2024 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship

2024 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Terrassa
Dates	14–20 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Can Salas
Final positions
Champions	Spain (4th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	138 (6.9 per match)
Top scorer	Ben Hasbach (11 goals)
Best player	Jakob Brilla
Best goalkeeper	Jan Capellades
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The 2024 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship was the 21st edition of the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

It was hosted by Atlètic Terrassa Hockey Club at Can Salas in Terrassa, Spain alongside the women's tournament from 14 to 20 July 2024. ^[1] The top six teams qualified for the 2025 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. ^[2]

The Netherlands were the defending champions, winning their tenth title by defeating the defending champions Germany 3–1 in the 2022 final. ^[3] They could not keep their title this time as the hosts Spain defeated the Netherlands 3–1 in final to win their fourth title. ^[4] Belgium won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–3. ^[5]

Qualified teams

Participating nations qualified based on their final ranking from the 2022 competition. ^[6]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
24–30 July 2022	2022 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Ghent, Belgium	6	Belgium   England   France   Germany   Netherlands   Spain
	2022 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Plzeň, Czech Republic	2	Ireland   Turkey
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	14	6	+8	7	Semi-finals and 2025 Junior World Cup
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	22	8	+14	5
3	France	3	1	1	1	19	8	+11	4
4	Turkey	3	0	0	3	3	36	−33	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. ^[7]

14 July 2024 09:45 France   13–1   Turkey Tchakonte  9', 11' Segretain  21' Saint-Martin  21', 43', 50' Michaelis  33' Piole  36', 50', 57' Liddiard  37' Gaillard  45', 60' Report Taşar  18' Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Marius Cuadrat (ESP)

14 July 2024 12:15 Germany   3–3   Belgium Hasbach  6' Brilla  7', 59' Report Labouchere  26' Balthazar  43' Rogge  55' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Ana Ortega (ESP)

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15 July 2024 10:00 Belgium   8–1   Turkey Labouchere  7', 39' Cloetens  9', 34' Malherbe  15', 52' Vanderkeilen  23' Crols  56' Report O. Polat  10' Umpires: Berry van Bentum (NED) Ellie Duffy (IRL)

15 July 2024 12:15 France   4–4   Germany Gaillard  11' Saint-Martin  32' Liddiard  39' Brodt  60' Report Hasbach  8', 16', 29' Lindemann  15' Umpires: Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR) Manouk Bakker (NED)

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17 July 2024 09:45 Germany   15–1   Turkey Hasbach  8', 21', 27', 40', 46' Brilla  17', 32' Seitz  24', 30', 57' Holdermann  36', 38' Lindemann  43' Von Montgelas  45' Geyer  51' Report Aydin  35' Umpires: Amar Chudasama (ENG) Berry van Bentum (NED)

17 July 2024 10:00 Belgium   3–2   France Labouchere  15', 21', 49' Report Saint-Martin  28', 47' Umpires: Zoe Hall (ENG) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	10	6	+4	7	Semi-finals and 2025 Junior World Cup
2	Spain (H)	3	0	3	0	9	9	0	3
3	England	3	0	2	1	6	7	−1	2
4	Ireland	3	0	2	1	5	8	−3	2

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. ^[7]
(H) Hosts

14 July 2024 17:45 Netherlands   3–2   England Van der Veen  24' Trieling  28' Boers  52' Report Penrose  30' Stone  37' Umpires: Russell Donaldson (IRL) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

14 July 2024 20:15 Spain   3–3   Ireland Serrahima  16', 48' Ávila  24' Report Cunningham  21' A. McKee  23', 55' Umpires: Clare Barwood (WAL) Anatole Platel (FRA)

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16 July 2024 17:00 England   1–1   Ireland Penrose  41' Report A. McKee  50' Umpires: Michal Pivko (SVK) Tommy Croese (BEL)

16 July 2024 19:15 Spain   3–3   Netherlands Amat  43', 45' Ávila  56' Report Van der Veen  2' Boers  19' Trieling  21' Umpires: Teresa Lipsky (GER) Alex Fedenczuk (SCO)

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17 July 2024 17:45 Netherlands   4–1   Ireland Boers  1' Van Bijnen  6' Bukkens  42' Lucieer  46' Report Collins  38' Umpires: Marius Cuadrat (ESP) Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

17 July 2024 18:00 England   3–3   Spain Sturch-Hibbitt  35' Wilcher  38' Hughson  57' Report Cabré-Verdiell  1' Espino  6' Álvarez  42' Umpires: Clare Barwood (WAL) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	England	3	2	1	0	14	3	+11	7	Qualification for the 2025 Junior World Cup
6	France	3	2	0	1	19	6	+13	6
7	Ireland (R)	3	1	1	1	8	8	0	4	Relegation to the U21 Championship II
8	Turkey (R)	3	0	0	3	4	28	−24	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. ^[7]
(R) Relegated

19 July 2024 16:30 France   2–4   England Michaelis  42' Verrier  60' Report Markham  10', 52' Penrose  39' Wilcher  45' Umpires: Clare Barwood (WAL) Berry van Bentum (NED)

19 July 2024 18:45 Turkey   3–6   Ireland Aydin  24', 50' Alperen  53' Report Clark  14', 31' Rowe  26' Cunningham  45+', 58' A. Mckee  60+' Umpires: Tommy Croese (BEL) Anatole Platel (FRA)

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20 July 2024 15:45 France   4–1   Ireland Verrier  38' Saint-Martin  45' Plauche  51' Gaillard  60' Report M. Mckee  40' Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Berry van Bentum (NED)

20 July 2024 18:00 England   9–0   Turkey Penrose  7', 59' Markham  15', 15', 23', 35' Graves  24' Wilcher  25' Rose  44' Report Umpires: Michal Pivko (SVK) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	19 July
	Belgium	2
					20 July
	Spain	3
					Spain	3
	19 July
					Netherlands	1
	Netherlands	3
	Germany	2
					Third place
					20 July
					Belgium	4
					Germany	3

Semi-finals

19 July 2024 16:45 Belgium   2–3   Spain Decruyenaere  23' Labouchere  59' Report Cabré-Verdiell  10' Ávila  24', 58' Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

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19 July 2024 19:00 Netherlands   3–2   Germany Van der Heijden  36' Boers  42', 59' Report Hasbach  34' Glander  45' Umpires: Alex Fedenczuk (SCO) Zoe Hall (ENG)

Third place match

20 July 2024 15:30 Belgium   4–3   Germany Balthazar  24' Labouchere  35' Malherbe  40' Bogaerts  60' Report Hinrichs  5' Hasbach  10' Glander  31' Umpires: Ana Ortega (ESP) Marius Cuadrat (ESP)

Final

20 July 2024 20:00 Spain   3–1   Netherlands Ávila  29' Amat  38' Álvarez  53' Report Van der Heijden  4' Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Alex Fedenczuk (SCO)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
	Spain (H)	Qualification for the 2025 Junior World Cup
	Netherlands
	Belgium
4	Germany
5	England
6	France
7	Ireland (R)	Relegation to the U21 Championship II
8	Turkey (R)

Source: FIH
(H) Host; (R) Relegated

Goalscorers

There were 138 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.9 goals per match.

11 goals

• Ben Hasbach

8 goals

• Hugo Labouchere

7 goals

• Victor Saint-Martin

6 goals

• Henry Markham

5 goals

• Rory Penrose
• Timo Boers
• Bruno Ávila

4 goals

• Tom Gaillard
• Jakob Brilla
• Adam McKee

3 goals

• Samuel Malherbe
• Lewis Wilcher
• Gabriel Piole
• Fabio Seitz
• John Cunningham
• Pere Amat
• Mehmet Aydin

2 goals

• Lucas Balthazar
• Jean Cloetens
• James Liddiard
• Aristide Michaelis
• Nathan Tchakonte
• Hugo Verrier
• Paul Glander
• Liam Holdermann
• Leon Lindemann
• James Clark
• Danilo Trieling
• Pepijn van der Heijden
• Casper van der Veen
• Nicolás Álvarez
• Pol Cabré-Verdiell
• Anton Serrahima

1 goal

• Nicolas Bogaerts
• Thomas Crols
• Jules Decruyenaere
• Nathan Rogge
• Oliver Vanderkeilen
• Ted Graves
• Matthew Hughson
• Patrick Rose
• Harrison Stone
• Jonny Sturch-Hibbitt
• Erwan Brodt
• Arthur Plauche
• Paul Segretain
• Benedikt Geyer
• Peer Henrichs
• Hugo von Montgelas
• Mark Collins
• Matthew McKee
• Louis Rowe
• Finn van Bijnen
• Miles Bukkens
• Dylan Lucieer
• Pablo Espino
• Ataş Alperen
• Orhan Polat
• Hakim Taşar

Source: FIH

See also

• 2024 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship II

References

1. "2022 EuroHockey Junior Championships". tms.fih.ch. FIH. 20 April 2024. Retrieved 20 April 2024.
2. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2023" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
3. "Euro U21 Boys : final Day/résultats" (in French). 30 July 2022.
4. van Nugeteren, Marco (20 July 2024). "Jong Oranje in EK-finale onderuit tegen Spanje: 1-3". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
5. "Stunning Spain win men's Euro U21 final in front of big enraptured crowd". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 20 July 2024. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
6. "2019 EuroHockey Junior Championships, Final Rankings". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 July 2019.
7. "FIH General Tournament Regulations" (PDF). February 2024.