2016 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2016 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships.
2016 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships
Tournament details
Host countryIreland
CityCork
Dates24–30 July
Teams8
Venue(s)Mardyke Arena
Final positions
Champions Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored131 (6.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Jan Schiffer (9 goals)
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The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 9th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships. It was held from 24 to 30 July 2016 in Cork, Ireland at the Mardyke Arena.[1]

Germany were the defending champions. The Czech Republic and Italy have been promoted from the Youth Championship II.

Qualified teams

Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the Youth Championship II.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany 3 2 1 0 17 2 +15 7 Semifinals
2  Belgium 3 2 1 0 13 3 +10 7
3  Ireland (H) 3 1 0 2 12 9 +3 3
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 1 29 −28 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
(H) Hosts
24 July 2016
09:45
Belgium  8–0  Czech Republic
Freyling field hockey ball 4', 45'
De Chaffoy field hockey ball 29', 38'
Gougnard field hockey ball 35', 53'
Ghislain field hockey ball 57'
Sidler field hockey ball 61' 		Report
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)
24 July 2016
12:00
Germany  5–0  Ireland
Bock field hockey ball 13'
Schiffer field hockey ball 25', 60'
Knobling field hockey ball 45'
Hinrichs field hockey ball 63' 		Report
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
26 July 2016
12:15
Belgium  2–2  Germany
Freyling field hockey ball 26'
Weyers field hockey ball 54' 		Report Schiffer field hockey ball 28'
Dösch field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
Sean Edwards (ENG)
26 July 2016
16:45
Ireland  11–1  Czech Republic
Nelson field hockey ball 2'
Sarratt field hockey ball 10', 58', 64'
Walker field hockey ball 15'
MacMahon field hockey ball 32'
Crookshanks field hockey ball 33'
Marshall field hockey ball 42', 53'
Empey field hockey ball 60'
Jennings field hockey ball 69' 		Report Urbanec field hockey ball 68'
Umpires:
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
Paul van den Assum (NED)
27 July 2016
15:30
Germany  10–0  Czech Republic
Blumensaat field hockey ball 4'
Harms field hockey ball 8', 63'
Knobling field hockey ball 10'
Schiffer field hockey ball 18', 26', 32', 39', 53'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 58' 		Report
Umpires:
Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
27 July 2016
17:45
Ireland  1–3  Belgium
Sarratt field hockey ball 21' Report Freyling field hockey ball 28'
Devis field hockey ball 59'
Gougnard field hockey ball 67'
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 3 2 1 0 19 5 +14 7 Semifinals
2  England 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 9 12 −3 3
4  Italy 3 0 0 3 3 22 −19 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
24 July 2016
15:30
Netherlands  2–2  England
De Haan field hockey ball 8'
Dekker field hockey ball 58' 		Report Way field hockey ball 17'
Kimber field hockey ball 31'
Umpires:
Shane O'Donnell (IRE)
Nathan Stenier (BEL)
24 July 2016
17:45
Spain  5–2  Italy
Recasens field hockey ball 41'
Cortés field hockey ball 48'
Tello field hockey ball 63', 70'
Quijano field hockey ball 70' 		Report Malucchi field hockey ball 13'
Lago field hockey ball 46'
Umpires:
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
Tomáš Holek (CZE)
25 July 2016
15:30
England  6–0  Italy
Way field hockey ball 27', 60'
Crowson field hockey ball 46'
Ramshaw field hockey ball 64'
Oates field hockey ball 66'
Kimber field hockey ball 70' 		Report
Umpires:
Tomáš Holek (CZE)
Shane O'Donnell (IRE)
25 July 2016
17:45
Spain  2–6  Netherlands
Recasens field hockey ball 21'
Gispert field hockey ball 66' 		Report De Haan field hockey ball 8', 60'
Kuijpers field hockey ball 15'
Van Huiden field hockey ball 33'
Schols field hockey ball 62'
Martens field hockey ball 69'
Umpires:
Nathan Stenier (BEL)
Tim Meissner (GER)
27 July 2016
09:45
Netherlands  11–1  Italy
De Haan field hockey ball 10', 15', 35'
De Vilder field hockey ball 13', 40', 70'
Beins field hockey ball 18', 23', 52'
De Geus field hockey ball 26', 56' 		Report Missaglia field hockey ball 11'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
27 July 2016
12:00
England  4–2  Spain
Gilmour field hockey ball 23', 47'
Oates field hockey ball 43'
Kimber field hockey ball 53' 		Report Curiel field hockey ball 5'
Álvarez field hockey ball 45'
Umpires:
Shane O'Donnell (IRE)
Tomáš Holek (CZE)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1  Spain 3 3 0 0 16 4 +12 9
2  Ireland (H) 3 1 1 1 13 8 +5 4
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 9 8 +1 4 Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
4  Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 4 22 −18 0
Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
(H) Hosts
29 July 2016
09:45
Czech Republic  1–5  Italy
Tomes field hockey ball 63' Report Lago field hockey ball 14', 51'
Foerster field hockey ball 59'
Malucchi field hockey ball 60'
Paolacci field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Nathan Stenier (BEL)
29 July 2016
12:00
Ireland  0–5  Spain
Report Álvarez field hockey ball 9'
Zorita field hockey ball 13', 63'
Tello field hockey ball 17'
Cortés field hockey ball 30'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
30 July 2016
09:00
Ireland  2–2  Italy
Crookshanks field hockey ball 20'
Nelson field hockey ball 63' 		Report Malucchi field hockey ball 21'
Rubin field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Sean Edwards (ENG)
30 July 2016
11:15
Spain  6–2  Czech Republic
Tello field hockey ball 21', 59'
Cortés field hockey ball 52'
Torras field hockey ball 51', 60'
Recasens field hockey ball 66' 		Report Griebl field hockey ball 33'
Bodnár field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Nathan Stenier (BEL)
Tim Meissner (GER)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 July 2016
 
 
 Germany5
 
30 July 2016
 
 England0
 
 Germany4
 
29 July 2016
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands (pen.)3 (4)
 
 
 Belgium3 (3)
 
Third place
 
 
30 July 2016
 
 
 England2 (1)
 
 
 Belgium (pen.)2 (2)
Semi-finals
29 July 2016
15:30
Netherlands  3–3  Belgium
De Vilder field hockey ball 8'
Schoenaker field hockey ball 51'
De Geus field hockey ball 63' 		Report Sidler field hockey ball 4'
Devis field hockey ball 25'
Gougnard field hockey ball 54'
Penalties
Schoenaker Penalty shoot-out missed
Schols Penalty shoot-out scored
De Geus Penalty shoot-out scored
De Vilder Penalty shoot-out scored
Steenmetser Penalty shoot-out scored 		4–3 Penalty shoot-out missed Freyling
Penalty shoot-out scored Caytan
Penalty shoot-out scored Esquelin
Penalty shoot-out scored Luyten
Penalty shoot-out missed DeLavignette
Umpires:
Shane O'Donnell (IRE)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
29 July 2016
18:00
Germany  5–0  England
Knobling field hockey ball 19', 26'
Harms field hockey ball 51'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 62', 63' 		Report
Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Third and fourth place
30 July 2016
12:30
England  2–2  Belgium
Gilmour field hockey ball 10'
Ward field hockey ball 62' 		Report Freyling field hockey ball 15'
Gougnard field hockey ball 39'
Penalties
Gilmour Penalty shoot-out missed
Rogerson Penalty shoot-out scored
Ramshaw Penalty shoot-out missed
Scott Penalty shoot-out missed
Crowson Penalty shoot-out scored 		1–2 Penalty shoot-out scored Esquelin
Penalty shoot-out missed Caytan
Penalty shoot-out scored Sidler
Penalty shoot-out missed Luyten
Penalty shoot-out missed DeLavignette
Umpires:
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
Tomáš Holek (CZE)
Final
29 July 2016
17:30
Germany  4–3  Netherlands
Harms field hockey ball 16'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 20', 49'
Schiffer field hockey ball 30' 		Report Schoenaker field hockey ball 24'
De Vilder field hockey ball 59', 70'
Umpires:
Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Shane O'Donnell (IRE)

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Germany 5 4 1 0 26 5 +21 13 Tournament Champion
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Netherlands 5 2 2 1 25 12 +13 8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium 5 2 3 0 18 8 +10 9
4  England 5 2 2 1 14 11 +3 8
5  Spain 5 3 0 2 20 14 +6 9
6  Ireland (H) 5 1 1 3 14 16 −2 4
7  Italy 5 1 1 3 10 25 −15 4 Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8  Czech Republic 5 0 0 5 4 40 −36 0
Source: EHF
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.55 goals per match.

9 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: EHF

References

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Youth Championships 2016 Boys U18". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  2. ^ a b c M Gallivan (2014-12-03). "TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-03-14. Retrieved 2018-03-24.