The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 18th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.
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| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | Amstelveen | ||
| Dates | 4–12 June | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | Wagener Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Netherlands (6th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Germany | ||
| Third place |  Belgium | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 121 (6.05 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Tom Boon Sam Ward (6 goals) | ||
| Best player |  Pau Quemada | ||
| Best young player |  Antonin Igau | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Pirmin Blaak | ||
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The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021.[1][2] However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and took place from 4 to 13 June 2021.[3]
The top five teams qualified for the 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup.[4] The hosts Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time, beating Germany in a 4–1 penalty shoot out after a 2–2 tie. The previous title holders Belgium won the bronze medal, defeating England with 3–2.[5]
Qualification
editAlong the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, which was held in Antwerp from 16 to 24 August, and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified.[1] The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made.[6]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
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| 1 July 2018 | Host | — | 1 | Netherlands (3)
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| 16–24 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 5 | Belgium (2) England (7) Germany (6) Spain (8) Wales (18)
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| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 2 | France (12) Russia (22)
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| Total | 8 | |||
Squads
editPreliminary round
editThe pools were announced on 11 May 2020.[3]
All times are local (UTC+2).[7]
Pool A
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | England
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 2 | Belgium
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Spain
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Russia
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 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.[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
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Pool B
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Netherlands (H)
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 2 | Germany
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 7 | |
| 3 | Wales
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3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | |
| 4 | France
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3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 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.[8]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
(H) Hosts
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Fifth to eighth place classification
editThe points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 5 | Spain
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 6 | France
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Wales
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Russia
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3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 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.[8]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
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First to fourth place classification
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| England | 2 | |||||
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| Germany | 3 | |||||
| Germany | 2 (1) | |||||
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| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) | |||||
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||
| Belgium | 2 (1) | |||||
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| 12 June | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| Belgium | 3 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Statistics
editFinal standings
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Germany
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Belgium
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| 4 | England
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| 5 | Spain
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| 6 | France
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| 7 | Wales
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| 8 | Russia
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Awards
editThe following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Under-21 talent of the tournament | Top goalscorers |
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| Pau Quemada
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Pirmin Blaak
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Antonin Igau
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Tom Boon Sam Ward
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Goalscorers
editThere were 121 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.05 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
Thomas Briels- Florent Van Aubel
- Nicolas De Kerpel
Lukas Windfeder
Liam Ansell- Zachary Wallace
Victor Charlet- Timothée Clément
- Benjamin Marqué
- Blaise Rogeau
Seve van Ass- Thierry Brinkman
- Jeroen Hertzberger
- Robbert Kemperman
- Mirco Pruyser
Marat Khairullin- Andrey Kuraev
- Semen Matkovskiy
- Artem Nadyrshin
David Alegre- Joan Tarrés
Gareth Furlong
1 goal
- Cédric Charlier
- Antoine Kina
- Adam Dixon
- James Gall
- Chris Griffiths
- Phil Roper
- Nicolas Dumont
- Antonin Igau
- Charles Masson
- Niklas Bosserhoff
- Florian Fuchs
- Timm Herzbruch
- Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
- Martin Zwicker
- Billy Bakker
- Jonas de Geus
- Evgeny Artemov
- Linar Fattakhov
- Alexander Skiperskiy
- José Basterra
- Marc Miralles
- Viçens Ruiz
- Owain Dolan-Gray
- Hywel Jones
- Jolyon Morgan
Source: FIH
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "2021 EuroHockey Championships, men and women to take place in the Wagener Stadium". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 1 July 2018. Archived from the original on 30 July 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ "EuroHockey Championships goes Dutch as Amstelveen awarded 2021 event". www.thehockeypaper.co.uk. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
- ^ a b "EuroHockey 2021 dates rejigged ahead of Tokyo Olympics". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 11 May 2020. Retrieved 13 May 2020.
- ^ "World Cup qualification quotas decided". fih.ch. Lausanne: International Hockey Federation. 8 November 2019. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
- ^ Sinnige, Clarinda. "Netherlands win final after late 'german' equalizer". EuroHockey Championships 2021 Amsterdam. Retrieved 24 July 2022.
- ^ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 8 September 2019. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Schedule
- ^ a b c FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
- ^ "Individual awards Men's Tournament". rabo-eurohockeychampionships2021.com. Retrieved 12 June 2021.