2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III

2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III

Tournament details
Host country	Slovenia
City	Lipovci
Dates	28 July – 3 August
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	HC Lipovci
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runner-up	Lithuania
Third place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	82 (5.47 per match)
Top scorer(s)	(7 goals)
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The 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III was the eight edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship III, the third tier of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Lipovci, Slovenia.^[1]

The finalists were promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

Teams[]

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.^[2]

Gibraltar withdrew right before the competition started. This caused Hungary to be moved to pool B, replacing Gibraltar in all the games against the other teams in pool B. Pool A was left with the three remaining teams.

•  Croatia (42)
•  France (28)
•   (–)
•  Hungary (–)
•  Lithuania (36)
•  Slovakia (–)
•  Slovenia (49)
•   Switzerland (39)

Results[]

All times are local, CEST (UTC+1).

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	0	18	1	+17	6	Semi-finals
2	Croatia	2	1	0	1	8	2	+6	3
3	Slovenia (H)	2	0	0	2	0	23	−23	0	Pool C

28 July 2019 17:00 France  16–0  Slovenia  2'  10'  14', 21'  16', 29'  20', 57'  28', 34', 36', 43', 55'  40', 50'  56' Report Umpires: Noelia Blanco (ESP) Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS)

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30 July 2019 18:00 Croatia  1–2  France  48' Report  7'  42' Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

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31 July 2019 18:00 Slovenia  0–7  Croatia Report  12'  22'  24'  34'  36', 56'  41' Umpires: Ellie Duffy (IRL) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	17	4	+13	6
3	Slovakia	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3	Pool C
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	1	25	−24	0

28 July 2019 12:30 Lithuania  2–0  Slovakia  34'  49' Report Umpires: Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL) Caroline Ellice (SCO)

28 July 2019 14:45 Switzerland   13–0  Hungary  9', 28', 36', 56', 57'  13', 59'  13', 30'  20'  34'  35'  47' Report Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Iva Marič (SLO)

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29 July 2019 15:45 Slovakia  3–0  Hungary  1'  8'  35' Report Umpires: Ellie Duffy (IRL) Caroline Ellice (SCO)

29 July 2019 18:00 Switzerland   1–3  Lithuania  32' Report  13'  35'  40' Umpires: Iva Marič (SLO) Noelia Blanco (ESP)

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31 July 2019 13:30 Lithuania  9–1  Hungary  13'  15'  25'  26', 38', 54'  42'  53'  58' Report  43' Umpires: Caroline Ellice (SCO) Iva Marič (SLO)

31 July 2019 15:45 Slovakia  1–3   Switzerland  20' Report  31'  41'  54' Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL)

Fifth to seventh place classification[]

Pool C[]

The points obtained in the preliminary round from the two teams in pool B against each other are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Slovakia	2	2	0	0	5	1	+4	6
6	Hungary	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	3
7	Slovenia (H)	2	0	0	2	1	5	−4	0

2 August 2019 12:30 Slovenia  1–2  Slovakia  45' Report  19'  30' Umpires: Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL) Ellie Duffy (IRL)

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3 August 2019 11:00 Slovenia  0–3  Hungary Report  24'  38'  42' Umpires: Noelia Blanco (ESP) Caroline Ellice (SCO)

First to fourth place classification[]

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 August
	France	4
					3 August
	Switzerland	0
					France	4
	2 August
					Lithuania	3
	Lithuania	3
	Croatia	0
					Third place
					3 August
					Switzerland (s.o.)	0 (2)
					Croatia	0 (1)

Semi-finals[]

2 August 2019 14:45 France  4–0   Switzerland  36'  42'  47'  59' Report Umpires: Caroline Ellice (SCO) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

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2 August 2019 17:00 Lithuania  3–0  Croatia  2'  19'  58' Report Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Noelia Blanco (ESP)

Third place game[]

3 August 2019 13:15 Switzerland   0–0  Croatia Report Penalties 2–1 Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Ellie Duffy (IRL)

Final[]

3 August 2019 15:30 France  4–3  Lithuania  28'  32'  43'  45' Report  12'  19'  53' Umpires: Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	France
	Lithuania
	Switzerland
4	Croatia
5	Slovakia
6	Hungary
7	Slovenia

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

Goalscorers[]

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also[]

• 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
• 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

References[]