2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Santander
Dates	19–25 July 2015
Teams	8
Venue(s)
Final positions
Champions	(2nd title)
Runner-up
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Timm Herzbruch (11 goals)
Best player
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The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 8th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Santander, Spain at the .^[1]

won the tournament for the second time after defeating the 7–1 in the final.^[2]

Qualified teams[]

The following teams participated in the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship:

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
–	Host		1
22–28 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship	Vienna, Austria	5
–	2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship II	Gąsawa, Poland	2
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 .

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Semi-finals
2		3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
3		3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4		3	0	0	3	4	26	−22	0

19 July 2015 15:30   8–1    8', 59' Waller  11', 62', 65'  25'  29'  58' Report  42' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

19 July 2015 17:45   1–1   Basterra  67' Report  28' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Alistair Munro (SCO)

21 July 2015 13:15   9–1   De Sloover  6'  10'  33' Branicki  43'  45', 66' Meurmans  53'  56'  64' Report  70+' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Maarten Boxma (NED)

21 July 2015 20:00   0–1   Report  42' Umpires: Russell Donaldson (IRE) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

22 July 2015 17:00   3–0    38' Meurmans  49' Branicki  56' Report Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Tim Meissner (GER)

22 July 2015 20:00   9–2   Miralles  5'  24', 25'  28', 62' Cobos  37'  64'  65', 69' Report  3'  23' Umpires: Alistair Munro (SCO) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1		3	3	0	0	17	5	+12	9	Semi-finals
2		3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	6
3		3	1	0	2	7	12	−5	3
4		3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

19 July 2015 10:45   5–1   Van Dam  9'  11'  13', 57' De Geus  70' Report  5' Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

19 July 2015 10:45   7–0   Herzbruch  17', 31', 41'  40' Hellwig  47'  47' Rothländer  67' Report Umpires: Nathan Steiner (BEL) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

20 July 2015 17:45   0–3   Report  55'  63'  69' Umpires: Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

20 July 2015 20:00   2–3   Van Heijningen  1'  15' Report Herzbruch  4' Prinz  10' Rothländer  64' Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

22 July 2015 09:45   7–3   Rothländer  11' Herzbruch  20', 21', 40'  41'  44' Hellwig  68' Report  13'  29'  53' Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

22 July 2015 12:00   0–7   Report  7' Van Dam  11', 56'  25'  31', 65'  42' Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

Classification round[]

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Pool C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1		3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
2		3	1	1	1	13	7	+6	4
3		3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	4	Relegated to
4		3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

24 July 2015 15:00   1–2    18' Report  4'  43' Umpires: Alistair Munro (SCO) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

24 July 2015 15:30   2–3    64', 65' Report  18'  50'  54' Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

25 July 2015 11:30   1–9    35' Report  7', 32'  17'  23', 48'  25'  28'  54'  61' Umpires: Nathan Steiner (BEL) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

25 July 2015 12:00   4–4    14'  34'  36'  38' Report  4'  65'  68'  70+' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

First to fourth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	24 July 2015
		1 (3)
					25 July 2015
	(p.s.o)	1 (4)
						1
	24 July 2015
						7
		7
		3
					Third place
					25 July 2015
						1 (1)
					(p.s.o)	1 (3)

Semi-finals[]

24 July 2015 17:30   7–3   Herzbruch  9', 25'  17'  30', 46' Bosserhoff  31' Rothländer  39' Report  18' Cobos  48'  58' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

24 July 2015 20:00   1–1    62' Report Van Dam  61' Penalties De Sloover 3–4 Van Dam De Geus Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Argent (ENG)

Third and fourth place[]

25 July 2015 14:30   1–1    25' Report Cobos  35' Penalties Branicki De Sloover 1–3 Cobos Miralles Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Final[]

25 July 2015 19:30   1–7    48' Report  17', 24' Herzbruch  20', 70+' Hellwig  27', 46'  45' Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Alistair Munro (SCO)

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play
	Timm Herzbruch

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
		5	5	0	0	31	9	+22	15
		5	2	1	2	16	12	+4	7
		5	2	2	1	15	11	+4	8
4		5	2	3	0	15	4	+11	9
5		5	3	0	2	18	14	+4	9
6		5	1	1	3	13	11	+2	4
7		5	1	1	3	7	23	−16	4	Relegated to
8		5	0	0	5	7	38	−31	0

Goalscorers[]

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.

11 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: EHF

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