2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

Tournament details
Host country	Turkey
City	Kırklareli
Dates	28 July – 2 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (3rd title)
Runner-up	Turkey
Third place	Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	131 (6.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Andrii Koshelenko (10 goals)
Best player	Dmytro Luppa
Best goalkeeper	Bohdan Tovstolytkin
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The 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 11th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held in Kırklareli, Turkey from 28 July to 2 August 2025. ^[1] It was the first time Turkey hosted a Men's EuroHockey Championship event. ^[2] Ukraine won a record-extending third Championship III title by defeating the hosts Turkey 9–5 in the final. Lithuania won the bronze medal as they defeated Bulgaria 3–1. ^[3]

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the teams finishing sixth and lower qualifying for the Championship III. Ukraine originally qualified for the Championship II but withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation and was promoted. Gibraltar withdrew and when Ukraine wanted to rejoin the competition they were allowed back in the Championship III. ^[1]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024	EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers	Vienna, Austria	3	Croatia   Hungary   Lithuania   Ukraine
		Dublin, Ireland	3	Luxembourg   Malta   Turkey
—	FIH Men's World Ranking	—	2	Bulgaria   Finland   Gibraltar
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	34	2	+32	9	Semi-finals
2	Bulgaria	3	2	0	1	5	18	−13	6
3	Malta	3	1	0	2	8	14	−6	3
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	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. ^[4]

28 July 2025 09:00 Ukraine   9–1   Malta Yakovenko  10' Solomianyi  13', 15', 20' Shevchuk  25' Tsymbaliuk  42' Luppa  43' Popov  49' Boiko  59' Report Amore  33' Umpires: Simo Makela (FIN) Steven Bakker (NED)

28 July 2025 11:15 Hungary   1–2   Bulgaria Wesselenyi  28' Report Baklev  37' Balev  39' Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)

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29 July 2025 09:00 Hungary   1–10   Ukraine Kozári  58' Report Koshelenko  1' Onofriiuk  9', 43', 48' Boiko  15' Solomianyi  16' Shevchuk  23', 44' Kostechko  49' Popov  60' Umpires: Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR) Jesus Medinilla (ESP)

29 July 2025 11:15 Malta   2–3   Bulgaria K. Bajada  25' T. Degiovanni  43' Report Georgiev  49' Pavlov  50' Baklev  55' Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Aaron Saunders (IRL)

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30 July 2025 09:15 Malta   5–2   Hungary T. Degiovanni  1', 43' K. Bajada  19' Agius  20', 49' Report Csőgör  50' Kozári  57' Umpires: Marcel Knakowski (GER) Aaron Saunders (IRL)

30 July 2025 11:15 Ukraine   15–0   Bulgaria Koshelenko  4', 17', 21', 50', 53' Semeniushko  7', 44' Solomianyi  14', 37', 43' Popov  17' Zhmereniuk  20' Luppa  40' Yakovenko  47' Tsymbaliuk  60' Report Umpires: Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR) Simo Makela (FIN)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Turkey (H)	3	3	0	0	18	0	+18	9	Semi-finals
2	Lithuania	3	2	0	1	5	9	−4	6
3	Luxembourg	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1
4	Finland	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	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. ^[4]
(H) Hosts

28 July 2025 16:00 Finland   2–2   Luxembourg Lehmus  18' Könönen  50' Report Lutgen  16' Singh  44' Umpires: Keith Calleja (MLT) Jesus Medinilla (ESP)

28 July 2025 18:15 Turkey   8–0   Lithuania M. Aydin  13', 15' C. Aydin  21' A. A. Özkiliç  32' F. M. Özkiliç  42' Öz  44' Ataş  58' Elagöz  59' Report Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Marcel Knakowski (GER)

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29 July 2025 16:00 Lithuania   3–1   Luxembourg Sinkevičius  10', 12', 33' Report Lutgen  53' Umpires: Keith Calleja (MLT) Marcel Knakowski (GER)

29 July 2025 18:15 Finland   0–5   Turkey Report Ataş  25', 41' M. Aydin  37' A. A. Özkiliç  43' Elagöz  59' Umpires: Steven Bakker (NED) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

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30 July 2025 16:00 Lithuania   2–0   Finland Sinkevičius  7', 53' Report Umpires: Keith Calleja (MLT) Maksym Perepelutsya (UKR)

30 July 2025 18:15 Turkey   5–0   Luxembourg A. A. Özkiliç  19', 32' Ekinci  33' Elagöz  42' Öz  55' Report Umpires: Jesus Medinilla (ESP) Steven Bakker (NED)

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
1	Finland	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7
2	Malta	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Hungary	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3
4	Luxembourg	3	0	1	2	3	11	−8	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. ^[4]

1 August 2025 09:00 Hungary   2–3   Finland Hortobágyi  30' Leber  57' Report Määttänen  14' Könönen  24', 48' Umpires: Keith Calleja (MLT) Aaron Saunders (IRL)

1 August 2025 11:15 Malta   7–0   Luxembourg K. Bajada  3', 38' Borg Constanzi  13' L. Bajada  25', 36', 40' Amore  43' Report Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Simo Makela (FIN)

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2 August 2025 08:30 Malta   0–1   Finland Report Rihtilä  45' Umpires: Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR) Aaron Saunders (IRL)

2 August 2025 10:45 Luxembourg   1–2   Hungary Prost-Gargoz  50' Report Szóga  49' Leber  53' Umpires: Simo Makela (FIN) Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	1 August
	Ukraine	5
					2 August
	Lithuania	0
					Ukraine	9
	1 August
					Turkey	5
	Turkey	13
	Bulgaria	0
					Third place
					2 August
					Lithuania	3
					Bulgaria	1

Semi-finals

1 August 2025 13:30 Ukraine   5–0   Lithuania Solomianyi  6', 42' Onofriiuk  14', 39', 41' Report Umpires: Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR) Steven Bakker (NED)

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1 August 2025 15:45 Turkey   13–0   Bulgaria Elagöz  11' A. A. Özkiliç  14', 26', 45', 54', 55' Ekinci  14', 60' M. Aydin  19', 24' C. Aydin  23' Kayar  38' Öz  42' Report Umpires: Marcel Knakowski (GER) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

Third and fourth place

2 August 2025 13:00 Lithuania   3–1   Bulgaria Sinkevičius  8' Vaikenas  39', 52' Report Grozkov  60' Umpires: Steven Bakker (NED) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

Final

2 August 2025 15:15 Ukraine   9–5   Turkey Onofriiuk  12', 36', 60' Koshelenko  20', 30', 35', 51' Semeniushko  51' Popov  59' Report Elagöz  21', 52' Ekinci  44', 55' M. Aydin  57' Umpires: Marcel Knakowski (GER) Jesus Medinilla (ESP)

Statistics

Final standings

1.   Ukraine
2.   Turkey
3.   Lithuania
4.   Bulgaria
5.   Finland
6.   Malta
7.   Hungary
8.   Luxembourg

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[5]

Award	Player
Player of the Tournament	Dmytro Luppa
Leading goalscorer	Andrii Koshelenko
Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Bohdan Tovstolytkin

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.55 goals per match (as of completed).

10 goals

• Andrii Koshelenko

9 goals

• Ali Akin Özkiliç
• Maksym Onofriiuk

6 goals

• Povilas Sinkevičius
• Mehmet Aydin
• Müslüm Elagöz

5 goals

• Müslüm Ekinci

4 goals

• Keith Bajada
• Oleksii Popov

3 goals

• Emil Könönen
• Luke Bajada
• Thomas Degiovanni
• Furkan Ataş
• Zeynel Öz
• Vitalii Semeniushko
• Vitalii Shevchuk
• Oleksandr Solomianyi

2 goals

• Georgi Baklev
• Benedek Kozári
• Sebastian Leber
• Dominykas Vaikenas
• Oscar Lutgen
• Christ Agius
• Alessandro Amore
• Celal Aydin
• Oleksandr Boiko
• Dmytro Luppa
• Rostyslav Takovenko
• Vladyslav Tsymbaliuk

1 goal

• Ventsislav Balev
• Valentin Georgiev
• Radoslav Grozkov
• Bogomil Pavlov
• Aaron Lehmus
• Santeri Määttänen
• Elmeri Rihtilä
• Martin Csőgör
• András Hortobágyi
• Zsigmond Szóga
• Marton Wesselenyi
• Loic Prost-Gargoz
• Pavel Singh
• Luke Borg Constanzi
• Ramazan Kayar
• Furkan Mehmet Özkiliç
• Volodymyr Kostechko
• Volodymyr Zhmereniuk

Source: FIH

See also

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

References

1. "Portugal, Poland and Türkiye to host EuroHockey Championship II and III events in 2025 – Updated". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 March 2025. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
2. "Competitions Archive" (PDF). eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation.
3. "Ukraine win 14-goal cracker to win men's EHC III title in style". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 4 August 2025.
4. "FIH General Tournament Regulations January 2025" (PDF). International Hockey Federation.
5. "Player Awards". fih.altiusrt.com.