2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship

2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Mönchengladbach
Dates	9–17 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (13th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	64 (3.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yibbi Jansen (6 goals)
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The 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament at the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 9 to 17 August 2025. ^{[1] [2]} It was the third time Mönchengladbach hosted the event.

The Netherlands were the four-time defending champions and won their 13th title with a win over Germany. ^[3] The winner would qualify for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup to be held in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands. ^[4] As the Netherlands won this tournament, Spain qualified.

Qualification

The top six team from the 2023 edition have 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 Glasgow, Scotland and Douai, France in August 2024. ^{[6] [7]}

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
18–26 August 2023	2023 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	6	Netherlands   Belgium   Germany   England   Ireland   Spain
22–25 August 2024	EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers	Douai, France	1	France
		Glasgow, Scotland	1	Scotland
Total			8

Squads

Main article: 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship squads

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   Belgium	Germany   England	Spain   Ireland	Scotland   France

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	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Germany (H)	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
3	France	3	1	0	2	2	10	−8	3
4	Ireland	3	0	1	2	0	3	−3	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. ^[10]
(H) Hosts

9 August 2025 15:30 Netherlands   2–0   Ireland Burg  9' Jansen  37' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

9 August 2025 18:00 Germany   4–1   France Strauss  13' Schwabe  15', 24' Micheel  22' Report Verzura  43' Umpires: Rebecca Edwards (ENG) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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11 August 2025 15:45 Ireland   0–1   France Report Duffrène  49' Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Tim Meissner (GER)

11 August 2025 20:30 Germany   1–5   Netherlands Micheel  19' Report Moes  1' Matla  10' Sanders  13', 24' Veen  54' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Ivona Makar (CRO)

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13 August 2025 17:30 Netherlands   6–0   France Veen  11' Jansen  16', 34' Matla  20', 25' Fokke  44' Report Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

13 August 2025 20:00 Ireland   0–0   Germany Report Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Alex Fedenczuk (SCO)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Semi-finals
2	Spain	3	1	2	0	5	4	+1	5
3	England	3	1	0	2	4	4	0	3
4	Scotland	3	0	1	2	1	9	−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. ^[10]

10 August 2025 10:15 England   3–0   Scotland Crackles  12' Walker  16' Owsley  52' Report Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

10 August 2025 12:30 Belgium   2–2   Spain Vanden Borre  26', 51' Report Álvarez  19' Barrios  43' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

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11 August 2025 13:30 Spain   1–1   Scotland L. Jiménez  12' Report McEwan  56' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Shane O'Donell (IRL)

11 August 2025 18:00 England   0–2   Belgium Report Dewaet  13' Moors  50' Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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13 August 2025 10:00 Spain   2–1   England Molina  10' L. Jiménez  36' Report Howard  12' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Alison Keogh (IRL)

13 August 2025 12:15 Belgium   5–0   Scotland Ballenghien  1', 18' Rasir  27' Vanden Borre  31' Bonami  37' Report Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Rebecca Edwards (ENG)

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
1	England	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9
2	Scotland	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	2	7	−5	3
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	3	6	−3	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. ^[10]

15 August 2025 12:30 Ireland   2–3   Scotland Upton  35' Mullan  51' Report Watson  49' Costello  52' McEwan  54' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Rebecca Edwards (ENG)

15 August 2025 14:45 France   1–5   England Lhopital  32' Report Balsdon  7', 7' Rayer  19', 53' Owsley  49' Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Sandra Adell (ESP)

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17 August 2025 09:30 England   2–1   Ireland Howard  16' Bourne  31' Report Mullan  23' Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Sandra Adell (ESP)

17 August 2025 11:45 France   0–2   Scotland Report Robertson  34' Costello  41' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	15 August
	Netherlands	3
					17 August
	Spain	1
					Netherlands	2
	15 August
					Germany	1
	Belgium	1 (2)
	Germany (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					Third place
					17 August
					Spain (p.s.o.)	0 (2)
					Belgium	0 (1)

Semifinals

15 August 2025 17:00 Netherlands   3–1   Spain Jansen  22', 26', 49' Report Álvarez  5' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

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15 August 2025 20:00 Belgium   1–1   Germany Gerniers  51' Report Wanner  3' Penalties Englebert Ballenghien Rasir Bonami Marien 2–3 Schwabe Fleschütz Strauss Micheel Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

Third place game

17 August 2025 14:30 Spain   0–0   Belgium Report Penalties Segú P. Jiménez Vidosa L. Jiménez Agulló L. Jiménez P. Jiménez 2–1 Vanden Borre Ballenghien Belis Vanden Borre Vandermeiren Rasir Ballenghien Umpires: Rebecca Edwards (ENG) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

Final

17 August 2025 17:00 Netherlands   2–1   Germany Dicke  5' Fokke  18' Report Nolte  35' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	Netherlands [a]
	Germany [b] (H)
	Spain	2026 FIH Hockey World Cup
4	Belgium [a]
5	England	2026 World Cup Qualifiers
6	Scotland
7	France
8	Ireland

Source: FIH
(H) Host
Notes:

1. Belgium and the Netherlands are already qualified for the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup as hosts.
2. Germany is already qualified for the 2026 FIH Hockey World Cup as the highest placed nation of the 2023–24 FIH Pro League.

Goalscorers

There were 64 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.2 goals per match.

6 goals

• Yibbi Jansen

3 goals

• Stéphanie Vanden Borre
• Frédérique Matla

2 goals

• Ambre Ballenghien
• Grace Balsdon
• Tess Howard
• Lily Owsley
• Ellie Rayer
• Lena Micheel
• Sophia Schwabe
• Katie Mullan
• Luna Fokke
• Pien Sanders
• Marijn Veen
• Amy Costello
• Heather McEwan
• Patricia Álvarez
• Lucía Jiménez Vicente

1 goal

• Astrid Bonami
• Louise Dewaet
• Alix Gerniers
• Lisa Moors
• Justine Rasir
• Darcy Bourne
• Fiona Crackles
• Lily Walker
• Mathilde Duffrène
• Yohanna Lhopital
• Eve Verzura
• Lisa Nolte
• Sara Strauss
• Ines Wanner
• Róisín Upton
• Joosje Burg
• Pien Dicke
• Freeke Moes
• Sarah Robertson
• Charlotte Watson
• Sara Barrios
• Luciana Molina

Source: FIH

See also

• 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship

References

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