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2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 6th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 19th until the 27th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. [1]

2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Dates19–26 July
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)SK Slavia Prague
Final positions
Champions Poland (2nd title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored100 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Alan Forsyth
Ukraine Viacheslav Paziuk (7 goals)
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The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship, with the champions and runners-up Poland and Austria, respectively, qualifying.

Qualified teams edit

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
17–25 August 2013 2013 EuroHockey Championship Boom, Belgium 2   Czech Republic
  Poland
3–11 August 2013 2013 EuroHockey Championship II Vienna, Austria 4   Austria
  Azerbaijan
  Scotland
  Ukraine
12–18 August 2013 2013 EuroHockey Championship III Lausanne, Switzerland 2   Croatia
   Switzerland
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.[2]

Results edit

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Poland 3 3 0 0 8 2 +6 9 Semi-finals
2   Scotland 3 2 0 1 13 5 +8 6
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 2 13 14 −1 3 Relegation pool
4   Croatia 3 0 0 3 6 19 −13 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)
09:00
Poland   2–1   Scotland
Makowski   59'
Bratkowski   70+' 		Report A. Forsyth   37'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
19 July 2015 (2015-07-19)
11:15
Ukraine   10–5   Croatia
Kalinchuk   4'
Paziuk   7', 16', 41', 46'
Nechepa   16'
Popovchenko   30'
Mazurkevych   51'
Polishchuk   66'
Serdiuk   70+' 		Report A. Snoj   21'
Tausan   35+', 61', 68'
M. Cvetko   37'
Umpires:
Stepan Podmol (CZE)
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
11:00
Scotland   6–0   Croatia
A. Forsyth   2', 21', 47', 60'
Adams   23'
Coultas   52' 		Report
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Stepan Podmol (CZE)
20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
13:15
Ukraine   0–3   Poland
Report Bratkowski   20'
Wejerowski   30'
Majchrzak   54'
Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)
11:00
Poland   3–1   Croatia
Gumny   14'
Bratkowski   27', 53' 		Report Tausan   7'
Umpires:
Stepan Podmol (CZE)
Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)
13:15
Scotland   6–3   Ukraine
Imrie   6'
Stott   19'
A. Forsyth   56'
Bain   58', 64'
McIntyre   68' 		Report Paziuk   13', 16'
Mazurkevych   50'
Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Austria 3 2 1 0 7 1 +6 7 Semi-finals
2   Czech Republic (H) 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3   Azerbaijan 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4 Relegation pool
4    Switzerland 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)
18:00
Czech Republic   2–0   Azerbaijan
Plochý   51', 52' Report
Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
18 July 2015 (2015-07-18)
20:15
Austria   4–0    Switzerland
Körper   16', 70'
Thörnblom   55'
A. Bele   59' 		Report
Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
15:30
Azerbaijan   2–0    Switzerland
Ghazanfar   10'
Satlikov   62' 		Report
Umpires:
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
Darko Koncic (CRO)
20 July 2015 (2015-07-20)
17:45
Austria   2–0   Czech Republic
Eitenberger   51'
Hasun   52' 		Report
Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)
15:30
Azerbaijan   1–1   Austria
Satlikov   27' Report Körper   61'
Umpires:
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
Darko Koncic (CRO)
22 July 2015 (2015-07-22)
17:45
Czech Republic   3–1    Switzerland
Pauer   16'
Vudmaska   35'
Plochý   38' 		Report Messerli   63'
Umpires:
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
Kris Cholewa (IRL)

Fifth to eighth 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 Relegation[a]
5   Azerbaijan 3 2 0 1 10 6 +4 6
6   Ukraine 3 2 0 1 16 13 +3 6
7    Switzerland 3 1 0 2 10 7 +3 3
8   Croatia 3 1 0 2 10 20 −10 3 EuroHockey Championship III
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. [3]
Notes:
  1. ^ Due to suspension of the national association of Azerbaijan by the International Hockey Federation in November 2016 only the last team was relegated.
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
11:00
Croatia   1–7    Switzerland
Cefko   22' Report Hödle   9', 31'
Brönnimann   49', 59'
Messerli   54'
Reinhard   65'
Steffen   70'
Umpires:
Gavin Cruickshanks (SC)
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
13:15
Ukraine   2–5   Azerbaijan
Nadirov   60'
Popovchenko   65' 		Report Khalid   12', 47'
Ghazanfar   49'
Nadirov   60'
Zai   64'
Umpires:
Darko Koncic (CRO)
Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
08:00
Ukraine   4–3    Switzerland
Serdiuk   42', 68'
Kalinchuk   44'
Paziuk   66' 		Report Wullschleger   23'
Brönnimann   27'
Messerli   70+'
Umpires:
Michael Eilmer (AUT)
Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
10:15
Azerbaijan   3–4   Croatia
Ghazanfar   5', 33'
Aziz   49' 		Report Cefko   34', 70'
Vuk   42'
Bachmann   65'
Umpires:
Stepan Podmol (CZE)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
24 July
 
 
  Austria (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
26 July
 
  Scotland1 (1)
 
  Austria1
 
24 July
 
  Poland3
 
  Poland2
 
 
  Czech Republic1
 
Third place
 
 
26 July
 
 
  Scotland5
 
 
  Czech Republic1

Semi-finals edit

24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
15:30
Austria   1–1   Scotland
A. Bele   38' Report Bain   53'
Penalties
B. Stanzl  
Rudofsky  
Fröhlich  
Thörnblom   		3–1   McIntyre
  Bain
  Grassick
  Imrie
Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
24 July 2015 (2015-07-24)
17:45
Poland   2–1   Czech Republic
Ma. Poltaszewski   29'
Majchrzak   37' 		Report Bárta   60'
Umpires:
Dave Dowdall (ENG)
Michael Eilmer (AUT)

Third and fourth place edit

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
12:45
Scotland   5–1   Czech Republic
Bain   15', 33', 37'
A. Forsyth   20'
Collins   67' 		Report Plochý   25'
Umpires:
Kris Cholewa (IRL)
Darko Koncic (CRO)

Final edit

26 July 2015 (2015-07-26)
15:15
Austria   1–3   Poland
Uher   67' Report Wejerowski   38'
Majchrzak   43', 66'
Umpires:
Ben De Young (AUS)
Dave Dowdall (ENG)

Final standings edit

Rank Team
    Poland
    Austria
    Scotland
4   Czech Republic
5   Azerbaijan
6   Ukraine
7    Switzerland
8   Croatia

  Qualified for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Regulations
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