2019 Men's Under-21 Eight Nations Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Men's Under-21 Eight Nations Hockey Tournament was an invitational men's under-21 field hockey tournament, organised by the Real Federación Española de Hockey. The tournament took place from 10 to 16 June 2019 in Madrid, Spain. It was held at the Federación Madrileña de Hockey and Club de Campo.

2019 Men's Eight Nations
Invitational Tournament

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
Dates	10–16 June
Teams	8 (from 3 confederations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Germany
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	97 (4.85 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Emile Esquelin (6 goals)

Germany won the tournament, defeating Spain 2–1 in the final. Belgium finished in third place after defeating Australia 4–3 in penalties following a 2–2 draw.

Teams

The tournament featured teams from three confederations:

• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Germany
• Great Britain
• India
• Netherlands
• Spain

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	15	4	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	12	6	+6	6
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Great Britain	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

10 June 2019 10:00 Great Britain 2–5 Belgium Ramshaw  36' Griffiths  60' Report Muschs  6' Esquelin  10', 49' Biekens  26' Weyers  34' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Raphael Adrien (GER)

10 June 2019 12:00 Germany 5–1 Austria Siegburg  9' Hartkopf  39' Weigand  42' Dösch  47' H. Müller  54' Report Schippan  45' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) Daniel Veerman (NED)

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11 June 2019 10:00 Great Britain 0–1 Austria Report Loser  6' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) James Unkles (AUS)

11 June 2019 12:00 Belgium 2–3 Germany Stockbroekx  6' De Chaffoy  27' Report Schiffer  28' Dösch  34' H. Müller  39' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Luka Zupančič (AUT) Robert Abbott (IRE)

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13 June 2019 10:00 Belgium 5–1 Austria Esquelin  12', 36' Weyers  40' De Chaffoy  55' Duvekot  57' Report Soldat  27' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Harrison Collinson (ENG) Rajput Sourabh (IND)

13 June 2019 12:00 Germany 7–1 Great Britain Weigand  11', 39' Schellinger  17' Dösch  20' L. Müller  48' Schwarzhaupt  54' Hartkopf  60' Report Ramshaw  42' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Australia	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	5	10	−5	4
4	India	3	0	0	3	3	10	−7	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

10 June 2019 14:00 Australia 4–0 India Ephraums  25', 44' Hart  53' Hazell  60' Report Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Luka Zupančič (AUT)

10 June 2019 16:00 Netherlands 1–7 Spain Scheen  27' Report Cobos  5', 5' Figa  19' Recasens  28' Curiel  31' Tello  55' Vall  58' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Robert Abbott (IRE)

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11 June 2019 14:00 Netherlands 3–2 India Van de Venne  5', 26' De Vilder  32' Report Vishnukant  23' Sudeep  37' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Harrison Collinson (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

11 June 2019 16:00 Spain 3–1 Australia Zorita  22', 35' Cobos  48' Report Brown  27' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Raphael Adrien (GER)

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13 June 2019 14:00 Australia 1–1 Netherlands Ephraums  17' Report Hoedemakers  23' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Robert Abbott (IRE) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

13 June 2019 16:00 Spain 3–1 India Cobos  35' Curiel  37' Quijano  39' Report Pratap  31' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Raphael Adrien (GER) James Unkles (AUS)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

	Crossover				Fifth place
	15 June
	Austria	2
					16 June
	India	4
					India	1
	15 June
					Great Britain	2
	Netherlands	0 (2)
	Great Britain (pen.)	0 (3)
					Seventh place
					16 June
					Austria	0
					Netherlands	11

Crossover

15 June 2019 11:45 Austria 2–4 India Kern  34' Schippan  49' Report Sanjay  15', 23' Rahul  35' Prabhjot  51' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Harrison Collinson (ENG)

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15 June 2019 14:00 Netherlands 0–0 Great Britain Report Penalties Middendorp Tukkers De Vilder Schoenaker Bijen 2–3 Griffiths Park Gravestock West Ramshaw Somontes, Madrid Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Luka Zupančič (AUT)

Seventh and eighth place

16 June 2019 17:45 Austria 0–11 Netherlands Report De Haan  13' Hoedemakers  18', 42' Van de Venne  22', 39', 53' Klinkhamer  38' De Vilder  43' Schoenaker  45' Bijen  55' Scheen  60' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Harrison Collinson (ENG) Rajput Sourabh (IND)

Fifth and sixth place

16 June 2019 15:30 India 1–2 Great Britain Maninder  15' Report West  29' McConnell  37' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Luka Zupančič (AUT) Daniel Veerman (NED)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 June
	Germany	3
					16 June
	Australia	2
					Germany	2
	15 June
					Spain	1
	Spain	3
	Belgium	2
					Third place
					16 June
					Australia	2 (3)
					Belgium (pen.)	2 (4)

Semi-finals

15 June 2019 12:15 Germany 3–2 Australia Weigand  12' Schiffer  25' Prinz  44' Report Hazell  2' Harvie  47' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

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15 June 2019 14:30 Spain 3–2 Belgium Zorita  11' Quijano  15' Recasens  18' Report Esquelin  17', 25' Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Robert Abbott (IRE)

Third and fourth place

16 June 2019 15:30 Australia 2–2 Belgium Francis  29', 45' Report Weyers  14' Englebert  35' Penalties Hazell Ephraums Francis Hendry Bretherton 3–4 Esquelin Delavignette Ghislain Van Oost Stockbroekx Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Raphael Adrien (GER) Daniel Rodríguez (AUS)

Final

16 June 2019 17:45 Germany 2–1 Spain Weigand  17' Hartkopf  59' Report Cobos  60' Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) James Unkles (AUS)

Statistics

Final standings

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	Final result
	Germany	5	5	0	0	20	7	+13	15	Gold medal
	Spain (H)	5	4	0	1	17	7	+10	12	Silver medal
	Belgium	5	2	1	2	16	11	+5	7	Bronze medal
4	Australia	5	1	2	2	10	9	+1	5
5	Great Britain	5	1	1	3	5	14	−9	4
6	India	5	1	0	4	8	14	−6	3
7	Netherlands	5	2	2	1	16	10	+6	8
8	Austria	5	1	0	4	5	25	−20	3

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.85 goals per match.

6 goals

• Emile Esquelin

5 goals

• Justus Weigand
• Jim van de Venne
• Ignacio Cobos

3 goals

• Nathan Ephraums
• Mathieu Weyers
• Paul Dösch
• Raphael Hartkopf
• Tjep Hoedemakers
• Enrique Zorita

2 goals

• Michael Francis
• Ehren Hazell
• Phillip Schippan
• Achille de Chaffoy
• Hannes Müller
• Jan Schiffer
• Matthew Ramshaw
• Sanjay
• Pepijn Scheen
• Derck de Vilder
• César Curiel
• Gonzalo Quijano
• Marc Recasens

1 goal

• Thomas Brown
• Liam Hart
• Thomas Harvie
• Oliver Kern
• Lucas Loser
• Christoph Soldat
• Olivier Biekens
• Roman Duvekot
• Dylan Englebert
• Max Muschs
• Thibeau Stockbroekx
• Linus Müller
• Thies Prinz
• Christian Schellinger
• Benedikt Schwarzhaupt
• Maximilian Siegburg
• Gareth Griffths
• Andrew McConnell
• Daniel West
• Sudeep Chirmako
• Pratap Lakra
• Rahul Kumar Rajhbar
• Maninder Singh
• Prabhjot Singh
• Vishnukant Singh
• Koen Bijen
• Daniel de Haan
• Ties Klinkhamer
• Siem Schoenaker
• Roger Figa
• Álvaro Tello
• Jan Vall

Source: FIH

External links

• International Hockey Federation