2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Cambrai
Dates	21–28 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Italy (1st title)
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	Azerbaijan
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	78 (3.9 per match)
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The 2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the 5th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II It was held from the 21st until the 28th of July 2013 in Cambrai, France. ^[1] The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship with the finalists, Italy and Poland, qualifying.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20 - 27 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	2	Azerbaijan   Italy
6 - 14 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship II	Poznań, Poland	4	Russia   France   Ukraine   Poland
25 - 31 July 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship III	Vienna, Austria	2	Lithuania   Austria
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III. ^[2]

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	France	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
3	Ukraine	3	0	3	0	2	2	0	3	Pool C
4	Lithuania	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[3]

22 July 2013 15:00 Ukraine   1–1   Lithuania Khomenko  19' Report Grubliauskaitė  51' Umpires: Miskarmalia Ariffin (SGP) Tatiana Chojnacka (POL)

22 July 2013 17:00 Azerbaijan   4–2   France Aliyeva  4' Muradi  8' Tsiganska  11' Mammadova  67' Report P. Roger  10' Billore  55' Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Violeta Eismayer (AUT)

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24 July 2013 15:00 Ukraine   0–0   Azerbaijan Report Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Miskarmalia Ariffin (SGP)

24 July 2013 17:00 France   4–2   Lithuania Report Umpires: Sabrina Pérez (ITA) Violeta Eismayer (AUT)

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25 July 2013 15:00 Azerbaijan   5–0   Lithuania Report Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Tatiana Chojnacka (POL)

25 July 2013 17:00 France   1–1   Ukraine Dutel  24' Report Sadova  18' Umpires: Sabrina Pérez (ITA) Mercedes Sánchez (ARG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	3	0	0	5	1	+4	9	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Poland	3	1	0	2	6	3	+3	3
3	Russia	3	1	0	2	4	6	−2	3	Pool C
4	Austria	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[3]

22 July 2013 11:00 Italy   1–0   Poland Report Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

22 July 2013 13:00 Russia   2–3   Austria Report Umpires: Mercedes Sánchez (ARG) Dovile Lidaite (LTU)

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23 July 2013 15:00 Poland   5–0   Austria Report Umpires: Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE) Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

23 July 2013 17:00 Russia   0–2   Italy Report Ronsisvalli  20', 49' Umpires: Dovile Lidaite (LTU) Mercedes Sánchez (ARG)

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25 July 2013 11:00 Italy   2–1   Austria Report Umpires: Dovile Lidaite (LTU) Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

25 July 2013 13:00 Poland   1–2   Russia Report Umpires: Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE) Miskarmalia Ariffin (SGP)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Points obtained in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Austria	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
6	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	6	3	+3	4
7	Russia	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III
8	Lithuania	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[3]

27 July 2013 11:00 Lithuania   1–3   Austria  42' Report Balek  8' Sandner  29', 38' Umpires: Sabrina Pérez (ITA) Claire Adenot (FRA)

27 July 2013 13:00 Ukraine   1–2   Russia Shatokhina  12' Report Sorokina  9', 16' Umpires: Tatiana Chojnacka (POL) Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

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28 July 2013 08:30 Lithuania   2–2   Russia Report Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Mercedes Sánchez (ARG)

28 July 2013 10:30 Ukraine   4–0   Austria Derkach  15' Khilko  27' Vasyukova  30' Sadova  55' Report Umpires: Tatiana Chojnacka (POL) Miskarmalia Ariffin (SGP)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 July 2013
	Azerbaijan	3
					28 July 2013
	Poland	4
					Poland	0
	27 July 2013
					Italy	5
	Italy	2
	France	1
					Third Place
					28 July 2013
					Azerbaijan (p.s.o.)	4 (4)
					France	4 (3)

Semi-finals

27 July 2013 15:00 Italy   2–1   France Braconi  26' Ronsisvalli  41' Report Rogeau  69' Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Mercedes Sánchez (ARG)

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27 July 2013 17:30 Azerbaijan   3–4   Poland Muradi  15', 25' Tsiganska  51' Report Walasek  4', 58' Rybacha  30' Wiśniewska  47' Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Miskarmalia Ariffin (SGP)

Third and fourth place

28 July 2013 13:00 Azerbaijan   4–4   France Report Penalties 4–3 Umpires: Dovile Lidaite (LTU) Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

Final

28 July 2013 15:30 Poland   0–5   Italy Report Wybieralska  21' Ronsisvalli  29' Lovagnini  43' Braconi  44' Tiddi  70' Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Claire Adenot (FRA)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Italy
	Poland
	Azerbaijan
4	France
5	Austria
6	Ukraine
7	Russia
8	Lithuania

See also

• 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References

1. "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.
2. "Field hockey - Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - 2013 - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
3. Regulations