2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Berlin
Dates	17–19 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Horst-Korber-Sportzentrum
Final positions
Champions	Germany (16th title)
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	183 (9.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Boris Burkhardt Michael Körper (11 goals)
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The 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It took place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Berlin, Germany. ^[1]

The hosts Germany won their sixteenth title by defeating the defending champions Austria 6–3 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Russia 11–3.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
12–14 January 2018	2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	6	Austria (1)   Belgium (7)   Czech Republic (3)   Germany (2)   Poland (5)   Russia (6)
12–14 January 2018	2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Alanya, Turkey	2	Netherlands (9)   Ukraine (19)
Total			8

Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

The Pools were decided in summer 2019 following the FIH Indoor World Ranking. ^[1]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	16	7	+9	9	Semi-finals
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	13	12	+1	6
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	12	14	−2	3	Relegation pool
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	8	16	−8	0

Source: FIH

17 January 2020 10:00 Poland   5–4   Ukraine Kasprzyk  5', 13' Hulboj  8', 10', 32' Report Kalinchuk  4', 5' Diachuk  17' Koshlenko  31' Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Fraser Bell (SCO)

17 January 2020 11:15 Austria   5–3   Russia Unterkircher  7', 31' Körper  22' Stanzl  26' Bele  37' Report Kuraev  2' Arusiia  9' Khairullin  16' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

17 January 2020 16:00 Russia   5–3   Ukraine Artemov  3' Kuraev  15' Nadyrshin  20', 31' Khairullin  28' Report Kalinchuk  4', 8' Yasinskyi  17' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

17 January 2020 17:15 Poland   3–5   Austria Hulboj  10', 25' Kasprzyk  37' Report Hasun  2' Körper  25', 27', 40' Bele  26' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Andres Ortiz (ESP)

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18 January 2020 09:00 Austria   6–1   Ukraine Körper  10', 15' Bele  25', 31', 37' Fröhlich  35' Report Kalinchuk  3' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Fraser Bell (SCO)

18 January 2020 10:15 Russia   5–4   Poland Arusiia  9', 13', 20' Khairullin  14' Nadyrshin  33' Report Hulboj  2' Kurowski  4' Kasprzyk  16', 17' Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Paul van den Assum (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	31	9	+22	9	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	19	13	+6	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	8	21	−13	3	Relegation pool
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	8	23	−15	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

17 January 2020 12:30 Czech Republic   2–6   Netherlands Trejbal  10' Železný  39' Report Burkhardt  13', 31', 40' Leijs  22' Bakker  33', 36' Umpires: ANdres Ortiz (ESP) Lukasz Zwiercchowski (POL)

17 January 2020 13:45 Germany   12–1   Belgium Müller  3' Kamlade  14', 26' Hartkopf  19', 38' Schiffer  21', 22', 28', 30' Prinz  32' Doesch  36' Schmid  40' Report Degroote  20' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Sean Edwards (ENG)

17 January 2020 18:30 Belgium   4–7   Netherlands Simar  8', 38' Truyens  10' Degroote  19' Report Bakker  1' Burkhardt  8', 27', 34' Leijs  13', 35' Sweering  40' Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

17 January 2020 19:45 Czech Republic   2–12   Germany Železný  10' Seeman  27' Report Hartkopf  6', 19', 29' Pöhling  6' Müller  10', 16' Doesch  12' Prinz  13', 36' Schmid  15' Schiffer  21' Rabente  27' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

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18 January 2020 11:30 Belgium   3–4   Czech Republic Degroote  4', 30' Zimmer  5' Report Železný  16' Trejbal  19' Seeman  37' Jahoda  40' Umpires: Lukasz Zwiercchowski (POL) Lee Barron (ENG)

18 January 2020 12:45 Germany   7–6   Netherlands Schiffer  1', 17' Doesch  10' Pöhling  27' Müller  30', 30' Hartkopf  40' Report Goor  4' Sweering  13', 20' Bakker  16' Leijs  21' Burkhardt  29' Umpires: Andres Ortiz (ESP) Sean Edwards (ENG)

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	Czech Republic	3	2	1	0	10	8	+2	7
6	Belgium	3	2	0	1	20	15	+5	6
7	Poland	3	1	1	1	12	14	−2	4	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	13	18	−5	0

Source: FIH

18 January 2020 16:45 Ukraine   7–10   Belgium B. Kovalenko  4', 6', 29' Diachenko  6' Yasinskyi  14' Kalinchuk  22' Luppa  31' Report Dykmans  8', 21', 39' Simar  10', 16', 16', 40' Degroote  30' Zimmer  36' Maraite  37' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Fraser Bell (SCO)

18 January 2020 18:00 Poland   3–3   Czech Republic Jarzyński  5' Pavlak  14' Nowakowski  34' Report Soukup  29', 37' Jahoda  39' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Andres Ortiz (ESP)

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19 January 2020 10:00 Poland   4–7   Belgium Kasprzyk  11', 26' Kurowski  30' Hulboj  32' Report Simar  9', 12', 33', 37' Maraite  19' Dykmans  34', 40' Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Fraser Bell (SCO)

19 January 2020 11:15 Czech Republic   3–2   Ukraine Jahoda  3' Trejbal  10' Železný  39' Report Luppa  17', 37' Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 January
	Austria	5
					19 January
	Netherlands	3
					Austria	3
	18 January
					Germany	6
	Germany	6
	Russia	1
					Third place
					19 January
					Netherlands	11
					Russia	3

Semifinals

18 January 2020 19:15 Austria   5–3   Netherlands Körper  1', 29', 37' Bele  25', 34' Report Bakker  11' Goor  26' Leijs  40' Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Sean Edwards (ENG)

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18 January 2020 20:45 Germany   6–1   Russia Schiffer  10' Hartkopf  12' Doesch  17', 34' Prinz  21', 28' Report Borisov  38' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Paul van den Assum (NED)

Third place game

19 January 2020 13:00 Netherlands   11–3   Russia Leijs  3', 23' Sweering  4' Rohof  12' Burkhardt  14', 27', 35', 40' Bakker  20', 31' Dekker  26' Report Khairullin  9' Proskuriakov  15' Nadyrshin  31' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Andres Ortiz (ESP)

Final

19 January 2020 14:30 Austria   3–6   Germany Körper  1', 25' Unterkircher  32' Report Doesch  6', 32' Schmid  16' Prinz  25' Hartkopf  31' Schiffer  35' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Sean Edwards (ENG)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany (H)	Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup
2	Austria
3	Netherlands
4	Russia
5	Czech Republic
6	Belgium	Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup as hosts
7	Poland	Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	Ukraine

Source: FIH
(H) Host

See also

• 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
• 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

References

1. "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.