2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

2020 Indoor Championship II
Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
City	Lucerne
Dates	17-19 January 2020
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Maihof Halle
Final positions
Champions	Switzerland (1st title)
Runner-up	Belarus
Third place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	148 (7.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; (10 goals)
← (previous)	(next) →

The 2020 Eurohockey Indoor Championship II was the 7th edition of the tournament. It took take place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Lucerne, Switzerland.^[1]

Qualified Teams[]

Sweden finished 3rd in the previous tournament, but did not take part in 2020. Instead Turkey, which as 7th placed team in 2018 were originally relegated, took part.

Format[]

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The bottom two teams from pool A and B, play in a new group, pool C, against the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The top two teams from pool A and B, will also play in a new group, pool D, where they play the teams they did not play against in the group stage to determine the winner. All points from pools A and B will be taken over in pools C and D. The top two teams will be promoted to the . The last two teams will be relegated to the 2022 Eurohockey Indoor Championship III.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	7	Advance to Pool D
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4	Advance to Pool D
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	10	13	−3	4	Transfer to Pool C
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	8	15	−7	1	Transfer to Pool C

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

17 January 2020
12:30

Croatia	2—3	Slovakia
3', 14'	Report	2' 16' 40'

Umpires:
Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)
Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

17 January 2020
13:45

Switzerland	7—2	Italy
1', 5', 6', 38' 24' 29', 29'	Report	11' 32'

Umpires:
Kevin Roberts (WAL)
Bruno Santos (POR)

17 January 2020
18:30

Italy	5—5	Slovakia
14', 16', 23', 32' 39'	Report	3', 20', 40' 33' 36'

Umpires:
Siarhei Mischevich (BLR)
Bruno Santos (POR)

17 January 2020
19:45

Croatia	2—2	Switzerland
14' 24'	Report	1', 35'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

18 January 2020
11:30

Italy	1—3	Croatia
37'	Report	22' 26' 31'

Umpires:
Kevin Roberts (WAL)
Siarhei Mischevich (BLR)

18 January 2020
12:45

Switzerland	6—2	Slovakia
2' 4', 38' 6' 16' 26'	Report	29' 30'

Umpires:
Bruno Santos (POR)
Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belarus	3	2	1	0	18	10	+8	7	Advance to Pool D
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	17	11	+6	6	Advance to Pool D
3	Turkey	3	1	1	1	15	15	0	4	Transfer to Pool C
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	7	21	−14	0	Transfer to Pool C

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

17 January 2020
10:00

Denmark	3—7	Turkey
32' 38' 40'	Report	12' 23', 28', 38' 27', 39' 31' 38'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Michal Pivko (SVK)

17 January 2020
11:15

Portugal	4—5	Belarus
7' 15', 22' 38'	Report	9' 13', 13' 23' 40'

Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

17 January 2020
16:00

Turkey	5—5	Belarus
3' 7' 24' 32' 36'	Report	2', 36', 38' 15' 30'

Umpires:
Jorge Ocaña (ESP)
Kamaal Khan (ITA)

17 January 2020
17:15

Portugal	6—3	Denmark
5', 26', 39' 8' 31', 31'	Report	20+' 27' 30'

Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Michal Pivko (SVK)

18 January 2020
09:00

Denmark	1—8	Belarus
34'	Report	3', 31' 8', 12' 13' 14' 20' 27'

Umpires:
Kamaal Khan (ITA)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

18 January 2020
10:15

Turkey	3—7	Portugal
1' 8' 39'	Report	19', 24', 25', 32' 26' 34' 36'

Umpires:
Jorge Ocaña (ESP)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Fifth to 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	Relegation
1	Turkey	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	7
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	14	11	+3	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	12	11	+1	4	Relegated to EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship III
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	6	18	−12	0	Relegated to EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship III

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

18 January 2020
16:45

Italy	5—2	Denmark
1', 32' 33', 37', 40+'	Report	17', 34'

Umpires:
Jorge Ocaña (ESP)
Bruno Santos (POR)

18 January 2020
18:00

Slovakia	1—5	Turkey
12'	Report	16' 21', 28', 32', 35'

Umpires:
Kamaal Khan (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

19 January 2020
10:00

Slovakia	6—1	Denmark
18', 35' 18', 27', 38' 37'	Report	17'

Umpires:
Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

19 January 2020
11:30

Turkey	4—4	Italy
22' 30', 40' 31'	Report	24' 33' 34' 39'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Jorge Ocaña (ESP)

Pool D[]

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	Promoted to
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	6	Promoted to
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	11	11	0	3
4	Croatia	3	0	1	2	8	11	−3	1

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

18 January 2020
19:15

Croatia	4—6	Portugal
9' 17', 20', 32'	Report	4', 16', 26', 37' 10+', 15'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

18 January 2020
20:30

Switzerland	3—2	Belarus
10' 14' 35'	Report	15' 16'

Umpires:
Kevin Roberts (WAL)
Michal Pivko (SVK)

19 January 2020
13:00

Belarus	3—2	Croatia
30' 39' 40'	Report	2' 28'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

19 January 2020
14:30

Switzerland	2—1	Portugal
30' 40'	Report	29'

Umpires:
Kevin Roberts (WAL)
Michal Pivko (SVK)

Final standings[]

Rank	Team
	Switzerland
	Belarus
	Portugal
4	Croatia
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	Slovakia
8	Denmark

References[]

^ "EUROHOCKEY INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP II, MEN". eurohockey.org. EHF. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

[EHF2020-1] "EUROHOCKEY INDOOR CHAMPIONSHIP II, MEN". eurohockey.org. EHF. 1 January 2020. Retrieved 1 January 2020.

[Regulations-2] Regulations

[1]

[2]