2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	28 August – 3 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Estadio Betero
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (9th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Will Calnan; (11 goals)
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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 18th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.^[1]

The defending champions, the Netherlands won the tournament for the 9th time by defeating Belgium 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished in a 2–2 draw.^[2] The third-place match between Germany and Spain was cancelled due to illness.

Qualified teams[]

The following eight teams qualified based on their final positions in the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championships.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Waterloo, Belgium	6	Netherlands Germany Belgium Spain
13–19 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Lousada, Portugal	2	Ireland
Total			8

Results[]

Preliminary Round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	17	5	+12	5	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5	Semi-finals
3		3	1	2	0	12	4	+8	5
4		3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

Source: FIH
(H) Host

28 August 2017
15:30

	8–0
Calnan 3', 21', 33', 46', 47' D. Scott 23' 34' P. Scott 45'	Report

Umpires:
Luka Zupancic (AUT)
Michael Pontus (BEL)

28 August 2017
20:00

Netherlands	3–3	Spain
15', 54' Beins 50'	Report	17' 39' Miralles 49'

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Tim Meissner (GER)

30 August 2017
17:45

	2–2	Netherlands
Calnan 24' D. Scott 43'	Report	Beins 8' 45'

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Tim Meissner (GER)

30 August 2017
20:00

Spain	12–0
3', 18', 34', 48' 11' 11', 58' 28' 49' Miralles 59' Basterra 59' 60'	Report

Umpires:
Rob Abbott (IRE)
Luka Zupancic (AUT)

31 August 2017
18:00

Netherlands	10–0
4' 8', 14', 22', 33', 42', 48', 53' 49' Van Dam 58'	Report

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Rob Abbott (IRE)

31 August 2017
20:00

Spain	2–2
8' 27'	Report	Calnan 14' Sorsby 48'

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Michael Pontus (BEL)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Semi-finals
3	Ireland	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1
4		3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

Source: FIH

28 August 2017
09:00

Germany	4–2	Ireland
Bosserhoff 1' Schiffer 21' Rothländer 39' Prinz 43'	Report	14' 39'

Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

28 August 2017
09:00

Belgium	5–1
10', 20', 34' 47' 54'	Report	43'

Umpires:
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
Rob Abbott (IRE)

30 August 2017
09:00

Ireland	4–4
9', 56' 13' 17'	Report	14' 20', 43' 54'

Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Pedro Santos (POR)

30 August 2017
11:15

Belgium	1–2	Germany
Kina 28'	Report	Hartkopf 9' H. Müller 59'

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

31 August 2017
11:15

Germany	4–0
Große 23' 36' Dösch 40' 60'	Report

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Pedro Santos (POR)

31 August 2017
11:15

Ireland	1–3	Belgium
44'	Report	8', 44' 22'

Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

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

Pool C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5		3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9
6		3	1	1	1	17	5	+12	4
7	Ireland	3	1	1	1	16	13	+3	4	Relegation to Junior Championship II
8		3	0	0	3	2	32	−30	0	Relegation to Junior Championship II

Source: FIH

2 September 2017
09:00

	0–13
	Report	2', 3', 4', 27' 7', 53' 16', 19', 34', 47' 25' 41' 58'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Rob Abbott (IRE)

2 September 2017
11:30

	7–1	Ireland
Calnan 2', 35', 47', 54' 15' 39' P. Scott 53'	Report	60'

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Luka Zupancic (AUT)

3 September 2017
09:15

	1–0
Sorsby 29'	Report

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Pedro Santos (POR)

3 September 2017
10:30

Ireland	11–2
3', 4' 20' 21', 33', 48', 48', 57' 27' 46' 60'	Report	22' 44'

Umpires:
Michael Pontus (BEL)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

2 September 2017

Germany	1
		3 September 2017
Netherlands	2
		Netherlands (s.o)	2 (5)
2 September 2017
		Belgium	2 (3)
Spain	0

Belgium	1
		Third place

		3 September 2017

		Germany	0

		Spain	0

Semi-finals[]

2 September 2017
09:00

Germany	1–2	Netherlands
35'	Report	23' 43'

Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Michael Pontus (BEL)

2 September 2017
17:30

Spain	0–1	Belgium
	Report	37'

Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Pietro Galligani (ITA)

Third and fourth place[]

3 September 2017
11:30

Germany	Cancelled	Spain
	Report Match cancelled due to illness.

Final[]

3 September 2017
17:30

Netherlands	2–2	Belgium
7' 35'	Report	8' 57'
Penalties
Van Dam Van Heijningen	5–3

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Belgium
	Germany
4	Spain
5
6
7	Ireland
8

Relegated to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II

Goalscorers[]

There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.

11 goals

Will Calnan

7 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Duncan Scott
Peter Scott
Tom Sorsby
Teun Beins
Marc Miralles

1 goal

Antoine Kina
Niklas Bosserhoff
Paul Doesch
Johannes Große
Raphael Hartkopf
Hannes Müller
Thies Prinz
Jan Schiffer
Thijs van Dam
José Basterra

Source: FIH

References[]

^ "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". EHF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "EuroHockey Junior Championship 2014, Waterloo (BEL) (M)". FIH. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[1] "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". EHF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[2] "EuroHockey Junior Championship 2014, Waterloo (BEL) (M)". FIH. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Contents

Qualified teams[]

Results[]

Preliminary Round[]

Pool A[]

Pool B[]

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Pool C[]

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals[]

Third and fourth place[]

Final[]

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Goalscorers[]

See also[]

References[]