2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

This article is about boys' event. For girls' event, see 2015 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships.

2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Santander
Dates	19–25 July 2015
Teams	8
Venue	Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer	Timm Herzbruch (11 goals)
Best player	Jesper Kamlade
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The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 8th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex. ^[1]

Germany won the tournament for the second time after defeating the Netherlands 7–1 in the final. ^[2]

Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship:

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
–	Host		1	Spain
22–28 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship	Vienna, Austria	5	Belgium   England   Germany   Netherlands   Scotland
–	2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship II	Gąsawa, Poland	2	Ireland   Russia
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 Youth Championship II.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
3	England	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	4	26	−22	0

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

19 July 2015 15:30 England   8–1   Russia Gilmour  8', 59' Waller  11', 62', 65' Bowden  25' Crowson  29' Way  58' Report Arusiia  42' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

19 July 2015 17:45 Spain   1–1   Belgium Basterra  67' Report Stockbroekx  28' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Alistair Munro (SCO)

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21 July 2015 13:15 Belgium   9–1   Russia De Sloover  6' Verhoeven  10' Raes  33' Branicki  43' Tombroff  45', 66' Meurmans  53' Sidler  56' Stockbroekx  64' Report Arusiia  70+' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Maarten Boxma (NED)

21 July 2015 20:00 England   0–1   Spain Report González  42' Umpires: Russell Donaldson (IRE) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

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22 July 2015 17:00 Belgium   3–0   England Raes  38' Meurmans  49' Branicki  56' Report Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Tim Meissner (GER)

22 July 2015 20:00 Spain   9–2   Russia Miralles  5' Álvarez  24', 25' Escudé  28', 62' Cobos  37' Gispert  64' De Bruijn  65', 69' Report Gilev  3' Arusiia  23' Umpires: Alistair Munro (SCO) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	17	5	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	6
3	Ireland	3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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

19 July 2015 10:45 Netherlands   5–1   Ireland Van Dam  9' Kronenberg  11' Stuve  13', 57' De Geus  70' Report Dale  5' Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

19 July 2015 10:45 Germany   7–0   Scotland Herzbruch  17', 31', 41' Kamlade  40' Hellwig  47' Blumensaat  47' Rothländer  67' Report Umpires: Nathan Steiner (BEL) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

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20 July 2015 17:45 Scotland   0–3   Ireland Report Morris  55' Dale  63' O'Hare  69' Umpires: Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

20 July 2015 20:00 Netherlands   2–3   Germany Van Heijningen  1' Papa  15' Report Herzbruch  4' Prinz  10' Rothländer  64' Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

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22 July 2015 09:45 Germany   7–3   Ireland Rothländer  11' Herzbruch  20', 21', 40' Terber  41' Werner  44' Hellwig  68' Report Cole  13' Nolan  29' Nelson  53' Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

22 July 2015 12:00 Scotland   0–7   Netherlands Report Brinkman  7' Van Dam  11', 56' Papa  25' Stuve  31', 65' Huijbregts  42' Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
2	England	3	1	1	1	13	7	+6	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	4	Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

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

24 July 2015 15:00 England   1–2   Ireland Hibell  18' Report Nolan  4' Nelson  43' Umpires: Alistair Munro (SCO) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

24 July 2015 15:30 Russia   2–3   Scotland Arusiia  64', 65' Report McQuade  18' Harwood  50' Christie  54' Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

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25 July 2015 11:30 Russia   1–9   Ireland Gilev  35' Report Mullins  7', 32' McClelland  17' Dale  23', 48' O'Hare  25' De Boe-Agnew  28' Robson  54' Morris  61' Umpires: Nathan Steiner (BEL) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

25 July 2015 12:00 England   4–4   Scotland Hibell  14' Crowson  34' Gilmour  36' Page  38' Report McConnell  4' McFadden  65' McCurry  68' Webb  70+' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July 2015
	Belgium	1 (3)
					25 July 2015
	Netherlands (p.s.o)	1 (4)
					Netherlands	1
	24 July 2015
					Germany	7
	Germany	7
	Spain	3
					Third place
					25 July 2015
					Belgium	1 (1)
					Spain (p.s.o)	1 (3)

Semi-finals

24 July 2015 17:30 Germany   7–3   Spain Herzbruch  9', 25' Kamlade  17' Blumensaat  30', 46' Bosserhoff  31' Rothländer  39' Report Álvarez  18' Cobos  48' López Alonso  58' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

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24 July 2015 20:00 Belgium   1–1   Netherlands Verhoeven  62' Report Van Dam  61' Penalties Lootens Stockbroekx Raes De Sloover Verhoeven 3–4 Van Dam Stuve Schoenaker Huijbregts De Geus Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Argent (ENG)

Third and fourth place

25 July 2015 14:30 Belgium   1–1   Spain Capelle  25' Report Cobos  35' Penalties Lootens Stockbroekx Branicki De Sloover 1–3 González Mesones Cobos Miralles De Bruijn Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Final

25 July 2015 19:30 Netherlands   1–7   Germany Stuve  48' Report Kamlade  17', 24' Herzbruch  20', 70+' Hellwig  27', 46' Harms  45' Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Alistair Munro (SCO)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play
Jesper Kamlade	Timm Herzbruch	Toby Reynolds-Cotterill	Spain

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Germany	5	5	0	0	31	9	+22	15
	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	16	12	+4	7
	Spain	5	2	2	1	15	11	+4	8
4	Belgium	5	2	3	0	15	4	+11	9
5	Ireland	5	3	0	2	18	14	+4	9
6	England	5	1	1	3	13	11	+2	4
7	Scotland	5	1	1	3	7	23	−16	4	Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8	Russia	5	0	0	5	7	38	−31	0

Source: EuroHockey

Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.

11 goals

• Timm Herzbruch

5 goals

• Tijn Stuve
• Georgii Arusiia

4 goals

• Malte Hellwig
• Jesper Kamlade
• Moritz Rothländer
• Julian Dale
• Thijs van Dam

3 goals

• Euan Gilmour
• Jack Waller
• Carl Blumensaat
• Alejandro Álvarez
• Ignacio Cobos

2 goals

• Maximilien Branicki
• Augustin Meurmans
• Herni Raes
• Gregory Stockbroekx
• Ethan Tombroff
• Stanley Verhoeven
• Thomas Crowson
• Elliot Hibell
• Fred Morris
• Jonathan Mullins
• Matthew Nelson
• David Nolan
• Keith O'Hare
• Camil Papa
• Aleksandr Gilev
• Arnau de Bruijn
• Marc Escudé

1 goal

• Louis Capelle
• Loïc Sidler
• Arthur de Sloover
• Laurence Bowden
• Nicholas Page
• Edward Way
• Niklas Bosserhoff
• Leopold Harms
• Thies Prinz
• Tobias Terber
• Maximilian Werner
• Ziggy de Boe-Agnew
• Geoffrey Cole
• Zachary McClelland
• Callum Robson
• Jasper Brinkman
• Jonas de Geus
• Steijn van Heijningen
• Bram Huijbregts
• Bart Kronenberg
• Patrick Christie
• Robert Harwood
• Joseph McConnell
• Ryan McCurry
• Christopher McFadden
• Aidan McQuade
• Andrew Webb
• José Basterra
• Xavier Gispert
• Eduardo González
• Álvaro López-Alonso
• Marc Miralles

Source: EHF

References

1. "EuroHockey Youth Championships I 2015 Boys U18". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
2. "2015 EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, (U18), FINAL POSITIONS". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation . Retrieved 23 January 2020.
3. "Tournament regulations – Outdoor competitions" (PDF). FIH . Retrieved 19 July 2018.