2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

The 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the tenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held on the complex of the hockey club ATV Leipzig in Leipzig, Germany from 28 August to 4 September 2005.

2005 EuroHockey Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Leipzig
Dates	28 August – 4 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	ATV Leipzig
Final positions
Champions	Spain (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	99 (4.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taeke Taekema (7 goals)
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For the first time, there were just eight teams competing instead of twelve. From 2005 on the competition has been held every two years, while the lower-ranked teams got their own championship, divided into a Nations Trophy ("B"-nations) and a Nations Challenge ("C"-nations).

Spain won their second title by defeating the Netherlands 4–2 in the final. The hosts and four-time defending champions Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Belgium 9–1.

Squads

Further information: 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	10	2	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	6	9	−3	3	5–8th place semi-finals
4	England	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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

28 August 2005 15:30 Germany  5–1  Scotland Zeller  4' Emmerling  7' Keller  32', 70' Weißenborn  33' Report M. Ralph  20' Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Rob ten Cate (NED)

28 August 2005 18:00 England  1–1  Belgium Hawes  9' Report Vandeweghe  18' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

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30 August 2005 17:30 Germany  4–1  Belgium Witthaus  8', 57' Meinert  42' Zeller  70' Report Brulé  21' Umpires: Francisco Vasquez (ESP) Paul Ludwig (AUS)

30 August 2005 20:15 England  2–4  Scotland Daly  5' Garrard  70' Report Christie  18', 59' D. Ralph  46' Simpson  49' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

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1 September 2005 10:45 Belgium  2–1  Scotland De Cock  21' Brulé  50' Report Stott  52' Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Rob ten Cate (NED)

1 September 2005 17:23 Germany  1–0  England Witthaus  69' Report Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	6	+3	9	Semi-finals
2	Spain	3	2	0	1	9	6	+3	6
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3	5–8th place semi-finals
4	France	3	0	0	3	8	15	−7	0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

28 August 2005 10:30 Netherlands  5–4  France Reckers  5' Taekema  14', 21' Klaver  41' Report Verrier  25' Durchon  34', 63' Soyez  61' Umpires: David Wallis (SCO) Paul Ludwig (AUS)

28 August 2005 13:00 Spain  2–1  Poland Tubau  26', 70' Report Choczaj  61' Umpires: Markus Petter (GER) Sebastian Duterme (BEL)

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29 August 2005 17:30 Netherlands  2–1  Poland Taekema  17', 53' Report Mikula  70' Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Sebastien Duterme (BEL)

29 August 2005 20:15 Spain  6–3  France Freixa  28' Sojo  29' Garza  39' Amat  47' Fàbregas  52' Tubau  68' Report Boyer  12' Soyez  42', 61' Umpires: David Wallis (SCO) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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1 September 2005 13:00 Poland  4–1  France Grotofwski  6', 30' Choczaj  29', 69' Report Gaillard  40' Umpires: Markus Petter (GER) Sebastian Duterme (BEL)

1 September 2005 15:15 Netherlands  2–1  Spain M. Brouwer  21' R. Brouwer  60' Report Fàbregas  45' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) James Pilgrim (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	2 September
	Scotland	2
					3 September
	France	4
					France (p.s.)	2 (5)
	2 September
					England	2 (4)
	Poland	0
	England	3
					Seventh place
					3 September
					Scotland	2 (3)
					Poland (p.s.)	2 (4)

5–8th place semi-finals

2 September 2005 16:30 Scotland  2–4  France M. Ralph  5' D. Ralph  44' Report Soyez  45', 59' Jaquet  58' Collon  65' Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Markus Petter (GER)

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2 September 2005 19:00 Poland  0–3  England Report Moore  2', 61' Middleton  63' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

Seventh place game

3 September 2005 16:30 Scotland  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Poland Dick  34' Simpson  66' Report Grotowski  6' Mikula  46' Penalties Dick M. Ralph Stott Sewnauth Christie 3–4 Dutkiewicz Juszcak Rachwalski Maleki Umpires: Hichem Azaiez (FRA) Markus Petter (GER)

Fifth place game

3 September 2005 19:00 France  2–2 (a.e.t.)  England Soyez  35' Moreau  40' Report Moore  66' Hawes  70' Penalties Verrier Goudie Soyez Monnier Boyer 5–4 Clarke West Jaquet Kirkham Tindall Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 September
	Netherlands	5
					4 September
	Belgium	1
					Netherlands	2
	3 September
					Spain	4
	Germany	2
	Spain	3
					Third place
					4 September
					Belgium	1
					Germany	9

Semi-finals

3 September 2005 Netherlands  5–1  Belgium Weusthof  33' Taekema  40', 42' Reckers  45' M. Brouwer  55' Report Vandeweghe  60' Umpires: James Pilgrim (ENG) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

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3 September 2005 14:00 Germany  2–3  Spain Zeller  29' Witthaus  38' Report Freixa  12', 28' Amat  70' Umpires: Paul Ludwig (AUS) David Wallis (SCO)

Third place game

4 September 2005 10:00 Belgium  1–9  Germany Vandeweghe  32' Report Meinert  10' Keller  11', 22', 53' Nevado  20' Zeller  38', 42' Markowsky  60' Biederlack  65' Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Francisco Vasquez (ESP)

Final

4 September 2005 12:20 Netherlands  2–4  Spain Klaver  47' Taekema  58' Report Freixa  38', 67' Amat  69', 70' Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) James Pilgrim (ENG)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	Qualification for the 2006 World Cup
2	Netherlands
3	Germany (H)
4	Belgium
5	France
6	England
7	Poland	Relegation to the Nations Trophy
8	Scotland

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

See also

• 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
• 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

External links

• Official website
• Eurohockey Nations Championship Men Leipzig (GER) from eurohockey.org