2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

The 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II was the 12th edition of the tournament. It was held from 19 to 21 January 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.[1]

2018 Women's EuroHockey
Indoor Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
CityBrussels
Dates19–21 January 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored111 (5.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Laurine Delforge (8 goals)
Best playerBelgium Laurine Delforge
2016 (previous) (next) 2020

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after topping the pool. Along with Belgium, Austria qualified to the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship as the two highest ranked teams.[2]

Qualified Teams

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The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II.[3]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1   Belgium (9)
22–24 January 2016 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Minsk, Belarus 1   Austria (6)
22–24 January 2016 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Cambrai, France 5   Croatia (23)
  England (21)
  Lithuania (22)
  Scotland (16)
  Wales (24)
Invitational team 1   Sweden (28)
Total 8

Results

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All times are local (UTC+1).

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 3 0 0 15 5 +10 9 Advanced to Pool D
2   England 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 6
3   Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3 Pool C
4   Lithuania 3 0 0 3 7 13 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
19 January 2018
10:00
England   5–1   Sweden
Sanders   10'21'32'38'
Crowson   26'
Report Fantini   20'
Umpires:
Fanneke ALkemade (NED)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
19 January 2018
11:10
Austria   4–2   Lithuania
Sandner   2'
Buchta   21'
Zerbs   24'
Pulter   32'
Report Juodyte   20+'
Kukliene   25'
Umpires:
Abby MacArthur (WAL)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

19 January 2018
16:00
Lithuania   2–4   Sweden
Nomeikaite   30'
Kukliene   25'
Report Fantini   21'23'
Hernvall   25'
Zulfiyeva   25'
Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
19 January 2018
17:10
England   3–5   Austria
Sanders   30'
MacDonell   32'
Wills   38'
Report Podpera   13'
Buchta   14'
Hefter   16'36'
Laginja   25'
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

20 January 2018
09:00
Austria   6–0   Sweden
Steyrer   11'
Zerbs   25'
Pulter   35'
Sandner   39'40'
Buchta   40'
Report
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
20 January 2018
10:10
Lithuania   3–5   England
Juriate   15'
Kartanovic   16'
Juodyte   36'
Report Crowson   9'26'
Burge   13'22'
Sanders   18'
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Advanced to Pool D
2   Croatia 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3   Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Pool C
4   Wales 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
19 January 2018
12:20
Scotland   5–0   Wales
Dark   4'5'
Campbell   21'
Bunce   23'25'
Report
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
19 January 2018
13:30
Belgium   4–0   Croatia
Delforge   16'23'36'
Rasir   20'
Report
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

19 January 2018
18:20
Croatia   5–0   Wales
Franić   4'
Peranic   19'26'
V. Šomin   33'
Litvic   40+'
Report
Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Claire Druijts (NED)
19 January 2018
19:30
Scotland   0–5   Belgium
Report Rasir   13'
Ronquetti   18'
Delforge   31'40'
Breyne   39'
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

20 January 2018
11:20
Croatia   1–1   Scotland
A. Šomin   36' Report Bunce   24'
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
20 January 2018
12:30
Belgium   7–0   Wales
Rasir   3'
Delforge   15'36'
Englebert   17'
Ronquetti   23'25'
Massart   27'
Report
Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

Classification round

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Pool C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Lithuania 3 2 0 1 16 7 +9 6
2   Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3   Scotland 3 1 0 2 9 7 +2 3
4   Wales 3 1 0 2 3 16 −13 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
20 January 2018
16:30
Lithuania   9–0   Wales
Kartanovic   3'
Juodyte   4'22'26'
Kukliene   6'15'
Caikauskaite   23'
Juraite   31'
Adomaviciute   32'
Report
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
20 January 2018
17:40
Sweden   2–1   Scotland
Fantini   11'
Moberg   31'
Report Dark   36'
Umpires:
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

21 January 2018
10:00
Scotland   3–5   Lithuania
Dark   5'17'
Bunce   37'
Report Chmeliauskaite   4'12'23'
Adomaviciute   10'
Nomeikaite   18'
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
21 January 2018
11:10
Sweden   2–3   Wales
Lindström   22'38' Report Francis   7'38'
Lewis-Williams   29'
Umpires:
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

Pool D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2   Austria 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3   England 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4   Croatia 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
20 January 2018
18:50
England   4–1   Croatia
Crowson   4'23'39'
Sanders   20'
Report V. Šomin   33'
Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
20 January 2018
20:00
Austria   0–3   Belgium
Report Delforge   22'
De Mot   24'
Rasir   32'
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

21 January 2018
13:00
Belgium   3–0   England
Englebert   5'
Rasir   15'39'
Report
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
21 January 2018
14:10
Austria   7–0   Croatia
Zerbs   2'
Buchta   10'14'20'29'
Steyrer   15'17'
Report
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Awards

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Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
  Laurine Delforge   Laurine Delforge   Elodie Picard   Daria Buchta

Statistics

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Final standings

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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
    Belgium 5 5 0 0 22 0 +22 15 Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
    Austria 5 4 0 1 22 8 +14 12
    England 5 3 0 2 17 13 +4 9
4   Croatia 5 1 1 3 7 16 −9 4
5   Lithuania 5 2 0 3 21 16 +5 6
6   Sweden 5 2 0 3 9 17 −8 6
7   Scotland 5 1 1 3 10 13 −3 4
8   Wales 5 1 0 4 3 28 −25 3
Source: FIH

Goalscorers

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There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

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  1. ^ "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Brilliant Belgium promoted along with Austria from Championship II". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Teams". 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Regulations