2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 20th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. The top five teams qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.^[1]

2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Ghent
Dates	24–30 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	La Gantoise HC
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (10th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	92 (4.6 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Benedikt Schwarzhaupt (6 goals)
Best player	Rafael Vilallonga
Best goalkeeper	Jean Danneberg
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It was held alongside the women's tournament in Ghent, Belgium from 24 to 30 July 2022. The tournament was originally scheduled to be held in Wavre but a venue change was required due to the initial venue not being ready in time due to flooding.^[2]

The Netherlands won a record-extending tenth title by defeating the defending champions Germany 3–1 in the final. The hosts Belgium won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 3–1.^[3]

Qualified teams

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

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
15–21 July 2019	2019 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Valencia, Spain	7	Austria  Belgium  England  France  Germany  Netherlands  Spain
14–20 July 2019	2019 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Plzeň, Czech Republic	1	Scotland  Russia[a]
Total			8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12	9	Semi-finals and 2023 Junior World Cup
2	Belgium (H)	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	England	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3	Pool C
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	2	16	−14	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.^[5]
(H) Hosts

24 July 2022 15:30 England  2–1  Scotland Williamson  29' Taylor  44' Report Caughey  18' Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

24 July 2022 17:45 Belgium  1–4  Spain Biekens  18' Report Rafi  12' Font  32', 48' Rodríguez  58' Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Steven Bakker (NED)

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26 July 2022 16:30 Spain  8–1  Scotland Vilallonga  4' Bozal  9', 24', 51' Fite  11' Miralles  35' Cabré-Verdiell  48' Cunill  52' Report Smith  39' Umpires: Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

26 July 2022 18:45 England  1–2  Belgium Robson  12' Report Depelsenaire  33' Foubert  55' Umpires: Raphael Adrien (GER) Steven Bakker (NED)

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27 July 2022 15:30 Belgium  6–0  Scotland Crols  2', 14' Hellin  6', 19', 26' Depelsenaire  53' Report Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Jake Charles (ENG)

27 July 2022 15:30 Spain  4–2  England Rodríguez  2' Petchame  14', 60' Bozal  31' Report Penrose  39' Pendle  44' Umpires: Raphael Adrien (GER) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	12	3	+9	7	Semi-finals and 2023 Junior World Cup
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	13	5	+8	7
3	France	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1	Pool C
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	1	15	−14	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.^[5]

24 July 2022 11:00 Germany  8–1  Austria Mazkour  3', 53' Schwarzhaupt  7', 18', 24', 40' Ludwig  27' Himmler  43' Report Hackl  22' Umpires: Jorge Ocaña (ESP) Jake Charles (ENG)

24 July 2022 13:15 Netherlands  4–3  France Schouten  9' Van der Veen  22' Bukkens  35' Jansen  37' Report Haertelmeyer  7' Delemazure  59', 60' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Raphael Adrien (GER)

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25 July 2022 12:00 France  0–0  Austria Report Umpires: Jamie Telfer (SCO) Zoe Hall (ENG)

25 July 2022 14:15 Germany  2–2  Netherlands Ludwig  52' Schwarzhaupt  58' Report Bukkens  4' Hortensius  36' Umpires: Jake Charles (ENG) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

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27 July 2022 11:00 France  0–2  Germany Report Schwarzhaupt  12' Sperling  31' Umpires: Steven Bakker (NED) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

27 July 2022 11:00 Netherlands  7–0  Austria Bukkens  6', 36' Telgenkamp  12', 23', 30' Middendorp  31' Hortensius  48' Report Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Toni-Lee Lambert (WAL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	France	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	7	Qualification for the 2023 Junior World Cup
6	England	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6
7	Austria (R)	3	0	2	1	2	5	−3	2	Relegation to the Junior Championship II
8	Scotland (R)	3	0	1	2	3	8	−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.^[5]
(R) Relegated

29 July 2022 14:30 England  1–3  France Penrose  28' Report Verrier  20' Sellier  31' Haertelmeyer  45' Umpires: Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT) Jamie Telfer (SCO)

29 July 2022 16:45 Scotland  1–1  Austria McFadden  40' Report Mar. Nyckowiak  18' Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Anatole Platel (FRA)

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30 July 2022 11:30 England  4–1  Austria Williamson  11' Kentwell  22' Penrose  26' Taylor  51' Report Hackl  44' Umpires: Anatole PLatel (FRA) Raphaël Adrien (GER)

30 July 2022 13:45 France  5–1  Scotland Sellier  2' Verrier  3', 18', 54' Bournac  25' Report Robb  21' Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 July
	Spain	0
					30 July
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	3
	29 July
					Germany	1
	Germany	3
	Belgium	0
					Third place
					30 July
					Spain	1
					Belgium	3

Semi-finals

29 July 2022 14:30 Spain  0–3  Netherlands Report Bukkens  15' Jansen  23' Schouten  27' Umpires: Raphaël Adrien (GER) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

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29 July 2022 16:45 Germany  3–0  Belgium Schachner  18' Berendts  27' Mazkour  33' Report Umpires: Jake Charles (ENG) Steven Bakker (NED)

Third place match

30 July 2022 13:30 Spain  1–3  Belgium Cunill  5' Report Luyten  3', 8' Geers  37' Umpires: Jamie Telfer (SCO) Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

Final

30 July 2022 18:00 Netherlands  3–1  Germany Middendorp  30' Telgenkamp  38' Dommershuijzen  49' Report Holzmüller  52' Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Jake Charles (ENG)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
	Netherlands	Qualification for the 2023 Junior World Cup
	Germany
	Belgium (H)
4	Spain
5	France
6	England
7	Austria (R)	Relegation to the Junior Championship II
8	Scotland (R)

Source: FIH
(H) Host; (R) Relegated

Goalscorers

There were 92 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.6 goals per match.

6 goals

• Benedikt Schwarzhaupt

5 goals

• Miles Bukkens

4 goals

• Jules Verrier
• Duco Telgenkamp
• Oriol Bozal

3 goals

• Guillaume Hellin
• Rory Penrose
• Elian Mazkour

2 goals

• Florian Hackl
• Thomas Crols
• Louis Depelsenaire
• Max Luyten
• Sam Taylor
• Conor Williamson
• Brieuc Delemazure
• Louis Haertelmeyer
• Corentin Sellier
• Moritz Ludwig
• Olivier Hortensius
• Guus Jansen
• Floris Middendorp
• Sheldon Schouten
• Pepe Cunill
• Bruno Font
• Pau Petchame
• Manuel Rodríguez

1 goal

• Marcin Nyckowiak
• Tobias Biekens
• Victor Foubert
• Sebastiaan Geers
• Stuart Kentwell
• Alex Pendle
• Ellis Robson
• Jules Bournac
• Nikas Berendts
• Moritz Himmler
• Phillip Holzmüller
• Mario Schachner
• Florian Sperling
• Luke Dommershuijzen
• Casper van der Veen
• Pete Caughey
• Iain McFadden
• Keir Robb
• Dominic Smith
• Pol Cabré-Verdiell
• Pol Fité
• Enric Miralles
• Andreas Rafi
• Rafael Vilallonga

Source: FIH

See also

• 2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship II
• 2022 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Notes

1. Russia was excluded due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine and were replaced by Austria.