2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship

This article is about the men's event. For the women's event, see 2015 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.

2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	London
Dates	21–29 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (4th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer	Tom Boon (10 goals)
Best player	Florian Fuchs [1]
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The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 15th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 21 to 29 August 2015 in the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, England. ^[2]

The Netherlands defeated the defending champions Germany 6–1 in the final to capture their fourth title, while Ireland won their first-ever medal by beating the hosts England 4–2. ^[1] As the winners, the Netherlands qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
	Host		1	England
17–25 August 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship	Boom, Belgium	5	Germany   Belgium   Netherlands   Spain   Ireland
3–11 August 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship II	Vienna, Austria	2	Russia   France
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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 II.

Squads

Main article: 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	0	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	England (H)	3	2	0	1	14	3	+11	6
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	9	6	+3	3	Pool C
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	1	27	−26	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

21 August 2015 17:15 Netherlands   2–0   Spain Bakker  18' Van der Weerden  24' Report Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

21 August 2015 19:30 England   10–1   Russia Middleton  9' Condon  11', 15', 25' Griffiths  18' Lewers  23' Ward  34' Gleghorne  34' Catlin  41' Ames  58' Report Plesetskii  30' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Geoff Conn (IRL)

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23 August 2015 08:30 Spain   9–0   Russia Lleonart  2' Quemada  15', 21', 29', 45', 55' Casasayas  21', 30' Dabanch  60' Report Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

23 August 2015 18:15 Netherlands   2–0   England Pruijser  26' Jonker  55' Report Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Geoff Conn (IRL)

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25 August 2015 17:15 Russia   0–8   Netherlands Report Van der Weerden  1', 25' Kemperman  7' Hertzberger  22', 48', 57' Jonker  52' Bakker  60' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Tim Benford (ENG)

25 August 2015 19:30 England   4–0   Spain Jackson  20', 57' Middleton  24' Griffiths  45' Report Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Ireland	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4	Pool C
4	France	3	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0

Source: FIH

22 August 2015 08:30 Ireland   4–3   France Good  1' Caruth  36' Bruton  45' O'Donoghue  47' Report Kieffer  27' Baumgarten  33' Martin-Brisac  52' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Tim Benford (ENG)

22 August 2015 16:00 Germany   4–0   Belgium Wellen  42', 51' Staib  48' Fuchs  58' Report Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

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23 August 2015 16:00 France   3–4   Belgium Charlet  6', 17' Sanchez  38' Report Hendrickx  10' Cobbaert  15' Dockier  34' Boon  50' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Martin Madden (SCO)

23 August 2015 20:30 Ireland   0–2   Germany Report Windfeder  54' Fuchs  56' Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Tim Benford (ENG)

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25 August 2015 11:00 Germany   7–2   France Fuchs  3', 43' Wellen  24' Fürste  30', 53' Deecke  48' Grambusch  50' Report Martin-Brisac  36', 56' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

25 August 2015 13:15 Belgium   2–2   Ireland Dockier  34' van Aubel  40' Report Caruth  27' Jackson  39' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

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	Relegation
5	Belgium	3	3	0	0	18	7	+11	9
6	Spain	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6
7	France (R)	3	1	0	2	10	10	0	3	EuroHockey Championship II
8	Russia (R)	3	0	0	3	6	24	−18	0

Source: FIH
(R) Relegated

27 August 2015 11:00 Russia   2–4   France Yankun  14' Proskuriakov  58' Report Charlet  20', 33' Masson  23' Fourcroy  33' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

27 August 2015 17:15 Spain   0–3   Belgium Report Boccard  47' Boon  47', 55' Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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29 August 2015 09:30 Belgium   11–4   Russia Boon  2', 11', 17', 18', 34', 48', 58' Hendrickx  25' Stockbroekx  28' Boccard  39' Truyens  55' Report Siniagin  15' Komarov  15' Maiorov  20' Yankun  51' Umpires: Tim Benford (ENG) Geoff Conn (IRL)

29 August 2015 11:45 Spain   4–3   France Dabanch  22' Lleonart  28', 52' Piera  57' Report Genestet  49' Charlet  51', 54' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Ben Göntgen (GER)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	27 August
	Netherlands	1
					29 August
	Ireland	0
					Netherlands	6
	27 August
					Germany	1
	England	2 (2)
	Germany (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
					Third place
					29 August
					Ireland	4
					England	2

Semi-finals

27 August 2015 13:15 Netherlands   1–0   Ireland Hertzberger  12' Report Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

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27 August 2015 19:30 Germany   2–2   England Zwicker  30' Windfeder  57' Report Gleghorne  20' Jackson  59' Penalties Fuchs Hauke Fürste Müller Grambusch 3–2 Jackson Middleton Catlin Martin Ward Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Marcin Grochal (POL)

Third and fourth place

29 August 2015 14:00 Ireland   4–2   England O'Donoghue  13', 60' Sothern  29' Magee  39' Report Martin  11' Dixon  23' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)

Final

29 August 2015 16:30 Netherlands   6–1   Germany Bakker  6' Van der Weerden  14', 22' Hertzberger  21' Hofman  29' Pruijser  47' Report Rühr  50' Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Martin Madden (SCO)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Germany
	Ireland
4	England
5	Belgium
6	Spain
7	France
8	Russia

  Qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

Awards

Best Player of the Tournament [1]	Best goalkeeper of the Tournament [1]	Topscorer of the Tournament [1]
Florian Fuchs	David Harte	Tom Boon

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.

10 goals

• Tom Boon

6 goals

• Victor Charlet

5 goals

• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Mink van der Weerden
• Pau Quemada

4 goals

• Florian Fuchs

3 goals

• David Condon
• Ashley Jackson
• Simon Martin-Brisac
• Niklas Wellen
• Shane O'Donoghue
• Billy Bakker
• Xavi Lleonart

2 goals

• Gauthier Boccard
• Sébastien Dockier
• Alexander Hendrickx
• Mark Gleghorne
• Chris Griffiths
• Barry Middleton
• Moritz Fürste
• Lukas Windfeder
• Peter Caruth
• Constantijn Jonker
• Mirco Pruijser
• Nikolay Yankun
• Álex Casasayas
• Gabriel Dabanch

1 goal

• Florent van Aubel
• Mathew Cobbaert
• Emmanuel Stockbroekx
• Jérôme Truyens
• David Ames
• Nick Catlin
• Adam Dixon
• Iain Lewers
• Harry Martin
• Sam Ward
• Gaspard Baumgarten
• Alexis Fourcroy
• Martin Genestet
• Jean-Laurent Kieffer
• Charles Masson
• Olivier Sanchez
• Oskar Deecke
• Mats Grambusch
• Christopher Rühr
• Constantin Staib
• Martin Zwicker
• Jonathan Bruton
• Kyle Good
• John Jackson
• Eugene Magee
• Alan Sothern
• Rogier Hofman
• Robbert Kemperman
• Nikolay Komarov
• Aleksei Maiorov
• Pavel Plesetskii
• Mikhail Proskuriakov
• Igor Siniagin
• Salvador Piera

Source: FIH

See also

• 2015 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References

1. "EHC2015: Netherlands men storm to Unibet EuroHockey Championship title". fih.ch. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
2. "EuroHockey Championships 2015, Men". eurohockey.org. Retrieved 19 May 2015.

External links

• Official website