The 2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship will be the 21st edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. This will be the first edition since 2003 with 12 teams participating, it will have a new format with all matches being knock-out matches.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | England | ||
| Dates | Summer 2027 | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 1 host city) | ||
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The tournament will be held alongside the women's tournament at two venues in London, England in the Summer of 2027. The preliminary rounds and the quarter-finals will be held at the Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre and the semi-finals and finals will be held at a yet to be determined venue.[1][2][3] It will be the third time England will host the Men's EuroHockey Championship and the second time it will be held in London.
Format change
editIn April 2024, it was announced the EuroHockey Championships will expand from an eight-team to a 12-team tournament, introducing a knock-out format for both men’s and women’s competitions. This marks the first major format change in over two decades, aimed at increasing competition and inclusivity in European hockey. Under the new format, the teams ranked 5th to 12th will compete in an initial knock-out round, with winners advancing to the quarter-finals. The losers of this preliminary round will get a second chance, facing off against the top four ranked teams for the remaining quarter-final slots. Quarter-final winners will progress to the semi-finals and then to either the final or the bronze medal match, while quarter-final losers will compete for rankings from 5th to 8th place. Teams finishing in the lowest positions will play additional matches to determine rankings from 9th to 12th.[4][5]
Qualification
editAll eight teams from the 2025 edition qualified directly for the expanded edition of the tournament. They will be joined by the winner and runner-up from the 2025 EuroHockey Championship II and the winner and runner-up from the 2026 EuroHockey Championship Qualifier tournaments.[4]
Qualified teams
edit| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 July – 2 August 2025 | 2025 EuroHockey Championship II | Lousada, Portugal | 2 | |
| 8–16 August 2025 | 2025 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 8 |  Austria Belgium England France Germany Netherlands Poland Spain
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| Summer 2026 | EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers | TBD | 2 | |
| Total | 12 | |||
References
edit- ^ "England to host EuroHockey 2027 men and women". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 4 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ Min, Ramon (3 October 2024). "Organisatie van het EK 2027 in Engelse handen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "Engeland gastland voor EK hockey van 2027". niewsblad.be (in Dutch). Niewsblad. 3 October 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ a b "EuroHockey Championships to expand to 12-team knock-out format in 2027". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
- ^ "EuroHockey revamps to knock-out format from 2027". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.