2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 5th 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 the 3rd until the 11th of August 2013 in Vienna, Austria. ^[1]

2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Austria
City	Vienna
Dates	3–11 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wiener Hockeystadion
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	101 (5.05 per match)
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The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship, with the finalists Russia and France qualifying.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20–28 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	2	France  Russia
8–14 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship II	Vinnytsia, Ukraine	4	Austria  Scotland  Ukraine  Wales
24–30 July 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship III	Catania, Italy	2	Azerbaijan  Italy
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals 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 III. ^[2]

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4	6	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1

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

5 August 2013 11:00 France  7–2  Wales Deront  9' Sánchez  15' H. Genestet  18', 41'  33' M. Genestet  62' Kieffer  69' Report Naughalty  28', 58' Umpires: Moritz Meissner (GER) Anton Kochin (RUS)

5 August 2013 13:00 Scotland  0–3  Azerbaijan Report Butt Vagas  24', 67' Khalid Muhammad  51' Umpires: Florian Hösch (AUT) Pietro Galligani (ITA)

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6 August 2013 15:00 Wales  1–2  Azerbaijan Naughalty  21' Report Balamiyev  23' Butt Vagas  57' Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Pietro Galligani (ITA)

6 August 2013 17:00 Scotland  4–1  France A. Forsyth  28', 70' Bain  34', 47' Report Martin-Brisac  27' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

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8 August 2013 11:00 France  4–2  Azerbaijan Report Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Florian Hösch (AUT)

8 August 2013 13:00 Wales  1–1  Scotland Shaw  3' Report Byers  70' Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Austria (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1	Pool C
4	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	12	−7	1

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

5 August 2013 15:00 Russia  6–1  Ukraine Report Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Neil McAlpine (SCO)

5 August 2013 17:00 Austria  2–1  Italy Fröhlich  20' Szmidt  47' Report Murgia  51' Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

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7 August 2013 15:00 Ukraine  3–3  Italy Ozerskyy  12' Diachenko  33' Moroz  38' Report  18' Murgia  46', 56' Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)

7 August 2013 17:00 Austria  1–1  Russia Körper  64' Report  49' Umpires: Neil McAlpine (SCO) Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

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8 August 2013 15:00 Russia  5–2  Italy Report Umpires: Hichem Azaiez (FRA) Moritz Meissner (GER)

8 August 2013 17:00 Ukraine  1–3  Austria  61' Report Podpera  10' R. Bele  55' Szmidt  58' Umpires: Elchin Qurbanov (AZE) Neil McAlpine (SCO)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Points obtained in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Ukraine	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	5
6	Scotland	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
7	Wales	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4	Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III
8	Italy	3	0	1	2	7	13	−6	1

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

10 August 2013 11:00 Wales  0–4  Ukraine Report Polishchuk  18', 21' Moroz  39' Serdiuk  53' Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Florian Hösch (AUT)

10 August 2013 13:00 Scotland  5–1  Italy A. Forsyth  2', 65' Byers  19', 45' Bain  64' Report Murgia  11' Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

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11 August 2013 10:00 Wales  5–3  Italy Report Umpires: Neil McAlpine (SCO) Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)

11 August 2013 12:00 Scotland  2–2  Ukraine Bain  6' Marshall  30' Report Paziuk  27' Yarovanko  65' Umpires: Florian Hösch (AUT) Anton Kochin (RUS)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 August 2013
	France	5
					11 August 2013
	Austria	3
					France	0 (4)
	10 August 2013
					Russia (p.s.o.)	0 (5)
	Russia	6
	Azerbaijan	1
					Third Place
					11 August 2013
					Austria	6
					Azerbaijan	1

Semi-finals

10 August 2013 15:00 Russia  6–1  Azerbaijan Plesetskii  19', 30' Maiorov  24' Kornilov  47' Komarov Azarov  64' Report Tofeeg  44' Umpires: Hichem Azaiez (FRA) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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10 August 2013 17:30 France  5–3  Austria H. Genestet  31' M. Genestet  33' Baumgarten  52' Samson  67' Martin-Brisac  70' Report Schmidt  1' Körper  11', 57' Umpires: Moritz Meissner (GER) Neil McAlpine (SCO)

Third and fourth place

11 August 2013 14:30 Austria  6–1  Azerbaijan Podpera  8' Körper  15', 55' B. Stanzl  37' Fröhlich  54' A. Bele  64' Report  53' Umpires: Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR) Moritz Meissner (GER)

Final

11 August 2013 17:00 France  0–0  Russia Report Penalties 4–5 Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Will Drury (WAL)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Russia
	France
	Austria
4	Azerbaijan
5	Ukraine
6	Scotland
7	Wales
8	Italy

  Qualified for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

See also

• 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
• 2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
• 2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship II