2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Lousada
Dates	27 July–2 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	AD Lousada
Final positions
Champions	Wales (1st title)
Runner-up	Ireland
Third place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	114 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Struan Walker (10 goals)
Best player	Jacob Draper
Best goalkeeper	Jamie Carr
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The 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the eleventh edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held from 27 July to 2 August 2025 at AD Lousada in Lousada, Portugal. ^[1] The finalists qualified directly for the 2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship in London, England. ^[2] The top three teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers. ^[3]

Wales won their first Championship II title by defeating the defending champions Ireland 3–1 in a shoot-out after the final finished 1–1 in regular time. ^[4] Scotland won the bronze medal by defeating Italy 5–2. ^[5]

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the runners-up, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams qualifying for the Championship II. Ukraine withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024	EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers	Vienna, Austria	4	Ukraine   Scotland   Portugal    Switzerland   Croatia
		Dublin, Ireland	4	Wales   Ireland   Czechia   Italy
Total			8

Squads

  Croatia

  Czechia

  Ireland

Head coach: Mark Tumilty

2. Jamie Carr (GK)
7. Timothy Cross
8. Jonathan McKee
9. Matthew Nelson
10. Daragh Walsh
15. Kyle Marshall (C)
17. Sean Murray
18. Mark McNellis
19. Peter McKibbin
20. Jeremy Duncan
25. Jonathan Lynch
26. Peter Brown
28. Benjamin Nelson
29. Lee Cole
30. Louis Rowe
39. Fergus Gibson
43. Luke Roleston (GK)
47. Adam McAllister

  Italy

  Portugal

  Scotland

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Head coach: Jonny Caren

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
2	DF	Andrew Lochrin	(2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 24)	22	Western Wildcats
3	DF	Andrew McAlister	(2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 24)	15	Western Wildcats
6	FW	Ali Douglas	(2003-11-13)13 November 2003 (aged 21)	21	Holcombe
8	MF	Rob Field (Captain)	(1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 31)	43	Holcombe
9	FW	Andy McConnell	(2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 25)	40	Harvestehuder THC
10	FW	Rob Harwood	(1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 28)	50	Western Wildcats
13	FW	Struan Walker	(2002-07-06)6 July 2002 (aged 23)	40	Surbiton
20	MF	Jamie Golden	(2001-12-24)24 December 2001 (aged 23)	35	Western Wildcats
21	FW	David Nairn	(2000-06-30)30 June 2000 (aged 25)	21	Grange
22	GK	Calum Douglas	(2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 20)	15	Surbiton
24	DF	Jamie Croll	(2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 21)	12	Edinburgh Univ
25	FW	Jamie Green	(2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (aged 19)	6	Grange
29	FW	Keir Robb	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 23)	21	Edinburgh Univ
30	MF	Thomas Austin	(2007-04-20)20 April 2007 (aged 18)	22	Western Wildcats
32	DF	Callum Mackenzie	(1998-12-31)31 December 1998 (aged 26)	59	Wimbledon
33	GK	Matthew Taylor	(2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 24)	1	Edinburgh Univ
34	FW	Alasdair Richmond	(2000-08-06)6 August 2000 (aged 24)	13	Beeston
36	FW	Iain McFadden	(2002-03-26)26 March 2002 (aged 23)	11	Edinburgh Univ

   Switzerland

Head coach: Jaïr Levie

1. Philip Nitsch (GK)
2. Clemént Thijs
3. Nico Muggli
5. Maurizio Ribaudo
6. Louis Thijs
7. Fabio Landtwing
8. Léonard Kraxner
9. Mika Conrad
10. Loris Grandchamp (C)
11. Elias Brönnimann
12. Jens Flück
16. Fabio Reinhard
18. Lorenz Gassner
20. Yannick Hug
21. Lukas Müller
22. Lukas Egloff (GK)
23. Bastian Thoma
25. Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
28. Lukas Hengartner
36. Matthias Mohrhauer

  Wales

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Head coach: Daniel Newcombe

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
3	DF	Daniel Kyriakides	(1995-03-21)21 March 1995 (aged 30)	138	Club an der Alster
5	MF	Alf Dinnie	(1994-12-01)1 December 1994 (aged 30)	65	Cardiff & Met
6	DF	Jacob Draper	(1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 27)	91	Pinoké
7	MF	Gareth Griffiths	(1999-03-13)13 March 1999 (aged 26)	45	Beeston
9	MF	Rupert Shipperley (co-Captain)	(1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 32)	116	Hampstead & Westminster
13	MF	Dale Hutchinson	(1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 32)	123	Hampstead & Westminster
14	MF	Owen Sutton	(2004-07-30)30 July 2004 (aged 20)	20	Wimbledon
15	MF	Rhys Bradshaw	(2000-09-19)19 September 2000 (aged 24)	73	Wimbledon
17	MF	Fred Newbold	(2001-03-29)29 March 2001 (aged 24)	38	Wimbledon
18	DF	Gareth Furlong	(1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 33)	158	Surbiton
20	FW	Jolyon Morgan	(1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 26)	52	Hampstead & Westminster
23	FW	Jack Pritchard	(1993-08-14)14 August 1993 (aged 31)	39	Cardiff & Met
24	DF	Hywel Jones	(1997-07-09)9 July 1997 (aged 28)	78	Hampstead & Westminster
25	FW	Ben Francis (co-Captain)	(1996-03-20)20 March 1996 (aged 29)	120	Wimbledon
33	GK	Rhys Payne	(2001-06-07)7 June 2001 (aged 24)	4	Cardiff & Met
44	DF	Nicholas Morgan	(2002-01-05)5 January 2002 (aged 23)	11	Surbiton
50	GK	Toby Reynolds-Cotterill	(1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (aged 27)	43	Hampstead & Westminster
61	MF	John Bennett	(2003-07-05)5 July 2003 (aged 22)	12	Sevenoaks

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	15	3	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Czechia	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	0	3	2	13	−11	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. ^[8]
(H) Hosts

27 July 2025 15:45 Ireland   5–3   Czechia McKee  28', 34' Cole  37', 42' M. Nelson  42' Report Gerlický  13' Plochý  23' Soukup  32' Umpires: Duncan Ruzzak (SCO) Ana Faias (POR)

27 July 2025 18:00 Italy   2–1   Portugal Arosio  31', 47' Report L. Halfmann  24' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL)

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29 July 2025 15:15 Italy   0–1   Ireland Report Duncan  2' Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

29 July 2025 17:30 Czechia   2–1   Portugal F. Toms  9' Homolka  60' Report Castro  21' Umpires: Robert Argent (IRE) Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)

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30 July 2025 15:45 Czechia   1–3   Italy Šmíd  21' Report Giuliani  4' Mondo  15' Brocco  58' Umpires: Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL) Daniel Denta (DEN)

30 July 2025 18:00 Ireland   9–0   Portugal McNellis  10' Gibson  24' B. Nelson  25' Rowe  25', 35' Lynch  33' Cole  43' Murray  55' Duncan  57' Report Umpires: Alessio Fiorenza (ITA) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	3	2	1	0	19	3	+16	7	Semi-finals
2	Scotland	3	2	1	0	14	8	+6	7
3	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	7	10	−3	1
4	Croatia	3	0	1	2	6	25	−19	1

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. ^[8]

27 July 2025 11:15 Wales   3–1    Switzerland Pritchard  5' Bradshaw  9' Griffiths  17' Report Hengartner  40' Umpires: Raphaël Adrien (GER) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

27 July 2025 13:30 Scotland   8–3   Croatia Walker  6', 22', 55', 59' Field  12' Golden  15', 35' McConnell  40' Report Zidanić  5' Krleža  38' Ilinović  39' Umpires: Robert Argent (IRE) Alessio Fiorenza (ITA)

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28 July 2025 15:15 Switzerland   3–3   Croatia Conrad  10' Kraxner  24' Hengartner  58' Report L. Bachmann  18', 44', 51' Umpires: Alessio Fiorenza (ITA) Tomáš Holek (CZE)

28 July 2025 17:30 Scotland   2–2   Wales Walker  26', 47' Report N. Morgan  12' Griffiths  60' Umpires: Daniel Denta (DEN) Raphaël Adrien (GER)

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30 July 2025 11:15 Wales   14–0   Croatia Pritchard  1', 4', 18', 46' N. Morgan  2', 10' Furlong  8', 29', 48' Griffiths  9', 27' Newbold  14', 21' Bennett  21' Report Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)

30 July 2025 13:30 Switzerland   3–4   Scotland Hug  7', 24' Brönnimann  15' Report Green  6', 8' Golden  15', 51' Umpires: Tomáš Holek (CZE) Raphaël Adrien (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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	Czechia	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7
6	Switzerland	3	1	2	0	11	10	+1	5
7	Croatia	3	1	1	1	6	7	−1	4
8	Portugal	3	0	0	3	7	11	−4	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. ^[8]

1 August 2025 10:15 Portugal   1–3   Croatia Franco  2' Report Krleža  4', 20' Bachmann  49' Umpires: Tomás Holek (CZE) Alessio Fiorenza (ITA)

1 August 2025 12:30 Czechia   2–2    Switzerland Klaban  42' Uhlíř  60' Report Grandchamp  23', 42' Umpires: Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Daniel Denta (DEN)

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2 August 2025 09:00 Czechia   3–0   Croatia Soukup  43' Šmíd  54' Šesták  58' Report Umpires: Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL) Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)

2 August 2025 11:15 Switzerland   6–5   Portugal Grandchamp  21', 30', 53', 57' Gassner  41' Mohrhauer  59' Report L. Halfmann  13' Q. Halfmann  14' Castro  16', 31' Coelho  33' Umpires: Tomás Holek (CZE) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 August
	Wales	5
					2 August
	Italy	0
					Wales (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
	1 August
					Ireland	1 (1)
	Ireland	3
	Scotland	1
					Third place
					2 August
					Italy	2
					Scotland	5

Semi-finals

1 August 2025 14:45 Wales   5–0   Italy Francis  27' Griffiths  32' N. Morgan  40' Pritchard  55' Newbold  59' Report Umpires: Robert Argent (IRE) Ana Faias (POR)

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1 August 2025 17:00 Ireland   3–1   Scotland Cole  3' Rowe  40', 44' Report Field  46' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL)

Third and fourth place

2 August 2025 13:45 Italy   2–5   Scotland Clement  11' Arosio  14' Report Golden  16' Walker  23', 36', 57', 60' Umpires: Raphaël Adrien (GER) Robert Argent (IRE)

Final

2 August 2025 16:00 Wales   1–1   Ireland Pritchard  19' Report Duncan  14' Penalties Griffiths Newbold Francis Pritchard 3–1 Murray McKee Walsh Rowe Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Daniel Denta (DEN)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Wales	2026 World Cup Qualifiers and 2027 EuroHockey Championship
2	Ireland
3	Scotland	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
4	Italy
5	Czechia
6	Switzerland
7	Croatia
8	Portugal (H)

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[9]

Award	Player
Player of the Tournament	Jacob Draper
Leading goalscorer	Struan Walker
Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Jamie Carr

Goalscorers

There have been 114 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.7 goals per match.

10 goals

• Struan Walker

7 goals

• Jack Pritchard

6 goals

• Loris Grandchamp

5 goals

• Gareth Griffiths
• Jamie Golden

4 goals

• Lucas Bachmann
• Lee Cole
• Louis Rowe
• Nicholas Morgan

3 goals

• Josip Krleža
• Jeremy Duncan
• Davide Arosio
• Rodrigo Castro
• Gareth Furlong
• Frederick Newbold

2 goals

• Štěpán Šmíd
• Vít Soukup
• Jonathan McKee
• Laurens Halfmann
• Robert Field
• Jamie Green
• Lukas Hengartner
• Jannick Hug

1 goal

• Mario Ilinović
• Andrej Zidanić
• Eduard Gerlický
• Jakub Homolka
• Jakub Klaban
• Lukáš Plochý
• Kryštof Šesták
• František Toms
• Adam Uhlíř
• Fergus Gibson
• Jonathan Lynch
• Mark McNellis
• Sean Murray
• Benjamin Nelson
• Matthew Nelson
• Claudio Brocco
• Geronimo Clement
• Davide Giuliani
• Manuel Mondo
• Joaquín Coelho
• David Franco
• Quentin Halfmann
• Andrew McConnell
• Elias Brönnimann
• Mika Conrad
• Lorenz Gassner
• Léonard Kraxner
• Matthias Mohrhauer
• Jonathan Bennett
• Rhys Bradshaw
• Benjamin Francis

Source: FIH

See also

• 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship
• 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
• 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

References

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9. "Player Awards". fih.altiusrt.com.