Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship

The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1]

Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Current sports event 2024 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
FormerlyMen's EuroHockey Junior Championship
SportField hockey
Founded1976; 48 years ago (1976)
First season1976
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Spain (4th title)
(2024)
Most titles Netherlands (10 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toEuroHockey U21 Championship II

In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship.[2]

Competition format

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The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.

Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.

Championship I

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Results

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Source:[3]

# Year Host Final Third place match Teams Results
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1976
Details
Hamburg, West Germany  
Netherlands
2–0  
Spain
 
West Germany
2–1  
Poland
8 [4]
2 1977
Details
Folkestone, England  
West Germany
4–3  
Netherlands
 
Spain
1–0  
England
8 [5]
3 1978
Details
Dublin, Ireland  
Netherlands
6–2  
Ireland
 
West Germany
 
France
8 [6]
4 1981
Details
Barcelona, Spain  
West Germany
2–1  
Belgium
 
Netherlands
4–2  
Spain
8 [7]
5 1984
Details
Rome, Italy  
West Germany
3–2  
Netherlands
 
France
2–1  
Belgium
8 [8]
6 1988
Details
Santander, Spain  
West Germany
3–0  
England
 
Netherlands
2–1  
Spain
8 [9]
7 1992
Details
Vught, Netherlands  
Netherlands
 
Spain
 
Germany
 
England
8 [10]
8 1996
Details
Vejle, Denmark  
Netherlands
3–2  
Germany
 
England
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–4 p.s.)
 
Spain
8 [11]
9 1998
Details
Poznań, Poland  
Germany
3–2  
England
 
Netherlands
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p.s.)
 
Spain
8 [12]
10 2000
Details
Madrid, Spain  
Spain
4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p.s.)
 
Germany
 
Netherlands
7–2  
England
8 [13]
11 2002
Details
Lausanne, Switzerland  
Netherlands
 
Germany
 
Spain
 
England
8 [14]
12 2004
Details
Nivelles, Belgium  
Spain
 
Germany
 
Netherlands
 
England
8 [15]
13 2006
Details
Prague, Czech Republic  
Netherlands
 
Germany
 
Belgium
 
Spain
8 [16]
14 2008
Details
San Sebastián, Spain  
Spain
1–0 (a.e.t.)  
Netherlands
 
Germany
4–3  
Belgium
8
15 2010
Details
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland  
Netherlands
4–1  
Belgium
 
Germany
4–3  
England
8
16 2012
Details
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands  
Belgium
2–2
(3–2 s.o.)
 
Netherlands
 
Germany
8–0  
France
8
17 2014
Details
Waterloo, Belgium  
Netherlands
5–2  
Germany
 
England
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)
 
Belgium
8
18 2017
Details
Valencia, Spain  
Netherlands
2–2
(5–3 s.o.)
 
Belgium
 
Germany
Match cancelled  
Spain
8
19 2019
Details
Valencia, Spain  
Germany
5–3  
England
 
Netherlands
3–1  
Spain
8
20 2022
Details
Ghent, Belgium  
Netherlands
3–1  
Germany
 
Belgium
3–1  
Spain
8
21 2024
Details
Terrassa, Spain  
Spain
3–1  
Netherlands
 
Belgium
4–3  
Germany
8

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Netherlands 10 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022) 5 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*, 2024) 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019)
  Germany[a] 6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2022) 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017) 1 (2024)
  Spain 4 (2000*, 2004, 2008*, 2024*) 2 (1976, 1992) 2 (1977, 2002) 8 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*, 2022)
  Belgium 1 (2012) 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) 3 (2006, 2022*, 2024) 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*)
  England 3 (1988, 1998, 2019) 2 (1996, 2014) 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
  Ireland 1 (1978*)
  France 1 (1984) 2 (1978, 2012)
  Poland 1 (1976)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team  
1976
 
1977
 
1978
 
1981
 
1984
 
1988
 
1992
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2017
 
2019
 
2022
 
2024
Total
  Austria 7th 8th 8th 6th 6th 8th 7th 7
  Belgium 5th 6th 2nd 4th 5th 6th 6th 5th 3rd 4th 2nd 1st 4th 2nd 5th 3rd 3rd 17
  Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia 8th 7th 7th 7th 4
  Denmark 8th 1
  England 4th 7th 7th 5th 2nd 4th 3rd 2nd 4th 4th 4th 5th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 5th 2nd 6th 5th 20
  France 7th 4th 8th 3rd 6th 5th 4th 7th 6th 5th 6th 11
  Germany[a] 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd 4th 21
  Gibraltar 8th 1
  Italy 6th 6th 8th 3
  Ireland 6th 8th 2nd 5th 7th 7th 8th 7th 7th 9
  Netherlands 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 1st 2nd 21
  Poland 4th 6th 7th 6th 6th 6th 8th 8th 7th 9
  Portugal 6th 8th 2
  Russia Part of the Soviet Union 8th 7th DSQ 2
  Scotland 7th 8th 5th 5th 5th 5th 7th 7th 7th 8th 10
  Soviet Union 5th 8th 6th 5th Defunct 4
  Spain 2nd 3rd 5th 4th 4th 2nd 4th 4th 1st 3rd 1st 4th 1st 6th 6th 5th 4th 4th 4th 1st 20
   Switzerland 7th 8th 2
  Turkey 8th 1
  Wales 8th 6th 8th 3
Total 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8

Championship II

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Padua, Italy  
Ireland
 
France
 
Italy
 
Wales
8
2000
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Vienna, Austria  
Belgium
 
Czech Republic
 
Switzerland
 
Austria
8
2002
Details
Cagliari, Italy  
Poland
 
Ireland
 
France
 
Italy
7
2004
Details
Lousada, Portugal  
Czech Republic
 
Russia
 
France
 
Switzerland
8
2006
Details
Gibraltar  
Scotland
 
Austria
 
France
 
Wales
8
2008
Details
Bra, Italy  
Russia
 
France
 
Belarus
 
Italy
10
2010
Details
Vienna, Austria  
Scotland
 
Wales
 
Austria
 
Czech Republic
8
2012
Details
Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy  
Austria
4–2  
Poland
 
Russia
6–1  
Ukraine
8
2014
Details
Lousada, Portugal  
Ireland
Round-robin  
Portugal
 
Scotland
Round-robin  
Italy
7
2017
Details
Saint Petersburg, Russia  
France
3–0  
Poland
 
Scotland
4–3  
Czech Republic
8
2019
Details
Plzeň, Czech Republic  
Scotland
9–0  
Russia
 
Ireland
4–1  
Turkey
8
2022
Details
Plzeň, Czech Republic  
Ireland
Round-robin  
Turkey
 
Wales
Round-robin  
Poland
6
2024
Details
Walcz, Poland  
Austria
Round-robin  
Poland
 
Italy
Round-robin  
Ukraine
6
Lausanne, Switzerland  
Switzerland
Round-robin  
Scotland
 
Czech Republic
Round-robin  
Wales
5

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Scotland 3 (2006, 2010, 2019) 1 (2024) 2 (2014, 2017)
  Ireland 3 (1998, 2014, 2022) 1 (2002) 1 (2019)
  Austria 2 (2012, 2024) 1 (2006) 1 (2010*) 1 (2000*)
  Poland 1 (2002) 3 (2012, 2017, 2024*) 1 (2022)
  France 1 (2017) 2 (1998, 2008) 3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
  Russia 1 (2008) 2 (2004, 2019) 1 (2012)
  Czech Republic 1 (2004) 1 (2000) 1 (2024) 2 (2010, 2017)
   Switzerland 1 (2024*) 1 (2000) 1 (2004)
  Belgium 1 (2000)
  Wales 1 (2010) 1 (2022) 3 (1998, 2006, 2024)
  Turkey 1 (2022) 1 (2019)
  Portugal 1 (2014*)
  Italy 2 (1998*, 2024) 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014)
  Belarus 1 (2008)
  Ukraine 2 (2012, 2024)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team  
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2017
 
2019
 
2022
Total
  Austria 4th 2nd 3rd 1st 4
  Azerbaijan 9th 8th 2
  Belarus 3rd 6th 7th 7th 6th DSQ 5
  Belgium 1st 1
  Croatia 5th 7th 2
  Czech Republic 5th 2nd 1st 8th 4th 8th 4th 7th 6th 9
  Denmark 6th 1
  France 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 2nd 1st 6
  Gibraltar 8th 7th 2
  Ireland 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 1st 5
  Italy 3rd 4th 6th 5th 4th 7th 5th 4th 5th 5th 5th 11
  Poland 6th 1st 2nd 2nd 4th 5
  Portugal 7th 7th 8th 8th 2nd 8th 6
  Russia 8th 2nd 1st 3rd 5th 6th 2nd 7
  Scotland 1st 1st 3rd 3rd 1st 5
   Switzerland 3rd 4th 6th 7th 6th 5
  Turkey 10th 7th 4th 2nd 4
  Ukraine 7th 6th 5th 4th 6th 8th 6
  Wales 4th 5th 6th 5th 4th 5th 2nd 3rd 8
Total 8 8 7 8 8 10 8 8 7 8 8 6

Championship III

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Moscow, Russia  
Russia
 
Switzerland
 
Ukraine
 
Belarus
6
2000
Details
Porto, Portugal  
Portugal
 
Croatia
 
Denmark
 
Gibraltar
5
2002
Details
Elektrostal, Russia  
Russia
 
Belarus
 
Ukraine
 
Azerbaijan
5
2004
Details
Brest, Belarus  
Austria
 
Gibraltar
 
Ukraine
 
Azerbaijan
6
2006
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia  
Ukraine
 
Belarus
 
Azerbaijan
 
Greece
10
2010
Details
Athens, Greece  
Switzerland
 
Greece
 
Slovakia
 
Bulgaria
4
2012
Details
Lisbon, Portugal  
Portugal
Round-robin  
Turkey
 
Greece
Round-robin  
Gibraltar
6
Bratislava, Slovakia  
Ireland
14–0  
Slovakia
 
Lithuania
3–2  
Bulgaria
4
2014
Details
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic  
Turkey
Round-robin  
Czech Republic
 
Slovakia
Round-robin  
Azerbaijan
6
2017 Lucerne, Switzerland Cancelled Cancelled
2019
Details
Vilnius, Lithuania  
Wales
4–3  
Ukraine
 
Lithuania
Only three teams 3
2022
Details
Helsinki, Finland  
Switzerland
3–2  
Ukraine
 
Lithuania
12–2  
Finland
4

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
   Switzerland 2 (2010, 2022) 1 (1998)
  Portugal 2 (2000*, 2012 A*)
  Russia 2 (1998*, 2002*)
  Ukraine 1 (2006) 2 (2019, 2022) 3 (1998, 2002, 2004)
  Turkey 1 (2014) 1 (2012 A)
  Austria 1 (2004)
  Ireland 1 (2012 B)
  Wales 1 (2019)
  Belarus 2 (2002, 2006) 1 (1998)
  Slovakia 1 (2012 B*) 2 (2010, 2014)
  Greece 1 (2010*) 1 (2012 A) 1 (2006)
  Gibraltar 1 (2004) 2 (2000, 2012 A)
  Croatia 1 (2000)
  Czech Republic 1 (2014*)
  Lithuania 3 (2012 B, 2019*, 2022)
  Azerbaijan 1 (2006) 3 (2002, 2004, 2014)
  Denmark 1 (2000)
  Bulgaria 2 (2010, 2012 B)
  Finland 1 (2022*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team  
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2010
 
2012 A
 
2012 B
 
2014
 
2019
 
2022
Total
  Austria 1st 1
  Azerbaijan 4th 4th 3rd 5th 4th 5
  Belarus 4th 2nd 5th 2nd 4
  Bulgaria 5th 5th 4th 4th 4
  Croatia 2nd 8th 2
  Cyprus 6th 1
  Czech Republic 2nd 1
  Denmark 3rd 1
  Finland 4th 1
  Georgia 6th 1
  Gibraltar 4th 2nd 4th 5th WD 4
  Greece 5th 5th 4th 2nd 3rd 5
  Ireland 1st 1
  Lithuania 7th 3rd 6th 3rd 3rd 5
  Portugal 1st 1st WD 2
  Romania 10th 1
  Russia 1st 1st 2
  Slovakia 6th 3rd 2nd 3rd WD 4
   Switzerland 2nd 1st 1st 3
  Turkey 6th 9th 2nd 1st 4
  Ukraine 3rd 3rd 3rd 1st 2nd 2nd 6
  Wales 1st 1
Total 6 5 5 6 10 4 6 4 6 3 4

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Includes results representing West Germany between 1976 and 1988

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Update regulations June 2023". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey Europe Archive".
  4. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 1st European Championship 1976 Hamburg (FRG) 23-26.09 - Winner Netherlands".
  5. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 2nd European Championship 1977 Folkestone (ENG) 15-18.09 - Winner West Germany".
  6. ^ "Men Junior under 21 Field Hockey 3rd European Championship 1978 Dublin (IRL) 28.09-01.10 - Winner Netherlands".
  7. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 4th European Championship 1981 Barcelona (ESP) - Winner West Germany".
  8. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 5th European Championship 1984 Roma (ITA) 27-30.09 - Winner West Germany".
  9. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 6th European Championship 1988 Santander (ESP) 10-17.07 - Winner West Germany".
  10. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 7th European Championship 1992 Vught (NED) 22-29.08 - Winner Netherlands".
  11. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 8th European Championship 1996 Vejle (DEN) - Winner Netherlands".
  12. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 9th European Championship 1998 Poznan (POL) 24-30.08 - Winner Netherlands".
  13. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 10th European Championship 2000 Madrid (ESP) 16-22.07 - Winner Spain".
  14. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 11th European Championship 2002 Lausanne (SUI)".
  15. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 12th European Championship 2004 Nivelles (FRA)".
  16. ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey 13th European Championship 2006 Praga (CZE)".
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