2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II will be the eleventh edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
CityGniezno
Dates27 July–2 August or 24-30 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium
2023 (previous) (next) 2027

It will be held from 27 July to 2 August 2025 in Gniezno, Poland.[1] If 2025 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup will be held in July 2025, the event will be held from 24 to 30 August 2025.

The finalists will qualify directly for the 2027 Women's EuroHockey Championship in London, England.[2]

Qualification

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The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the runners-up, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams qualifying for the Championship II. Ukraine withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers Glasgow, Scotland 5   Wales
  Czech Republic
  Austria
  Lithuania
  Croatia
Douai, France 3   Poland
  Italy
  Ukraine
   Switzerland
Total 8

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals and
2026 World Cup Qualifiers
2   Poland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4   Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.[3]
(H) Hosts

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals and
2026 World Cup Qualifiers
2   Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4    Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. 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.[3]

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 were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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.[3]

First to fourth place classification

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
August
 
 
A1
 
August
 
B2
 
 
 
August
 
 
 
B1
 
 
A2
 
Third place
 
 
August
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1 1 2026 World Cup Qualifiers and
2027 EuroHockey Championship
2 2
3 3 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
Source: [ FIH]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Lousada and Gniezno to host EuroHockey Championship II events in 2025". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Championships to expand to 12-team knock-out format in 2027". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.