2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	20–26 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (8th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
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The 2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 14th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lille, France, from 20–26 July 2008.^[1]

Germany won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. won the bronze medal, defeating 5–2 in the third place playoff.^[2]

Participating nations[]

Alongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

20 July 2008 17:00 Germany  3–2  Belgium  9' Hahn  17' Wilde  19' Report  3' Boon  27'

20 July 2008 19:15 Spain  1–7  Netherlands  19' Report Van Maasakker  8', 48' Van Male  21', 58' Dirkse van den Heuvel  28'  51'  55'

22 July 2008 17:00 Netherlands  2–1  Germany Dirkse van den Heuvel  38'  61' Report  12'

22 July 2008 19:15 Spain  0–1  Belgium Report  29'

23 July 2008 17:00 Netherlands  6–0  Belgium  1', 29' Van der Pols  27' Vorstenbosch  40' Dirkse van den Heuvel  60', 65' Report

23 July 2008 19:15 Germany  3–0  Spain  22'  65' Otte  67' Report

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Semi-finals
2		3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3		3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
4		3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

20 July 2008 09:00   5–0   Bray  7', 14', 21' White  37'  40' Report

20 July 2008 11:15   2–2    13'  42' Report  8'  35'

21 July 2008 17:00   1–1    37' Report Long  58'

21 July 2008 19:15   0–1   Report  5'

23 July 2008 09:00   2–0    46'  61' Report

23 July 2008 11:15   6–0    17' H. Brown  19'  26'  30' Long  38' Gilbert  45' Report

Classification round[]

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Points earned in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

Pool C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
2		3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Relegated to
4		3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

25 July 2008 09:00 Spain  3–1    21'  30'  50' Report  47'

25 July 2008 11:15 Belgium  1–1   Coppey  27' Report  34'

26 July 2008 09:00 Spain  4–0   Report

26 July 2008 11:15 Belgium  1–2   De Groof  16' Report  44'  67'

First to fourth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 July 2008
	Netherlands	6
					26 July 2008
		0
					Netherlands	1
	25 July 2008
					Germany (a.e.t)	2
		1
	Germany	5
					Third Place
					26 July 2008
						2
						5

Semi-finals[]

25 July 2008 17:00   1–5  Germany White  53' Report Frank  11' Wilde  32', 35' Otte  33'  46'

25 July 2008 19:30 Netherlands  6–0    14'  26' Dirkse van den Heuvel  45'  61'  64' Van der Pols  66' Report

Third and fourth place[]

26 July 2008 17:00   2–5    3'  7' Report Bray  40', 50', 69'  48' Brown  66'

Final[]

26 July 2008 19:30 Netherlands  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Germany Dirkse van den Heuvel  31' Report Hahn  13' Wilde  75'

References[]