2012 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2012 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 16th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 20 August to 1 September 2012.^[1]

2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	's-Hertogenbosch
Dates	26 August–1 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	HC Den Bosch
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	111 (5.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Loïck Luypaert (7 goals)
Best player	Glenn Schuurman
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This tournament served as the European qualifier for the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top six teams qualifying.^[2]

Belgium won the tournament for the first time by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in penalties after the final finished as a 2–2 draw. Germany won the bronze model by defeating France 8–0.^[3]

Qualified teams

The following eight team qualified based on their final positions in the 2010 EuroHockey Junior Championships.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
25 – 31 July 2010	2010 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland	6	Belgium  England  France  Germany  Netherlands  Spain
	2010 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Vienna, Austria	2	Scotland  Wales
Total			8

Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	10	6	+4	6
3	England	3	1	0	2	7	7	0	3	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

26 August 2012 16:45 England  4–1  Wales Condon  6', 66' Farrant  29' Jackson  55' Report Shipperley  8' Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)

26 August 2012 17:15 Netherlands  2–1  France Brinkman  18' Schuurman  67' Report Martin-Brisac  53' Umpires: Nicholas Marchant (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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28 August 2012 18:45 France  5–1  Wales Genestet  14', 31', 68' Martin-Brisac  23' Kieffer  53' Report Hassan  62' Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Marchant (BEL)

28 August 2012 19:15 England  0–2  Netherlands Report Galema  57' Hiebendaal  70' Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)

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29 August 2012 18:45 France  4–3  England Baumgarten  31', 34' Martin-Brisac  64' Genestet  67' Report Gilham-Jones  51' Bowden  65' Bull  70' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)

29 August 2012 19:15 Netherlands  6–2  Wales Schuurman  5', 19' Hiebendaal  31' Leijs  48' Bovendeert  53' Brinkman  54' Report Pacey  65' Gowman  67' Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	11	5	+6	7
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3	Pool C
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	4	17	−13	0

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

26 August 2012 12:15 Germany  6–1  Scotland Grambusch  5' Swiatek  22' Nguyen  25' Rühr  37' Ebeling  45' Wellen  51' Report Lindsay  68' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Michiel Otten (NED)

26 August 2012 12:45 Belgium  4–0  Spain Luypaert  18', 61' Hendrickx  28' Cosyns  46' Report Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)

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28 August 2012 16:30 Spain  4–2  Scotland Boltó  6' De Frutos  48', 49' Beltrán  56' Report Bremmer  12' Duncan  66' Umpires: Nicholas Bennett (ENG) Michiel Otten (NED)

28 August 2012 17:00 Germany  2–2  Belgium Windfeder  31' Swiatek  40' Report Plennevaux  25' Peeters  30' Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Marcus Powell (WAL)

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29 August 2012 14:15 Spain  2–3  Germany Mercadé  41' Parente  52' Report Grambusch  24' Bädelt  59' Nitschke  67' Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

29 August 2012 14:45 Belgium  7–1  Scotland Luypaert  5', 32', 51' Cobbaert  14', 19' Hendrickx  43' Pérez  68' Report Irvine  9' Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Grant Hundley (USA)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	England	3	2	1	0	13	5	+8	7
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	14	8	+6	7
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3	Relegated to 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	3	13	−10	0

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

31 August 2012 13:00 Wales  0–3  Scotland Report Forsyth  8', 52' Imrie  35' Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)

31 August 2012 13:30 England  4–4  Spain Bull  36' Roper  48' Jackson  58' Flanagan  65' Report Malgosa  15' Dávila  22', 41' Iglesias  50' Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)

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1 September 2012 09:00 Wales  2–6  Spain Shipperley  17' Shaw  38' Report De Frutos  6', 64' Beltrán  35', 44' Malgosa  51' Álvarez  60' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)

1 September 2012 10:30 England  5–0  Scotland Gilham-Jones  9', 13', 56' Bull  59' Roper  67' Report Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Michiel Otten (NED)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	31 August 2012
	Netherlands	3
					1 September 2012
	Germany	2
					Netherlands	2 (3)
	31 August 2012
					Belgium (p.s.o)	2 (4)
	Belgium (a.e.t)	3
	France	2
					Third Place
					1 September 2012
					Germany	8
					France	0

Semi-finals

31 August 2012 16:00 Belgium  3–2 (a.e.t.)  France Hendrickx  26', 74' Pérez  41' Report Lockwood  18' Lyon  58' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Daniel Clarke (IRE)

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31 August 2012 18:30 Netherlands  3–2  Germany Schuurman  12' Van Puffelen  16' Bovendeert  44' Report Grambusch  19' Rühr  41' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)

Third and fourth place

1 September 2012 16:00 Germany  8–0  France Grambusch  13', 30' Wild  18' Swiatek  23' Gomoll  42', 43' Ebeling  53', 65' Report Umpires: Andrés Ortíz (ESP) Grant Hundley (USA)

Final

1 September 2012 16:30 Netherlands  2–2  Belgium Schuurman  33' Brinkman  50' Report Luypaert  20', 53' Penalties Leijs Schuurman Galema Bovendeert Van der Kamp 3–4 Cosyns Plennevaux Luypaert Van Doren Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Glenn Schuurman	Loïck Luypaert	Arnaud Flamand

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
	Belgium	5	3	2	0	18	7	+11	11	Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup
	Netherlands (H)	5	4	1	0	15	7	+8	13
	Germany	5	3	1	1	21	8	+13	10
4	France	5	2	0	3	12	17	−5	6
5	England	5	2	1	2	16	11	+5	7
6	Spain	5	2	1	2	16	15	+1	7
7	Scotland	5	1	0	4	7	22	−15	3	Relegated to 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II
8	Wales	5	0	0	5	6	24	−18	0

Source: EuroHockey
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.

7 goals

• Loïck Luypaert

5 goals

• Mats Grambusch
• Glenn Schuurman

4 goals

• Alexander Hendrickx
• Ross Gilham-Jones
• Hugo Genestet
• Alejandro de Frutos

3 goals

• Andrew Bull
• Simon Martin-Brisac
• Anton Ebeling
• Benedikt Swiatek
• Thierry Brinkman
• Albert Beltrán

2 goals

• Matthew Cobbaert
• Gaetan Pérez
• David Condon
• Peter Jackson
• Phil Roper
• Gaspard Baumgarten
• Jonas Gomoll
• Christopher Rühr
• Roel Bovandeert
• Thomas Hiebendaal
• Alan Forsyth
• Álex Dávila
• Jan Malgosa
• Rupert Shipperley

1 goal

• Tanguy Cosyns
• Maximilien Peeters
• Maxime Plennevaux
• Dominic Bowden
• George Farrant
• David Flanagan
• Jean-Laurent Kieffer
• Viktor Lockwood
• Romain Lyon
• Max Bädelt
• Dan Nguyen
• Jan Nitschke
• Niklas Wellen
• Félix Wild
• Lukas Windfeder
• Jelle Galema
• Nicki Leijs
• Diede van Puffelen
• Michael Bremmer
• Christopher Duncan
• Hamish Imrie
• Alasdair Irvine
• Scott Lindsay
• David Álvarez
• Marc Boltó
• Álvaro Iglesias
• Lluís Mercadé
• Antón Parente
• Rhys Gowman
• Ali Hassan
• Matthew Pacey
• Michael Shaw

References

1. "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
2. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2013" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
3. "Jong Oranjemannen verliezen EK-finale van Belgen". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Koninklijke Nederlandse Hockey Bond. Archived from the original on 21 October 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
4. Regulations