2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2019 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.

2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Antwerp
Dates	16–24 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wilrijkse Plein
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	103 (5.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tom Boon Alexander Hendrickx Mirco Pruyser Pau Quemada (5 goals)
Best player	Victor Wegnez
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The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 17th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held alongside the women's tournament from 16 to 24 August 2019 in Antwerp, Belgium. ^{[1] [2]} The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with the winner Belgium qualifying.

The hosts Belgium won their first-ever European title after beating Spain 5–0 in the final. ^[3] The two-time defending champions the Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0. ^[4]

Qualified teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2019 EuroHockey Championship. ^[5]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15 June 2016	Host		1	Belgium (2)
19–27 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	5	Netherlands (3)   England (6)   Germany (7)   Spain (9)   Ireland (11)
6–12 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	Scotland (21)   Wales (25)
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals 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: 2019 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	3	0	0	13	0	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
3	England	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	3	13	−10	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[6]
(H) Host

16 August 2019 20:30 Belgium   5–0   Spain Hendrickx  9', 54' Wegnez  19' Boon  52' Kina  55' Report Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Jonas van't Hek (NED)

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17 August 2019 11:15 England   2–2   Wales Ward  26' Gall  58' Report G. Furlong  32' R. Furlong  52' Umpires: Sébastien Duterme (BEL) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

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18 August 2019 13:30 Spain   5–1   Wales Iglesias  3' Quemada  14', 56' Ruiz  28' Romeu  36' Report G. Furlong  42' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)

18 August 2019 18:00 England   0–2   Belgium Report Boon  15' Hendrickx  49' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

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20 August 2019 13:30 Spain   2–2   England Quemada  33' Arana  43' Report Ward  21' Jackson  52' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)

20 August 2019 20:30 Belgium   6–0   Wales Hendrickx  15' Boon  15' De Kerpel  25' Charlier  28', 35' Briels  41' Report Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	14	3	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	16	3	+13	6
3	Ireland	3	0	1	2	4	13	−9	1	Pool C
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	3	18	−15	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[6]

17 August 2019 13:30 Germany   9–0   Scotland Herzbruch  8', 40', 49' Wellen  9', 34' M. Grambusch  25' Fuchs  28' Rühr  54' Häner  55' Report Umpires: Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT) Bruce Bale (ENG)

17 August 2019 15:45 Netherlands   5–1   Ireland Van Ass  3' Pruyser  5', 52' Kellerman  8', 37' Report O'Donoghue  25' Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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18 August 2019 15:45 Ireland   3–3   Scotland O'Donoghue  12', 58' Cross  55' Report Bain  28', 33' Falconer  51' Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

18 August 2019 20:30 Germany   2–3   Netherlands Herzbruch  25' Windfeder  42' Report Pruyser  21' Bakker  40' Brinkman  51' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

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20 August 2019 15:45 Ireland   0–5   Germany Report Wellen  3' T. Grambusch  8' Hellwig  55' Fuchs  60' Windfeder  60' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

20 August 2019 18:00 Netherlands   6–0   Scotland Bakker  6' Brinkman  15', 37' Van der Weerden  30' Janssen  58' Pruyser  60+' Report Umpires: Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT) Paul Walker (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	England	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
6	Wales	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
7	Scotland (R)	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4	Relegation to Championship II
8	Ireland (R)	3	0	1	2	4	9	−5	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[6]
(R) Relegated

22 August 2019 13:30 Wales   2–4   Scotland Dolan-Gray  40' Prosser  60' Report Golden  2', 53' Falconer  12' Parkes  35' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Paul Walker (ENG)

22 August 2019 15:45 England   2–1   Ireland Wallace  11' Roper  12' Report Robson  21' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

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24 August 2019 13:30 England   3–0   Scotland Ward  15', 29' Jackson  27' Report Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)

24 August 2019 15:45 Ireland   0–4   Wales Report G. Furlong  4', 20' Hutchinson  39' Francis  51' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	22 August
	Belgium	4
					24 August
	Germany	2
					Belgium	5
	22 August
					Spain	0
	Netherlands	3
	Spain	4
					Third place
					24 August
					Germany	0
					Netherlands	4

Semi-finals

22 August 2019 18:00 Netherlands   3–4   Spain Bakker  53' Janssen  59', 60' Report Quemada  2', 19' Romeu  34' Sánchez  50' Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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22 August 2019 20:30 Belgium   4–2   Germany Boon  42' De Kerpel  54' Wegnez  56' Charlier  58' Report Rühr  21' Fuchs  26' Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Coen van Bunge (NED)

Third and fourth place

24 August 2019 18:00 Germany   0–4   Netherlands Report Kellerman  19' Pruyser  43' Hertzberger  58' Van der Weerden  60' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Bruce Bale (ENG)

Final

24 August 2019 20:30 Belgium   5–0   Spain Dohmen  10' Van Aubel  17' Boon  18' Stockbroekx  27' Hendrickx  39' Report Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Ben Göntgen (GER)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Belgium
	Spain
	Netherlands
4	Germany
5	England
6	Wales
7	Scotland
8	Ireland

  Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[3]

Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Under-21 talent of the tournament	Top goalscorers
Victor Wegnez	Vincent Vanasch	Jonas de Geus	Tom Boon Alexander Hendrickx Mirco Pruyser Pau Quemada

Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.15 goals per match.

5 goals

• Tom Boon
• Alexander Hendrickx
• Mirco Pruyser
• Pau Quemada

4 goals

• Sam Ward
• Timm Herzbruch
• Gareth Furlong

3 goals

• Cédric Charlier
• Florian Fuchs
• Niklas Wellen
• Shane O'Donoghue
• Billy Bakker
• Thierry Brinkman
• Jip Janssen
• Bjorn Kellerman

2 goals

• Nicolas De Kerpel
• Victor Wegnez
• Ashley Jackson
• Christopher Rühr
• Lukas Windfeder
• Mink van der Weerden
• Kenny Bain
• Craig Falconer
• Cameron Golden
• Josep Romeu

1 goal

• Florent Van Aubel
• Thomas Briels
• John-John Dohmen
• Antoine Kina
• Emmanuel Stockbroekx
• James Gall
• Phil Roper
• Zachary Wallace
• Mats Grambusch
• Tom Grambusch
• Martin Häner
• Malte Hellwig
• Tim Cross
• Michael Robson
• Seve van Ass
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Nicky Parkes
• Diego Arana
• Álvaro Iglesias
• Viçens Ruiz
• Ricardo Sánchez
• Owain Dolan-Gray
• Benjamin Francis
• Rhodri Furlong
• Dale Hutchinson
• Lewis Prosser

Source: FIH

See also

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

References

1. "Belgium confirmed as host of 2019 EuroHockey Championships for women and men". fih.ch. 15 June 2016.
2. "EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS, WOMEN AND MEN". eurohockey.org. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 30 March 2019. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
3. "Brilliant Belgium win their first ever European Championship crown". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019. Archived from the original on 2 September 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
4. "Four-star Dutch ease their way to European bronze medal". belfiuseurohockey.com. 24 August 2019. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 24 August 2019.
5. "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
6. FIH General Tournament Regulations March 2019

External links

• Official website