Most recent season or competition: 2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship | |
Formerly | Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1976 |
Inaugural season | 1976 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | Netherlands (10th title) (2022) |
Most titles | Netherlands (10 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | EuroHockey U21 Championship II |
The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup. [1]
In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship. [2]
The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.
Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Netherlands | 10 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022) | 4 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*) | 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019) | |
Germany [lower-alpha 1] | 6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) | 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2022) | 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017) | |
Spain | 3 (2000*, 2004, 2008*) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1977, 2002) | 8 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*, 2022) |
Belgium | 1 (2012) | 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) | 2 (2006, 2022*) | 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*) |
England | 3 (1988, 1998, 2019) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010) | |
Ireland | 1 (1978*) | |||
France | 1 (1984) | 2 (1978, 2012) | ||
Poland | 1 (1976) |
Team | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1981 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
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Austria | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | – | 7 |
Belgium | 5th | – | 6th | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | Q | 17 |
Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | 8th | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||||
Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
England | – | 4th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | Q | 20 |
France | 7th | – | 4th | 8th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 5th | Q | 11 |
Germany [lower-alpha 1] | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 21 |
Gibraltar | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Italy | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Ireland | 6th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | Q | 9 |
Netherlands | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | Q | 21 |
Poland | 4th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | 9 |
Portugal | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 2 |
Russia | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – | 2 | ||||||
Scotland | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | 10 |
Soviet Union | – | 5th | 8th | 6th | – | 5th | – | Defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||
Spain | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | Q | 20 |
Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
Wales | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1998 Details | Padua, Italy | Ireland | France | Italy | Wales | 8 | |||||
2000 Details | Vienna, Austria | Belgium | Czech Republic | Switzerland | Austria | 8 | |||||
2002 Details | Cagliari, Italy | Poland | Ireland | France | Italy | 7 | |||||
2004 Details | Lousada, Portugal | Czech Republic | Russia | France | Switzerland | 8 | |||||
2006 Details | Gibraltar | Scotland | Austria | France | Wales | 8 | |||||
2008 Details | Bra, Italy | Russia | France | Belarus | Italy | 10 | |||||
2010 Details | Vienna, Austria | Scotland | Wales | Austria | Czech Republic | 8 | |||||
2012 Details | Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy | Austria | 4–2 | Poland | Russia | 6–1 | Ukraine | 8 | |||
2014 Details | Lousada, Portugal | Ireland | Round-robin | Portugal | Scotland | Round-robin | Italy | 7 | |||
2017 Details | Saint Petersburg, Russia | France | 3–0 | Poland | Scotland | 4–3 | Czech Republic | 8 | |||
2019 Details | Plzeň, Czech Republic | Scotland | 9–0 | Russia | Ireland | 4–1 | Turkey | 8 | |||
2022 Details | Plzeň, Czech Republic | Ireland | Round-robin | Turkey | Wales | Round-robin | Poland | 6 | |||
2024 Details | Walcz, Poland | 6 | |||||||||
Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Ireland | 3 (1998, 2014, 2022) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2019) | |
Scotland | 3 (2006, 2010, 2019) | 2 (2014, 2017) | ||
France | 1 (2017) | 2 (1998, 2008) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) | |
Russia | 1 (2008) | 2 (2004, 2019) | 1 (2012) | |
Poland | 1 (2002) | 2 (2012, 2017) | 1 (2022) | |
Austria | 1 (2012) | 1 (2006) | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2000*) |
Czech Republic | 1 (2004) | 1 (2000) | 2 (2010, 2017) | |
Belgium | 1 (2000) | |||
Wales | 1 (2010) | 1 (2022) | 2 (1998, 2006) | |
Turkey | 1 (2022) | 1 (2019) | ||
Portugal | 1 (2014*) | |||
Italy | 1 (1998*) | 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014) | ||
Switzerland | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) | ||
Belarus | 1 (2008) | |||
Ukraine | 1 (2012) |
Team | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | Total |
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Austria | – | 4th | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Azerbaijan | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 7th | – | 6th | DSQ | 5 |
Belgium | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Croatia | – | – | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Czech Republic | 5th | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 7th | 6th | 9 |
Denmark | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
France | 2nd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | 6 |
Gibraltar | 8th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Ireland | 1st | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
Italy | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11 |
Poland | – | 6th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 4th | 5 |
Portugal | 7th | – | 7th | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 8th | – | 6 |
Russia | – | 8th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | – | 7 |
Scotland | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | 5 |
Switzerland | – | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5 |
Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 4 |
Ukraine | – | 7th | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 6 |
Wales | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 8 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1998 Details | Moscow, Russia | Russia | Switzerland | Ukraine | Belarus | 6 | |||||
2000 Details | Porto, Portugal | Portugal | Croatia | Denmark | Gibraltar | 5 | |||||
2002 Details | Elektrostal, Russia | Russia | Belarus | Ukraine | Azerbaijan | 5 | |||||
2004 Details | Brest, Belarus | Austria | Gibraltar | Ukraine | Azerbaijan | 6 | |||||
2006 Details | Bratislava, Slovakia | Ukraine | Belarus | Azerbaijan | Greece | 10 | |||||
2010 Details | Athens, Greece | Switzerland | Greece | Slovakia | Bulgaria | 4 | |||||
2012 Details | Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal | Round-robin | Turkey | Greece | Round-robin | Gibraltar | 6 | |||
Bratislava, Slovakia | Ireland | 14–0 | Slovakia | Lithuania | 3–2 | Bulgaria | 4 | ||||
2014 Details | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Turkey | Round-robin | Czech Republic | Slovakia | Round-robin | Azerbaijan | 6 | |||
2017 | Lucerne, Switzerland | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
2019 Details | Vilnius, Lithuania | Wales | 4–3 | Ukraine | Lithuania | Only three teams | 3 | ||||
2022 Details | Helsinki, Finland | Switzerland | 3–2 | Ukraine | Lithuania | 12–2 | Finland | 4 |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Switzerland | 2 (2010, 2022) | 1 (1998) | ||
Portugal | 2 (2000*, 2012 A*) | |||
Russia | 2 (1998*, 2002*) | |||
Ukraine | 1 (2006) | 2 (2019, 2022) | 3 (1998, 2002, 2004) | |
Turkey | 1 (2014) | 1 (2012 A) | ||
Austria | 1 (2004) | |||
Ireland | 1 (2012 B) | |||
Wales | 1 (2019) | |||
Belarus | 2 (2002, 2006) | 1 (1998) | ||
Slovakia | 1 (2012 B*) | 2 (2010, 2014) | ||
Greece | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2012 A) | 1 (2006) | |
Gibraltar | 1 (2004) | 2 (2000, 2012 A) | ||
Croatia | 1 (2000) | |||
Czech Republic | 1 (2014*) | |||
Lithuania | 3 (2012 B, 2019*, 2022) | |||
Azerbaijan | 1 (2006) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2014) | ||
Denmark | 1 (2000) | |||
Bulgaria | 2 (2010, 2012 B) | |||
Finland | 1 (2022*) |
Team | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 A | 2012 B | 2014 | 2019 | 2022 | Total |
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Austria | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Azerbaijan | – | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | – | 5th | – | 4th | – | – | 5 |
Belarus | 4th | – | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Bulgaria | 5th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | – | – | – | 4 |
Croatia | – | 2nd | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Cyprus | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 1 |
Denmark | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
Georgia | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Gibraltar | – | 4th | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | – | 5th | – | WD | 4 |
Greece | – | 5th | 5th | – | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 5 |
Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
Lithuania | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
Portugal | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | WD | 2 |
Romania | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Russia | 1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Slovakia | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | – | 2nd | 3rd | – | WD | 4 |
Switzerland | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | 3 |
Turkey | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | – | 4 |
Ukraine | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 6 |
Wales | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1 |
Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
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