2018 CERH European Championship

2018 Rink Hockey European Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	A Coruña
Dates	14–22 July 2018
Teams	11
Venue(s)	1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions	Spain (17th title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Third place	Italy
Fourth place	France
	← 2016 2020 →

Last updated March 05, 2019

The 2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, also named as EuroHockey 2018, was the 53rd edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by CERH, which took place between 14 and 22 July in A Coruña, Spain.^[1]

A Coruña is a city and municipality of Galicia, Spain. It is the second most populated city in the autonomous community and seventeenth overall in the country. The city is the provincial capital of the province of the same name, having also served as political capital of the Kingdom of Galicia from the 16th to the 19th centuries, and as a regional administrative centre between 1833 and 1982, before being replaced by Santiago de Compostela.

Teams

Eleven teams will join the tournament. Andorra, Belgium and Netherlands will join the other eight teams from the previous edition.^[2]

This will be the highest number of participants since 1994.

Team	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
Andorra	4th	2006	Eighth place (1992, 2006)
Austria	8th	2016	Eighth place (2010, 2016)
Belgium	39th	1996	Runners-up (1947)
England	52nd	2016	Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
France	52nd	2016	Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931)
Germany	49th	2016	Runners-up (1932, 1934)
Italy	51st	2016	Champions (1953, 1990, 2014)
Netherlands	33rd	2008	Third place (1963, 1967, 1969)
Portugal	48th	2016	Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2016)
Spain	40th	2016	Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
Switzerland	53rd	2016	Runners-up (1937, 2006)

Venue

All the games of the tournament will be played at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor is a multi-purpose sports arena in A Coruña, Galicia, Spain. Located at Riazor's sports complex, the venue has 4,425 seats and a maximum capacity of 5,000 people. The arena is owned by the A Coruña City Hall and faces Estadio Riazor.

Group stage

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	4	4	0	38	6	+32	12	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	5–4	—	7–1	—
2	France	4	3	1	29	10	+19	9		—	—	6–0	5–2	—
3	Andorra	4	2	2	9	19	−10	6		0–11	—	—	—	6–0
4	Switzerland	4	1	3	10	16	−6	3		—	—	2–3	—	5–1
5	Austria	4	0	4	5	40	−35	0	Qualification to classification group	1–15	3–14	—	—	—

Updated to match(es) played on 19 July 2018. Source: EuroHockey 2018

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	5	5	0	55	4	+51	15	Qualification to quarterfinals	—	2–0	7–1	10–1	—	—
2	Italy	5	4	1	59	15	+44	12		—	—	11–5	9–4	—	—
3	Germany	5	3	2	34	23	+11	9		—	—	—	8–4	5–1	—
4	England	5	2	3	29	33	−4	6		—	—	—	—	6–4	14–2
5	Netherlands	5	1	4	21	45	−24	3	Qualification to classification group	2–14	4–15	—	—	—	10–5
6	Belgium	5	0	5	7	85	−78	0	Qualification to classification group	0–22	0–24	0–15	—	—	—

Source: EuroHockey 2018
(H) Host.

Classification group

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Austria	2	1	1	0	9	8	+1	4	—	—	4–4
2	Netherlands	2	1	0	1	19	8	+11	3	4–5	—	—
3	Belgium	2	0	1	1	7	19	−12	1	—	3–15	—

Updated to match(es) played on 21 July 2018. Source:

Knockout phase

Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Finals

20 July

Germany	2
		21 July
France	5
		France	2
20 July
		Spain	8
Switzerland	2
				22 July
Spain	10
				Spain	6
20 July
				Portugal	3
Andorra	2
		21 July
Italy	6
		Italy	2
20 July
		Portugal	4	Third place game
England	2
				22 July
Portugal	14
				France	2

				Italy	5

5th to 8th place

Semifinals		Fifth place game

21 July

England	2
		22 July
Andorra	8
		Andorra	3
21 July
		Switzerland	5
Switzerland	7

Germany	6
		Seventh place game

		22 July

		England	6

		Germany	12

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References

↑ "La Coruña will host the 2018 Senior Male European Championship". CERS-rinkhockey.eu. Comité Européen de Rink Hockey (CERH). 27 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
↑ "53rd European Championship 2018 with 11 participating teams". CERS Rink Hockey. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.

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[1] "La Coruña will host the 2018 Senior Male European Championship". CERS-rinkhockey.eu. Comité Européen de Rink Hockey (CERH). 27 February 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.

[2] "53rd European Championship 2018 with 11 participating teams". CERS Rink Hockey. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.