2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 16th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the EHF. It was held from 19 to 27 August 2017 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands.^[1] The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup, with the winner qualifying.

2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amstelveen
Dates	19–27 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	96 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Mirco Pruyser (6 goals)
Best player	Arthur Van Doren
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The hosts and defending champions the Netherlands won their fifth overall title by defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final, while England captured third place by beating Germany 4–2.^[2]

Qualified teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2017 EuroHockey Championship.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
31 August 2015	Host		1	Netherlands (4)
21 - 29 August 2015	2015 EuroHockey Championship	London, England	5	Belgium (5)  England (7)  Germany (3)  Ireland (9)  Spain (10)
19 - 27 July 2015	2015 EuroHockey Championship II	Prague, Czech Republic	2	Austria (22)  Poland (20)
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the Men's EuroHockey Championship II.

Squads

Main article: 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).^[3]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	0	1	13	6	+7	6	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	3	+6	6
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	5	9	−4	4	Pool C
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

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

19 August 2017 17:00 Belgium  4–1  Austria Dockier  5' Luypaert  10', 30' Briels  27' Report Bele  7' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Łukasz Zweirzchowski (POL)

19 August 2017 20:00 Netherlands  7–1  Spain Van Ass  26' Verga  27', 47' Van der Weerden  30' Pruyser  31' De Voogd  52', 55' Report Arana  38' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Martin Madden (SCO)

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21 August 2017 12:30 Spain  2–2  Austria Iglesias  47' Romeu  51' Report Körper  35', 60' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

21 August 2017 20:00 Belgium  5–0  Netherlands Dockier  5', 25' Briels  25' Luypaert  39' Boon  56' Report Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Bruce Bale (ENG)

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23 August 2017 17:00 Spain  2–0  Belgium Lleonart  42' Tarres  51' Report Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)

23 August 2017 20:00 Netherlands  6–0  Austria Kellerman  1' Pruyser  6' Brinkman  23' Van Ass  40' Bakker  52' Van der Weerden  57' Report Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE} Łukasz Zweirzchowski (POL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	7	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	11	5	+6	6
3	Ireland	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4	Pool C
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

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

20 August 2017 09:00 England  6–0  Poland Gleghorne  6', 20' Griffiths  26' Ward  29', 58' Condon  41' Report Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen (BEL) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)

20 August 2017 15:30 Germany  1–1  Ireland Windfeder  17' Report Murray  47' Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

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21 August 2017 14:45 Ireland  7–1  Poland Murray  6' Glassey  10' O'Donoghue  23', 36' Sothern  24' Nelson  55' Loughrey  59' Report Pawlak  39' Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

21 August 2017 17:00 England  3–4  Germany Gleghorne  16' Roper  40' Dixon  41' Report Grambusch  2' Wellen  11' Windfeder  45+' Boeckel  46' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

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23 August 2017 12:30 Germany  7–3  Poland Windfeder  12' Miltkau  13', 59' Wellen  21', 31' Linnekogel  39' Hauke  48' Report Gumny  24' Janiszewski  29' Poltaszewski  50' Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

23 August 2017 14:45 Ireland  1–2  England Nelson  13' Report Goodfield  32' Ward  44' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Adam Kearns (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Spain	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
6	Ireland	3	1	1	1	9	4	+5	4
7	Austria (R)	3	0	3	0	5	5	0	3	EuroHockey Championship II
8	Poland (R)	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7	1

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(R) Relegated

25 August 2017 12:30 Austria  1–1  Poland Körper  30' Report Krokosz  44' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

25 August 2017 14:45 Spain  1–0  Ireland González  3' Report Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

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27 August 2017 09:00 Spain  2–1  Poland Iglesias  16' Romeu  45' Report Bratkowski  57' Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen (BEL) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

27 August 2017 11:00 Ireland  2–2  Austria Sothern  27' O'Donoghue  35' Report Körper  5', 57' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Bruce Bale (ENG)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 August
	Netherlands	3
					27 August
	England	1
					Netherlands	4
	25 August
					Belgium	2
	Germany	2 (0)
	Belgium (p.s.o)	2 (2)
					Third place
					27 August
					England	4
					Germany	2

Semi-finals

25 August 2017 17:00 Germany  2–2  Belgium Windfeder  3' Fürk  59' Report Boon  18' Dockier  37' Penalties Hauke Rühr Miltkau Linnekogel 0–2 Gougnard Denayer Wegnez Van Doren Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Bruce Bale (ENG)

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25 August 2017 20:00 Netherlands  3–1  England Van der Weerden  21' Pruyser  22', 39' Report Gleghorne  42' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

Third place game

27 August 2017 13:30 Germany  2–4  England Grambusch  16' Windfeder  44' Report Middleton  24' Sloan  27' Gleghorne  51' Roper  59' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Łukasz Zweirzchowski (POL)

Final

27 August 2017 16:00 Belgium  2–4  Netherlands Boon  8' Charlier  28' Report Kemperman  37' Pruyser  45', 60' Van der Weerden  51' Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Belgium
	England
4	Germany
5	Spain
6	Ireland
7	Austria
8	Poland

  Qualification for the 2018 World Cup

  Relegation to the EuroHockey Championship II

Awards

Top Goalscorer[2]	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Mirco Pruyser	Arthur Van Doren	Vincent Vanasch	Jorrit Croon

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

6 goals

• Mirco Pruyser

5 goals

• Michael Körper
• Mark Gleghorne
• Lukas Windfeder

4 goals

• Sébastien Dockier
• Mink van der Weerden

3 goals

• Tom Boon
• Loïck Luypaert
• Samuel Ward
• Niklas Wellen
• Shane O'Donoghue

2 goals

• Thomas Briels
• Cédric Charlier
• Phil Roper
• Mats Grambusch
• Marco Miltkau
• Sean Murray
• Matthew Nelson
• Alan Sothern
• Seve van Ass
• Valentin Verga
• Bob de Voogd
• Álvaro Iglesias
• Josep Romeu

1 goal

• Alexander Bele
• David Condon
• Adam Dixon
• David Goodfield
• Chris Griffiths
• Barry Middleton
• Ian Sloan
• Anton Boeckel
• Benedikt Fürk
• Tobias Hauke
• Dieter Linnekogel
• Neal Glassey
• Stuart Loughrey
• Billy Bakker
• Thierry Brinkman
• Bjorn Kellerman
• Robbert Kemperman
• Pawel Bratkowski
• Mikołaj Gumny
• Maciej Janiszewski
• Adrian Krokosz
• Patryk Pawlak
• Mateusz Poltaszewski
• Diego Arana
• Enrique González
• Xavi Lleonart
• Joan Tarres

Source: FIH

See also

• 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
• 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References

1. "Amsterdam to host 2017 EuroHockey Championships (women and men)". eurohockey.org. 22 September 2017. Archived from the original on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
2. "Deja vu and Dutch delight at the EuroHockey Championships". fih.ch. 27 August 2017.
3. "Schedule" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2016. Retrieved 22 September 2016.
4. Regulations

External links

• Official website