2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Gniezno
Dates	15–21 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Austria (1st title)
Runner-up	Scotland
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	82 (4.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Forsyth (7 goals)
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland. ^{[1] [2]}

The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. ^[3]

Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.

Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition. ^[4]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
16–25 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	2	Ireland (13)   Scotland (19)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Cambrai, France	4	Austria (20)   Italy (23)   Poland (26)   Ukraine (29)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship III	Gibraltar	2	Croatia (39)    Switzerland (34)
Total			8

Umpires

The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF: ^[5]

•  Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
•  Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
•  Tim Meissner (GER)
•  Greig Cunningham (SCO)
•  Lukas Orzeł (POL)
•  Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
•  Ian Strange (IRL)
•  Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
•  Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
•  Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier
2	Poland (H)	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	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. ^[6]
(H) Hosts

15 August 2021 17:45 Italy   4–1   Croatia M. Mondo  30' Amorosini  51' Blom  54' Nunez  59' Report Mucić  7' Umpires: Friedrich Weiland (AUT) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

15 August 2021 20:10 Ireland   2–1   Poland Walker  15' McKee  60' Report Sudoł  41' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

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17 August 2021 17:45 Italy   1–1   Ireland Sior  13' Report O'Donoghue  7' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)

17 August 2021 20:00 Poland   4–2   Croatia R. Pawlak  30' Gumny  35' Jarzyński  55' Rutkowski  57' Report Mucić  6', 8' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Ian Strange (IRL)

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18 August 2021 17:45 Ireland   6–0   Croatia Murray  4' O'Donoghue  29', 52' Duncan  31' McKee  40', 52' Report Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)

18 August 2021 20:00 Poland   2–0   Italy Głowacki  13' Jarzyński  30' Report Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	11	6	+5	4
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3

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]

15 August 2021 13:15 Austria   0–2    Switzerland Report Grandchamp  48' Stomps  58' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Lukasz Orzeł (POL)

15 August 2021 15:30 Scotland   4–4   Ukraine McConnell  12' Forsyth  13' Harwood  15' Golden  56' Report Kalinchuk  34' Solomianyi  39' Paziuk  57' Kovalenko  58' Umpires: Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Ian Strange (IRL)

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16 August 2021 17:15 Ukraine   5–1    Switzerland Koshelenko  17' Solomianyi  21' Popov  38' Onofriiuk  54' Kalinchuk  55' Report Hengartner  39' Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Lukasz Orzeł (POL)

16 August 2021 19:30 Austria   2–1   Scotland Uher  4' Kölbl  24' Report Walker  52' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

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18 August 2021 13:15 Scotland   6–0    Switzerland Field  10' Forsyth  12', 38', 45' Shepherdson  41' Walker  53' Report Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Ian Strange (IRL)

18 August 2021 15:30 Ukraine   1–2   Austria Onofriiuk  19' Report Uher  39', 60' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

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	Qualification
5	Italy	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	2023 World Cup qualifier
6	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
7	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
8	Croatia	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	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. ^[6]

20 August 2021 10:15 Croatia   0–4    Switzerland Report G. Wyss-Chodat  13' B. Wyss-Chodat  15' Stomps  23', 58' Umpires: Friedrich Weiland (AUT) Ian Strange (IRL)

20 August 2021 12:30 Italy   1–0   Ukraine Amorosini  52' Report Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Tim Meissner (GER)

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21 August 2021 09:00 Italy   2–2    Switzerland Nunez  19' Keenan  20' Report Flück  20' M. Wyss-Chodat  52' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)

21 August 2021 11:15 Ukraine   5–3   Croatia Koshelenko  10', 34' Kaplinskyi  10' Kovalenko  46' Shevchuk  50' Report Mucić  28', 32', 39' Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Ian Strange (IRL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	20 August
	Ireland	2
					21 August
	Scotland	3
					Scotland	1 (6)
	20 August
					Austria (s.o.)	1 (7)
	Austria (s.o.)	0 (3)
	Poland	0 (2)
					Third place
					21 August
					Ireland	4
					Poland	2

Semi-finals

20 August 2021 14:45 Ireland   2–3   Scotland O'Dea  7' Walker  16' Report Forsyth  28', 45', 51' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

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20 August 2021 17:00 Austria   0–0   Poland Report Penalties Unterkircher Thörnblom Uher Losonci Fröhlich 3–2 Kurowski Jarzyński R. Pawlak Chumeńczuk Bembenek Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Third place game

21 August 2021 13:45 Ireland   4–2   Poland O'Dea  9', 57' Walker  15' O'Donoghue  39' Report Rutkowski  36' Kurowski  44' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Final

21 August 2021 16:00 Scotland   1–1   Austria Walker  36' Report Uher  52' Penalties Forsyth Golden Morton Walker Field Forsyth Golden Morton 6–7 Unterkircher Thörnblom Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Unterkircher Thörnblom Fröhlich Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Tim Meissner (GER)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Austria	2023 World Cup qualifier
2	Scotland
3	Ireland
4	Poland (H)
5	Italy
6	Ukraine
7	Switzerland
8	Croatia

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.

7 goals

• Alan Forsyth

6 goals

• Mario Mucić

4 goals

• Dominic Uher
• Shane O'Donoghue

3 goals

• John McKee
• Kevin O'Dea
• Ben Walker
• Struan Walker
• Boris Stomps
• Andrii Koshelenko

2 goals

• Mattia Amorosini
• Agustin Nunez
• Gragjan Jarzyński
• Wojciech Rutkowski
• Vitalii Kalinchuk
• Bohdan Kovalenko
• Maksym Onofriiuk
• Oleksandr Solomianyi

1 goal

• Benjamin Kölbl
• Jeremy Duncan
• Sean Murray
• Fabio Blom
• Thomas Keenan
• Manuel Mondo
• Francois Sior
• Mikolaj Gumny
• Mikołaj Głowacki
• Jacek Kurowski
• Robert Pawlak
• Krystian Sudoł
• Rob Field
• Cameron Golden
• Rob Harwood
• Andy McConnell
• Robbie Shepherdson
• Jens Flück
• Loris Grandchamp
• Lukas Hengartner
• Benoit Wyss-Chodat
• Gael Wyss-Chodat
• Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
• Volodymyr Kaplinskyi
• Viacheslav Paziuk
• Oleksii Popov
• Vitalii Shevchuk

Source: FIH

See also

• 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
• 2021 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
• 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

References

1. "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
2. "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
3. "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
4. "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
5. "Officials List".
6. FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021