2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Santander
Dates	15–21 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Ruth Beitia Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Timothée Clément (7 goals)
Best player	Brent van Bijnen
Best goalkeeper	Anton Brinckman
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The 2018 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the tenth edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships, the biennial international men's under-18 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held from 15 to 21 July 2018 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Sports Complex. ^{[1] [2]}

Germany were the two-time defending champions. They did not defend their title as they were defeated in the semi-finals by the Netherlands. The hosts Spain won their second title by defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Belgium 1–0.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
24–30 July 2016	2016 EuroHockey Youth Championships	Cork, Ireland	6	Belgium   England   Germany   Ireland   Netherlands   Spain
24–30 July 2016	2016 EuroHockey Youth Championships II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	France   Poland
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	16	5	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Spain (H)	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	England	3	1	1	1	11	8	+3	4
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	2	21	−19	0

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

15 July 2018 15:30 England   7–0   Poland Males  3', 60' Rushmere  18', 54' Kentwell  27' Gravestock  40' Russell  59' Report Umpires: Simon Olivier (FRA) Germain Boutte (BEL)

15 July 2018 20:00 Germany   4–1   Spain Schwarzhaupt  16' Müller  18' Schütze  36' Weigand  50' Report Lacalle  14' Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Benjamin Peters (USA)

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17 July 2018 13:15 England   3–3   Germany Rushmere  29', 51' Males  35' Report Schwarzhaupt  7' Sieburg  13' Kleinlein  57' Umpires: Germain Boutte (BEL) Daniel Veerman (NED)

17 July 2018 20:00 Spain   5–1   Poland De Ignacio-Simó  19' Vall  24' Lacalle  45' Abajo  57' Cunill  60' Report Mazurkiewicz  34' Umpires: Ian Strange (IRE) Simon Olivier (FRA)

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18 July 2018 17:30 Germany   9–1   Poland Schwarzhaupt  8', 25', 37' Kleinlein  12' Schaefer  20' Sieburg  26' Weigand  42' Mazkour  58' Kalex  58' Report Cholewa  30' Umpires: Germain Boutte (BEL) Ian Strange (IRE)

18 July 2018 20:00 Spain   5–1   England Cunill  2' Figa  16', 37' Vall  18' Abajo  49' Report Males  30' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Daniel Veerman (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	16	5	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7
3	France	3	1	0	2	5	11	−6	3
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	0

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

15 July 2018 10:00 Netherlands   6–0   Ireland Van Tongeren  2', 27' Van Battum  18' Van de Venne  20' Charbon  33' Report Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Mariusz Orzeł (POL)

15 July 2018 12:15 Belgium   6–2   France Englebert  4', 47' Stockbroekx  28', 29' Blockmans  29' Van Steerteghem  49' Report Sion  36' Desgouillons  47' Umpires: Álvaro López (ESP) Jake Charles (ENG)

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16 July 2018 17:45 Ireland   2–3   France Ramsay  16' Kidd  34' Report Clément  17', 52' P. Piot  44' Umpires: Mariusz Orzeł (POL) Jake Charles (ENG)

16 July 2018 20:00 Belgium   3–3   Netherlands De Paepe  19' Blockmans  20' Englebert  51' Report Van Bijnen  27' Van de Venne  31' Van Tongeren  60' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Álvaro López (ESP)

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18 July 2018 09:45 Netherlands   3–0   France Middendorp  19' Van Leur  24' Van Tongeren  45' Report Umpires: Jake Charles (ENG) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

18 July 2018 12:00 Ireland   0–7   Belgium Report Duvekot  24' Englebert  37' Van Steerteghem  41' De Winter  48', 49' Onana  52' Van Cleynenbreugel  56' Umpires: Mariusz Orzeł (POL) Álvaro López (ESP)

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	England	3	2	0	1	9	1	+8	6
6	Ireland	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6
7	France (R)	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6	EuroHockey Youth Championships II
8	Poland (R)	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

Source: Eurohockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(R) Relegated

20 July 2018 12:30 England   2–0   France Rushmere  36' Russell  56' Report Umpires: Ian Strange (IRE) Germain Boutte (BEL)

20 July 2018 14:45 Poland   0–5   Ireland Report Haycock  2' Romoli  23', 30' Empey  26' Johnson  51' Umpires: Simon Olivier (FRA) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

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21 July 2018 12:30 France   6–2   Poland Clément  6', 21', 52', 56', 59' Sellier  28' Report Nowakowski  20' Wiśniewski  57' Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Germain Boutte (BEL)

21 July 2018 14:45 England   0–1   Ireland Report Kidd  9' Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Mariusz Orzeł (POL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 July
	Belgium	2 (0)
					21 July
	Spain (s.o.)	2 (3)
					Spain	2
	20 July
					Netherlands	1
	Germany	3 (3)
	Netherlands (s.o.)	3 (5)
					Third place
					21 July
					Belgium	0
					Germany	1

Semi-finals

20 July 2018 17:00 Belgium   2–2   Spain Englebert  28' De Winter  44' Report Bonastre  11' Figa  43' Penalties Stockbroekx Englebert Blockmans 0–3 Abajo Clapés Portugal Umpires: Jake Charles (ENG) Daniel Veerman (NED)

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20 July 2018 19:30 Germany   3–3   Netherlands Mazkour  6' Weigand  33' Schwarzhaupt  38' Report Van Bijnen  11', 52' Van Tongeren  53' Penalties Müller Weigand Sieburg Kleinlein 3–5 Lageman Middendorp Van Tongeren Doeser Van de Venne Umpires: Álvaro López (ESP) Benjamin Peters (USA)

Third and fourth place

21 July 2018 14:30 Belgium   0–1   Germany Report Sieburg  38' Umpires: Álvaro López (ESP) Simon Olivier (FRA)

Final

21 July 2018 20:45 Spain   2–1   Netherlands Lacalle  20' Abajo  60' Report Van de Venne  13' Umpires: Benjamin Peters (USA) Jake Charles (ENG)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Relegation
	Spain (H)
	Netherlands
	Germany
4	Belgium
5	England
6	Ireland
7	France (R)	EuroHockey Youth Championships II
8	Poland (R)

Source: EHF
(H) Host; (R) Relegated

Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

7 goals

• Timothée Clément

6 goals

• Benedikt Schwarzhaupt

5 goals

• Dylan Englebert
• Stuart Rushmere
• Olivier van Tongeren

4 goals

• Morgan Males

3 goals

• Jeff de Winter
• Justus Weigand
• Maximilien Sieburg
• Brent van Bijnen
• Jim van de Venne
• Ignacio Abajo
• Roger Figa
• Borja Lacalle

2 goals

• Jonathan Blockmans
• Leon van Steerteghem
• Thibeau Stockbroekx
• Thomas Russell
• Erik Kleinlein
• Elian Mazkour
• Oliver Kidd
• Matteo Romoli
• Josep Cunill
• Jan Vall

1 goal

• Rik van Cleynenbreugel
• Roman Duvekot
• Nelson Onana
• Elias de Paepe
• Joshua Gravestock
• Stuart Kentwell
• Mattéo Desgouillons
• Paul Piot
• Corentin Sellier
• Bastien Sion
• Xaver Kalex
• Hannes Müller
• Emil Schaefer
• Mario Schütze
• Alistair Empey
• Jack Haycock
• Benjamin Johnson
• Ewan Ramsay
• Bram van Battum
• Valentijn Charbon
• Nick Doeser
• Laurens van Leur
• Floris Middendorp
• Jakub Cholewa
• Jakub Mazurkiewicz
• Michał Nowakowski
• Jerzy Wiśniewski
• Jordi Bonastre
• Eduard de Ignacio-Simó

Source: EHF

External links

• EuroHockey

References

1. "2018 EUROHOCKEY UNDER 18 YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS – UPDATED". eurohockey.org. 24 March 2018.
2. "EuroHockey Youth Championships 2018 U18 Boys Locations". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. 24 March 2018.
3. M Gallivan (2014-12-03). "TOURNAMENT REGULATIONS" (PDF). Retrieved 2018-03-24.