Women's EuroHockey Championship

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Women's EuroHockey Championship
Current season, competition or edition:
Field hockey current event.svg 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship
Sport Field hockey
Founded1984;41 years ago (1984)
First season 1984
No. of teams8
Continent EHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (13th title)
(2025)
Most titlesFlag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands (13 titles)
Level on pyramid 1
Relegation to EuroHockey Championship II

The Women's EuroHockey Championship is an international women's field hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Championships. The inaugural tournament took place in 1984. When the tournament is held close to the Summer Olympic games or the Women's Hockey World Cup, the winner of the tournament is awarded a place in those competitions.

Contents

Format

The tournament is played in Divisions normally consisting of eight teams. The top division, containing the eight best national teams, is called the EuroHockey Nations Championship, below which there is the EuroHockey Championship II, then the EuroHockey Championship III, then the EuroHockey Championship IV, and so on.

Qualification

National teams qualify for a division based on their performance in the previous competition. Each time the competition is held, it is with each division's previous top two teams promoted (assuming there is a higher division), and its previous bottom two teams demoted (assuming there is a lower division).

  1. 1984-2003 + 2023: Qualification Tournament
  2. 2005-Ongoing: Via Women's EuroHockey Championship II and Women's EuroHockey Championship III

Summary

Assuming divisions consisting of the standard 8 teams, the teams are separated into two pools of four teams. In each pool (pool A and B) the teams play one match against each of the other teams in their pool (three in total). The teams then go on to play classification matches based on their relative ranking from these pool matches to determine their final tournament position.

Details

In each pool, A and B, all the teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows:

Upon completion of these matches, each team in the pool is ranked according to the number of points each has accumulated. If any teams in the pool have the same rank, then these teams are ranked:

Once the relative ranking of the teams in pools A and B is settled, the semi-finals proceed with two games as follows:

The winners of these matches then play a match against each other for 1st and 2nd places (the final) and the losing teams play a match against each other for 3rd and 4th places (Bronze medal match).

The third and fourth placed teams in each pool are placed in Pool C (the Relegation Pool) in order to determine fifth to eighth places. Each team plays one match against the two teams that they did not previously play. The results from those games and from the game that was previously played against the other team in their original pool are used to rank each team according to the ranking procedure used in Pool A and B.

Results

#YearHostFinalThird place matchTeams
WinnerScoreRunner-upThird placeScoreFourth place
11984
Details
Lille, FranceFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–0Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
1–0Flag of England.svg
England
12
21987
Details
London, EnglandFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(3–1 p.s.)
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
2–1Flag of Germany.svg
West Germany
12
31991
Details
Brussels, BelgiumFlag of England.svg
England
2–1Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg
Soviet Union
3–2Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
12
41995
Details
Amsterdam, NetherlandsFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(4–1 p.s.)
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
1–0Flag of England.svg
England
12
51999
Details
Cologne, GermanyFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–1Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of England.svg
England
5–0Flag of Russia.svg
Russia
12
62003
Details
Barcelona, SpainFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
5–0Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
3–1Flag of England.svg
England
12
72005
Details
Dublin, IrelandFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–1Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of England.svg
England
4–0Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8
82007
Details
Manchester, EnglandFlag of Germany.svg
Germany
2–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of England.svg
England
3–2Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8
92009
Details
Amstelveen, NetherlandsFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
3–2Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of England.svg
England
2–1Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8
102011
Details
Mönchengladbach, GermanyFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
3–0Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of England.svg
England
2–1Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8
112013
Details
Boom, BelgiumFlag of Germany.svg
Germany
4–4
(2–0 p.s.o.)
Flag of England.svg
England
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
3–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
8
122015
Details
London, EnglandFlag of England.svg
England
2–2
(3–1 p.s.o.)
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
5–1Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8
132017
Details
Amstelveen, NetherlandsFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
3–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
Flag of England.svg
England
2–0Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
8
142019
Details
Antwerp, BelgiumFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–0Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
1–1
(3–2 p.s.o.)
Flag of England.svg
England
8
152021
Details
Amstelveen, NetherlandsFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–0Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
3–1Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
8
162023
Details
Mönchengladbach, GermanyFlag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
3–1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
3–0Flag of England.svg
England
8
172025
Details
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
Netherlands
2–1Flag of Germany.svg
Germany
Flag of Spain.svg
Spain
0–0
(2–1 p.s.o.)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
Belgium
8
182027
Details
London, England12

Top four statistics

TeamChampionsRunners-upThird-placeFourth-place
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 13 (1984, 1987, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009*, 2011, 2017*, 2019, 2021*, 2023, 2025)2 (2007, 2015)1 (2013)1 (1991)
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [a] 2 (2007, 2013)8 (1991, 1999*, 2005, 2009, 2011*, 2019, 2021, 2025*)5 (1984, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2023*)2 (1987, 2017)
Flag of England.svg  England 2 (1991, 2015*)2 (1987*, 2013)6 (1999, 2005, 2007*, 2009, 2011, 2017)5 (1984, 1995, 2003, 2019, 2023)
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2 (1995, 2003*)2 (2019, 2025)6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 2 (2017, 2023)1 (2021)2 (2013*, 2025)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1 (1984)2 (1987, 1991)
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1 (1999)
* = host

Team appearances

Team Flag of France.svg
1984
Flag of England.svg
1987
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
1991
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
1995
Flag of Germany.svg
1999
Flag of Spain.svg
2003
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg
2005
Flag of England.svg
2007
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2009
Flag of Germany.svg
2011
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
2013
Flag of England.svg
2015
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2017
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg
2019
Flag of the Netherlands.svg
2021
Flag of Germany.svg
2023
Flag of Germany.svg
2025
Flag of England.svg
2027
Total
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 11th12th12th3
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan Part of the Soviet Union9th5th6th7th4
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 8th8th2
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 8th9th7th11th11th5th4th5th2nd6th3rd2nd4thQ14
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia10th12th7th3
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechoslovakia 9thDefunct1
Flag of England.svg  England 4th2nd1st4th3rd4th3rd3rd3rd3rd2nd1st3rd4th5th4th5thQ18
Flag of France.svg  France 10th10th10th7th10th8th8th6thQ9
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany [a] 3rd4th2nd3rd2nd3rd2nd1st2nd2nd1st3rd4th2nd2nd3rd2ndQ18
Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg  Ireland 5th7th8th8th9th6th5th6th5th6th7th6th5th6th5th8thQ17
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 12th11th11th9th11th7th8th7th8th8thQ11
Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 8th1
Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1st1st4th1st1st1st1st2nd1st1st3rd2nd1st1st1st1st1stQ18
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 8th1
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Part of the Soviet Union5th4th10th7th7th5
Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 6th6th5th6th6th7th7th8th6th6th8th7th7th5thQ15
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2nd3rd3rdDefunct3
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 7th5th6th2nd5th2nd4th4th4th4th5th4th5th3rd4th6th3rdQ18
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 12th1
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Part of the Soviet Union7th5th6th8th4
Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 8th9th12thQ4
Total1212121212128888888888812 [1]

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Includes results representing West Germany between 1970 and 1990

References

  1. "Competitions Archive". p. 20. Retrieved 25 August 2018.