2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th 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 alongside the women's tournament from 17 until 25 August 2013 in Boom, Belgium.^[2] The main sponsor for the tournament was TriFinance

2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Boom
Dates	17–25 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Braxgata HC[1]
Final positions
Champions	Germany (8th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Eduard Tubau (6 goals)
Best player	Robbert Kemperman
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Germany defeated Belgium in the final to win their eighth title and they earned their qualification to the 2014 World Cup.^[3]

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Belgium
20 – 28 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	5	Germany  Netherlands  England  Ireland  Spain
8 – 14 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship II	Vinnytsia, Ukraine	2	Czech Republic  Poland
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 against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II.

Squads

Main article: 2013 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship squads

Results

The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.^[4]

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium (H)	3	2	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	11	9	+2	4	Pool C
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

17 August 2013 16:00 Spain  6–1  Czech Republic Delas  4' Tubau  7', 60' Quemada  29' Oliva  55' Casasayas  65' Report Procházka  16' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Jonas van Hek (NED)

17 August 2013 20:00 Germany  1–2  Belgium Grambusch  6' Report Boon  13', 15' Umpires: Jon Wright (RSA) Geoff Conn (IRL)

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19 August 2013 14:00 Spain  3–6  Germany Quemada  13' Terraza  28' Dabanch  56' Report Stralkowski  18', 49' Fürste  46' Wesley  53' Zwicker  54' Korn  64' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (SCO)

19 August 2013 18:00 Belgium  4–0  Czech Republic Dohmen  5' Boon  25'  51' Charlier  52' Report Umpires: Jonas van Hek (NED) Dan Barstow (ENG)

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21 August 2013 16:00 Germany  3–0  Czech Republic Grambusch  11' Deecke  27' Miltkau  42' Report Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Dan Barstow (ENG)

21 August 2013 18:00 Belgium  2–2  Spain Boon  2' Truyens  61' Report Quemada  49' Tubau  63' Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Geoff Conn (IRL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	16	2	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
3	Ireland	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Pool C
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	4	21	−17	0

Source: FIH

18 August 2013 10:00 England  5–2  Poland Dixon  14' Condon  44', 45' Brogdon  63' Carson  66' Report Górny  40' Nowakowski  63' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

18 August 2013 18:00 Netherlands  2–1  Ireland Van der Weerden  31' Kemperman  65' Report O'Donoghue  18' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Diego Estébanez (ESP)

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19 August 2013 16:00 Ireland  4–2  Poland Harte  6' O'Donoghue  27' Magee  45' Watt  65' Report Chwalisz  10', 70' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Diego Estébanez (ESP)

19 August 2013 20:00 England  1–2  Netherlands Middleton  54' Report Bakker  6' Galema  24' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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21 August 2013 11:30 Ireland  2–2  England O'Donoghue  51', 57' Report Carson  7', 19' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

21 August 2013 20:00 Netherlands  12–0  Poland Kemperman  11', 45', 48', 64' Verga  40' Jenniskens  43', 59' Hertzberger  51' Van Ass  52' Jonker  56', 70+' Bakker  69' Report Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Diego Estébanez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Spain	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
6	Ireland	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	4
7	Poland (R)	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3	Relegation to the Championship II
8	Czech Republic (R)	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

Source: FIH
(R) Relegated

23 August 2013 14:00 Czech Republic  1–4  Poland Bernátek  62' Report Zywiczka  4' Kozlowski  21' Rachwalski  24' Makowski  30' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)

23 August 2013 16:00 Spain  4–0  Ireland Lleonart  7' Dabanch  19' Tubau  37' Mir  53' Report Umpires: Jonas ven Hek (NED) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

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25 August 2013 09:00 Spain  4–1  Poland Quemada  25' Tubau  35', 37' Delas  61' Report Bratkowski  40' Umpires: Jonas ven Hek (NED) Martin Madden (SCO)

25 August 2013 11:00 Ireland  3–3  Czech Republic Harte  17' Loughrey  58' Jackson  61' Report Plochy  4' Bernátek  12' Vudmaska  51' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 August
	Belgium	3
					25 August
	England	0
					Belgium	1
	23 August
					Germany	3
	Germany	5
	Netherlands	3
					Third place
					25 August
					England	2
					Netherlands	3

Semi-finals

23 August 2013 18:00 Netherlands  3–5  Germany Van der Weerden  19', 33' Bakker  65' Report Hauke  30' Stralkowski  44' Grambusch  52', 60' Deecke  70' Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Geoff Conn (IRL)

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23 August 2013 20:30 Belgium  3–0  England Briels  20' Truyens  44' Van Aubel  52' Report Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Greochal (POL)

Third and fourth place

25 August 2013 13:30 Netherlands  3–2  England Hertzberger  9', 39', 42' Report Lewers  15' Smith  34' Umpires: Marcin Greochal (POL) Diego Estébanez (ESP)

Final

25 August 2013 16:00 Germany  3–1  Belgium Zwicker  42' Weß  52' Korn  63' Report Boon  38' Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Statistics

Final standings

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

  Qualified for the 2014 World Cup

  Qualified for the 2014 World Cup as hosts

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

Awards

• Best Player of the Tournament: Robbert Kemperman^[5]
• Best goalkeeper of the Tournament: Filip Neusser^[5]
• Topscorer of the Tournament: Eduard Tubau^[5]

Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.

6 goals

• Eduard Tubau

5 goals

• Tom Boon
• Robbert Kemperman

4 goals

• Mats Grambusch
• Shane O'Donoghue
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Pau Quemada

3 goals

• Tom Carson
• Thilo Stralkowski
• Billy Bakker
• Mink van der Weerden

2 goals

• Jérôme Truyens
• Štepan Bernátek
• David Condon
• Oskar Deecke
• Oliver Korn
• Martin Zwicker
• Conor Harte
• Tim Jenniskens
• Constantijn Jonker
• Adam Chwalisz
• Gabriel Dabanch
• Miguel Delas

1 goal

• Florent van Aubel
• Thomas Briels
• Cédric Charlier
• John-John Dohmen
• Lukas Plochý
• Tomas Procházka
• Ondrej Vudmaska
• Alastair Brogdon
• Adam Dixon
• Iain Lewers
• Barry Middleton
• Richard Smith
• Moritz Fürste
• Tobias Hauke
• Marco Miltkau
• Christopher Wesley
• Benjamin Wess
• John Jackson
• Stuart Loughrey
• Eugene Magee
• Michael Watt
• Seve van Ass
• Jelle Galema
• Valentin Verga
• Pawel Bratkowski
• Tomasz Górny
• Piotr Kozlowski
• Krystian Makowski
• Michal Nowakowski
• Dariusz Rachwalski
• Bartosz Zywiczka
• Alex Casasayas
• Xavi Lleonart
• Andres Mir
• Roc Oliva
• Manel Terraza

1 own goal

•  Czech Republic (against Belgium)

Source: FIH