Most recent season or competition: 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III | |
Formerly | Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 2005 |
First season | 2005 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | Turkey (2nd title) (2023) |
Most titles | Turkey Wales (2 titles each) |
Level on pyramid | 3 |
The Women's EuroHockey Championship III, formerly known as the Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, is a competition for European national field hockey teams. It is the third level of European field hockey Championships for national teams.
This is the lowest tier and there is promotion to the second tier. [1] The two first ranked teams qualify for the next Women's EuroHockey Championship II and are replaced by the two lowest-ranked teams from that tournament.
The tournament has been won by eight different teams: Wales and Turkey have the most titles with two and the Czech Republic, France, Lithuania, Russia, Switzerland and Ukraine have all won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Zagreb, Slovenia and was won by Turkey. [2]
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
2005 Details | Prague, Czech Republic | Czech Republic | 3–2 | Austria | Slovakia | 3–2 | Croatia | 8 | |||
2007 Details | Zagreb, Croatia | Wales | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (2–0 p.s.) | Poland | Switzerland | 1–0 | Slovakia | 7 | |||
2009 Details | Olten, Switzerland | Switzerland | 2–0 | Czech Republic | Austria | 2–0 | Slovakia | 5 | |||
2011 Details | Vienna, Austria | Lithuania | Round-robin | Austria | Czech Republic | Round-robin | Turkey | 6 | |||
2013 Details | Athens, Greece | Wales | Round-robin | Czech Republic | Switzerland | Round-robin | Turkey | 6 | |||
2015 Details | Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia | Russia | Round-robin | Lithuania | Turkey | Round-robin | Croatia | 5 | |||
2017 Details | Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia | Turkey | 2–1 | Switzerland | Lithuania | 6–1 | Croatia | 5 | |||
2019 Details | Lipovci, Slovenia | France | 4–3 | Lithuania | Switzerland | 0–0 (2–1 s.o.) | Croatia | 7 | |||
2021 Details | Lipovci, Slovenia | Ukraine | 2–1 | Switzerland | Turkey | 3–0 | Croatia | 7 | |||
2023 Details | Zagreb, Croatia | Turkey | 3–1 | Switzerland | Gibraltar | 2–1 | Croatia | 4 | |||
2025 Details | Alanya, Turkey | 4 |
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Turkey | 2 (2017, 2023) | 2 (2015, 2021) | 2 (2011, 2013) | |
Wales | 2 (2007, 2013) | |||
Switzerland | 1 (2009*) | 3 (2017, 2021, 2023) | 3 (2007, 2013, 2019) | |
Czech Republic | 1 (2005*) | 2 (2009, 2013) | 1 (2011) | |
Lithuania | 1 (2011) | 2 (2015, 2019) | 1 (2017) | |
Ukraine | 1 (2021) | |||
France | 1 (2019) | |||
Russia | 1 (2015) | |||
Austria | 2 (2005, 2011*) | 1 (2009) | ||
Poland | 1 (2007) | |||
Slovakia | 1 (2005) | 2 (2007, 2009) | ||
Gibraltar | 1 (2023) | |||
Croatia | 6 (2005, 2015*, 2017*, 2019, 2021, 2023*) |
Team | 2005 | 2007 | 2009 | 2011 | 2013 | 2015 | 2017 | 2019 | 2021 | 2023 | 2025 | Total |
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Austria | 2nd | – | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Bulgaria | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Croatia | 4th | 5th | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | – | 7 |
Czech Republic | 1st | – | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
France | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
Georgia | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Gibraltar | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | Q | 2 |
Greece | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Hungary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | Q | 2 |
Lithuania | – | – | – | 1st | – | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 4 |
Luxembourg | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
Poland | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Portugal | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | 1 |
Russia | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Serbia | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 7th | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||
Slovenia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 7th | 7th | – | – | 3 |
Slovakia | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | – | 7 |
Switzerland | 5th | 3rd | 1st | – | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 2nd | – | 9 |
Turkey | 8th | 6th | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | 1st | – | 3rd | 1st | Q | 9 |
Ukraine | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | 1 |
Wales | – | 1st | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Total | 8 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | [3] |
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