2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Barcelona
Dates	1–13 September 2003
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Pau Negre Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	219 (5.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Justin Sherriff Santi Freixa (9 goals)
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The 2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 until 13 September 2003 in Barcelona, Spain.

This was the last EuroHockey Nations Championship with 12 teams. The 4 teams ending 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Trophy. The 8 remaining teams played in the 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. ^[1] The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the winner Germany qualifying.

Three-time defending champions Germany won their sixth overall title by defeating the hosts Spain 5–4 in penalty strokes after the match finished 1–1 after extra time. England won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 6–5 in penalty strokes after the match finished 1–1 after extra time.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
—	Host	—	1	Spain
1–12 September 1999	1999 European Championship	Padua, Italy	4	Belgium   England   Germany   Netherlands
8–14 July 2002	2003 European Championship qualification	Poznań, Poland	2	Poland   Scotland
		Dublin, Ireland	2	Italy   Ireland
		Moscow, Russia	2	Russia    Switzerland
13–15 September 2002	2003 European Championship play-off	Terrassa, Spain	1	France
Total			12

Format

The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals in order to determine the winner in a knockout system. The 3rd and 4th placed teams from each pool played for the 5th to 8th place, while the 5th and 6th placed teams from each pool played for the 9th to 12th place. The last four teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge.

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	5	5	0	0	21	5	+16	15	Semi-finals
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	1	22	11	+11	12
3	France	5	2	1	2	11	11	0	7	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Belgium	5	1	2	2	13	13	0	5
5	Ireland	5	1	1	3	12	17	−5	4	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Russia	5	0	0	5	2	24	−22	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Hosts

1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) 13:00 France   3–0   Russia

1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) 16:00 Belgium   1–4   Germany

1 September 2003 (2003-09-01) 19:00 Ireland   4–6   Spain

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3 September 2003 (2003-09-03) 11:30 Germany   2–0   France

3 September 2003 (2003-09-03) 14:30 Russia   0–3   Ireland

3 September 2003 (2003-09-03) 19:00 Spain   3–2   Belgium

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4 September 2003 (2003-09-04) 16:00 Ireland   1–4   Germany

4 September 2003 (2003-09-04) 19:00 France   2–2   Belgium

4 September 2003 (2003-09-04) 20:00 Russia   0–5   Spain

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6 September 2003 (2003-09-06) 11:00 Ireland   1–4   France

6 September 2003 (2003-09-06) 13:00 Russia   1–5   Belgium

6 September 2003 (2003-09-06) 19:00 Germany   3–2   Spain

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8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 11:00 Belgium   3–3   Ireland

8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 13:00 Germany   8–1   Russia

8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 19:00 Spain   6–2   France

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	25	9	+16	12	Semi-finals
2	England	5	3	1	1	14	9	+5	10
3	Poland	5	3	0	2	18	13	+5	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Scotland	5	3	0	2	10	11	−1	9
5	Italy	5	1	1	3	4	17	−13	4	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	8	20	−12	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

2 September 2003 (2003-09-02) 11:00 Scotland   3–4   Poland

2 September 2003 (2003-09-02) 14:30 England   2–2   Italy

2 September 2003 (2003-09-02) 17:30 Switzerland   2–8   Netherlands

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4 September 2003 (2003-09-04) 13:00 Poland   3–2    Switzerland

4 September 2003 (2003-09-04) 14:00 Netherlands   0–3   England

4 September 2003 (2003-09-04) 15:00 Italy   0–1   Scotland

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5 September 2003 (2003-09-05) 14:00 Poland   3–4   Netherlands

5 September 2003 (2003-09-05) 16:00 Switzerland   1–2   Italy

5 September 2003 (2003-09-05) 18:00 Scotland   2–1   England

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7 September 2003 (2003-09-07) 11:00 Netherlands   5–1   Scotland

7 September 2003 (2003-09-07) 13:00 Italy   0–5   Poland

7 September 2003 (2003-09-07) 19:00 England   4–2    Switzerland

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8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 15:00 Italy   0–8   Netherlands

8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 17:00 Switzerland   1–3   Scotland

8 September 2003 (2003-09-08) 19:00 Poland   3–4   England

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	9–12th place semi-finals				Ninth place
	10 September
	Italy	2
					12 September
	Russia	1
					Italy	2
	10 September
					Ireland	3
	Ireland	5
	Switzerland	2
					Eleventh place
					12 September
					Russia	2
					Switzerland	4

9–12th place semi-finals

10 September 2003 (2003-09-10) 14:00 Italy   2–1   Russia

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10 September 2003 (2003-09-10) 14:00 Ireland   5–2    Switzerland

Eleventh place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12) 09:00 Russia   2–4    Switzerland

Ninth place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12) 11:00 Italy   2–3   Ireland

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	10 September
	France (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
					12 September
	Scotland	1 (2)
					France (a.e.t.)	4
	10 September
					Belgium	3
	Poland	4
	Belgium	5
					Seventh place
					11 September
					Scotland	1
					Poland	2

5–8th place semi-finals

10 September 2003 (2003-09-10) 16:30 France   1–1 (a.e.t.)   Scotland Penalties 4–2

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10 September 2003 (2003-09-10) 19:00 Poland   4–5   Belgium

Seventh place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12) 14:00 Scotland   1–2   Poland

Fifth place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12) 19:00 France   4–3 (a.e.t.)   Belgium

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 September
	Netherlands	2
					13 September
	Spain	5
					Germany (p.s.o.)	1 (5)
	11 September
					Spain	1 (4)
	Germany	5
	England	1
					Third place
					13 September
					England (p.s.o.)	1 (6)
					Netherlands	1 (5)

Semi-finals

11 September 2003 (2003-09-11) 16:30 Germany   5–1   England

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11 September 2003 (2003-09-11) 19:00 Netherlands   2–5   Spain

Third place game

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 16:30 England   1–1 (a.e.t.)   Netherlands Penalties 6–5

Final

13 September 2003 (2003-09-13) 19:00 Germany   1–1 (a.e.t.)   Spain C. Zeller  33' Report Freixa  20' Penalties C. Zeller Kunz Landshut Weißenborn C. Zeller 5–4 Amat Freixa Ribas Garza

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
	Germany	Qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics
	Spain
	England
4	Netherlands
5	France
6	Belgium
7	Poland
8	Scotland
9	Ireland	Relegation to the Nations Trophy
10	Italy
11	Switzerland
12	Russia

See also

• 2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References

1. "Field hockey - Men's Eurohockey Nations Championship - 2003 - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.