2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament from 17 until 25 August 2013 in Boom, Belgium.[2] The main sponsor for the tournament was TriFinance

2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
CityBoom
Dates17–25 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Braxgata HC[1]
Final positions
Champions Germany (8th title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Eduard Tubau (6 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Robbert Kemperman
2011 (previous) (next) 2015

Germany defeated Belgium in the final to win their eighth title and they earned their qualification to the 2014 World Cup.[3]

Qualified teams edit

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1   Belgium
20 – 28 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany 5   Germany
  Netherlands
  England
  Ireland
  Spain
8 – 14 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship II Vinnytsia, Ukraine 2   Czech Republic
  Poland
Total 8

Format edit

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II.

Squads edit

Results edit

The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium (H) 3 2 1 0 8 3 +5 7 Semi-finals
2   Germany 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
3   Spain 3 1 1 1 11 9 +2 4 Pool C
4   Czech Republic 3 0 0 3 1 13 −12 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
17 August 2013
16:00
Spain   6–1   Czech Republic
Delas   4'
Tubau   7'60'
Quemada   29'
Oliva   55'
Casasayas   65'
Report Procházka   16'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Jonas van Hek (NED)
17 August 2013
20:00
Germany   1–2   Belgium
Grambusch   6' Report Boon   13'15'
Umpires:
Jon Wright (RSA)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

19 August 2013
14:00
Spain   3–6   Germany
Quemada   13'
Terraza   28'
Dabanch   56'
Report Stralkowski   18'49'
Fürste   46'
Wesley   53'
Zwicker   54'
Korn   64'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Martin Madden (SCO)
19 August 2013
18:00
Belgium   4–0   Czech Republic
Dohmen   5'
Boon   25'
  51'
Charlier   52'
Report
Umpires:
Jonas van Hek (NED)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

21 August 2013
16:00
Germany   3–0   Czech Republic
Grambusch   11'
Deecke   27'
Miltkau   42'
Report
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Dan Barstow (ENG)
21 August 2013
18:00
Belgium   2–2   Spain
Boon   2'
Truyens   61'
Report Quemada   49'
Tubau   63'
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 16 2 +14 9 Semi-finals
2   England 3 1 1 1 8 6 +2 4
3   Ireland 3 1 1 1 7 6 +1 4 Pool C
4   Poland 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0
Source: FIH
18 August 2013
10:00
England   5–2   Poland
Dixon   14'
Condon   44'45'
Brogdon   63'
Carson   66'
Report Górny   40'
Nowakowski   63'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
18 August 2013
18:00
Netherlands   2–1   Ireland
Van der Weerden   31'
Kemperman   65'
Report O'Donoghue   18'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)

19 August 2013
16:00
Ireland   4–2   Poland
Harte   6'
O'Donoghue   27'
Magee   45'
Watt   65'
Report Chwalisz   10'70'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)
19 August 2013
20:00
England   1–2   Netherlands
Middleton   54' Report Bakker   6'
Galema   24'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

21 August 2013
11:30
Ireland   2–2   England
O'Donoghue   51'57' Report Carson   7'19'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
21 August 2013
20:00
Netherlands   12–0   Poland
Kemperman   11'45'48'64'
Verga   40'
Jenniskens   43'59'
Hertzberger   51'
Van Ass   52'
Jonker   56'70+'
Bakker   69'
Report
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

Pool C edit

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were taken over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
5   Spain 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9
6   Ireland 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4
7   Poland (R) 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3 Relegation to the Championship II
8   Czech Republic (R) 3 0 1 2 5 13 −8 1
Source: FIH
(R) Relegated
23 August 2013
14:00
Czech Republic   1–4   Poland
Bernátek   62' Report Zywiczka   4'
Kozlowski   21'
Rachwalski   24'
Makowski   30'
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
23 August 2013
16:00
Spain   4–0   Ireland
Lleonart   7'
Dabanch   19'
Tubau   37'
Mir   53'
Report
Umpires:
Jonas ven Hek (NED)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

25 August 2013
09:00
Spain   4–1   Poland
Quemada   25'
Tubau   35'37'
Delas   61'
Report Bratkowski   40'
Umpires:
Jonas ven Hek (NED)
Martin Madden (SCO)
25 August 2013
11:00
Ireland   3–3   Czech Republic
Harte   17'
Loughrey   58'
Jackson   61'
Report Plochy   4'
Bernátek   12'
Vudmaska   51'
Umpires:
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
23 August
 
 
  Belgium3
 
25 August
 
  England0
 
  Belgium1
 
23 August
 
  Germany3
 
  Germany5
 
 
  Netherlands3
 
Third place
 
 
25 August
 
 
  England2
 
 
  Netherlands3

Semi-finals edit

23 August 2013
18:00
Netherlands   3–5   Germany
Van der Weerden   19'33'
Bakker   65'
Report Hauke   30'
Stralkowski   44'
Grambusch   52'60'
Deecke   70'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Geoff Conn (IRL)

23 August 2013
20:30
Belgium   3–0   England
Briels   20'
Truyens   44'
Van Aubel   52'
Report
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Marcin Greochal (POL)

Third and fourth place edit

25 August 2013
13:30
Netherlands   3–2   England
Hertzberger   9'39'42' Report Lewers   15'
Smith   34'
Umpires:
Marcin Greochal (POL)
Diego Estébanez (ESP)

Final edit

25 August 2013
16:00
Germany   3–1   Belgium
Zwicker   42'
Weß   52'
Korn   63'
Report Boon   38'
Umpires:
John Wright (RSA)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Germany
    Belgium
    Netherlands
4   England
5   Spain
6   Ireland
7   Poland
8   Czech Republic

  Qualified for the 2014 World Cup

  Qualified for the 2014 World Cup as hosts

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

Awards edit

Goalscorers edit

There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: FIH

References edit

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Championships, 2013, Braxgata HC, Belgium". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Championship (Men) 2013". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 1 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Double GOLD for Germany". eurohockey.org. eurohockey.org. 25 August 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
  4. ^ "TriFinance EuroHockey Championships – the Match Schedule". eurohockey.org. 24 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2013.
  5. ^ a b c "Golden double for Germany!". EHC2013. Trifinanceeurohockey2013.be. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

External links edit