2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 18th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.[1]

2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityValencia
Dates28 August – 3 September
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Estadio Betero
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (10th title)
Runner-up Belgium
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played14
Goals scored50 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)England Erica Sanders
Netherlands Yibbi Jansen
Netherlands Marijn Veen (4 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Marijn Veen
2014 (previous) (next) 2019

Netherlands won the tournament by defeating Belgium 6–0 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 3–2 in the third-place playoff.[2]

Qualified teams edit

Italy withdrew before the tournament.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
20–26 July 2014 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship Waterloo, Belgium 6   Belgium
  England
  France
  Germany
  Netherlands
  Spain
14–20 July 2014 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II Vienna, Austria 1   Ireland
  Italy
Total 7

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 2 2 0 0 6 3 +3 6 Semi-finals
2   Belgium 2 0 1 1 3 4 −1 1
3   Spain (H) 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
28 August 2017
17:45
Netherlands   2–1   Belgium
Van Laarhoven   17'
Veen   39'
Report Ronquetti   60'
Umpires:
Dovile Bernotiene (LTU)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

29 August 2017
20:00
Spain   2–4   Netherlands
Iglesias   10'
L. Barrios   56'
Report Veen   15'
Jansen   26'42'
Zerbo   36'
Umpires:
Ines El Hajem (FRA)
Christine Reid (IRE)

31 August 2017
17:45
Belgium   2–2   Spain
Boey   52'
Puvrez   60'
Report S. Barrios   55'
Ycart   56'
Umpires:
Ines El Hajem (FRA)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   England 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9 Semi-finals
2   Germany 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
3   France 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4   Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
28 August 2017
11:15
England   3–0   Ireland
Munro   3'
Sanders   15'
Hunt   29'
Report
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Sandra Adell (ESP)
28 August 2017
11:15
Germany   0–0   France
Report
Umpires:
Christine Reid (IRE)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

29 August 2017
15:30
Ireland   0–1   France
Report Lhopital   59'
Umpires:
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
29 August 2017
17:45
Germany   0–1   England
Report Daly   9'
Umpires:
Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

31 August 2017
09:00
Ireland   1–3   Germany
Russell   18' Report Gerstenhöfer   8'
Micheel   22'
Aring   59'
Umpires:
Sandra Adell (ESP)
Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
31 August 2017
09:00
England   3–2   France
Munro   17'
Childs   35'
Sanders   59'
Report Gaspari   17'
Vankemmel   40'
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Dovile Bernotiene (NED)

Classification round edit

Pool C edit

  • The match between Ireland and Spain was cancelled due to illness; as a result no teams were relegated.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1   Spain 1 1 0 0 3 1 +2 3
2   France 2 1 0 1 2 3 −1 3
3   Ireland 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
2 September 2017
15:00
Spain   3–1   France
Amundson   20'
Ycart   26'
Bruguera   33'
Report Vankemmel   25'
Umpires:
Dovile Bernotiene (NED)
Christine Reid (IRE)

3 September 2017
13:00
Spain   Cancelled   Ireland
Report

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
2 September
 
 
  England1
 
3 September
 
  Belgium3
 
  Belgium0
 
2 September
 
  Netherlands6
 
  Netherlands3
 
 
  Germany1
 
Third place
 
 
3 September
 
 
  England3
 
 
  Germany2
Semi-finals edit
2 September 2017
17:30
England   1–3   Belgium
Sanders   37' Report Gose   3'
Ikegwuonu   10'
Simons   49'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

2 September 2017
20:00
Netherlands   3–1   Germany
Veen   37'51'
Jansen   53'
Report Schubert   22'
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Third and fourth place edit

3 September 2017
15:00
England   3–2   Germany
Sanders   12'
Munro   56'
Burge   58'
Report Aring   44'
Gräve   55'
Umpires:
Ymkje van Slooten (NED)
Sandra Adell (ESP)

Final edit

3 September 2017
20:00
Belgium   0–6   Netherlands
Report Zerbo   5'
Moes   15'25'
Renders   35'
van der Hoek   53'
Jansen   59'
Umpires:
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Statistics edit

Awards edit

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorers Goalkeeper of the Tournament
  Marijn Veen   Erica Sanders
  Yibbi Jansen
  Marijn Veen
  Elodie Picard

Final standings edit

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
    Netherlands 4 4 0 0 15 4 +11 12 Gold Medal
    Belgium 4 1 1 2 6 11 −5 4 Silver Medal
    England 5 4 0 1 11 7 +4 12 Bronze Medal
4   Germany 5 1 1 3 6 8 −2 4 Fourth place
5   Spain 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6   France 4 1 1 2 4 6 −2 4
7   Ireland 3 0 0 3 1 7 −6 0
Source: FIH

Goalscorers edit

There were 50 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". EHF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2019.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Junior Championship 2017 Women". FIH. Retrieved 29 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ a b c Regulations