2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 18th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amstelveen
Dates	4–12 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (6th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	121 (6.05 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Tom Boon Sam Ward (6 goals)
Best player	Pau Quemada
Best young player	Antonin Igau
Best goalkeeper	Pirmin Blaak
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The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021.^[1][2] However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and took place from 4 to 13 June 2021.^[3]

The top five teams qualified for the 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup.^[4] The hosts Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time, beating Germany in a 4–1 penalty shoot out after a 2–2 tie. The previous title holders Belgium won the bronze medal, defeating England with 3–2.^[5]

Qualification

Along the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, which was held in Antwerp from 16 to 24 August, and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified.^[1] The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made.^[6]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
1 July 2018	Host	—	1	Netherlands (3)
16–24 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	5	Belgium (2)  England (7)  Germany (6)  Spain (8)  Wales (18)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Cambrai, France	2	France (12)  Russia (22)
Total			8

Squads

Main article: 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship squads

Preliminary round

The pools were announced on 11 May 2020.^[3]

All times are local (UTC+2).^[7]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	14	6	+8	6
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	9	8	+1	3
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	3	19	−16	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.^[8]

5 June 2021 11:00 England  5–0  Russia Ansell  32' Roper  33' Wallace  44' Griffiths  47' Gall  53' Report Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Michiel Otten (NED)

5 June 2021 13:15 Belgium  4–2  Spain Hendrickx  9' Boon  33', 50' Charlier  45' Report Basterra  7' Lleonart  54' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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6 June 2021 17:30 Spain  5–1  Russia Lleonart  8' Ruiz  12' Quemada  14', 33' Tarrés  15' Report Matkovskiy  45' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

6 June 2021 19:45 England  2–1  Belgium Wallace  4' Ansell  31' Report Boon  5' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)

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8 June 2021 12:30 Belgium  9–2  Russia Van Aubel  1', 30' Hendrickx  9', 13', 54' De Kerpel  10' Kina  27' Boon  41' Briels  56' Report Nadyrshin  30' Kuraev  44' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

8 June 2021 17:00 Spain  2–3  England Quemada  27' Lleonart  49' Report Ward  12', 14', 60+' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michiel Otten (NED)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
2	Germany	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	7
3	Wales	3	1	0	2	4	16	−12	3
4	France	3	0	0	3	7	12	−5	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.^[8]
(H) Hosts

4 June 2021 17:00 Germany  8–1  Wales Staib  12', 59' Bosserhoff  15' Kaufmann  18' Windfeder  25' Wellen  43' Rühr  58' Herzbruch  60+' Report G. Furlong  21' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

4 June 2021 20:00 Netherlands  3–0  France Janssen  21' Brinkman  30' Hertzberger  38' Report Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

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5 June 2021 20:15 France  2–3  Wales Marqué  5' Van Straaten  48' Report Dolan-Gray  6' G. Furlong  10' Naughalty  60' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Sean Edwards (ENG)

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6 June 2021 15:00 Germany  2–2  Netherlands Rühr  58' Windfeder  59' Report Van Ass  5' Brinkman  44' Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

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8 June 2021 14:45 France  5–6  Germany Dumont  2' Van Straaten  4', 19' Masson  13' Marqué  22' Report Häner  4', 5', 60+' Wellen  25', 54' Fuchs  33' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Dan Barstow (ENG)

8 June 2021 20:00 Netherlands  6–0  Wales Pruyser  4', 32' Hertzberger  9' De Geus  10' Kemperman  44' Bakker  60' Report Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	Spain	3	2	0	1	13	5	+8	6	2023 FIH Hockey World Cup
6	France	3	2	0	1	11	10	+1	6
7	Wales	3	1	1	1	7	11	−4	4
8	Russia	3	0	1	2	9	14	−5	1

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.^[8]

10 June 2021 12:30 Russia  5–6  France Khairullin  9' Nadyrshin  17' Artemov  33' Skiperskiy  36' Fattakhov  58' Report Rogeau  20', 54' Van Straaten  55' Charlet  25', 53' Clément  37' Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Sean Edwards (ENG)

10 June 2021 14:45 Spain  6–1  Wales Tarrés  8' Quemada  10' Lleonart  11' Alegre  19', 43' Miralles  60' Report Morgan  43' Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

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11 June 2021 13:45 Spain  2–3  France Lleonart  7' Quemada  18' Report Clément  25' Van Straaten  49' Igau  55' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Pontus (BEL)

11 June 2021 21:00 Wales  3–3  Russia Naughalty  17', 40' Jones  24' Report Kuraev  6' Khairullin  43' Matkovskiy  54' Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 June
	England	2
					12 June
	Germany	3
					Germany	2 (1)
	10 June
					Netherlands (p.s.o.)	2 (4)
	Netherlands (p.s.o.)	2 (3)
	Belgium	2 (1)
					Third place
					12 June
					England	2
					Belgium	3

Semi-finals

10 June 2021 17:00 England  2–3  Germany Dixon  4' Ward  59' Report Häner  1' Zwicker  9' Wellen  13' Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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10 June 2021 20:00 Netherlands  2–2  Belgium Van Ass  52' Janssen  56' Report De Kerpel  35' Hendrickx  53' Penalties Hertzberger Brinkman Kemperman Van Dam Croon 3–1 Denayer Wegnez Van Aubel A. Van Doren Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG)

Third and fourth place

12 June 2021 10:00 England  2–3  Belgium Ward  32', 53' Report Boon  12', 52' Briels  41' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)

Final

12 June 2021 12:30 Germany  2–2  Netherlands Rühr  21' Staib  56' Report Kemperman  34' Janssen  60+' Penalties Fuchs Rühr Herzbruch 1–4 Hertzberger Brinkman Kemperman Van Dam Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Germany
	Belgium
4	England
5	Spain
6	France
7	Wales
8	Russia

Team qualified for the 2023 World Cup

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[9]

Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Under-21 talent of the tournament	Top goalscorers
Pau Quemada	Pirmin Blaak	Antonin Igau	Tom Boon Sam Ward

Goalscorers

There were 121 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.05 goals per match.

6 goals

• Tom Boon
• Sam Ward

5 goals

• Alexander Hendrickx
• Pieter van Straaten
• Xavi Lleonart
• Pau Quemada

4 goals

• Martin Häner
• Niklas Wellen

3 goals

• Christopher Rühr
• Constantin Staib
• Jip Janssen
• Joe Naughalty

2 goals

• Thomas Briels
• Florent Van Aubel
• Nicolas De Kerpel
• Lukas Windfeder
• Liam Ansell
• Zachary Wallace
• Victor Charlet
• Timothée Clément
• Benjamin Marqué
• Blaise Rogeau
• Seve van Ass
• Thierry Brinkman
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Robbert Kemperman
• Mirco Pruyser
• Marat Khairullin
• Andrey Kuraev
• Semen Matkovskiy
• Artem Nadyrshin
• David Alegre
• Joan Tarrés
• Gareth Furlong

1 goal

• Cédric Charlier
• Antoine Kina
• Adam Dixon
• James Gall
• Chris Griffiths
• Phil Roper
• Nicolas Dumont
• Antonin Igau
• Charles Masson
• Niklas Bosserhoff
• Florian Fuchs
• Timm Herzbruch
• Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
• Martin Zwicker
• Billy Bakker
• Jonas de Geus
• Evgeny Artemov
• Linar Fattakhov
• Alexander Skiperskiy
• José Basterra
• Marc Miralles
• Viçens Ruiz
• Owain Dolan-Gray
• Hywel Jones
• Jolyon Morgan

Source: FIH

See also

• 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2021 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship