2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth 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 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.[1][2]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Poland | ||
| City | Gniezno | ||
| Dates | 15–21 August | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Austria (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Scotland | ||
| Third place |  Ireland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 82 (4.1 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Alan Forsyth (7 goals) | ||
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The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3]
Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.
Qualified teams
Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[4]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| 16–25 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 | Ireland (13) Scotland (19) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 4 | Austria (20) Italy (23) Poland (26) Ukraine (29) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Gibraltar | 2 |  Croatia (39) Switzerland (34) |
| Total | 8 | |||
Umpires
The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[5]
- Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
- Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Tim Meissner (GER)- Greig Cunningham (SCO)
- Lukas Orzeł (POL)
- Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
- Ian Strange (IRL)
- Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
- Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
- Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ireland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Poland (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Croatia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 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.[6]
(H) Host
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
(H) Host
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Scotland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
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.[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 5 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Ukraine |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Croatia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 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.[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 August | ||||||
| Ireland | 2 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Scotland | 3 | |||||
| Scotland | 1 (6) | |||||
| 20 August | ||||||
| Austria (s.o.) | 1 (7) | |||||
| Austria (s.o.) | 0 (3) | |||||
| Poland | 0 (2) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Ireland | 4 | |||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third place game
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
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| 1 | Austria |
2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Scotland | |
| 3 | Ireland | |
| 4 | Poland (H) | |
| 5 | Italy | |
| 6 | Ukraine |
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| 7 | Switzerland | |
| 8 | Croatia |
Goalscorers
There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.
7 goals
6 goals
- Mario Mucić
4 goals
- Dominic Uher
- Shane O'Donoghue
3 goals
- John McKee
- Kevin O'Dea
- Ben Walker
- Struan Walker
- Boris Stomps
- Andrii Koshelenko
2 goals
- Mattia Amorosini
- Agustin Nunez
- Gragjan Jarzyński
- Wojciech Rutkowski
- Vitalii Kalinchuk
- Bohdan Kovalenko
- Maksym Onofriiuk
- Oleksandr Solomianyi
1 goal
- Benjamin Kölbl
- Jeremy Duncan
- Sean Murray
- Fabio Blom
- Thomas Keenan
- Manuel Mondo
- Francois Sior
- Mikolaj Gumny
- Mikołaj Głowacki
- Jacek Kurowski
- Robert Pawlak
- Krystian Sudoł
- Rob Field
- Cammy Golden
- Rob Harwood
- Andy McConnell
- Robbie Shepherdson
- Jens Flück
- Loris Grandchamp
- Lukas Hengartner
- Benoit Wyss-Chodat
- Gael Wyss-Chodat
- Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
- Volodymyr Kaplinskyi
- Viacheslav Paziuk
- Oleksii Popov
- Vitalii Shevchuk
Source: FIH
See also
References
- "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- "Officials List".
- FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
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