2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host country	Austria
City	Vienna
Dates	3–11 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)
Final positions
Champions	Russia (1st title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	101 (5.05 per match)
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The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 5th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 3rd until the 11th of August 2013 in Vienna, Austria. ^[1]

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship, with the finalists Russia and France qualifying.

Qualified teams[]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20–28 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship	Mönchengladbach, Germany	2	France Russia
8–14 August 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship II	Vinnytsia, Ukraine	4	Austria Scotland Ukraine Wales
24–30 July 2011	2011 EuroHockey Championship III	Catania, Italy	2	Azerbaijan Italy
Total			8

Format[]

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the Men's EuroHockey Championship III. ^[2]

Results[]

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	2	0	1	12	8	+4	6	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Azerbaijan	3	2	0	1	7	5	+2	6	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	4	10	−6	1	Pool C

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

5 August 2013
11:00

France	7–2	Wales
9' 15' H. Genestet 18', 41' 33' 62' 69'	Report	28', 58'

Umpires:
Moritz Meissner (GER)
Anton Kochin (RUS)

5 August 2013
13:00

Scotland	0–3	Azerbaijan
	Report	24', 67' 51'

Umpires:
Florian Hösch (AUT)
Pietro Galligani (ITA)

6 August 2013
15:00

Wales	1–2	Azerbaijan
21'	Report	23' 57'

Umpires:
Anton Kochin (RUS)
Pietro Galligani (ITA)

6 August 2013
17:00

Scotland	4–1	France
A. Forsyth 28', 70' Bain 34', 47'	Report	27'

Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

8 August 2013
11:00

France	4–2	Azerbaijan
	Report

Umpires:
Anton Kochin (RUS)
Florian Hösch (AUT)

8 August 2013
13:00

Wales	1–1	Scotland
3'	Report	70'

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
2	Austria (H)	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3	7	Advanced to Semi-finals
3	Italy	3	0	1	2	6	10	−4	1	Pool C
4	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	12	−7	1	Pool C

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]
(H) Host

5 August 2013
15:00

Russia	6–1	Ukraine
	Report

Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Neil McAlpine (SCO)

5 August 2013
17:00

Austria	2–1	Italy
20' 47'	Report	51'

Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

7 August 2013
15:00

Ukraine	3–3	Italy
12' 33' 38'	Report	18' 46', 56'

Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)

7 August 2013
17:00

Austria	1–1	Russia
64'	Report	49'

Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

8 August 2013
15:00

Russia	5–2	Italy
	Report

Umpires:
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
Moritz Meissner (GER)

8 August 2013
17:00

Ukraine	1–3	Austria
61'	Report	10' 55' 58'

Umpires:
Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)
Neil McAlpine (SCO)

Classification round[]

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

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

Pool C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Ukraine	3	1	2	0	9	5	+4	5
6	Scotland	3	1	2	0	8	4	+4	5
7	Wales	3	1	1	1	6	8	−2	4	Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III
8	Italy	3	0	1	2	7	13	−6	1	Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[3]

10 August 2013
11:00

Wales	0–4	Ukraine
	Report	18', 21' 39' 53'

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Florian Hösch (AUT)

10 August 2013
13:00

Scotland	5–1	Italy
A. Forsyth 2', 65' 19', 45' Bain 64'	Report	11'

Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

11 August 2013
10:00

Wales	5–3	Italy
	Report

Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)

11 August 2013
12:00

Scotland	2–2	Ukraine
Bain 6' 30'	Report	27' 65'

Umpires:
Florian Hösch (AUT)
Anton Kochin (RUS)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

10 August 2013

France	5
		11 August 2013
Austria	3
		France	0 (4)
10 August 2013
		Russia (p.s.o.)	0 (5)
Russia	6

Azerbaijan	1
		Third Place

		11 August 2013

		Austria	6

		Azerbaijan	1

Semi-finals[]

10 August 2013
15:00

Russia	6–1	Azerbaijan
19', 30' 24' 47' 64'	Report	44'

Umpires:
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

10 August 2013
17:30

France	5–3	Austria
H. Genestet 31' 33' 52' 67' 70'	Report	1' 11', 57'

Umpires:
Moritz Meissner (GER)
Neil McAlpine (SCO)

Third and fourth place[]

11 August 2013
14:30

Austria	6–1	Azerbaijan
8' 15', 55' 37' 54' 64'	Report	53'

Umpires:
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)
Moritz Meissner (GER)

Final[]

11 August 2013
17:00

France	0–0	Russia
	Report
Penalties
	4–5

Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Will Drury (WAL)

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Russia
	France
	Austria
4	Azerbaijan
5	Ukraine
6	Scotland
7	Wales
8	Italy

Qualified for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship

Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

References[]

^ "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.
^ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
^ ^a ^b ^c Regulations

[1] "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.

[2] "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.

[Regulations-3] Regulations

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