2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier

2021 Men's European Qualifier

Tournament details
Host country	Wales
City	Cardiff
Dates	21–24 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Sport Wales National Centre
Final positions
Champions	Wales
Runner-up	France
Third place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	52 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cameron Golden (4 goals)

The 2021 Men's European Qualifier was the European qualification tournament for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. The tournament was held at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff, Wales from 21 to 24 October 2021. ^[1]

The top five teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship were already qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and the top two teams from this tournament joined them. ^[2]

Qualification

The bottom three teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the top 5 from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II participated in the tournament. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
4–12 June 2021	2021 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3	France   Russia   Wales
15–21 August 2021	2021 EuroHockey Championship II	Gniezno, Poland	5	Austria   Italy   Ireland   Poland   Scotland
Total			8

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Bracket

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	21 October
	France	5
					23 October
	Poland	0
					France	4
	21 October
					Austria	1
	Austria (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
									24 October
	Scotland	0 (2)
									France	1
	21 October
									Wales	2
	Ireland	2
					23 October
	Russia	0
					Ireland	1 (1)
	21 October
					Wales (p.s.o.)	1 (2)			Third place
	Wales	2
									24 October
	Italy	0
									Austria (p.s.o.)	3 (4)
									Ireland	3 (3)

Quarter-finals

21 October 2021 11:00 France   5–0   Poland Clément  14', 15' Rogeau  18' Baumgarten  33' Branicki  57' Report Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

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21 October 2021 13:30 Austria   0–0   Scotland Report Penalties Unterkircher Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Körper 3–2 Forsyth McConnell Golden Morton Field Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

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21 October 2021 16:00 Ireland   2–0   Russia Walker  4', 34' Report Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Paul van den Assum (NED)

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21 October 2021 18:30 Wales   2–0   Italy G. Furlong  26', 55' Report Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semifinals				Fifth place
	22 October
	Poland	2
					24 October
	Scotland	10
					Scotland	4
	22 October
					Russia	2
	Russia	4
	Italy	3
					Seventh place
					24 October
					Poland (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					Italy	1 (2)

5–8th place semifinals

22 October 2021 16:00 Poland   2–10   Scotland Kurowski  2' Gumny  60' Report Walker  9', 58' Forsyth  12', 17' Coultas  38' Riddell  42' Bull  48' Golden  52', 55' McConnell  54' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

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22 October 2021 18:30 Russia   4–3   Italy Zheleznyakov  26' Matkovskiy  36' Skiperskiy  39' Golubev  60' Report Sior  16' Núñez  20' Amorosini  52' Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

Seventh and eighth place

24 October 2021 09:30 Poland   1–1   Italy Hillyer  48' Report Núñez  28' Penalties Kurowski Jarzyński Pawlak Rutkowski Gumny 3–2 Garbaccio Amorosini Keenan Sior Núñez Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Paul van den Assum (NED)

Fifth and sixth place

24 October 2021 12:00 Scotland   4–2   Russia Golden  24', 48' Morton  51' Greaves  52' Report Loginov  50' Yankun  54' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

23 October 2021 12:00 France   4–1   Austria Charlet  19' Goyet  48' Tynevez  55' Branicki  60' Report Unterkircher  39' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Paul van den Assum (NED)

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23 October 2021 14:30 Ireland   1–1   Wales Robson  1' Report Naughalty  19' Penalties Empey Walsh McKee Murray Cole 1–2 Prosser Shipperley Naughalty Pritchard Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

Third and fourth place

24 October 2021 14:30 Austria   3–3   Ireland Wellan  11' Unterkircher  29' Binder  58' Report McKee  33', 44' Duncan  54' Penalties Unterkircher Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Körper 4–3 Empey Walsh Murray Walker O'Donoghue Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Ben Göntgen (GER)

Final

24 October 2021 17:00 France   1–2   Wales Baumgarten  23' Report Hawker  43' Shipperley  55' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Wales
2	France
3	Austria
4	Ireland
5	Scotland
6	Russia
7	Poland
8	Italy

Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Goalscorers

There were 52 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

4 goals

• Cameron Golden

2 goals

• Fabian Unterkircher
• Gaspard Baumgarten
• Maximilien Branicki
• Timothée Clément
• John McKee
• Benjamin Walker
• Agustín Núñez
• Alan Forsyth
• Struan Walker
• Gareth Furlong

1 goal

• Oliver Binder
• Nikolas Wellan
• Victor Charlet
• François Goyet
• Blaise Rogeau
• Etienne Tynevez
• Michael Robson
• Jeremy Duncan
• Mattia Amorosini
• Francois Sior
• Mikołaj Gumny
• Joseph Hillyer
• Jacek Kurowski
• Pavel Golubev
• Iaroslav Loginov
• Semen Matkovskiy
• Alexander Skiperskiy
• Nikolay Yankun
• Dmitry Zheleznyakov
• Andy Bull
• Dan Coultas
• Edward Greaves
• Andrew McConnell
• Lee Morton
• Duncan Riddell
• Luke Hawker
• Joseph Naughalty
• Rupert Shipperley

Source: FIH

See also

• 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier

References

1. "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
2. "Route to World Cup for Irish men following FIH amendment". www.hookhockey.com. The Hook. 21 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
3. "FIH Executive Board approves 8-year global hockey calendar". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.