2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityMönchengladbach
Dates19–27 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (7th title)
Runner-up England
Third place Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored96 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Duco Telgenkamp (6 goals)
Best playerGermany Teo Hinrichs
Best young playerNetherlands Duco Telgenkamp
Best goalkeeperGermany Jean Danneberg
2021 (previous) (next) 2025

The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the Warsteiner HockeyPark, in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[1][2]

The Netherlands, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the other teams aside from Wales and France will have a second chance in the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.[3] The six best teams qualified directly for the 2025 edition, while the seventh and eighth place teams will play in the 2024 EuroHockey Championship qualifiers.[4] In the final the Netherlands defeated England to capture their seventh title.[5]

Qualification edit

Along with the host nation Germany, the top three teams at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the four winners of the 2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers fielded the men's tournament.[6][7]

Qualification Date Host Berths Qualified team
Host nation 14 December 2020 1   Germany
2021 EuroHockey Championship 4–12 June 2021   Amstelveen 3   Netherlands
  Belgium
  England
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers 17–20 August 2022   Ourense 1   Spain
23–26 August 2022   Vienna 1   Austria
24–27 August 2022   Calais 1   France
  Glasgow 1   Wales
Total 8

Squads edit

Preliminary round edit

All times are local (UTC+2).[8]

Pool A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Belgium 3 3 0 0 13 5 +8 9 Semi-finals
2   England 3 2 0 1 10 8 +2 6
3   Spain 3 1 0 2 9 9 0 3
4   Austria 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
20 August 2023
10:15
Spain   5–0   Austria
González   24'
Miralles   26'
Vilallonga   27'
Menini   33'
Basterra   45'
Report
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Martin Madden (SCO)
20 August 2023
12:30
England   3–5   Belgium
Bandurak   8'26'
Ward   30'
Report Ghislain   12'
Van Aubel   31'32'
Luypaert   40'
Hendrickx   41'
Umpires:
Erica Porter (IRE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

21 August 2023
13:15
England   3–0   Austria
Oates   36'
Albery   49'
Bandurak   57'
Report
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
21 August 2023
20:30
Belgium   5–1   Spain
Ghislain   11'
Hendrickx   13'48'
Van Aubel   18'
Onana   50'
Report Basterra   42'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

23 August 2023
10:00
Belgium   3–1   Austria
Hendrickx   5'15'
Onana   25'
Report Losonci   25'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Alison Keogh (IRE)
23 August 2023
12:15
Spain   3–4   England
Gispert   12'
Basterra   35'
Miralles   40'
Report Bandurak   28'
Gall   37'
Ward   40'
Sorsby   40'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

Pool B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 10 4 +6 7 Semi-finals
2   Netherlands 3 2 0 1 14 4 +10 6
3   France 3 1 0 2 3 10 −7 3
4   Wales 3 0 1 2 4 13 −9 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
(H) Hosts
19 August 2023
15:30
Netherlands   6–0   France
Pieters   18'26'
Telgenkamp   23'33'
Bijen   49'50'
Report
Umpires:
Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
19 August 2023
18:00
Germany   3–3   Wales
Hellwig   25'
Windfeder   35'
T. Grambusch   45'
Report Pritchard   42'58'
G. Furlong   49'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

21 August 2023
15:30
France   2–0   Wales
Lockwood   33'57' Report
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
21 August 2023
18:00
Germany   3–0   Netherlands
Weigand   2'
Wellen   5'
Hellwig   28'
Report
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Martin Madden (SCO)

23 August 2023
17:15
Netherlands   8–1   Wales
Telgenkamp   6'7'
Bijen   25'47'
Pieters   32'
Van Dam   43'
Croon   46'
Brinkman   49'
Report Kelly   20'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
23 August 2023
19:30
France   1–4   Germany
Masson   26' Report M. Grambusch   24'
Windfeder   31'
Peillat   39'
Prinz   42'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5   France 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9
6   Spain 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
7   Austria 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
8   Wales 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[9]
25 August 2023
11:30
Austria   4–1   Wales
Kaltenböck   8'
Winkler   22'
Unterkircher   32'
Bele   52'
Report G. Furlong   9'
Umpires:
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
25 August 2023
14:30
Spain   1–2   France
Iglesias   32' Report Martin-Brisac   2'
Goyet   59'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

26 August 2023
18:15
Spain   4–3   Wales
Basterra   34'
Pa. Cunill   39'60'
Menini   43'
Report G. Furlong   32'58'
Hutchinson   57'
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

27 August 2023
10:00
France   4–3   Austria
Tynevez   14'20'47'
Martin-Brisac   40'
Report Körper   5'23'
Thörnblom   18'
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

First to fourth place classification edit

Bracket edit

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 August
 
 
  Belgium2
 
27 August
 
  Netherlands3
 
  Netherlands2
 
25 August
 
  England1
 
  Germany0 (4)
 
 
  England (p.s.o.)0 (5)
 
Third place
 
 
27 August
 
 
  Belgium2
 
 
  Germany0

Semi-finals edit

25 August 2023
19:00
Belgium   2–3   Netherlands
Denayer   2'
Van Aubel   40'
Report De Geus   34'
Brinkman   38'
Telgenkamp   57'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

25 August 2023
21:15
Germany   0–0   England
Report
Penalties
Wellen  
H. Müller  
Prinz  
Große  
M. Grambusch  
4–5   Albery
  Wallace
  Williamson
  Roper
  Ames
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Third and fourth place edit

27 August 2023
12:30
Belgium   2–0   Germany
Onana   15'
Van Aubel   29'
Report
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Final edit

27 August 2023
15:00
Netherlands   2–1   England
De Vilder   9'
Telgenkamp   37'
Report Ward   47'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Statistics and awards edit

Final standings edit

Pos Team Qualification
    Netherlands 2024 Summer Olympics
    England 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
    Belgium
4   Germany (H)
5   France[a]
6   Spain 2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
7   Austria
8   Wales[b]
Source: FIH
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ France is already qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.
  2. ^ Wales is not eligible for the Olympics.

Goalscorers edit

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

Awards edit

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[5]

Award Player
Player of the tournament   Teo Hinrichs
Top goalscorer   Duco Telgenkamp
Goalkeeper of the tournament   Jean Danneberg
Young player of the tournament   Duco Telgenkamp

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "2023 EuroHockey Championships Men and Women will be held in Mönchengladbach, Germany". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  2. ^ "EK hockey 2023 toegewezen aan Duitse stad Mönchengladbach". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 14 December 2020. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  3. ^ "Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024".
  4. ^ "2023 EHC pools and schedule announced".
  5. ^ a b "Double Dutch titles as men win title for fourth time in five editions". eurohockey.org. 27 August 2023.
  6. ^ "32nd GA – AKirkland report.pdf" (PDF). European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 December 2020.
  7. ^ "2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 November 2021. Archived from the original on 13 November 2021. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  8. ^ "Groups and match schedules published". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
  9. ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

External links edit