2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

The 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship is the 20th edition of the tournament. It takes place from 24 to 26 January 2020 in Minsk, Belarus.[1]

2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host countryBelarus
CityMinsk
Dates24–26 January 2020
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Minsk Sports Palace
Final positions
Champions Belarus (1st title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belarus Maryna Nikitsina
Czech Republic Adéla Lehovcová (7 goals)
Best playerNetherlands Donja Zwinkels
2018 (previous) (next) 2022

Qualified Teams edit

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.[2]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
19–21 January 2018 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Prague, Czech Republic 5   Belarus (3)
  Czech Republic (5)
  Germany (1)
  Netherlands (2)
   Switzerland (7)
  Ukraine (4)
2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Brussels, Belgium 2   Austria (9)
  Belgium (14)
Total 8

Format edit

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.

Results edit

All times are local (UTC+3).

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Germany 3 3 0 0 15 7 +8 9 Advance to Semifinals
2   Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 10 9 +1 6
3   Ukraine 3 1 0 2 11 12 −1 3 Transfer to Pool C
4   Belgium 3 0 0 3 7 15 −8 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
24 January 2020
10:00
Ukraine   4–3   Belgium
Shevchenko   11'35'
Honcharenko   15'32'
Report Wagemans   10'
Blockmans   24'
Closset   40'
Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)
24 January 2020
11:15
Germany   4–1   Czech Republic
Martin-Pelegrina   18'36'
Valentin   20'
Vivot   23'
Report Lehovcová   26'
Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
24 January 2020
16:00
Czech Republic   4–1   Belgium
Hájková   6'
Reichlová   25'
Laciná   35'
Lehovcová   37'
Report Ronquetti   40'
Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Ana Faias (POR)
24 January 2020
17:15
Ukraine   3–4   Germany
Kernoz   15'
Vorushylo   32'
Ponomarenko   33'
Report Stöckel   13'25'
Valentin   29'37'
Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

25 January 2020
09:00
Czech Republic   5–4   Ukraine
Kolářová   13'
Lehovcová   30'35'
Laciná   38'40'
Report Honcharenko   7'39'
Kernoz   12'
Shokalenko   37'
Umpires:
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
25 January 2020
10:15
Germany   7–3   Belgium
Wenzel   7'27'
Vivot   19'
Gerstenhöfer   19'
Martin-Pelegrina   30'
Valentin   31'
Kurz   40'
Report Blockmans   4'
Closset   8'
Ronquetti   14'
Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Lisette Baljon (NED)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1   Netherlands 3 3 0 0 14 1 +13 9 Advance to Semifinals
2   Belarus (H) 3 2 0 1 15 6 +9 6
3   Austria 3 1 0 2 8 14 −6 3 Transfer to Pool C
4    Switzerland 3 0 0 3 2 18 −16 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
24 January 2020
12:30
Belarus   7–2   Austria
Kurhanskaya   4'12'
Filipovich   9'
Nikitsina   10'38'38'39'
Report Herzog   9'
Zerbs   35'
Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
24 January 2020
13:45
Netherlands   5–0    Switzerland
De Baat   10'34'
De Lange   31'35'
Van Wijk   32'
Report
Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Olena Klymenko (UKR)
24 January 2020
18:30
Switzerland   2–6   Austria
Trösch   10'
Stomps   31'
Report Felber   2'
Steyrer   8'16'
Zerbs   28'35'
Herzog   34'
Umpires:
Olena Klymenko (UKR)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
24 January 2020
19:45
Belarus   1–4   Netherlands
Bahushevich   4' Report Post   1'
Van Erk   13'
Van Wijk   25'
Muyselaar   36'
Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) (UKR)
Cathy Wright (WAL)

25 January 2020
11:30
Netherlands   5–0   Austria
Van Erk   5'
Zwinkels   11'
Van Hecking   18'26'
Van Wijk   24'
Report
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
25 January 2020
12:45
Switzerland   0–7   Belarus
Report Kurhanskaya   2'
Papkova   3'
Syddykava   7'39'
Nikitsina   17'
Bahushevich   22'
Belavusava   31'
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Olena Klymenko (UKR)

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
1   Ukraine 3 3 0 0 14 6 +8 9
2   Austria 3 2 0 1 10 7 +3 6
3   Belgium 3 1 0 2 7 8 −1 3 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
4    Switzerland 3 0 0 3 5 15 −10 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
25 January 2020
16:45
Belgium   3–1    Switzerland
Ronquetti   2'35'
Delforge   28'
Report Trösch   39'
Umpires:
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)
Olena Klymenko (UKR)
25 January 2020
18:00
Ukraine   4–1   Austria
Kernoz   17'27'
Vorushylo   18'
Ponomarenko   28'
Report Buchta   10'
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

26 January 2020
10:00
Ukraine   6–2    Switzerland
Honcharenko   4'
Shevchenko   5'
Vorushylo   16'
Ponomarenko   20'24'
Samokhodchenko   23'
Report Wälti   33'
Triebold   39'
Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
Ana Faias (POR)
26 January 2020
11:15
Austria   3–1   Belgium
Zerbs   19'33'
Buchta   35'
Report Blockmans   2'
Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

First to fourth place classification edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 January
 
 
  Germany2
 
26 January
 
  Belarus5
 
  Belarus (s.o)1 (4)
 
25 January
 
  Netherlands1 (3)
 
  Netherlands4
 
 
  Czech Republic2
 
Third place
 
 
26 January
 
 
  Germany2 (1)
 
 
  Czech Republic (s.o)2 (2)

Semi-finals edit

25 January 2020
19:15
Germany   2–5   Belarus
Kurz   14'
Vivot   20'
Report Nikitsina   2'
Filipovich   4'
Kurhanskaya   28'
Papkova   36'37'
Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

25 January 2020
20:45
Netherlands   4–2   Czech Republic
De Lange   2'
Van Wijk   8'22'
Post   10'
Report Lehovcová   30'39'
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Third place game edit

26 January 2020
13:00
Germany   2–2   Czech Republic
Wenzel   11'
Gerstenhöfer   14'
Report Laciná   2'
Lehovcová   24'
Penalties
Vivot  
Kurz  
Wenzel  
1–2   Hájková
  Lehovcová
  Laciná
Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

Final edit

26 January 2020
14:30
Belarus   1–1   Netherlands
Nikitsina   40+' Report Post   8'
Penalties
Papkova  
Nikitsina  
Kurhanskaya  
Kurhanskaya  
Papkova  
Nikitsina  
4–3   Mosch
  Muyselaar
  Van Wijk
  Van Wijk
  Mosch
  Muyselaar
Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Statistics edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
    Belarus 5 3 1 1 21 9 +12 10
    Netherlands 5 4 1 0 19 4 +15 13
    Czech Republic 5 2 1 2 14 15 −1 7
4   Germany 5 3 1 1 19 14 +5 10
5   Ukraine 5 3 0 2 21 15 +6 9
6   Austria 5 2 0 3 12 19 −7 6
7   Belgium 5 1 0 4 11 19 −8 3 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8    Switzerland 5 0 0 5 5 27 −22 0
Source: FIH

Awards edit

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
  Donja Zwinkels   Maryna Nikitsina
  Adéla Lehocová
  Barbora Čecháková   Noor de Baat

Goalscorers edit

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

7 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Teams". EuroHockey Indoor Championship 2020 (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ a b Regulations