2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belarus
City	Minsk
Dates	24–26 January 2020
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Minsk Sports Palace
Final positions
Champions	Belarus (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Maryna Nikitsina Adéla Lehovcová (7 goals)
Best player	Donja Zwinkels
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The 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship is the 20th edition of the tournament. It takes place from 24 to 26 January 2020 in Minsk, Belarus. ^[1]

Qualified Teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship. ^[2]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
19–21 January 2018	2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Prague, Czech Republic	5	Belarus (3)   Czech Republic (5)   Germany (1)   Netherlands (2)    Switzerland (7)   Ukraine (4)
	2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Brussels, Belgium	2	Austria (9)   Belgium (14)
Total			8

Format

The eight teams are 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+3).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	15	7	+8	9	Advance to Semifinals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	11	12	−1	3	Transfer to Pool C
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	7	15	−8	0

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

24 January 2020 10:00 Ukraine   4–3   Belgium Shevchenko  11', 35' Honcharenko  15', 32' Report Wagemans  10' Blockmans  24' Closset  40' Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

24 January 2020 11:15 Germany   4–1   Czech Republic Martin-Pelegrina  18', 36' Valentin  20' Vivot  23' Report Lehovcová  26' Umpires: Lisette Baljon (NED) Rachel Williams (ENG)

24 January 2020 16:00 Czech Republic   4–1   Belgium Hájková  6' Reichlová  25' Laciná  35' Lehovcová  37' Report Ronquetti  40' Umpires: Lisette Baljon (NED) Ana Faias (POR)

24 January 2020 17:15 Ukraine   3–4   Germany Kernoz  15' Vorushylo  32' Ponomarenko  33' Report Stöckel  13', 25' Valentin  29', 37' Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Rachel Williams (ENG)

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25 January 2020 09:00 Czech Republic   5–4   Ukraine Kolářová  13' Lehovcová  30', 35' Laciná  38', 40' Report Honcharenko  7', 39' Kernoz  12' Shokalenko  37' Umpires: Xenia Ulrich (AUT) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

25 January 2020 10:15 Germany   7–3   Belgium Wenzel  7', 27' Vivot  19' Gerstenhöfer  19' Martin-Pelegrina  30' Valentin  31' Kurz  40' Report Blockmans  4' Closset  8' Ronquetti  14' Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Lisette Baljon (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	14	1	+13	9	Advance to Semifinals
2	Belarus (H)	3	2	0	1	15	6	+9	6
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	8	14	−6	3	Transfer to Pool C
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[3]
(H) Hosts

24 January 2020 12:30 Belarus   7–2   Austria Kurhanskaya  4', 12' Filipovich  9' Nikitsina  10', 38', 38', 39' Report Herzog  9' Zerbs  35' Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

24 January 2020 13:45 Netherlands   5–0    Switzerland De Baat  10', 34' De Lange  31', 35' Van Wijk  32' Report Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Olena Klymenko (UKR)

24 January 2020 18:30 Switzerland   2–6   Austria Trösch  10' Stomps  31' Report Felber  2' Steyrer  8', 16' Zerbs  28', 35' Herzog  34' Umpires: Olena Klymenko (UKR) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

24 January 2020 19:45 Belarus   1–4   Netherlands Bahushevich  4' Report Post  1' Van Erk  13' Van Wijk  25' Muyselaar  36' Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) (UKR) Cathy Wright (WAL)

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25 January 2020 11:30 Netherlands   5–0   Austria Van Erk  5' Zwinkels  11' Van Hecking  18', 26' Van Wijk  24' Report Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

25 January 2020 12:45 Switzerland   0–7   Belarus Report Kurhanskaya  2' Papkova  3' Syddykava  7', 39' Nikitsina  17' Bahushevich  22' Belavusava  31' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Olena Klymenko (UKR)

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
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	14	6	+8	9
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	10	7	+3	6
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	7	8	−1	3	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	5	15	−10	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

25 January 2020 16:45 Belgium   3–1    Switzerland Ronquetti  2', 35' Delforge  28' Report Trösch  39' Umpires: Xenia Ulrich (AUT) Olena Klymenko (UKR)

25 January 2020 18:00 Ukraine   4–1   Austria Kernoz  17', 27' Vorushylo  18' Ponomarenko  28' Report Buchta  10' Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

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26 January 2020 10:00 Ukraine   6–2    Switzerland Honcharenko  4' Shevchenko  5' Vorushylo  16' Ponomarenko  20', 24' Samokhodchenko  23' Report Wälti  33' Triebold  39' Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Ana Faias (POR)

26 January 2020 11:15 Austria   3–1   Belgium Zerbs  19', 33' Buchta  35' Report Blockmans  2' Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Rachel Williams (ENG)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 January
	Germany	2
					26 January
	Belarus	5
					Belarus (s.o)	1 (4)
	25 January
					Netherlands	1 (3)
	Netherlands	4
	Czech Republic	2
					Third place
					26 January
					Germany	2 (1)
					Czech Republic (s.o)	2 (2)

Semi-finals

25 January 2020 19:15 Germany   2–5   Belarus Kurz  14' Vivot  20' Report Nikitsina  2' Filipovich  4' Kurhanskaya  28' Papkova  36', 37' Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

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25 January 2020 20:45 Netherlands   4–2   Czech Republic De Lange  2' Van Wijk  8', 22' Post  10' Report Lehovcová  30', 39' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Third place game

26 January 2020 13:00 Germany   2–2   Czech Republic Wenzel  11' Gerstenhöfer  14' Report Laciná  2' Lehovcová  24' Penalties Vivot Kurz Wenzel 1–2 Hájková Lehovcová Laciná Umpires: Lisette Baljon (NED) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

Final

26 January 2020 14:30 Belarus   1–1   Netherlands Nikitsina  40+' Report Post  8' Penalties Papkova Nikitsina Kurhanskaya Kurhanskaya Papkova Nikitsina 4–3 Mosch Muyselaar Van Wijk Van Wijk Mosch Muyselaar Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
	Belarus	5	3	1	1	21	9	+12	10
	Netherlands	5	4	1	0	19	4	+15	13
	Czech Republic	5	2	1	2	14	15	−1	7
4	Germany	5	3	1	1	19	14	+5	10
5	Ukraine	5	3	0	2	21	15	+6	9
6	Austria	5	2	0	3	12	19	−7	6
7	Belgium	5	1	0	4	11	19	−8	3	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	5	27	−22	0

Source: FIH

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Donja Zwinkels	Maryna Nikitsina Adéla Lehocová	Barbora Čecháková	Noor de Baat

Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.

7 goals

• Maryna Nikitsina
• Adéla Lehovcová

5 goals

• Corinna Zerbs
• Lieke van Wijk
• Olha Honcharenko

4 goals

• Yuliya Kurhanskaya
• Marie Ronquetti
• Kateřina Laciná
• Hanna Valentin
• Yevheniya Kernoz
• Oksana Ponomarenko

3 goals

• Krestina Papkova
• Vanessa Blockmans
• Teresa Martin-Pelegrina
• Alisa Vivot
• Benedetta Wenzel
• Lisanne de Lange
• Lisa Post
• Yuliia Shevchenko
• Yana Vorushylo

2 goals

• Daria Buchta
• Helene Herzog
• Lisa Steyrer
• Sviatlana Bahushevich
• Yauheniya Filipovich
• Karyna Syddykava
• Céline Closset
• Charlotte Gerstenhöfer
• Stine Kurz
• Lea Stöckel
• Noor de Baat
• Elin van Erk
• Margot van Hecking
• Tamara Trösch

1 goal

• Fiona Felber
• Darya Belavusava
• Laurine Delforge
• Caroline Wagemans
• Natálie Hájková
• Anna Kolářová
• Jindriska Reichlová
• Mila Muyselaar
• Donja Zwinkels
• Kateryna Samokhodchenko
• Kateryna Shokalenko
• Sofie Stomps
• Raffaela Triebold
• Stephanie Wälti

Source: FIH

External links

• Tournament at eurohockey.com

References

1. "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
2. "Teams". EuroHockey Indoor Championship 2020 (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 29 January 2020.
3. Regulations