2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
CityGniezno
Dates15–21 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Austria (1st title)
Runner-up Scotland
Third place Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored82 (4.1 per match)
Top scorer(s) Alan Forsyth (7 goals)
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.[1][2]

The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3]

Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.

Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
16–25 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship Antwerp, Belgium 2  Ireland (13)
 Scotland (19)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II Cambrai, France 4  Austria (20)
 Italy (23)
 Poland (26)
 Ukraine (29)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship III Gibraltar 2  Croatia (39)
  Switzerland (34)
Total 8

Umpires

The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[5]

  •  Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
  •  Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
  •  Tim Meissner (GER)
  •  Greig Cunningham (SCO)
  •  Lukas Orzeł (POL)
  •  Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
  •  Ian Strange (IRL)
  •  Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
  •  Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
  •  Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Semi-finals and
2023 World Cup qualifier
2  Poland (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4  Croatia 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
(H) Hosts
15 August 2021
17:45
Italy  4–1  Croatia
M. Mondo  30'
Amorosini  51'
Blom  54'
Nunez  59' 		Report Mucić  7'
Umpires:
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
15 August 2021
20:10
Ireland  2–1  Poland
Walker  15'
McKee  60' 		Report Sudoł  41'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
17 August 2021
17:45
Italy  1–1  Ireland
Sior  13' Report O'Donoghue  7'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
17 August 2021
20:00
Poland  4–2  Croatia
R. Pawlak  30'
Gumny  35'
Jarzyński  55'
Rutkowski  57' 		Report Mucić  6', 8'
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Ian Strange (IRL)
18 August 2021
17:45
Ireland  6–0  Croatia
Murray  4'
O'Donoghue  29', 52'
Duncan  31'
McKee  40', 52' 		Report
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
18 August 2021
20:00
Poland  2–0  Italy
Głowacki  13'
Jarzyński  30' 		Report
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Semi-finals and
2023 World Cup qualifier
2  Scotland 3 1 1 1 11 6 +5 4
3  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3 4
4   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
15 August 2021
13:15
Austria  0–2   Switzerland
Report Grandchamp  48'
Stomps  58'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
15 August 2021
15:30
Scotland  4–4  Ukraine
McConnell  12'
Forsyth  13'
Harwood  15'
Golden  56' 		Report Kalinchuk  34'
Solomianyi  39'
Paziuk  57'
Kovalenko  58'
Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Ian Strange (IRL)
16 August 2021
17:15
Ukraine  5–1   Switzerland
Koshelenko  17'
Solomianyi  21'
Popov  38'
Onofriiuk  54'
Kalinchuk  55' 		Report Hengartner  39'
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
16 August 2021
19:30
Austria  2–1  Scotland
Uher  4'
Kölbl  24' 		Report Walker  52'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
18 August 2021
13:15
Scotland  6–0   Switzerland
Field  10'
Forsyth  12', 38', 45'
Shepherdson  41'
Walker  53' 		Report
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Ian Strange (IRL)
18 August 2021
15:30
Ukraine  1–2  Austria
Onofriiuk  19' Report Uher  39', 60'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

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 Qualification
5  Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 2023 World Cup qualifier
6  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
7   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
8  Croatia 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
20 August 2021
10:15
Croatia  0–4   Switzerland
Report G. Wyss-Chodat  13'
B. Wyss-Chodat  15'
Stomps  23', 58'
Umpires:
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Ian Strange (IRL)
20 August 2021
12:30
Italy  1–0  Ukraine
Amorosini  52' Report
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Tim Meissner (GER)
21 August 2021
09:00
Italy  2–2   Switzerland
Nunez  19'
Keenan  20' 		Report Flück  20'
M. Wyss-Chodat  52'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
21 August 2021
11:15
Ukraine  5–3  Croatia
Koshelenko  10', 34'
Kaplinskyi  10'
Kovalenko  46'
Shevchuk  50' 		Report Mucić  28', 32', 39'
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Ian Strange (IRL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 August
 
 
 Ireland2
 
21 August
 
 Scotland3
 
 Scotland1 (6)
 
20 August
 
 Austria (s.o.)1 (7)
 
 Austria (s.o.)0 (3)
 
 
 Poland0 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
21 August
 
 
 Ireland4
 
 
 Poland2

Semi-finals

20 August 2021
14:45
Ireland  2–3  Scotland
O'Dea  7'
Walker  16' 		Report Forsyth  28', 45', 51'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
20 August 2021
17:00
Austria  0–0  Poland
Report
Penalties
Unterkircher
Thörnblom
Uher
Losonci
Fröhlich 		3–2 Kurowski
Jarzyński
R. Pawlak
Chumeńczuk
Bembenek
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Third place game

21 August 2021
13:45
Ireland  4–2  Poland
O'Dea  9', 57'
Walker  15'
O'Donoghue  39' 		Report Rutkowski  36'
Kurowski  44'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Final

21 August 2021
16:00
Scotland  1–1  Austria
Walker  36' Report Uher  52'
Penalties
Forsyth
Golden
Morton
Walker
Field
Forsyth
Golden
Morton 		6–7 Unterkircher
Thörnblom
Fröhlich
Losonci
Hasun
Unterkircher
Thörnblom
Fröhlich
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Tim Meissner (GER)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1  Austria 2023 World Cup qualifier
2  Scotland
3  Ireland
4  Poland (H)
5  Italy
6  Ukraine
7   Switzerland
8  Croatia
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

  • Mario Mucić

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

  • Mattia Amorosini
  • Agustin Nunez
  • Gragjan Jarzyński
  • Wojciech Rutkowski
  • Vitalii Kalinchuk
  • Bohdan Kovalenko
  • Maksym Onofriiuk
  • Oleksandr Solomianyi

1 goal

  • Benjamin Kölbl
  • Jeremy Duncan
  • Sean Murray
  • Fabio Blom
  • Thomas Keenan
  • Manuel Mondo
  • Francois Sior
  • Mikolaj Gumny
  • Mikołaj Głowacki
  • Jacek Kurowski
  • Robert Pawlak
  • Krystian Sudoł
  • Rob Field
  • Cameron Golden
  • Rob Harwood
  • Andy McConnell
  • Robbie Shepherdson
  • Jens Flück
  • Loris Grandchamp
  • Lukas Hengartner
  • Benoit Wyss-Chodat
  • Gael Wyss-Chodat
  • Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
  • Volodymyr Kaplinskyi
  • Viacheslav Paziuk
  • Oleksii Popov
  • Vitalii Shevchuk

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ^ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Officials List".
  6. ^ a b c FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
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