2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship

The 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship was the sixteenth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Mönchengladbach
Dates	18–26 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (12th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	79 (3.95 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Yibbi Jansen (7 goals)
Best player	Charlotte Englebert
Best young player	Emily White
Best goalkeeper	Lucia Caruso
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The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament from 18 to 26 August 2023 at the Hockeypark, in Mönchengladbach, Germany.^[1][2]

The Netherlands, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the other teams aside from Scotland will have a second chance in the 2024 Women'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 Belgium to capture their twelfth 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 women's tournament.^[6][7]

Qualification	Date	Host	Berths	Qualified team
Host nation	14 December 2020	—	1	Germany
2021 EuroHockey Championship	5–13 June 2021	Amstelveen	3	Netherlands  Belgium  Spain
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers	17–20 August 2022	Vilnius	1	Italy
	18–21 August 2022	Dublin	1	Ireland
	24–27 August 2022	Dunkirk	1	Scotland
	25–28 August 2022	Durham	1	England
Total			8

Squads

Main article: 2023 Women'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	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	12	1	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	11	2	+9	6
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3
4	Italy	3	0	0	3	0	13	−13	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]

19 August 2023 11:00 Belgium  6–0  Italy Struijk  12' Raye  24' Englebert  49', 57' Puvrez  53' Vanden Borre  58' Report Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Lisette Baljon (NED)

19 August 2023 13:15 Netherlands  5–1  Spain Jansen  3', 17', 54' Matla  18' Dicke  27' Report Iglesias  27' Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

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20 August 2023 15:00 Belgium  0–2  Netherlands Report Albers  26' Matla  56' Umpires: Hannah Harrison (ENG) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

20 August 2023 19:45 Spain  2–0  Italy Torres-Quevedo  14', 29' Report Umpires: Rachael Williams (ENG) Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

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22 August 2023 14:45 Netherlands  5–0  Italy Matla  16' Jansen  18' Dicke  24', 45' Veen  34' Report Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Gema Calderón (ESP)

22 August 2023 17:00 Spain  0–5  Belgium Report Vanden Borre  3', 59' Englebert  33', 57' Rasir  47' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Alison Keogh (IRE)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany (H)	3	3	0	0	14	0	+14	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	8	5	+3	6
3	Ireland	3	1	0	2	5	8	−3	3
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	0	14	−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.^[9]
(H) Hosts

18 August 2023 17:00 England  3–0  Ireland Balsdon  8' Howard  21' Martin  48' Report Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Gema Calderón (ESP)

18 August 2023 19:30 Germany  4–0  Scotland Zimmermann  1', 30+' Nolte  12' Stapenhorst  53' Report Umpires: Hannah Harrison (ENG) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

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19 August 2023 20:15 Ireland  5–0  Scotland McLoughlin  19' Curran  20' N. Carey  26' Torrans  55', 60' Report Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

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20 August 2023 17:30 Germany  5–0  England Micheel  38' Zimmermann  41' Fleschütz  46', 59' Heinz  49' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Alison Keogh (IRE)

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22 August 2023 12:30 England  5–0  Scotland Howard  16', 52', 57' Balsdon  29', 44' Report Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Ben Göntgen (GER)

22 August 2023 19:30 Ireland  0–5  Germany Report Zimmermann  7' Heinz  23' Lorenz  51', 52' Fleschütz  53' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Lisette Baljon (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	Ireland	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5	5
6	Spain	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
7	Scotland	3	1	1	1	3	7	−4	4
8	Italy	3	0	2	1	2	4	−2	2

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]

24 August 2023 12:30 Italy  1–1  Scotland Munitis  26' Report Costello  27' Umpires: Gema Calderón (ESP) Michelle Meister (GER)

24 August 2023 14:45 Spain  2–2  Ireland Mejias  33' Iglesias  38' Report McAuley  14' Upton  49' Umpires: Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT) Lisette Baljon (NED)

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25 August 2023 16:30 Spain  1–2  Scotland Jiménez Vicente  47' Report Costello  15' C. Wilson  32' Umpires: Hannah Harrison (ENG) Lisette Baljon (NED)

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26 August 2023 10:00 Ireland  1–1  Italy Carroll  48' Report Laurito  35' Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Michelle Meister (GER)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 August
	Netherlands	7
					26 August
	England	0
					Netherlands	3
	24 August
					Belgium	1
	Germany	0
	Belgium	1
					Third place
					26 August
					England	0
					Germany	3

Semi-finals

24 August 2023 17:00 Netherlands  7–0  England Jansen  33', 42', 58' Dicke  35' Matla  45', 59' Veen  47' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

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24 August 2023 20:00 Germany  0–1  Belgium Report White  2' Umpires: Hannah Harrison (ENG) Rachael Williams (ENG)

Third and fourth place

26 August 2023 12:15 England  0–3  Germany Report Zimmermann  12' Stapenhorst  26' Fleschütz  58' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Gema Calderón (ESP)

Final

26 August 2023 14:45 Netherlands  3–1  Belgium Veen  2' Moes  5' Burg  26' Report Raye  23' Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRE) Martin Madden (SCO)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

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

Source: FIH
(H) Host
Notes:

1. England qualified the Great Britain team for the Olympic Qualifiers
2. As England already qualified Great Britain for the Olympic Qualifiers, Scotland berth was passed to the next ranked team.

Goalscorers

There were 79 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.95 goals per match.

7 goals

• Yibbi Jansen

5 goals

• Sonja Zimmermann
• Frédérique Matla

4 goals

• Charlotte Englebert
• Tessa Howard
• Pien Dicke

3 goals

• Stéphanie Vanden Borre
• Grace Balsdon
• Jette Fleschütz
• Marijn Veen

2 goals

• Abigail Raye
• Pauline Heinz
• Nike Lorenz
• Charlotte Stapenhorst
• Sarah Torrans
• Amy Costello
• Belén Iglesias
• Alejandra Torres-Quevedo

1 goal

• Emma Puvrez
• Justine Rasir
• Michelle Struijk
• Emily White
• Hannah Martin
• Jette Fleschütz
• Lena Micheel
• Lisa Nolte
• Naomi Carroll
• Niamh Carey
• Ellen Curran
• Sarah McAuley
• Hannah McLoughlin
• Roisin Upton
• Sofia Laurito
• Emilia Munitis
• Charlotte Watson
• Felice Albers
• Joosje Burg
• Freeke Moes
• Lucía Jiménez Vicente
• Candela Mejias

Source: FIH

Awards

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

Award	Player
Player of the tournament	Charlotte Englebert
Top goalscorer	Yibbi Jansen
Goalkeeper of the tournament	Lucia Caruso
Young player of the tournament	Emily White

See also

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