2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

2018 Women's EuroHockey
Indoor Championship II
Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Brussels
Dates	19–21 January 2018
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	111 (5.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laurine Delforge (8 goals)
Best player	Laurine Delforge
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The 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II was the 12th edition of the tournament. It was held from 19 to 21 January 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.^[1]

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after topping the pool. Along with Belgium, Austria qualified to the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship as the two highest ranked teams.^[2]

Qualified Teams[]

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II.^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Belgium (9)
22–24 January 2016	2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Minsk, Belarus	1	Austria (6)
22–24 January 2016	2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Cambrai, France	5	Croatia (23) England (21) Lithuania (22) Scotland (16) Wales (24)
Invitational team			1	Sweden (28)
Total			8

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary Round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	15	5	+10	9	Advanced to Pool D
2	England	3	2	1	13	9	+4	6	Advanced to Pool D
3	Sweden	3	1	2	5	13	−8	3	Pool C
4	Lithuania	3	0	3	7	13	−6	0	Pool C

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

19 January 2018
10:00

England	5–1	Sweden
Sanders 10', 21', 32', 38' Crowson 26'	Report	20'

Umpires:
Fanneke ALkemade (NED)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

19 January 2018
11:10

Austria	4–2	Lithuania
2' 21' 24' 32'	Report	20+' 25'

Umpires:
Abby MacArthur (WAL)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

19 January 2018
16:00

Lithuania	2–4	Sweden
30' 25'	Report	21', 23' 25' 25'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Cristina Pérez (ESP)

19 January 2018
17:10

England	3–5	Austria
Sanders 30' 32' Wills 38'	Report	13' 14' 16', 36' 25'

Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

20 January 2018
09:00

Austria	6–0	Sweden
11' 25' 35' 39', 40' 40'	Report

Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

20 January 2018
10:10

Lithuania	3–5	England
15' 16' 36'	Report	Crowson 9', 26' Burge 13', 22' Sanders 18'

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Advanced to Pool D
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4	Advanced to Pool D
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0	Pool C

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

19 January 2018
12:20

Scotland	5–0	Wales
Dark 4', 5' 21' Bunce 23', 25'	Report

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

19 January 2018
13:30

Belgium	4–0	Croatia
Delforge 16', 23', 36' Rasir 20'	Report

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

19 January 2018
18:20

Croatia	5–0	Wales
4' 19', 26' 33' 40+'	Report

Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Claire Druijts (NED)

19 January 2018
19:30

Scotland	0–5	Belgium
	Report	Rasir 13' 18' Delforge 31', 40' Breyne 39'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

20 January 2018
11:20

Croatia	1–1	Scotland
36'	Report	Bunce 24'

Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

20 January 2018
12:30

Belgium	7–0	Wales
Rasir 3' Delforge 15', 36' Englebert 17' 23', 25' 27'	Report

Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

Classification Round[]

Pool C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lithuania	3	2	1	16	7	+9	6
2	Sweden	3	2	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Scotland	3	1	2	9	7	+2	3
4	Wales	3	1	2	3	16	−13	3

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

20 January 2018
16:30

Lithuania	9–0	Wales
3' 4', 22', 26' 6', 15' 23' 31' 32'	Report

Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

20 January 2018
17:40

Sweden	2–1	Scotland
11' 31'	Report	Dark 36'

Umpires:
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

21 January 2018
10:00

Scotland	3–5	Lithuania
Dark 5', 17' Bunce 37'	Report	4', 12', 23' 10' 18'

Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Cristina Pérez (ESP)

21 January 2018
11:10

Sweden	2–3	Wales
22', 38'	Report	7', 38' 29'

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

Pool D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Belgium	3	3	0	10	0	+10	9	Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2	Austria	3	2	1	12	6	+6	6	Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
3	England	3	1	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Croatia	3	0	3	1	15	−14	0

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

20 January 2018
18:50

England	4–1	Croatia
Crowson 4', 23', 39' Sanders 20'	Report	33'

Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

20 January 2018
20:00

Austria	0–3	Belgium
	Report	Delforge 22' 24' Rasir 32'

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

21 January 2018
13:00

Belgium	3–0	England
Englebert 5' Rasir 15', 39'	Report

Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

21 January 2018
14:10

Austria	7–0	Croatia
2' 10', 14', 20', 29' 15', 17'	Report

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Laurine Delforge	Laurine Delforge	Elodie Picard

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
	Belgium	5	5	0	0	22	0	+22	15	Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
	Austria	5	4	0	1	22	8	+14	12	Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
	England	5	3	0	2	17	13	+4	9
4	Croatia	5	1	1	3	7	16	−9	4
5	Lithuania	5	2	0	3	21	16	+5	6
6	Sweden	5	2	0	3	9	17	−8	6
7	Scotland	5	1	1	3	10	13	−3	4
8	Wales	5	1	0	4	3	28	−25	3

Source: FIH

Goalscorers[]

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.

8 goals

Laurine Delforge

7 goals

Erica Sanders

6 goals

5 goals

Emily Dark

4 goals

Vikki Bunce

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Lucie Breyne
Alice Wills

Source: FIH

References[]

^ "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Brilliant Belgium promoted along with Austria from Championship II". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ "Teams". 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Regulations

[1] "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[2] "Brilliant Belgium promoted along with Austria from Championship II". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

[3] "Teams". 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.

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