2025 Boys' EuroHockey U18 Championship

2025 Boys' EuroHockey U18 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	France
City	Lille
Dates	13–19 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Lille MHC
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	115 (5.75 per match)
Top scorer(s)	John Dammertz (8 goals)
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The 2025 Boys' EuroHockey U18 Championship was the 13th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey U18 Championship, the biennial international men's under-18 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held alongside the girls' tournament at Lille MHC in Lille, France from 13 to 19 July 2025. ^[1] Germany were the two-time defending champions. ^[2] They defended their title by defeating the hosts France 3–2 in a shoot-out after the final finished 1–1. It was a record-extending sixth title for Germany, while France won their first U18 Championship medal as they advanced from the preliminary round for the first time. Belgium won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 3–0 in a shoot-out after the match finished 1–1.

Qualification

Participating nations qualified based on their final ranking from the 2023 competition. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
8–16 July 2023	2023 EuroHockey U18 Championship	Krefeld, Germany	6	Belgium   England   Germany   Netherlands   Scotland   Spain
9–15 July 2023	2023 EuroHockey U18 Championship II	Swansea, Wales	1	Czech Republic
10–15 July 2023		Alanya, Turkey	1	France
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	1	0	10	0	+10	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	1	2	0	22	3	+19	5
3	England	3	1	1	1	7	8	−1	4
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	1	29	−28	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]

13 July 2025 17:45 Spain   6–0   Czech Republic Vidosa  13' M. Garcia  17', 36' Fanlo  41' Coral  49' Bulta  56' Report Pitch 2 Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Sam Church (ENG)

13 July 2025 18:05 Germany   3–3   England Von Falck  26' Möltgen  36' Dammertz  60' Report Sumner  11' Barber  15' Davies  49' Pitch 1 Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Enzo Saleine (FRA)

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15 July 2025 14:45 England   4–1   Czech Republic Barber  23' Hippe  26' Mead  30' Horsler  40' Report Míka  18' Pitch 1 Umpires: Charly Cordeau (FRA) Tim Hart (SCO)

15 July 2025 17:00 Spain   0–0   Germany Report Pitch 1 Umpires: Arlette Bloks (NED) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

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16 July 2025 14:45 Germany   19–0   Czech Republic Dammertz  9', 12', 29', 32', 39', 52', 60' Stauder  9', 24', 34', 43' Von Falck  14' Möntgen  16', 33', 57' Reissinger  22' Warweg  35', 37' Von Strantz  38' Report Pitch 2 Umpires: Louis De Clerq (BEL) Miriam Gerö (AUT)

16 July 2025 15:05 England   0–4   Spain Report Fanlo  7', 58' M. Garcia  12' Trujillo  23' Pitch 1 Umpires: Thomas Hinsken (GER) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	13	3	+10	9	Semi-finals
2	France (H)	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	2	18	−16	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]
(H) Hosts

13 July 2025 15:30 Belgium   9–1   Scotland Poels  18', 44' De Wagheneire  24' Mourabit  28', 41', 55' Lamalle  32' Goisse  53' Leeuw  59' Report Leiper  47' Pitch 2 Umpires: Miriam Gerö (AUT) Tobiáš Chládek (CZE)

13 July 2025 15:50 Netherlands   1–2   France Wehmeyer  52' Report Barbier  24' Crepy-Gueniot  36' Pitch 1 Umpires: Thomas Hinsken (GER) Emilia Lozano (ESP)

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14 July 2025 13:30 Netherlands   1–2   Belgium Houben  19' Report Leeuw  22' Poels  54' Pitch 1 Umpires: Xabier Lopez (ESP) Sam Church (ENG)

14 July 2025 18:00 Scotland   1–6   France Moulson  30' Report Scholz  13' Loussif  15' Crepy-Gueniot  29' Martinache  36' J. Michaelis  44' Metzke  50' Pitch 1 Umpires: Marc van Tuijl (NED) Maya Antia-Frese (GER)

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16 July 2025 17:00 Scotland   0–3   Netherlands Report Van Aalderen  3' Rap  24' Krop  47' Pitch 2 Umpires: Tanya Sargeant (ENG) Enzo Saleine (FRA)

16 July 2025 17:20 Belgium   2–1   France De Wagheneire  24' Hanquet  33' Report Barbier  39' Pitch 1 Umpires: Marc van Tuijl (NED) Emilia Lozano (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	20	3	+17	9
2	England	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
3	Scotland (R)	3	1	1	1	5	7	−2	4	EuroHockey U18 Championship II
4	Czech Republic (R)	3	0	0	3	6	21	−15	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for. ^[4]
(R) Relegated

18 July 2025 10:00 Czech Republic   3–4   Scotland Kirschnek  39' Smysl  39', 54' Report Leiper  5' Millar  23' McGrane  46' Calder  51' Pitch 2 Umpires: Noemi Di Bella (ITA) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

18 July 2025 12:15 England   1–4   Netherlands Bennett  28' Report Uffen  21' Schoofs  34' Bunte  46' Krop  51' Pitch 2 Umpires: Louis De Clerq (BEL) Enzo Cordeau (FRA)

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19 July 2025 10:00 Netherlands   13–2   Czech Republic Van Aalderen  17', 39', 48' Uffen  19', 56' Rap  22', 60' Houben  30' Krop  36', 51' Kummer  43' Bunte  50' Corstens  58' Report Toms  29' Chadima  60' Pitch 1 Umpires: Xabier Lopez (ESP) Tim Hart (SCO)

19 July 2025 10:20 England   1–1   Scotland Bennett  13' Report Leiper  49' Pitch 2 Umpires: Thomas Hinsken (GER) Arlette Bloks (NED)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	18 July
	Spain	2
					19 July
	France	3
					France	1 (2)
	18 July
					Germany (s.o.)	1 (3)
	Belgium	3
	Germany	5
					Third place
					19 July
					Spain	1 (0)
					Belgium (s.o.)	1 (3)

Semi-finals

18 July 2025 10:20 Belgium   3–5   Germany Poels  38' Lamalle  50' Leeuw  54' Report Warweg  3' Scholz  21' Von Falck  26', 43' Von Stranz  30' Pitch 1 Umpires: Xabier Lopez (ESP) Arlette Bloks (NED)

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18 July 2025 12:35 Spain   2–3   France Alvarez  9' Fanlo  41' Report J. Michaelis  3' Crepy-Gueniot  33' Chiarelli  45' Pitch 1 Umpires: Thomas Hinsken (GER) Sam Church (ENG)

Third and fourth place

19 July 2025 12:15 Spain   1–1   Belgium Alvarez  12' Report François  51' Penalties Trujillo Vidosa Serrano 0–3 Winners François De Wagheneire Pitch 1 Umpires: Sam Church (ENG) Enzo Saleine (FRA)

Final

19 July 2025 16:45 France   1–1   Germany Scholz  10' Report Möntgen  34' Penalties A. Michaelis J. Michaelis Martinache Gellens Crepy-Gueniot A. Michaelis 2–3 Warweg Stauder Von Strantz Dammertz Holland Warweg Pitch 1 Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Marc van Tuijl (NED)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Relegation
	Germany (C)
	France (H)
	Belgium
4	Spain
5	Netherlands
6	England
7	Scotland (R)	EuroHockey U18 Championship II
8	Czech Republic (R)

Source: EHF
(C) Champion; (H) Host; (R) Relegated

Goalscorers

There were 115 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.75 goals per match.

8 goals

• John Dammertz

5 goals

• Carl Möltgen

4 goals

• Jayd Poels
• Julius von Falck
• Julius Stauder
• Teun van Aalderen
• Juup Krop
• Enrique Fanlo

3 goals

• Félix Leeuw
• Yu-Jin Mourabit
• Dimitri Crepy-Gueniot
• Caius Warweg
• Floris Rap
• Olivier Uffen
• Matthew Leiper
• Mario Garcia

2 goals

• Gabriel De Wagheneire
• Tomi Lamalle
• Antonín Smysl
• William Barber
• Olly Bennett
• Paul Barbier
• Luca Scholz
• Joseph Michaelis
• Carl von Stranz
• Jurre Bunte
• Boaz Houben
• Gonzalo Alvarez

1 goal

• Mathias François
• Léopold Goisse
• Tom Hanquet
• Petr Chadima
• Timon Kirschnek
• Štĕpán Míka
• František Toms
• Freddie Davies
• Moritz Hippe
• Oliver Horsler
• Thomas Mead
• Nathan Sumner
• Martin Chiarelli
• Achille Loussif
• Malo Martinache
• Noah Metzke
• Hans Reissinger
• Vincent Scholz
• Lucas Corstens
• Jimi Kummer
• Olivier Schoofs
• Mees Wehmeyer
• Finlay Calder
• Andrew McGrane
• Angus Millar
• Ben Moulson
• Carlos Bulta
• Quim Coral
• Jan Trujillo
• Arnau Vidosa

Source: EHF

References

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4. "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2025" (PDF). International Hockey Federation.