2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	15–21 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Estadio Betero
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	107 (5.35 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Raphael Hartkopf (8 goals)
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The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 19th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain from 15 to 21 July 2019. ^[1]

This tournament served as the European qualifier for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top six teams qualifying. ^[2]

Germany won the tournament for the sixth time by defeating England 5–3 in the final. The defending champions, the Netherlands won the bronze model by defeating the hosts Spain 3–1.

Qualified teams

The following eighth team qualified based on their final positions in the 2017 EuroHockey Junior Championships. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
28 August – 3 September 2017	2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Valencia, Spain	6	Netherlands   Belgium   Germany   Spain   England   Austria
16–22 July 2017	2017 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Saint Petersburg, Russia	2	France   Poland
Total			8

Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Semi-finals and 2021 FIH Junior World Cup
2	England	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	7	3	+4	4	Pool C
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	3	18	−15	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

15 July 2019 17:45 England   6–2   Poland Rushmere  5' Wallace  28', 54' Griffiths  32' Way  42', 52' Report E. Bembenek  48' Kurowski  59' Umpires: Daniel Rodriguez (ESP) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

15 July 2019 20:00 Belgium   0–2   Spain Report Cobos  27' Alonso  40' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Johannes Berneth (GER)

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16 July 2019 20:00 Spain   6–1   Poland Zorita  5', 12', 13' Cobos  5' Reyné  18' Tello  35' Report E. Bembenek  4' Umpires: Antoine Duhem (FRA) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

16 July 2019 20:00 England   1–1   Belgium Wallace  43' Report Englebert  25' Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Daniel Veerman (NED)

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18 July 2019 09:00 Belgium   6–0   Poland T. Biekens  14' Delavignette  15' Esquelin  31', 38' Stockbroekx  36' Muschs  52' Report Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Antoine Duhem (FRA)

18 July 2019 20:00 Spain   1–1   England Zorita  59' Report Way  40' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Johannes Berneth (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Semi-finals and 2021 FIH Junior World Cup
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	19	5	+14	6
3	France	3	1	1	1	7	10	−3	4	Pool C
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	3	25	−22	0

Source: FIH

15 July 2019 11:15 Germany   9–1   France Dösch  17' Prinz  21' Weigand  39', 45', 49' Hinrichs  41' Schiffer  43' Hartkopf  50' Schellinger  54' Report Permin  28' Umpires: Micheal Pontus (BEL) Jake Charles (ENG)

15 July 2019 17:45 Netherlands   10–0   Austria Van Bijnen  7', 7' Hoedemakers  18', 23' Charbon  30' Middendorp  38' Beins  41' Van de Venne  43', 54' Bijen  54' Report Umpires: Mariusz Orzel (POL) Antoine Duhem (FRA)

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17 July 2019 09:00 Austria   1–6   France Unterkircher  60' Report T. Clément  16' Sellier  18' Lenglet  25' Igau  43', 59' Desgouillons  54' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Jake Charles (ENG)

17 July 2019 11:15 Germany   1–2   Netherlands Dösch  44' Report Lageman  19' Hoedemakers  50' Umpires: Daniel Rodriguez (ESP) Micheal Pontus (BEL)

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18 July 2019 11:15 Austria   2–9   Germany Kapounek  36' Wellan  55' Report Schellinger  13', 34' Weigand  21', 21' Prinz  26' Hartkopf  37', 60' Michler  42' Schwarzhaupt  59' Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Michael Pontus (BEL)

18 July 2019 17:45 Netherlands   0–0   France Report Umpires: Mariusz Orzel (POL) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Belgium	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Qualification for the 2021 FIH Junior World Cup
6	France	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
7	Poland (R)	3	1	0	2	4	10	−6	3	Relegation to the Junior Championship II
8	Austria (R)	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: FIH
(R) Relegated

20 July 2019 09:00 Poland   3–2   Austria Jarzyński  13' Majek  28', 52' Report Wellan  33' Schippan  57' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

20 July 2019 11:15 Belgium   3–1   France Ghislain  21' Esquelin  24' Sidler  40' Report Curty  49' Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Mariusz Orzel (POL)

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21 July 2019 11:15 Belgium   5–0   Austria Duvekot  8' Muschs  17', 30' Ghislain  28' Stockbroekx  50' Report Umpires: Jake Charles (ENG) Antoine Duhem (FRA)

21 July 2019 13:30 France   2–1   Poland Desgouillons  13' Curty  42' Report Jarzyński  45' Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Daniel Rodriguez (ESP)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 July
	Spain	0
					21 July
	Germany	3
					Germany	5
	20 July
					England	3
	Netherlands	3
	England	4
					Third place
					21 July
					Spain	1
					Netherlands	3

Semi-finals

20 July 2019 15:45 Spain   0–3   Germany Report Hartkopf  41', 50' Prinz  59' Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Jake Charles (ENG)

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20 July 2019 18:00 Netherlands   3–4   England Bijen  2' Van Bijnen  28' Scheen  58' Report Way  12' Russell  19' Scott  49' Griffiths  57' Umpires: Daniel Rodriguez (ESP) Michael Pontus (BEL)

Third and fourth place

21 July 2019 15:00 Spain   1–3   Netherlands Tello  31' Report Scheen  23' Van de Venne  25' Charbon  28' Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

Final

21 July 2019 19:30 Germany   5–3   England Hartkopf  19', 28', 44' Schiffer  32' Prinz  57' Report Rushmere  30+' Oates  58' Scott  59' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (C)	Qualification for the 2021 Junior World Cup
2	England
3	Netherlands
4	Spain (H)
5	Belgium
6	France
7	Poland (R)	Relegation to the Junior Championship II
8	Austria (R)

Source: FIH
(C) Champion; (H) Host; (R) Relegated

Goalscorers

There were 107 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.35 goals per match.

8 goals

• Raphael Hartkopf

5 goals

• Justus Weigand

4 goals

• Edward Way
• Thies Prinz
• Enrique Zorita

3 goals

• Emile Esquelin
• Max Muschs
• Zach Wallace
• Christian Schellinger
• Tjep Hoedemakers
• Brent van Bijnen
• Jim van de Venne

2 goals

• Nikolas Wellan
• William Ghislain
• Thibeau Stockbroekx
• Gareth Griffiths
• Stuart Rushmere
• Eliot Curty
• Mattéo Desgouillons
• Antonin Igau
• Paul Dösch
• Jan Schiffer
• Koen Bijen
• Valentijn Charbon
• Pepijn Scheen
• Eryk Bembenek
• Gracjan Jarzyński
• Bartosz Majek
• Ignacio Cobos
• Álvaro Tello

1 goal

• Andreas Kapounek
• Phillip Schippan
• Fabian Unterkircher
• Tobias Biekens
• Romain Delavignette
• Roman Duvekot
• Dylan Englebert
• Loïc Sidler
• James Oates
• Thomas Russell
• Timothée Clément
• Thomas Lenglet
• Stéphane Permin
• Corentin Sellier
• Teo Hinrichs
• Linus Michler
• Benedikt Schwarzhaupt
• Teun Beins
• Silas Lageman
• Floris Middendorp
• Jacek Kurowski
• Alejandro Alonso
• Marc Reyné

Source: FIH

See also

• 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II
• 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
• 2019 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

References

1. "2019 Eurohockey Junior Championships – Updated". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 12 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 June 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019. Archived 7 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine
2. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 11 July 2019.
3. "2017 Eurohockey Junior Championships – Final Positions". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 July 2017. Archived from the original on 11 July 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.