1987 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

1987 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host country	England
City	London
Dates	3–13 September
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands
Runner-up	England
Third place	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Scoring leader(s)	Lisanne Lejeune [1] (14 goals)
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The 1987 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the second edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held at the Picketts Lock in London, England from 3 to 13 September 1987.

The defending champions the Netherlands won their second title by defeating the hosts England 3–1 in penalty strokes after the match finished 2–2 after extra time. The Soviet Union won the bronze medal by defeating West Germany 2–1.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	5	0	0	29	2	+27	10	Semi-finals
2	Soviet Union	5	4	0	1	23	6	+17	8
3	Scotland	5	3	0	2	11	10	+1	6
4	Wales	5	1	0	4	3	12	−9	2
5	France	5	1	0	4	4	16	−12	2
6	Belgium	5	1	0	4	2	26	−24	2

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}

3 September 1987
Netherlands	5–0	France
Soviet Union	3–0	Wales
Scotland	5–0	Belgium
4 September 1987
Netherlands	9–1	Belgium
Soviet Union	4–1	Scotland
Wales	3–0	France
6 September 1987
Belgium	1–0	Wales
Soviet Union	6–0	France
Netherlands	5–0	Scotland
7 September 1987
Netherlands	5–1	Soviet Union
Scotland	3–0	Wales
France	3–0	Belgium
9 September 1987
Netherlands	5–0	Wales
Soviet Union	9–0	Belgium
Scotland	2–1	France

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	5	4	1	0	23	3	+20	9	Semi-finals
2	West Germany	5	3	1	1	16	3	+13	7
3	Spain	5	3	0	2	16	8	+8	6
4	Ireland	5	3	0	2	11	5	+6	6
5	Italy	5	1	0	4	3	30	−27	2
6	Austria	5	0	0	5	2	22	−20	0

Source: ^{[ citation needed ]}
(H) Host

3 September 1987
England	5–1	Austria
West Germany	8–0	Italy
Ireland	2–0	Spain
5 September 1987
England	1–1	West Germany
Spain	6–0	Austria
Ireland	7–0	Italy
6 September 1987
Ireland	2–1	Austria
Spain	2–0	West Germany
England	8–0	Italy
8 September 1987
England	6–1	Spain
West Germany	1–0	Ireland
Italy	3–0	Austria
9 September 1987
England	3–0	Ireland
West Germany	6–0	Austria
Spain	7–0	Italy

Classification round

Ninth to twelfth place classification

	9–12th place semi-finals				Ninth place
	11 September
	France	3
					12 September
	Austria	1
					Belgium (a.e.t.)	2
	11 September
					France	1
	Belgium	2
	Italy	1
					Eleventh place
					12 September
					Italy	1
					Austria	0

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	11 September
	Spain	6
					12 September
	Wales	0
					Spain	2
	11 September
					Scotland	1
	Scotland	2
	Ireland	1
					Seventh place
					12 September
					Ireland	3
					Wales	1

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 September
	Netherlands	2
					13 September
	West Germany	1
					Netherlands (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	11 September
					England	2 (1)
	England	2
	Soviet Union	1
					Third place
					13 September
					Soviet Union	2
					West Germany	1

Final standings

1.   Netherlands
2.   England
3.   Soviet Union
4.   West Germany
5.   Spain
6.   Scotland
7.   Ireland
8.   Wales
9.   Belgium
10.   France
11.   Italy
12.   Austria

See also

• 1987 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References

1. "EK 1987, Londen (Engeland), Dames". interlandhistorie.knhb.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond . Retrieved 2 June 2020.

External links

• Eurohockey Nations Championship Women London, September 1987 ^{[ permanent dead link ]} from eurohockey.org