2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

The 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the twentieth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.

2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityHamburg
Dates8–11 December
Teams6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Final positions
Champions Austria (3rd title)
Runner-up Germany
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played18
Goals scored191 (10.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Philippe Simar (20 goals)
2020 (previous) (next) 2024

It was originally planned to be held alongside the women's tournament from 12 to 16 January 2022 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany.[1] However on 22 December 2021, the tournament was postponed to 8 to 11 December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2]

Austria won their third title by defeating the hosts and defending champions Germany 2–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal after defeating Switzerland 10–3.[3]

Qualified teams

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Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2020 competition.[4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
17–19 January 2020 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Berlin, Germany 5   Austria
  Belgium
  Czech Republic
  Germany
  Netherlands
  Russia[a]
17–19 January 2020 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Lucerne, Switzerland 1   Belarus[a]
   Switzerland
Total 6

Preliminary round

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Pool

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Austria 5 4 0 1 30 22 +8 12 Final
2   Germany (H) 5 3 1 1 38 25 +13 10
3   Netherlands 5 3 1 1 35 24 +11 10 Third place game
4    Switzerland 5 1 2 2 26 34 −8 5
5   Belgium 5 1 1 3 18 25 −7 4 Fifth place game
6   Czech Republic 5 0 1 4 12 29 −17 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 scored.[5]
(H) Hosts
8 December 2022
09:30
Czech Republic   2–8   Netherlands
Plochý   10'
Seemann   32'
Report Campbell   2'
Sweering   12'19'
Schut   17'36'
Bakker   30'30'
Burkhardt   39'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
8 December 2022
10:45
Austria   9–5    Switzerland
Binder   7'12'32'
Körper   13'19'20'23'39'
Unterkircher   35'
Report Stomps   2'39'
Y. Morard   10'39'
Greder   40'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Laurent Dooms (BEL)
8 December 2022
12:00
Germany   4–4   Belgium
Bruns   10'
Schmid   33'
Dösch   35'
Mertgens   39'
Report G. Dykmans   5'
Simar   11'12'20'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
8 December 2022
17:00
Switzerland   5–5   Czech Republic
Y. Morard   13'
Gassner   31'
Wyss-Chodat   36'
M. Morard   38'
Greder   40'
Report Procházka   16'25'
Plochý   18'24'37'
Umpires:
Pieter Hembrecht (NED)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
8 December 2022
18:15
Austria   6–2   Belgium
Körper   9'16'
Unterkircher   23'29'31'
Eitenberger   28'
Report A. Dykmans   18'
Simar   24'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
8 December 2022
19:30
Germany   6–5   Netherlands
Bruns   8'
Mertgens   12'
Dösch   21'34'40'
Struthoff   29'
Report Bakker   4'
Middendorp   26'
Hertzberger   37'
Campbell   39'
Burkhardt   39'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
Laurent Dooms (BEL)

9 December 2022
13:15
Switzerland   8–13   Germany
Marelli   1'
Y. Morard   4'30'38'
Wyss-Chodat   8'
Greder   10'32'
Gassner   35'
Report Bruns   4'25'34'
Mertgens   13'
Schmid   16'24'
Struthoff   20'30+'
Dösch   22'39'
Holste   26'
Lehmann-Richter   34'
Boeckel   40'
Umpires:
Pieter Hembrecht (NED)
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
9 December 2022
14:30
Netherlands   10–7   Belgium
Sweering   14'27'35'
Van Battum   22'
Burkhardt   30'40'
Hertzberger   33'
Tukkers   34'
Bakker   38'40'
Report Simar   4'11'18'21'29'
G. Dykmans   13'40'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Sean Edwards (ENG)
9 December 2022
15:45
Czech Republic   2–4   Austria
Trejbal   3'
Seeman   32'
Report Körper   1'10'26'
Binder   9'
Umpires:
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

10 December 2022
09:00
Netherlands   5–5    Switzerland
Schut   15'
Bakker   20'30'
Sweering   26'
Burkhardt   33'
Report Greder   6'
Brönnimann   7'
Gassner   25'
Wyss-Chodat   35'
M. Morard   38'
Umpires:
Laurent Dooms (BEL)
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
10 December 2022
10:15
Belgium   3–2   Czech Republic
Simar   12'13'19' Report Plochý   13'
Klaban   35'
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
10 December 2022
11:30
Germany   6–7   Austria
Dösch   1'
Mertgens   16'27'29'
Schmid   25'
Bruns   39'
Report Unterkircher   8'38'
Körper   13'36'39'40'
Frey   16'
Umpires:
Pieter Hembrecht (NED)
Seab Edwards (ENG)
10 December 2022
18:15
Czech Republic   1–9   Germany
Plochý   34' Report Mertgens   7'
Bruns   8'36'
Schmid   10'
Holste   12'33'
Dösch   13'
Lehmann-Richter   27'
Struthoff   29'
Umpires:
Laurent Dooms (BEL)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
10 December 2022
19:30
Austria   4–7   Netherlands
Eitenberger   13'17'
Thörnblom   32'
Unterkircher   38'
Report Burkhardt   7'39'
Bakker   9'15'17'
Campbell   26'
Hertzberger   35'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
10 December 2022
20:45
Belgium   2–3    Switzerland
Magnant   17'
Simar   38'
Report Stomps   9'21'
Greder   26'
Umpires:
Pieter Hembrecht (NED)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

Classification round

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Fifth place game

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11 December 2022
11:00
Belgium   9–7   Czech Republic
Simar   2'12'20'28'32'38'40'
Magnant   16'
Englebert   33'
Report Plochý   5'21'36'40'
Klaban   15'
O. Soukup   26'
Vacek   27'
Umpires:
Pieter Hembrecht (NED)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Third place game

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11 December 2022
12:30
Netherlands   10–3    Switzerland
Burkhardt   7'27'
Schut   14'
Bakker   15'33'
Sweering   16'25'30'
Leijs   17'
Tukkers   29'
Report Greder   18'
Reinhard   23'
M. Morard   32'
Umpires:
Ole Ingwersen (GER)
Laurent Dooms (BEL)

Final

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11 December 2022
14:00
Austria   2–1   Germany
Unterkircher   18'39' Report Dösch   10'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

Statistics

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Final standings

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  1.   Austria
  2.   Germany
  3.   Netherlands
  4.    Switzerland
  5.   Belgium
  6.   Czech Republic

Goalscorers

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There were 191 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 10.6 goals per match.

20 goals

14 goals

12 goals

10 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Belarus and Russia are excluded from the tournament due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

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  1. ^ "2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship events". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Indoor Championships (January) events – UPDATE". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
  3. ^ "Unterkircher underlines Austria's incredible men's Euro Indoor journey to gold". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation.
  4. ^ "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships – Ranking". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  5. ^ FIH Tournament Regulations Indoor - September 2022