2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Cambrai
Dates	28 July – 3 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Cambrai HC
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	76 (3.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Viktor Lockwood (7 goals)
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The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 8th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Cambrai, France. ^[1] The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner France and runner-up Russia qualifying.

The hosts France won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Austria won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 4–1. ^[2]

Qualified teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
19–27 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	2	Austria (19)   Poland (22)
6–12 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	4	France (13)   Russia (23)   Ukraine (27)   Czech Republic (30)
30 July – 5 August 2017	2017 EuroHockey Championship III	Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia	2	Belarus (33)   Italy (26)
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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 III.

Results

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Austria	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3	Pool C
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	6	12	−6	0

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. ^[4]

28 July 2019 12:15 Russia   3–1   Italy Khairullin  37' Kuraev  42' Sobolevskiy  57' Report Nunez  33' Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Tomas Holek (CZE)

28 July 2019 14:30 Austria   2–0   Ukraine A. Bele  3' Körper  44' Report Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

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29 July 2019 16:45 Ukraine   3–5   Italy Kovalenko  14' Polishchuk  54', 58' Report Dallons  8' Nunez  14', 16' Blom  26' Lago  49' Umpires: Tomas Holek (CZE) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

29 July 2019 19:00 Russia   2–2   Austria Skiperskiy  26' Golubev  47' Report A. Bele  22' Unterkircher  40' Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Diego Estebanez (ESP)

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31 July 2019 12:15 Austria   2–0   Italy Thörnblom  23' Körper  46' Report Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Diego Estebanez (ESP)

31 July 2019 14:30 Ukraine   3–5   Russia Paziuk  5' Polishchuk  48' Koshelenko  58' Report Lepshkin  13', 47' Khairullin  14' Sobolevskiy  52' Arusiia  58' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France (H)	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	Poland	3	1	1	1	5	2	+3	4
3	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	1	8	−7	2	Pool C
4	Belarus	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	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. ^[4]
(H) Hosts

28 July 2019 16:45 Poland   4–0   Belarus Kasprzyk  22' Janiszewski  23', 52' Hulbój  59' Report Umpires: Diego Estebanez (ESP) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

28 July 2019 19:00 France   7–0   Czech Republic H. Genestet  3' Charlet  8' Lockwood  25', 41', 53' Branicki  42' Rogeau  59' Report Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

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30 July 2019 16:45 Czech Republic   1–1   Belarus Seeman  57' Report Mikheichyk  52' Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

30 July 2019 19:00 Poland   1–2   France Kurowski  15' Report Martin-Brisac  37' Masson  45' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

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31 July 2019 16:45 Czech Republic   0–0   Poland Report Umpires: Maksym Perpelytsya (UKR) Anton Kochin (RUS)

31 July 2019 19:00 France   3–1   Belarus Ponthieu  13' Lockwood  22', 38' Report Belavusau  48' Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

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	Italy	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7
6	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
7	Czech Republic	3	0	2	1	3	8	−5	2	EuroHockey Championship III
8	Belarus	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	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. ^[4]

2 August 2019 10:15 Ukraine   1–0   Belarus Onofriiuk  43' Report Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Tomas Holek (CZE)

2 August 2019 12:30 Italy   1–1   Czech Republic Dallons  3' Report Plochý  27' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Maksym Perpelytsya (UKR)

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3 August 2019 10:15 Italy   3–2   Belarus Dallons  3' Nunez  14' Montone  41' Report Lutsevich  14' Krysiuk  41' Umpires: Xavier Frenart (FRA) Maksym Tsimashkou (UKR)

3 August 2019 12:30 Czech Republic   1–6   Ukraine Bodnár  36' Report Koshelenko  18', 39', 43', 53' Shevchuk  40' Polishchuk  55' Umpires: Sébestien Michielsen (BEL) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 August
	Russia	2
					3 August
	Poland	0
					Russia	0
	2 August
					France	4
	France (s.o.)	1 (4)
	Austria	1 (3)
					Third place
					3 August
					Poland	1
					Austria	4

Semi-finals

2 August 2019 14:45 Russia   2–0   Poland Khairullin  15' Proskuriakov  32' Report Umpires: Diego Estebanez (ESP) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

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2 August 2019 17:00 France   1–1   Austria Rogeau  55' Report Körper  43' Penalties Lockwood Tynevez Van Straaten Dumont Genestet Lockwood Tynevez 4–3 B. Stanzl Unterkircher Fröhlich Uher Thörnblom Unterkircher B. Stanzl Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Third and fourth place

3 August 2019 14:45 Poland   1–4   Austria Krokosz  49' Report A. Bele  26' Steyrer  28' B. Stanzl  43' Schmidt  45' Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Tomas Holek (CZE)

Final

3 August 2019 17:00 Russia   0–4   France Report Lockwood  23', 47' Tynevez  23' Ponthieu  47' Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	France
	Russia
	Austria
4	Poland
5	Italy
6	Ukraine
7	Czech Republic
8	Belarus

  Qualified for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.

7 goals

• Viktor Lockwood

5 goals

• Andrii Koshelenko

4 goals

• Agustin Nunez

3 goals

• Alexander Bele
• Michael Körper
• Julien Dallons
• Marat Khairullin
• Oleh Polishchuk

2 goals

• Theophile Ponthieu
• Blaise Rogeau
• Maciej Janiszewski
• Sergey Lepeshkin
• Alexey Sobolevskiy

1 goal

• Bernhard Schmidt
• Benjamin Stanzl
• Florian Steyrer
• Leon Thörnblom
• Fabian Unterkircher
• Uladzislau Belavusau
• Illia Krysiuk
• Ivan Lutsevich
• Yauheni Mikheichyk
• Kryštof Bodnár
• Lukáš Plochý
• Martin Seeman
• Maximilien Branicki
• Simon Martin Brisac
• Victor Charlet
• Hugo Genestet
• Charles Masson
• Etienne Tynevez
• Fabio Blom
• Pietro Lago
• Julian Montone
• Mateusz Hulbój
• Michał Kasprzyk
• Adrian Krokosz
• Jacek Kurowski
• Georgii Arusiia
• Pavel Golubev
• Andrey Kuraev
• Mikhail Proskuriakov
• Alexander Skiperskiy
• Bohdan Kovalenko
• Maksym Onofriiuk
• Viacheslav Paziuk
• Oleh Polishchuk
• Vitalii Shevchuk

Source: FIH

See also

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

References

1. "EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIP II, MEN". eurohockey.org. 22 March 2018. Archived from the original on 15 July 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2018.
2. "France Claims the EuroHockey Championship II, Men". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 3 August 2019. Archived from the original on 9 August 2019. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
3. "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2018.
4. FIH General Tournament Regulations March 2019

External links

• FIH page