2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

The 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the second edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 9 to 16 September 2007.

2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityLisbon
Dates9–12 September
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Complexo Desportivo do Jamor
Final positions
Champions Poland (1st title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored92 (4.6 per match)
2005 (previous) (next) 2009

Whilst both Austria and Poland were promoted to the EuroHockey Championship in 2009, Poland defeated Austria to win the title. Poland, Austria, and Switzerland qualified from this event to the WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier Tournaments in 2008.

Qualified teams

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Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
28 August – 4 September 2005 2005 EuroHockey Championship Leipzig, Germany 2   Poland
  Scotland
11–17 September 2005 2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Rome, Italy 4   Austria
  Italy
   Switzerland
  Wales
11–17 September 2005 2005 EuroHockey Challenge I Vinnytsia, Ukraine 2   Portugal
  Ukraine
Total 8

Format

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The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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 2009 EuroHockey Challenge I.

Results

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Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Austria 3 2 1 0 6 4 +2 7 Semi-finals
2   Poland 3 2 0 1 16 5 +11 6
3   Italy 3 1 0 2 6 10 −4 3 Pool C
4   Portugal (H) 3 0 1 2 3 12 −9 1
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
9 September 2007
15:15
Poland   8–2   Portugal
Umpires:
Maksym Perepelitza (UKR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
9 September 2007
17:15
Italy   2–3   Austria
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Will Drury (WAL)

11 September 2007
15:00
Poland   1–2   Austria
Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Luis Terencio (POR)
11 September 2007
17:00
Italy   3–0   Portugal
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Maksym Perepelitza (UKR)

12 September 2007
15:00
Poland   7–1   Italy
Umpires:
Michael Eimler (AUT)
Thomas Lingg (SUI)
12 September 2007
17:00
Austria   1–1   Portugal
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Camillo Degli Esosti (ITA)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Scotland 3 3 0 0 10 1 +9 9 Semi-finals
2    Switzerland 3 1 1 1 4 8 −4 4
3   Ukraine 3 0 2 1 4 5 −1 2 Pool C
4   Wales 3 0 1 2 3 7 −4 1
9 September 2007
11:00
Scotland   1–0   Ukraine
Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski
Thomas Lingg (SUI)
9 September 2007
13:00
Wales   0–2    Switzerland
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Luis Terencio (POR)

10 September 2007
15:00
Scotland   6–0    Switzerland
Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
Camillo Degli Esposti (ITA)
10 September 2007
17:00
Wales   2–2   Ukraine
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Michael Eimler (AUT)

12 September 2007
11:00
Scotland   3–1   Wales
Umpires:
Luis Terencio (POR)
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
12 September 2007
13:00
Switzerland   2–2   Ukraine
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Will Drury (WAL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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Pool C

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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   Wales 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7
6   Italy 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
7   Portugal (H) 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3 EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
8   Ukraine 3 0 1 2 5 7 −2 1
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
14 September 2007
10:00
Portugal   3–2   Ukraine
Umpires:
Thomas Lingg (SUI)
Camillo Degli Esposti (ITA)
14 September 2007
12:00
Italy   2–3   Wales
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Michael Eimler (AUT)

15 September 2007
15:00
Portugal   0–5   Wales
Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
Thomas Lingg (SUI)
15 September 2007
17:00
Italy   2–1   Ukraine
Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Martin Madden (SCO)

First to fourth place classification

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
14 September
 
 
  Poland3
 
16 September
 
  Scotland1
 
  Poland4
 
14 September
 
  Austria3
 
  Austria (p.s.)2 (6)
 
 
   Switzerland2 (5)
 
Third place
 
 
16 September
 
 
  Scotland (a.e.t.)4
 
 
   Switzerland3

Semi-finals

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14 September 2007
14:00
Poland   3–1   Scotland
Umpires:
Luis Terencio (POR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

14 September 2007
16:30
Austria   2–2 (a.e.t.)    Switzerland
Penalties
6–5
Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Third place game

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16 September 2007
12:00
Scotland   4–3 (a.e.t.)    Switzerland
Umpires:
Maksym Perepelitza (UKR)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Final

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16 September 2007
14:30
Poland   4–3   Austria
Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Final standings

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Rank Team
    Poland
    Austria
    Scotland
4    Switzerland
5   Wales
6   Italy
7   Portugal
8   Ukraine

  Qualified for the 2009 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

See also

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