| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Spain | ||
| City | Valencia | ||
| Dates | 28 August – 3 September | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue | Estadio Betero | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions | |||
| Runner-up | |||
| Third place | |||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 118 (5.9 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | | ||
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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 18th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017. [1]
The defending champions, the Netherlands won the tournament for the 9th time by defeating Belgium 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished in a 2–2 draw. [2] The third-place match between Germany and Spain was cancelled due to illness.
The following eight teams qualified based on their final positions in the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championships.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| 20–26 July 2014 | 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship | Waterloo, Belgium | 6 | |
| 13–19 July 2014 | 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II | Lousada, Portugal | 2 | |
| Total | 8 | |||
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 5 | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 5 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 |
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| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals | |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 |
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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 |
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| 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 4 | Relegation to Junior Championship II | |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 0 |
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| 3 September 2017 | ||||||
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| Third place | ||||||
| 3 September 2017 | ||||||
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Relegated to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II
There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.
11 goals
7 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH