2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 8th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex.[1]

2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CitySantander
Dates19–25 July 2015
Teams8
Venue(s)Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Germany Timm Herzbruch (11 goals)
Best playerGermany Jesper Kamlade
2013 (previous) (next) 2016

Germany won the tournament for the second time after defeating the Netherlands 7–1 in the final.[2]

Qualified teams edit

The following teams participated in the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship:

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1   Spain
22–28 July 2013 2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship Vienna, Austria 5   Belgium
  England
  Germany
  Netherlands
  Scotland
2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship II Gąsawa, Poland 2   Ireland
  Russia
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 with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Youth Championship II.

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 2 1 0 13 2 +11 7 Semi-finals
2   Spain 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 7
3   England 3 1 0 2 8 5 +3 3
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 4 26 −22 0
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
19 July 2015
15:30
England   8–1   Russia
Gilmour   8'59'
Waller   11'62'65'
Bowden   25'
Crowson   29'
Way   58'
Report Arusiia   42'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Russell Donaldson (IRE)
19 July 2015
17:45
Spain   1–1   Belgium
Basterra   67' Report Stockbroekx   28'
Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Alistair Munro (SCO)

21 July 2015
13:15
Belgium   9–1   Russia
De Sloover   6'
Verhoeven   10'
Raes   33'
Branicki   43'
Tombroff   45'66'
Meurmans   53'
Sidler   56'
Stockbroekx   64'
Report Arusiia   70+'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Maarten Boxma (NED)
21 July 2015
20:00
England   0–1   Spain
Report González   42'
Umpires:
Russell Donaldson (IRE)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

22 July 2015
17:00
Belgium   3–0   England
Raes   38'
Meurmans   49'
Branicki   56'
Report
Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Tim Meissner (GER)
22 July 2015
20:00
Spain   9–2   Russia
Miralles   5'
Álvarez   24'25'
Escudé   28'62'
Cobos   37'
Gispert   64'
De Bruijn   65'69'
Report Gilev   3'
Arusiia   23'
Umpires:
Alistair Munro (SCO)
Russell Donaldson (IRE)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 3 3 0 0 17 5 +12 9 Semi-finals
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 14 4 +10 6
3   Ireland 3 1 0 2 7 12 −5 3
4   Scotland 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
19 July 2015
10:45
Netherlands   5–1   Ireland
Van Dam   9'
Kronenberg   11'
Stuve   13'57'
De Geus   70'
Report Dale   5'
Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
19 July 2015
10:45
Germany   7–0   Scotland
Herzbruch   17'31'41'
Kamlade   40'
Hellwig   47'
Blumensaat   47'
Rothländer   67'
Report
Umpires:
Nathan Steiner (BEL)
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

20 July 2015
17:45
Scotland   0–3   Ireland
Report Morris   55'
Dale   63'
O'Hare   69'
Umpires:
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
20 July 2015
20:00
Netherlands   2–3   Germany
Van Heijningen   1'
Papa   15'
Report Herzbruch   4'
Prinz   10'
Rothländer   64'
Umpires:
Rob Argent (ENG)
Nathan Steiner (BEL)

22 July 2015
09:45
Germany   7–3   Ireland
Rothländer   11'
Herzbruch   20'21'40'
Terber   41'
Werner   44'
Hellwig   68'
Report Cole   13'
Nolan   29'
Nelson   53'
Umpires:
Rob Argent (ENG)
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)
22 July 2015
12:00
Scotland   0–7   Netherlands
Report Brinkman   7'
Van Dam   11'56'
Papa   25'
Stuve   31'65'
Huijbregts   42'
Umpires:
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
Nathan Steiner (BEL)

Classification round edit

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

Pool C edit
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1   Ireland 3 3 0 0 14 2 +12 9
2   England 3 1 1 1 13 7 +6 4
3   Scotland 3 1 1 1 7 9 −2 4 Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
4   Russia 3 0 0 3 4 20 −16 0
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
24 July 2015
15:00
England   1–2   Ireland
Hibell   18' Report Nolan   4'
Nelson   43'
Umpires:
Alistair Munro (SCO)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
24 July 2015
15:30
Russia   2–3   Scotland
Arusiia   64'65' Report McQuade   18'
Harwood   50'
Christie   54'
Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Russell Donaldson (IRE)

25 July 2015
11:30
Russia   1–9   Ireland
Gilev   35' Report Mullins   7'32'
McClelland   17'
Dale   23'48'
O'Hare   25'
De Boe-Agnew   28'
Robson   54'
Morris   61'
Umpires:
Nathan Steiner (BEL)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
25 July 2015
12:00
England   4–4   Scotland
Hibell   14'
Crowson   34'
Gilmour   36'
Page   38'
Report McConnell   4'
McFadden   65'
McCurry   68'
Webb   70+'
Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July 2015
 
 
  Belgium1 (3)
 
25 July 2015
 
  Netherlands (p.s.o)1 (4)
 
  Netherlands1
 
24 July 2015
 
  Germany7
 
  Germany7
 
 
  Spain3
 
Third place
 
 
25 July 2015
 
 
  Belgium1 (1)
 
 
  Spain (p.s.o)1 (3)
Semi-finals edit
24 July 2015
17:30
Germany   7–3   Spain
Herzbruch   9'25'
Kamlade   17'
Blumensaat   30'46'
Bosserhoff   31'
Rothländer   39'
Report Álvarez   18'
Cobos   48'
López Alonso   58'
Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Nathan Steiner (BEL)

24 July 2015
20:00
Belgium   1–1   Netherlands
Verhoeven   62' Report Van Dam   61'
Penalties
Lootens  
Stockbroekx  
Raes  
De Sloover  
Verhoeven  
3–4   Van Dam
  Stuve
  Schoenaker
  Huijbregts
  De Geus
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Rob Argent (ENG)
Third and fourth place edit
25 July 2015
14:30
Belgium   1–1   Spain
Capelle   25' Report Cobos   35'
Penalties
Lootens  
Stockbroekx  
Branicki  
De Sloover  
1–3   González Mesones
  Cobos
  Miralles
  De Bruijn
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Final edit
25 July 2015
19:30
Netherlands   1–7   Germany
Stuve   48' Report Kamlade   17'24'
Herzbruch   20'70+'
Hellwig   27'46'
Harms   45'
Umpires:
Rob Argent (ENG)
Alistair Munro (SCO)

Awards edit

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Goalkeeper of the Tournament Fair Play
  Jesper Kamlade   Timm Herzbruch   Toby Reynolds-Cotterill   Spain

Statistics edit

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
    Germany 5 5 0 0 31 9 +22 15
    Netherlands 5 2 1 2 16 12 +4 7
    Spain 5 2 2 1 15 11 +4 8
4   Belgium 5 2 3 0 15 4 +11 9
5   Ireland 5 3 0 2 18 14 +4 9
6   England 5 1 1 3 13 11 +2 4
7   Scotland 5 1 1 3 7 23 −16 4 Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8   Russia 5 0 0 5 7 38 −31 0
Source: EuroHockey

Goalscorers edit

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.

11 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: EHF

References edit

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Youth Championships I 2015 Boys U18". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  2. ^ "2015 EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, (U18), FINAL POSITIONS". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b c "Tournament regulations – Outdoor competitions" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2018.