2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV

2015 EuroHockey Championship IV
Tournament details
Host country	Lithuania
City	Vilnius
Dates	19–25 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Slovakia (1st title)
Runner-up	Denmark
Third place	Lithuania
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	100 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(7 goals)
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The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV was the sixth edition of the EuroHockey Championship IV, the fourth tier of the European field hockey championships. It was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Vilnius, Lithuania.^[1]

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship III with the winner, Slovakia and the runner-up, Denmark qualifying.^[1]

Teams[]

The following eight teams competed in the tournament:^[2]

Results[]

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	17	5	+12	7	Semi-finals
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	16	7	+9	7	Semi-finals
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	3	19	−16	3	Pool C
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0	Pool C

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

19 July 2015
10:15

Denmark	11–0	Norway
5', 26' 13', 47', 53', 62' 16', 24' 46', 67' 60'	Report

Umpires:
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

19 July 2015
12:30

Slovakia	4–1	Hungary
30', 35+' 45' 52'	Report	4'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)

20 July 2015
10:15

Hungary	0–1	Norway
	Report	32'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Christian Gibson (FIN)

20 July 2015
12:30

Denmark	4–4	Slovakia
23', 53', 54' 61'	Report	5' 38' 50' 67'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)

22 July 2015
10:15

Hungary	1–2	Denmark
43'	Report	5' 49'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

22 July 2015
12:30

Slovakia	8–2	Norway
1', 9', 33', 70', 70+' 20' 30' 31'	Report	22' 28'

Umpires:
Christian Gibson (FIN)
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania (H)	3	3	0	12	3	+9	9	Semi-finals
2	Malta	3	2	1	10	6	+4	6	Semi-finals
3	Cyprus	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3	Pool C
4	Finland	3	0	3	3	13	−10	0	Pool C

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

19 July 2015
14:45

Cyprus	3–1	Finland
17' 27' 37'	Report	39'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Tamas Hermann (HUN)

19 July 2015
17:00

Lithuania	4–2	Malta
37', 42' 55'	Report	26' 70'

Umpires:
Michal Margolien (SVK)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

20 July 2015
14:45

Finland	1–5	Malta
11'	Report	16' 26' 33' 64' 68'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

20 July 2015
17:00

Lithuania	3–0	Cyprus
8', 50' 55'	Report

Umpires:
Michal Margolien (SVK)
Tamas Hermann (HUN)

22 July 2015
14:45

Cyprus	1–3	Malta
26'	Report	35+' 50' 59'

Umpires:
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)
Tamas Hermann (HUN)

22 July 2015
17:00

Finland	1–5	Lithuania
2'	Report	6' 9', 64' 23' 59'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

Fifth tot eighth place classification[]

Pool C[]

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hungary	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
6	Finland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Cyprus	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
8	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4

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

24 July 2015
09:45

Hungary	1–1	Finland
7'	Report	17'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

24 July 2015
12:00

Norway	2–2	Cyprus
43' 47'	Report	20' 28'

Umpires:
Tamas Hermann (HUN)
Christian Gibson (FIN)

25 July 2015
08:30

Norway	1–3	Finland
52'	Report	12', 65' 44'

Umpires:
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

25 July 2015
10:45

Cyprus	0–3	Hungary
	Report	15', 61' 65'

Umpires:
Christian Gibson (FIN)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

24 July

Lithuania	2
		25 July
Slovakia	3
		Slovakia	3
24 July
		Denmark	1
Denmark	5

Malta	1
		Third place

		25 July

		Lithuania	4

		Malta	1

Semi-finals[]

24 July 2015
14:15

Denmark	5–1	Malta
33' 39' 61' 62' 66'	Report	39'

Umpires:
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)
Michal Margolien (SVK)

24 July 2015
16:45

Lithuania	2–3	Slovakia
23', 63'	Report	5' 18', 45'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Michiel Otten (NED)

Third and fourth place[]

25 July 2015
13:15

Lithuania	4–1	Malta
16' 42', 55' 61'	Report	60'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Michal Margolien (SVK)

Final[]

25 July 2015
15:45

Slovakia	3–1	Denmark
35+' 55' 69'	Report	29'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Slovakia
	Denmark
	Lithuania
4	Malta
5	Hungary
6	Finland
7	Cyprus
8	Norway

Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship III

References[]

^ ^a ^b "2015 EuroHockey Championships, Final Positions". eurohockey.org. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ ^a ^b ^c Regulations

External links[]

FIH page

[Final_positions-1] "2015 EuroHockey Championships, Final Positions". eurohockey.org. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[2] "Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2018.

[Regulations-3] Regulations

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