2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III

2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Lipovci
Dates	1–7 August
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	HC Lipovci
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (1st title)
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	Turkey
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	89 (5.93 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Fatma Songül Gültekin (13 goals)
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The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III was the ninth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 to 7 August 2021 at HC Lipovci in Lipovci, Slovenia. ^[1]

Ukraine won their first EuroHockey Championship III title by defeating Switzerland 2–1 in the final. Turkey won the bronze medal by defeating Croatia 3–0. ^[2]

Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
4–10 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	Turkey (32)   Ukraine (27)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship III	Lipovci, Slovenia	4	Croatia (43)   Hungary [a]   Slovakia (50)   Slovenia (48)    Switzerland (38)
26 March 2020	New entry	—	1	Finland (–) [a]   Portugal
Total			7

Umpires

The following eight umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF: ^[4]

•  Fiona Davitt (IRL)
•  Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
•  Serap Kara (TUR)
•  Thalia Bellemans (BEL)
•  Nadine Schuschel (GER)
•  Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
•  Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR)
•  Manouk Bakker (NED)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	2	2	0	0	24	0	+24	6	Semi-finals
2	Croatia	2	1	0	1	6	10	−4	3
3	Slovenia (H)	2	0	0	2	0	20	−20	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. ^[5]
(H) Hosts

2 August 2021 [b] 12:30 Ukraine   14–0   Slovenia Shevchenko  3', 7', 24', 36', 55' Kernoz  23' Leonova  26', 46', 49', 55' O. Kurovska  30', 37' Ponomarenko  45' Honcharenko  57' Report Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Manouk Bakker (NED)

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3 August 2021 17:00 Croatia   0–10   Ukraine Report Shevchenko  1', 28', 45' Voievoda  14', 28' Moroz  20' Leonova  32' Shokalenko  43' A. Kurovska  47' Rudychenko  60' Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Nadine Schuschel (GER)

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4 August 2021 17:00 Slovenia   0–6   Croatia Report Hrupec  34', 40', 52' Litvic  34' Lagančić  44' Nizek  58' Umpires: Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Semi-finals
2	Turkey	3	2	0	1	17	3	+14	6
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	8	−2	3
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	1	22	−21	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. ^[5]

1 August 2021 12:30 Turkey   9–0   Slovakia Gültekin  7', 23', 26', 40', 58' Kurt  12' Paksoy  38' Oymak  40' Çelik  48' Report Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR)

1 August 2021 [c] 14:45 Switzerland   1–0   Portugal E. Trösch  25' Report Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Serap Kara (TUR)

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2 August 2021 14:45 Slovakia   1–6   Portugal Vyskoçová  43' Report Fidalgo  1' Bruce  11', 30' Ledesma  12', 33', 39' Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Fiona Davitt (IRL)

2 August 2021 17:00 Switzerland   3–2   Turkey Stomps  12' E. Trösch  16' Pöhler  56' Report Gültekin  4', 40' Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

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4 August 2021 12:30 Turkey   6–0   Portugal Gültekin  15', 16', 29', 38' Bahçivan  36' Güzelal  55' Report Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

4 August 2021 14:45 Slovakia   0–7    Switzerland Report T. Trösch  6' Pöhler  32' Thoma  39' Zimmermann  42', 43' Weber  46' Stomps  48' Umpires: Serap Kara (TUR) Fiona Davitt (IRL)

Fifth to seventh 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
5	Portugal	2	2	0	0	12	1	+11	6
6	Slovakia	2	1	0	1	5	6	−1	3
7	Slovenia (H)	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	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. ^[5]
(H) Hosts

6 August 2021 11:30 Slovenia   0–6   Portugal Report Sousa  5' Fidalgo  41' Ledesma  45' Nunes  48' I. Oliveira  55' F. Oliveira  59' Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Manouk Bakker (NED)

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7 August 2021 10:15 Slovenia   0–4   Slovakia Report Čapová  2' Vyskočová  22' Zavodska  30' Fondrkova  56' Umpires: Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	6 August
	Ukraine	3
					7 August
	Turkey	1
					Ukraine	2
	6 August
					Switzerland	1
	Switzerland	4
	Croatia	0
					Third place
					7 August
					Turkey	3
					Croatia	0

Semi-finals

6 August 2021 13:45 Ukraine   3–1   Turkey Kernoz  15' Leonova  32' Ponomarenko  57' Report Taşkiran  54' Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

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6 August 2021 16:00 Switzerland   4–0   Croatia Müller  19' Stomps  45' Zimmermann  48' Zbinden  54' Report Umpires: Serap Kara (TUR) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

Third place game

7 August 2021 12:45 Turkey   3–0   Croatia Gültekin  20', 33' Esen  22' Report Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Fiona Davitt (IRL)

Final

7 August 2021 15:00 Ukraine   2–1    Switzerland Kernoz  1' Shevchenko  40' Report Thoma  57' Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Ukraine
	Switzerland
	Turkey
4	Croatia
5	Portugal
6	Slovakia
7	Slovenia

  Qualified for the Women's EuroHockey Championship II

Goalscorers

There were 89 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.93 goals per match.

13 goals

• Fatma Songül Gültekin

9 goals

• Yuliia Shevchenko

6 goals

• Karyna Leonova

4 goals

• Mariana Ledesma

3 goals

• Petra Hrupec
• Sofie Stomps
• Carina Zimmermann
• Yevheniya Kernoz

2 goals

• Sónia Bruce
• Claudia Fidalgo
• Karolína Vyskočová
• Nele Pöhler
• Janice Thoma
• Elena Trösch
• Olha Kurovska
• Oksana Ponomarenko
• Anastasiia Voievoda

1 goal

• Dora Lagančić
• Una Litvic
• Lucija Nizek
• Daniela Nunes
• Flávia Oliveira
• Irina Oliveira
• Katarina Sousa
• Natalia Fondrkova
• Dominika Zavodska
• Venessa Čapová
• Ria Müller
• Tamara Trösch
• Stephanie Weber
• Sara Zbinden
• Emine Bahçivan
• Ayla Esen
• Kübra Güzelal
• Sudenur Kurt
• Meryem Oymak
• Gülcan Paksoy
• İlayda Taşkiran
• Yeter Çelik
• Olha Honcharenko
• Anna Kurovska
• Yevheniia Moroz
• Valeriia Rudychenko
• Kateryna Shokalenko

Source: FIH

See also

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

Notes

1. Finland and Hungary withdrew.
2. The match was originally scheduled for 1 August 2021 at 17:00 but due to thunderstorms and torrential rain, the match was re-scheduled to 2 August at 12:30. ^[6]
3. In the tenth minute the match was interrupted and suspended due to thunderstorms and torrential rain. The match will be resumed on 3 August at 14.45 hrs. ^[6]

References

1. "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
2. "Final Day EuroHockey Championship III, w, Lipovci". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 7 August 2021. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
3. "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
4. "Officials List".
5. FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
6. "Day 1 roundup – EuroHockey Championship III, Women, Lipovci". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 1 August 2021. Retrieved 2 August 2021.