2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Mönchengladbach
Dates	19–27 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (7th title)
Runner-up	England
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	96 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Duco Telgenkamp (6 goals)
Best player	Teo Hinrichs
Best young player	Duco Telgenkamp
Best goalkeeper	Jean Danneberg
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The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the Warsteiner HockeyPark, in Mönchengladbach, Germany.^[1][2]

The Netherlands, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the other teams aside from Wales and France will have a second chance in the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.^[3] The six best teams qualified directly for the 2025 edition, while the seventh and eighth place teams will play in the 2024 EuroHockey Championship qualifiers.^[4] In the final the Netherlands defeated England to capture their seventh title.^[5]

Qualification

Along with the host nation Germany, the top three teams at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the four winners of the 2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers fielded the men's tournament.^[6][7]

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	14 December 2020	—	1	Germany
2021 EuroHockey Championship	4–12 June 2021	Amstelveen	3	Netherlands  Belgium  England
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers	17–20 August 2022	Ourense	1	Spain
	23–26 August 2022	Vienna	1	Austria
	24–27 August 2022	Calais	1	France
		Glasgow	1	Wales
Total			8

Squads

Main article: 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).^[8]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	10	8	+2	6
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	9	9	0	3
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	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.^[9]

20 August 2023 10:15 Spain  5–0  Austria González  24' Miralles  26' Vilallonga  27' Menini  33' Basterra  45' Report Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Martin Madden (SCO)

20 August 2023 12:30 England  3–5  Belgium Bandurak  8', 26' Ward  30' Report Ghislain  12' Van Aubel  31', 32' Luypaert  40' Hendrickx  41' Umpires: Erica Porter (IRE) Ben Göntgen (GER)

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21 August 2023 13:15 England  3–0  Austria Oates  36' Albery  49' Bandurak  57' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

21 August 2023 20:30 Belgium  5–1  Spain Ghislain  11' Hendrickx  13', 48' Van Aubel  18' Onana  50' Report Basterra  42' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

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23 August 2023 10:00 Belgium  3–1  Austria Hendrickx  5', 15' Onana  25' Report Losonci  25' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Alison Keogh (IRE)

23 August 2023 12:15 Spain  3–4  England Gispert  12' Basterra  35' Miralles  40' Report Bandurak  28' Gall  37' Ward  40' Sorsby  40' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Ben Göntgen (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	4	13	−9	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.^[9]
(H) Hosts

19 August 2023 15:30 Netherlands  6–0  France Pieters  18', 26' Telgenkamp  23', 33' Bijen  49', 50' Report Umpires: Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

19 August 2023 18:00 Germany  3–3  Wales Hellwig  25' Windfeder  35' T. Grambusch  45' Report Pritchard  42', 58' G. Furlong  49' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Rachel Williams (ENG)

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21 August 2023 15:30 France  2–0  Wales Lockwood  33', 57' Report Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Coen van Bunge (NED)

21 August 2023 18:00 Germany  3–0  Netherlands Weigand  2' Wellen  5' Hellwig  28' Report Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Martin Madden (SCO)

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23 August 2023 17:15 Netherlands  8–1  Wales Telgenkamp  6', 7' Bijen  25', 47' Pieters  32' Van Dam  43' Croon  46' Brinkman  49' Report Kelly  20' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

23 August 2023 19:30 France  1–4  Germany Masson  26' Report M. Grambusch  24' Windfeder  31' Peillat  39' Prinz  42' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

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
5	France	3	3	0	0	8	4	+4	9
6	Spain	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
7	Austria	3	1	0	2	7	10	−3	3
8	Wales	3	0	0	3	4	10	−6	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.^[9]

25 August 2023 11:30 Austria  4–1  Wales Kaltenböck  8' Winkler  22' Unterkircher  32' Bele  52' Report G. Furlong  9' Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

25 August 2023 14:30 Spain  1–2  France Iglesias  32' Report Martin-Brisac  2' Goyet  59' Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

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26 August 2023 18:15 Spain  4–3  Wales Basterra  34' Pa. Cunill  39', 60' Menini  43' Report G. Furlong  32', 58' Hutchinson  57' Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

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27 August 2023 10:00 France  4–3  Austria Tynevez  14', 20', 47' Martin-Brisac  40' Report Körper  5', 23' Thörnblom  18' Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 August
	Belgium	2
					27 August
	Netherlands	3
					Netherlands	2
	25 August
					England	1
	Germany	0 (4)
	England (p.s.o.)	0 (5)
					Third place
					27 August
					Belgium	2
					Germany	0

Semi-finals

25 August 2023 19:00 Belgium  2–3  Netherlands Denayer  2' Van Aubel  40' Report De Geus  34' Brinkman  38' Telgenkamp  57' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG)

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25 August 2023 21:15 Germany  0–0  England Report Penalties Wellen H. Müller Prinz Große M. Grambusch 4–5 Albery Wallace Williamson Roper Ames Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Third and fourth place

27 August 2023 12:30 Belgium  2–0  Germany Onana  15' Van Aubel  29' Report Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Dan Barstow (ENG)

Final

27 August 2023 15:00 Netherlands  2–1  England De Vilder  9' Telgenkamp  37' Report Ward  47' Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
	Netherlands	2024 Summer Olympics
	England	2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
	Belgium
4	Germany (H)
5	France[a]
6	Spain	2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
7	Austria
8	Wales[b]

Source: FIH
(H) Host
Notes:

1. France is already qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.
2. Wales is not eligible for the Olympics.

Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

6 goals

• Duco Telgenkamp

5 goals

• Florent Van Aubel
• Alexander Hendrickx

4 goals

• Nick Bandurak
• Koen Bijen
• José Basterra
• Gareth Furlong

3 goals

• Nelson Onana
• Samuel Ward
• Etienne Tynevez
• Terrance Pieters

2 goals

• Michael Körper
• William Ghislain
• Simon Martin-Brisac
• Viktor Lockwood
• Malte Hellwig
• Lukas Windfeder
• Pau Cunill
• Joaquín Menini
• Marc Miralles
• Jack Pritchard

1 goal

• Alexander Bele
• Fülöp Losonci
• Peter Kaltenböck
• Leon Thörnblom
• Fabian Unterkircher
• Josef Winkler
• Félix Denayer
• Loïck Luypaert
• James Albery
• James Gall
• James Oates
• Tom Sorsby
• François Goyet
• Charles Masson
• Mats Grambusch
• Tom Grambusch
• Gonzalo Peillat
• Thies Prinz
• Justus Weigand
• Niklas Wellen
• Justen Blok
• Thierry Brinkman
• Jorrit Croon
• Thijs van Dam
• Jonas de Geus
• Derck de Vilder
• Xavier Gispert
• Enrique González
• Álvaro Iglesias
• Rafael Vilallonga
• Dale Hutchinson
• Stephen Kelly

Source: FIH

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.^[5]

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Teo Hinrichs
Top goalscorer	Duco Telgenkamp
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Jean Danneberg
Young player of the tournament	Duco Telgenkamp

See also

• 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship