bratkowski field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Jonas ven Hek (NED)
Martin Madden (SCO)
25 August 2013
11:00
Ireland  3–3  Czech Republic
Harte field hockey ball 17'
Loughrey field hockey ball 58'
Jackson field hockey ball 61'
Report Plochy field hockey ball 4'
Bernátek field hockey ball 12'
Vudmaska field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 August
 
 
 Belgium3
 
25 August
 
 England0
 
 Belgium1
 
23 August
 
 Germany3
 
 Germany5
 
 
 Netherlands3
 
Third place
 
 
25 August
 
 
 England2
 
 
 Netherlands3

Semi-finals

23 August 2013
18:00
Netherlands  3–5  Germany
Van der Weerden field hockey ball 19'33'
Bakker field hockey ball 65'
Report Hauke field hockey ball 30'
Stralkowski field hockey ball 44'
Grambusch field hockey ball 52'60'
Deecke field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

23 August 2013
20:30
Belgium  3–0  England
Briels field hockey ball 20'
Truyens field hockey ball 44'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 52'
Report
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Marcin Greochal (POL)

Third and fourth place

25 August 2013
13:30
Netherlands  3–2  England
Hertzberger field hockey ball 9'39'42' Report Lewers field hockey ball 15'
Smith field hockey ball 34'
Umpires:
Marcin Greochal (POL)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)

Final

25 August 2013
16:00
Germany  3–1  Belgium
Zwicker field hockey ball 42'
Weß field hockey ball 52'
Korn field hockey ball 63'
Report Boon field hockey ball 38'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank Team
 Germany
 Belgium
 Netherlands
4  England
5  Spain
6  Ireland
7  Poland
8  Czech Republic

  Qualified for the 2014 World Cup

  Qualified for the 2014 World Cup as hosts

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

Awards

Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIH

References

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Championships, 2013, Braxgata HC, Belgium". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Championship (Men) 2013". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Double GOLD for Germany". eurohockey.org. eurohockey.org. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ^ "TriFinance EuroHockey Championships – the Match Schedule". eurohockey.org. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Golden double for Germany!". EHC2013. Trifinanceeurohockey2013.be. Retrieved 28 August 2013.