2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship

2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityMönchengladbach
Dates19–27 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (7th title)
Runner-up England
Third place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored96 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Duco Telgenkamp (6 goals)
Best playerGermany Teo Hinrichs
Best young playerNetherlands Duco Telgenkamp
Best goalkeeperGermany Jean Danneberg
2021 (previous) (next) 2025

The 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the Warsteiner HockeyPark, in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[1][2]

The Netherlands, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the other teams aside from Wales and France will have a second chance in the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.[3] The six best teams qualified directly for the 2025 edition, while the seventh and eighth place teams will play in the 2024 EuroHockey Championship qualifiers.[4] In the final the Netherlands defeated England to capture their seventh title.[5]

Qualification

Along with the host nation Germany, the top three teams at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the four winners of the 2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers fielded the men's tournament.[6][7]

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation 14 December 2020 1  Germany
2021 EuroHockey Championship 4–12 June 2021 Netherlands Amstelveen 3  Netherlands
 Belgium
 England
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers 17–20 August 2022 Spain Ourense 1  Spain
23–26 August 2022 Austria Vienna 1  Austria
24–27 August 2022 France Calais 1  France
Scotland Glasgow 1  Wales
Total 8

Squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[8]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Semi-finals
2  England 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6
3  Spain 3 1 0 2 9 9 0 3
4  Austria 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
20 August 2023
10:15
Spain  5–0  Austria
González field hockey ball 24'
Miralles field hockey ball 26'
Vilallonga field hockey ball 27'
Menini field hockey ball 33'
Basterra field hockey ball 45'
Report
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Martin Madden (SCO)
20 August 2023
12:30
England  3–5  Belgium
Bandurak field hockey ball 8'26'
Ward field hockey ball 30'
Report Ghislain field hockey ball 12'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 31'32'
Luypaert field hockey ball 40'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Erica Porter (IRE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

21 August 2023
13:15
England  3–0  Austria
Oates field hockey ball 36'
Albery field hockey ball 49'
Bandurak field hockey ball 57'
Report
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
21 August 2023
20:30
Belgium  5–1  Spain
Ghislain field hockey ball 11'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 13'48'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 18'
Onana field hockey ball 50'
Report Basterra field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

23 August 2023
10:00
Belgium  3–1  Austria
Hendrickx field hockey ball 5'15'
Onana field hockey ball 25'
Report Losonci field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Alison Keogh (IRE)
23 August 2023
12:15
Spain  3–4  England
Gispert field hockey ball 12'
Basterra field hockey ball 35'
Miralles field hockey ball 40'
Report Bandurak field hockey ball 28'
Gall field hockey ball 37'
Ward field hockey ball 40'
Sorsby field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 14 4 +10 6
3  France 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3
4  Wales 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
(H) Hosts
19 August 2023
15:30
Netherlands  6–0  France
Pieters field hockey ball 18'26'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 23'33'
Bijen field hockey ball 49'50'
Report
Umpires:
Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
19 August 2023
18:00
Germany  3–3  Wales
Hellwig field hockey ball 25'
Windfeder field hockey ball 35'
T. Grambusch field hockey ball 45'
Report Pritchard field hockey ball 42'58'
G. Furlong field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

21 August 2023
15:30
France  2–0  Wales
Lockwood field hockey ball 33'57' Report
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
21 August 2023
18:00
Germany  3–0  Netherlands
Weigand field hockey ball 2'
Wellen field hockey ball 5'
Hellwig field hockey ball 28'
Report
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Martin Madden (SCO)

23 August 2023
17:15
Netherlands  8–1  Wales
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 6'7'
Bijen field hockey ball 25'47'
Pieters field hockey ball 32'
Van Dam field hockey ball 43'
Croon field hockey ball 46'
Brinkman field hockey ball 49'
Report Kelly field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
23 August 2023
19:30
France  1–4  Germany
Masson field hockey ball 26' Report M. Grambusch field hockey ball 24'
Windfeder field hockey ball 31'
Peillat field hockey ball 39'
Prinz field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  France 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9
6  Spain 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
7  Austria 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
8  Wales 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
25 August 2023
11:30
Austria  4–1  Wales
Kaltenböck field hockey ball 8'
Winkler field hockey ball 22'
Unterkircher field hockey ball 32'
Bele field hockey ball 52'
Report G. Furlong field hockey ball 9'
Umpires:
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
25 August 2023
14:30
Spain  1–2  France
Iglesias field hockey ball 32' Report Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 2'
Goyet field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

26 August 2023
18:15
Spain  4–3  Wales
Basterra field hockey ball 34'
Pa. Cunill field hockey ball 39'60'
Menini field hockey ball 43'
Report G. Furlong field hockey ball 32'58'
Hutchinson field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

27 August 2023
10:00
France  4–3  Austria
Tynevez field hockey ball 14'20'47'
Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 40'
Report Körper field hockey ball 5'23'
Thörnblom field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 August
 
 
 Belgium2
 
27 August
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Netherlands2
 
25 August
 
 England1
 
 Germany0 (4)
 
 
 England (p.s.o.)0 (5)
 
Third place
 
 
27 August
 
 
 Belgium2
 
 
 Germany0

Semi-finals

25 August 2023
19:00
Belgium  2–3  Netherlands
Denayer field hockey ball 2'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 40'
Report De Geus field hockey ball 34'
Brinkman field hockey ball 38'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

25 August 2023
21:15
Germany  0–0  England
Report
Penalties
Wellen Penalty shoot-out scored
H. Müller Penalty shoot-out scored
Prinz Penalty shoot-out scored
Große Penalty shoot-out scored
M. Grambusch Penalty shoot-out missed
4–5 Penalty shoot-out scored Albery
Penalty shoot-out scored Wallace
Penalty shoot-out scored Williamson
Penalty shoot-out scored Roper
Penalty shoot-out scored Ames
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Third and fourth place

27 August 2023
12:30
Belgium  2–0  Germany
Onana field hockey ball 15'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 29'
Report
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Final

27 August 2023
15:00
Netherlands  2–1  England
De Vilder field hockey ball 9'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 37'
Report Ward field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands 2024 Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  England 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Belgium
4  Germany (H)
5  France[a]
6  Spain 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
7  Austria
8  Wales[b]
Source: FIH
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ France is already qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.
  2. ^ Wales is not eligible for the Olympics.

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[5]

Award Player
Player of the tournament Germany Teo Hinrichs
Top goalscorer Netherlands Duco Telgenkamp
Goalkeeper of the tournament Germany Jean Danneberg
Young player of the tournament Netherlands Duco Telgenkamp

See also

References

  1. ^ "2023 EuroHockey Championships Men and Women will be held in Mönchengladbach, Germany". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "EK hockey 2023 toegewezen aan Duitse stad Mönchengladbach". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024".
  4. ^ "2023 EHC pools and schedule announced".
  5. ^ a b "Double Dutch titles as men win title for fourth time in five editions". eurohockey.org. 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ "32nd GA – AKirkland report.pdf" (PDF). European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ "2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Groups and match schedules published". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.