2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship

2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Mönchengladbach
Dates	8–16 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Warsteiner HockeyPark
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The 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship will be the twentieth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament will be held alongside the women's tournament at the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 16 August 2025. ^{[1] [2]} It will be the third time Mönchengladbach will host the event.

The winner will qualify for the 2026 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup to be held in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands. ^[3] The Netherlands are the two-time defending champions. ^[4] If Belgium or the Netherlands win this tournament or if these two countries face each other in the final, the highest ranked team will qualify.

Qualification

The top six teams from the 2023 edition qualified directly for this edition of the tournament. ^[5] The last two teams will be the winners of the two sets of EuroHockey Qualifiers taking place in Vienna, Austria and Dublin, Ireland in August 2024. ^{[6] [7]}

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
19–27 August 2023	2023 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	6	Netherlands   England   Belgium   Germany   France   Spain
22–25 August 2024	EuroHockey Qualifiers	Vienna, Austria	1	Austria
		Dublin, Ireland	1	Poland
Total			8

Draw

The draw will be held shortly after the EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers events are played. ^[8]

Seeding

Pot 1	Pot 2	Pot 3	Pot 4
Netherlands   Germany	England   Belgium	Spain   France	Austria   Poland

Preliminary round

The pools were announced on 12 September 2024. ^[9]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Spain	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Austria	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 9 August 2025. 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. ^[10]

9 August 2025 11:00 Belgium   v   Austria Report

9 August 2025 13:15 Netherlands   v   Spain Report

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10 August 2025 17:30 Belgium   v   Netherlands Report

10 August 2025 19:45 Spain   v   Austria Report

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12 August 2025 14:45 Spain   v   Belgium Report

12 August 2025 17:00 Netherlands   v   Austria Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	Semi-finals
2	England	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	France	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Poland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 8 August 2025. 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. ^[10]
(H) Hosts

8 August 2025 17:00 England   v   Poland Report

8 August 2025 19:30 Germany   v   France Report

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9 August 2025 20:15 France   v   Poland Report

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10 August 2025 15:00 England   v   Germany Report

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12 August 2025 12:30 France   v   England Report

12 August 2025 19:30 Germany   v   Poland Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	A3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	B3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	A4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	B4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

First match(es) will be played: 14 August 2025. 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. ^[10]

14 August 2025 12:30 4th Pool A v 4th Pool B Report

14 August 2025 14:45 3rd Pool A v 3rd Pool B Report

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16 August 2025 10:30 3rd Pool A v 4th Pool B Report

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16 August 2025 12:45 3rd Pool B v 4th Pool A Report

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	14 August
	A1
					16 August
	B2
	14 August
	B1
	A2
					Third place
					16 August

Semifinals

14 August 2025 17:00 1st Pool A v 2nd Pool B Report

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14 August 2025 20:00 1st Pool B v 2nd Pool A Report

Third place game

16 August 2025 15:30 LSF1 v LSF2 Report

Semifinals

16 August 2025 18:00 WSF1 v WSF2 Report

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	1	2026 FIH World Cup
	2	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
	3
4	4
5	5
6	6
7	7
8	8

Source: FIH

See also

• 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship

References

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2. "EK hockey in 2025 opnieuw in Mönchengladbach". nieuws.nl (in Dutch). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
3. "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
4. "Nederlandse hockeyers weer Europees kampioen na zege op Engeland". rtlnieuws.nl (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
5. "Ireland's women and Spain's men preserve top level status for 2025".
6. "EURO B : les poules des qualificatifs". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
7. "EuroHockey Qualifiers 2024 venues announced" . Retrieved 28 September 2023.
8. "REGULATIONS FOR EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS (OUTDOOR) SENIOR AND U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN AND WOMEN)" (PDF). eurohockey.org. EHF. March 2024.
9. "EHC2025 set for huge battles as group stages confirmed". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
10. "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation . Retrieved 12 February 2023.