2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	28 August – 3 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Estadio Betero
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (9th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Will Calnan Boris Burkhardt (11 goals)
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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 18th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.^[1]

The defending champions, the Netherlands won the tournament for the 9th time by defeating Belgium 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished in a 2–2 draw.^[2] The third-place match between Germany and Spain was cancelled due to illness.

The following eight teams qualified based on their final positions in the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championships.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Waterloo, Belgium	6	Netherlands  Germany  England  Belgium  Spain  Austria
13–19 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Lousada, Portugal	2	Ireland  Portugal
Total			8

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	17	5	+12	5	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5
3	England	3	1	2	0	12	4	+8	5
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

28 August 2017 15:30 England  8–0  Portugal Calnan  3', 21', 33', 46', 47' D. Scott  23' Clee  34' P. Scott  45' Report Umpires: Luka Zupancic (AUT) Michael Pontus (BEL)

28 August 2017 20:00 Netherlands  3–3  Spain Burkhardt  15', 54' Beins  50' Report Cobos  17' García Alcalde  39' Miralles  49' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Tim Meissner (GER)

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30 August 2017 17:45 England  2–2  Netherlands Calnan  24' D. Scott  43' Report Beins  8' Schoenaker  45' Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Tim Meissner (GER)

30 August 2017 20:00 Spain  12–0  Portugal Bordas  3', 18', 34', 48' Lara  11' Gispert  11', 58' García Alcalde  28' Cabot  49' Miralles  59' Basterra  59' Parrilla  60' Report Umpires: Rob Abbott (IRE) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

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31 August 2017 18:00 Netherlands  10–0  Portugal M. De Vilder  4' Burkhardt  8', 14', 22', 33', 42', 48', 53' Pieters  49' Van Dam  58' Report Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Abbott (IRE)

31 August 2017 20:00 Spain  2–2  England Escudé  8' Gispert  27' Report Calnan  14' Sorsby  48' Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Michael Pontus (BEL)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Ireland	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

28 August 2017 09:00 Germany  4–2  Ireland Bosserhoff  1' Schiffer  21' Rothländer  39' Prinz  43' Report Wolfe  14' Madeley  39' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)

28 August 2017 09:00 Belgium  5–1  Austria Stockbroekx  10', 20', 34' Capelle  47' Willems  54' Report Steyrer  43' Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Rob Abbott (IRE)

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30 August 2017 09:00 Ireland  4–4  Austria Dale  9', 56' O'Hare  13' Madeley  17' Report Wellan  14' Steyrer  20', 43' Binder  54' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Pedro Santos (POR)

30 August 2017 11:15 Belgium  1–2  Germany Kina  28' Report Hartkopf  9' H. Müller  59' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

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31 August 2017 11:15 Germany  4–0  Austria Große  23' Pfaff  36' Dösch  40' Werner  60' Report Umpires: Federico García (URU) Pedro Santos (POR)

31 August 2017 11:15 Ireland  1–3  Belgium Cole  44' Report Raes  8', 44' Lemaire  22' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

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	England	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9
6	Austria	3	1	1	1	17	5	+12	4
7	Ireland	3	1	1	1	16	13	+3	4	Relegation to Junior Championship II
8	Portugal	3	0	0	3	2	32	−30	0

2 September 2017 09:00 Portugal  0–13  Austria Report Puchhammer  2', 3', 4', 27' Binder  7', 53' Schippan  16', 19', 34', 47' Kaltenböck  25' Unterkircher  41' Wellan  58' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Abbott (IRE)

2 September 2017 11:30 England  7–1  Ireland Calnan  2', 35', 47', 54' Page  15' Way  39' P. Scott  53' Report Grace  60' Umpires: Federico García (URU) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

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3 September 2017 09:15 England  1–0  Austria Sorsby  29' Report Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Pedro Santos (POR)

3 September 2017 10:30 Ireland  11–2  Portugal Wolfe  3', 4' Mullins  20' Madeley  21', 33', 48', 48', 57' Empey  27' Cole  46' Dale  60' Report Basilio  22' Ribeiro  44' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 September 2017
	Germany	1
					3 September 2017
	Netherlands	2
					Netherlands (s.o)	2 (5)
	2 September 2017
					Belgium	2 (3)
	Spain	0
	Belgium	1
					Third place
					3 September 2017
					Germany	0
					Spain	0

2 September 2017 09:00 Germany  1–2  Netherlands Michler  35' Report Schoenaker  23' Burkhardt  43' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Michael Pontus (BEL)

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2 September 2017 17:30 Spain  0–1  Belgium Report Lemaire  37' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Pietro Galligani (ITA)

3 September 2017 11:30 Germany  Cancelled  Spain Report Match cancelled due to illness.

3 September 2017 17:30 Netherlands  2–2  Belgium Schoenaker  7' Burkhardt  35' Report Lemaire  8' Stockbroekx  57' Penalties Van Dam Bakker Van Heijningen Pieters Burkhardt 5–3 Stockbroekx Raes Lemaire Poncelet Umpires: Federico García (URU) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Belgium
	Germany
4	Spain
5	England
6	Austria
7	Ireland
8	Portugal

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II

There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.

11 goals

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

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• 2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship