2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III.
2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Tournament details
Host countryCroatia
CitySveti Ivan Zelina
Dates30 July – 5 August
Teams7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Belarus (1st title)
Runner-up Italy
Third place Croatia
Tournament statistics
Matches played15
Goals scored84 (5.6 per match)
Top scorer(s) Mikhail Paulovich (6 goals)
← 2015 (previous) (next) 2019 →

The EuroHockey Championship III 2017 was the seventh edition of the EuroHockey Championship III, the third tier of the European field hockey championships. It was held from 30 July until 5 August 2017 in Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia.[1] The tournament also allowed for promotion to the 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the champions (Belarus) and runners-up (Italy) being promoted.

Qualified teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.[2]

Dates Event Location Quota(s) Qualifier(s)
19–27 July 2015 2015 EuroHockey Championship II Prague, Czech Republic 1  Croatia (42)
  Switzerland
19–25 July 2015 2015 EuroHockey Championship III Lisbon, Portugal 3  Belarus (38)
 Italy (35)
 Sweden
 Turkey (47)
19–25 July 2015 2015 EuroHockey Championship IV Vilnius, Lithuania 3  Denmark
 Lithuania (58)
 Malta (67)
 Slovakia (52)
Total 7

Format

The seven teams were split into two groups of three and four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom team from pool A and the bottom two teams from pool B played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. Because of only sevens teams participating, no teams were relegated.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 2 2 0 0 13 0 +13 6 Semi-finals
2  Turkey 2 1 0 1 4 8 −4 3
3  Slovakia 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0 Pool C
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
30 July 2017
13:30
 Italy 6–0  Slovakia
Gai  7', 18', 35', 55'
Dallons  19', 43' 		Report
Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
31 July 2017
10:00
 Turkey 0–7  Italy
Report Lago  14', 29'
Keenan  32'
Amorosini  40'
Nunez  50'
Ursone  56'
Julian Montone  59'
Umpires:
Darko Koncic (CRO)
Aliaksandr Viasnou (BLR)
2 August 2017
09:00
 Slovakia 1–4  Turkey
Kovačevič  51' Report Poyraz  18', 37'
Coklu  46'
Acikgoz  52'
Umpires:
Darko Koncic (CRO)
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belarus 3 3 0 0 19 1 +18 9 Semi-finals
2  Croatia (H) 3 2 0 1 16 4 +12 6
3  Lithuania 3 1 0 2 3 12 −9 3 Pool C
4  Malta 3 0 0 3 3 24 −21 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
30 July 2017
16:15
 Belarus 7–0  Lithuania
Paulovich  3', 22'
Mikheichyk  5', 48'
Kisialevich  6'
Belavusau  45'
Lutsevich  55' 		Report
Umpires:
Luca Ferrara (ITA)
Murat Ozdemir (TUR)
30 July 2017
19:00
 Croatia 12–1  Malta
Tausan  4', 38'
Fujs  11', 15', 54'
Mihael Cvetko  18'
Premilovac  29'
Tolušić  34'
Hršak  35'
Domagoj Cvetko  45'
Mucić  51'
Zec  60' 		Report Williams  59'
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Rokas Galkus (LIT)
1 August 2017
10:00
 Lithuania 3–2  Malta
Bubnelis  6'
Bilotas  27'
Balsiukas  45' 		Report George  30'
Grima  44'
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Aliaksandr Viasnou (BLR)
1 August 2017
18:30
 Croatia 1–3  Belarus
Tausan  35' Report Hancharou  7'
Lutsevich  12'
Skorb  54'
Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Luca Ferrara (ITA)
2 August 2017
16:15
 Belarus 9–0  Malta
Hancharou  2'
Paulovich  4', 53'
Liakh  7'
Belavusau  40', 57'
Kisialevich  47'
Sizhuk  53', 56' 		Report
Umpires:
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
Rokas Galkus (LIT)
2 August 2017
18:30
 Lithuania 0–3  Croatia
Report Plemencic  30'
Tausan  43'
Zec  57'
Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Murat Ozdemir (TUR)

Fifth to seventh 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
5  Malta 2 1 0 1 7 4 +3 3
6  Lithuania 2 1 0 1 4 5 −1 3
7  Slovakia 2 1 0 1 4 6 −2 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
4 August 2017
09:00
 Slovakia 3–1  Lithuania
Bogar  43'
Kovačevič  48', 54' 		Report Bubnelis  8'
Umpires:
Luca Ferrara (ITA)
Aliaksandr Viasnou (BLR)
5 August 2017
13:30
 Slovakia 1–5  Malta
Michalovic  5' Report Dalli  6', 34'
Degiovanni
 18'
Williams  42'
Plaehn  43'
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Murat Ozdemir (TUR)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
4 August
 
 
 Belarus6
 
5 August
 
 Turkey1
 
 Belarus (s.o.)1 (3)
 
4 August
 
 Italy1 (2)
 
 Italy2
 
 
 Croatia0
 
Third place
 
 
5 August
 
 
 Turkey1
 
 
 Croatia3

Semifinals

4 August 2017
11:15
 Belarus 6–1  Turkey
Kisialevich  6', 27'
Paulovich  32', 35'
Mikheichyk  55'
Belavusau  58' 		Report Kilinc  47'
Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Rokas Galkus (LIT)
4 August 2017
13:45
 Italy 2–0  Croatia
Nunez  2'
Keenan  32' 		Report
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)

Third and fourth place

5 August 2017
16:00
 Turkey 1–3  Croatia
Čeker  60' Report Fujs  6'
Mihael Cvetko  48'
Premilovac  54'
Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Lubos Kamendy (SVK)

Final

5 August 2017
18:30
 Belarus 1–1  Italy
Kisialevich  15+' Report Keenan  57'
Penalties
Mikheichyk
Kachmarski
Hancharou
Belavusau
Kisialevich
Mikheichyk 		3–2 Montone
Keenan
Nunez
Carta
Dussi
Montone
Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Darko Koncic (CRO)

Final standings

Rank Team
 Belarus
 Italy
 Croatia
4  Turkey
5  Malta
6  Lithuania
7  Slovakia

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

References

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Championship III 2017 Men". tms.fih.ch. 13 July 2018.
  2. ^ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  3. ^ a b Regulations
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.