2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 4th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 23 to 30 July 2011 in Catania, Italy.[1]

2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Tournament details
Host countryItaly
CityCatania
Dates24–30 July
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Azerbaijan (1st title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Gibraltar
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored86 (5.73 per match)
2009 (previous) (next) 2013

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the champions and runners-up, Azerbaijan and Italy, respectively, qualifying.

Qualified teams edit

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.[2]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
1—8 August 2009 2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Wrexham, Wales 2   Italy (28)
   Switzerland (36)
25–31 July 2009 2009 EuroHockey Challenge I Zagreb, Croatia 3   Portugal (50)
  Azerbaijan (37)
  Croatia (48)
25–31 July 2009 2009 EuroHockey Challenge II Bratislava, Slovakia 2   Gibraltar (44)
  Slovakia (51)
Total 7

Results edit

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Azerbaijan 2 1 1 0 8 4 +4 4 Semi-finals
2   Italy (H) 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 2
3   Croatia 2 0 1 1 4 8 −4 1 Pool C
Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts
24 July 2011
Italy   2–2   Croatia

26 July 2011
Croatia   2–6   Azerbaijan

27 July 2011
Azerbaijan   2–2   Italy

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1    Switzerland 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 Semi-finals
2   Gibraltar 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3   Portugal 3 1 1 1 10 9 +1 4 Pool C
4   Slovakia 3 0 0 3 5 14 −9 0
24 July 2011
Switzerland   3–1   Gibraltar
24 July 2011
Portugal   5–2   Slovakia

25 July 2011
Portugal   2–2    Switzerland
25 July 2011
Gibraltar   4–3   Slovakia

27 July 2011
Slovakia   0–5    Switzerland
27 July 2011
Gibraltar   5–3   Portugal

Fifth to seventh place classification edit

Pool C edit

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   Croatia 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 6
6   Portugal 2 1 0 1 6 7 −1 3
7   Slovakia 2 0 0 2 3 8 −5 0
29 July 2011
Croatia   5–1   Portugal

30 July 2011
Croatia   3–1   Slovakia

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
29 July
 
 
  Italy3
 
30 July
 
   Switzerland2
 
  Italy2
 
29 July
 
  Azerbaijan3
 
  Azerbaijan4
 
 
  Gibraltar2
 
Third place
 
 
30 July
 
 
   Switzerland4
 
 
  Gibraltar5

Semi-finals edit

29 July 2011
Italy   3–2    Switzerland

29 July 2011
Azerbaijan   4–2   Gibraltar

Third place game edit

30 July 2011
Switzerland   4–5   Gibraltar

Final edit

30 July 2011
Italy   2–3   Azerbaijan

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Azerbaijan
    Italy
    Gibraltar
4    Switzerland
5   Croatia
6   Portugal
7   Slovakia

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships III - Home". Retrieved 13 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Teams" (PDF). fih ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 30 June 2019.