2018 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Santander
Dates	15–21 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Ruth Beitia Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (8th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	95 (4.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Sara Barrios (7 goals)
Best player	Sara Barrios
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The 2018 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 10th edition of the Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships. It will be held from 15 to 21 July 2018 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Sports Complex.^[1][2]

The following teams participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship:

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
–	Host		1	Spain
24–30 July 2016	2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship	Cork, Ireland	5	Belgium  England  Germany  Ireland  Netherlands
	2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	Belarus  France
Total			8

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.

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Semifinals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Spain (H)	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3
4	France	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

15 July 2018 14:30 Belgium  4–1  France Van Dieren  33' Blockmans  34' Ballenghien  36', 49' Report Isoré  15' Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Volha Matusevich (BLR)

15 July 2018 17:45 Netherlands  4–0  Spain Van der Veldt  4' Omrani  13' Benninga  25' De Baat  27' Report Umpires: Ilaria Amorosini (ITA) Teresa Lipsky (GER)

17 July 2018 15:30 Belgium  0–2  Netherlands Report Van der Veerdonk  29' Omrani  34' Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Teresa Lipsky (GER)

17 July 2018 17:45 Spain  6–1  France S. Barrios  9', 29', 37', 53' Monslave  20' Bosch  60' Report Van Bolhuis  50' Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Ellie Duffy (IRE)

18 July 2018 15:30 Netherlands  8–0  France Van der Veldt  14', 36' Tukkers  33', 39' Fokke  51' Benninga  56' Rozemeijer  58' Beetsma  59' Report Umpires: Ilaria Amorosini (ITA) Ellie Duffy (IRE)

18 July 2018 17:45 Spain  3–4  Belgium Santacruz  26' S. Barrios  44' L. Barrios  47' Report Duquesne  14' Blockmans  56' Van Bauwel  36' Englebert  44' Umpires: Victoria Pazoz (ESP) Teresa Lipsky (GER)

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Semifinals
2	England	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Ireland	3	1	0	2	4	7	−3	3
4	Belarus	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

15 July 2018 09:45 Germany  2–1  Ireland Kurz  20', 28' Report O'Brien  17' Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Victoria Pazoz (PAR)

15 July 2018 12:00 England  4–0  Belarus Greenwood  17', 49' Bourne  28' McCabe  31' Report Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Maartje de Bruijn (NED)

16 July 2018 13:15 Ireland  3–1  Belarus Benallal  14' Kelly  30' Pratt  54' Report Batsiukova  2' Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

16 July 2018 15:30 England  1–3  Germany Hamilton  55' Report Sippel  32' Nolte  36' Mandel  38' Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Victoria Pazoz (PAR)

18 July 2018 12:30 Germany  8–1  Belarus Sippel  3', 32', 51' Kurz  14' Hofmeister  25', 58' Nolte  44', 60' Report Dzmitryievich  54' Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

18 July 2018 14:45 Ireland  0–4  England Report Redgrove  6' Hamilton  30' Greenwood  36', 39' Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Volha Matusevich (BLR)

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
1	Spain (H)	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
2	Ireland	3	2	0	1	9	8	+1	6
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3	Relegated to Youth Championship II
4	France	3	0	0	3	4	12	−8	0

20 July 2018 10:15 France  0–1  Belarus Report Mihunova  44' Umpires: Ellie Duffy (IRL) Teresa Lipsky (GER)

20 July 2018 16:50 Spain  4–1  Ireland L. Barrios  11' Strappato  14' S. Barrios  44', 47' Report Perdue  54' Umpires: Victoria Pazoz (PAR) Volha Matusevich (BLR)

21 July 2018 16:45 Spain  4–0  Belarus L. Barrios  11' Strappato  26', 38', 52' Report Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Ellie Duffy (IRL)

21 July 2018 18:45 Ireland  5–3  France Pratt  9' Benallal  24', 40' Twomey  32', 35' Report De Vries  26' La Naour  43' Lesgourgues  53' Umpires: Teresa Lipsky (GER) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

	Semifinals				Final
	20 July
	Germany	0
					21 July
	Belgium	1
					Belgium	0
	20 July
					Netherlands	5
	Netherlands	6
	England	1
					Third place
					21 July
					Germany	1
					England	2

20 July 2018 12:20 Germany  0–1  Belgium Report Duquesne  12' Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Maarje de Bruijn (NED)

20 July 2018 14:30 Netherlands  6–1  England Fokke  4' Tukkers  12' Benninga  13' Beetsma  38', 58' Van der Veldt  50' Report Redgrove  35' Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

21 July 2018 12:00 Germany  1–2  England Stoffelsma  30' Report McCabe  46' Vanderstichele  53' Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)

21 July 2018 17:00 Belgium  0–5  Netherlands Report Van der Veldt  11' Omrani  26' Fokke  29' Beetsma  39' Van der Veerdonk  49' Umpires: Victoria Pazoz (PAR) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

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
	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	25	1	+24	15
	Belgium	5	3	0	2	9	11	−2	9
	England	5	3	0	2	12	10	+2	9
4	Germany	5	3	0	2	14	6	+8	9
5	Spain (H)	5	3	0	2	17	10	+7	9
6	Ireland	5	2	0	3	10	14	−4	6
7	Belarus	5	1	0	4	3	19	−16	3	Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8	France	5	0	0	5	5	24	−19	0

There were 95 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: EuroHockey