2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Belarus
City	Minsk
Dates	24–26 January 2020
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Minsk Sports Palace
Final positions
Champions	(1st title)
Runner-up
Third place
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	; (7 goals)
Best player
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The 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship is the 20th edition of the tournament. It takes place from 24 to 26 January 2020 in Minsk, Belarus.^[1]

Qualified Teams[]

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.^[2]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
19–21 January 2018	2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Prague, Czech Republic	5	(3) (5) (1) (2) (7) (4)
19–21 January 2018	2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Brussels, Belgium	2	(9) (14)
Total			8

Format[]

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.

Results[]

All times are local (UTC+3).

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	3	3	0	15	7	+8	9	Advance to Semifinals
2	3	2	1	10	9	+1	6	Advance to Semifinals
3	3	1	2	11	12	−1	3	Transfer to Pool C
4	3	0	3	7	15	−8	0	Transfer to Pool C

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

24 January 2020
10:00

	4–3
11', 35' 15', 32'	Report	10' 24' 40'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

24 January 2020
11:15

	4–1
Martin-Pelegrina 18', 36' 20' 23'	Report	26'

Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

24 January 2020
16:00

	4–1
6' 25' 35' 37'	Report	40'

Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Ana Faias (POR)

24 January 2020
17:15

	3–4
15' 32' 33'	Report	Stöckel 13', 25' 29', 37'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

25 January 2020
09:00

	5–4
13' 30', 35' 38', 40'	Report	7', 39' 12' 37'

Umpires:
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

25 January 2020
10:15

	7–3
7', 27' 19' Gerstenhöfer 19' Martin-Pelegrina 30' 31' Kurz 40'	Report	4' 8' 14'

Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Lisette Baljon (NED)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1		3	3	0	14	1	+13	9	Advance to Semifinals
2	(H)	3	2	1	15	6	+9	6	Advance to Semifinals
3		3	1	2	8	14	−6	3	Transfer to Pool C
4		3	0	3	2	18	−16	0	Transfer to Pool C

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

24 January 2020
12:30

	7–2
4', 12' 9' 10', 38', 38', 39'	Report	9' 35'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

24 January 2020
13:45

	5–0
De Baat 10', 34' De Lange 31', 35' Van Wijk 32'	Report

Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Olena Klymenko (UKR)

24 January 2020
18:30

	2–6
10' 31'	Report	2' 8', 16' 28', 35' 34'

Umpires:
Olena Klymenko (UKR)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

24 January 2020
19:45

	1–4
4'	Report	1' 13' Van Wijk 25' 36'

Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) (UKR)
Cathy Wright (WAL)

25 January 2020
11:30

	5–0
5' 11' 18', 26' Van Wijk 24'	Report

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

25 January 2020
12:45

	0–7
	Report	2' 3' 7', 39' 17' 22' 31'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Olena Klymenko (UKR)

Fifth to eighth place classification[]

Pool C[]

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

Pos	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	3	3	0	14	6	+8	9
2	3	2	1	10	7	+3	6
3	3	1	2	7	8	−1	3	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
4	3	0	3	5	15	−10	0	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

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

25 January 2020
16:45

	3–1
2', 35' Delforge 28'	Report	39'

Umpires:
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)
Olena Klymenko (UKR)

25 January 2020
18:00

	4–1
17', 27' 18' 28'	Report	10'

Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)

26 January 2020
10:00

	6–2
4' 5' 16' 20', 24' 23'	Report	33' 39'

Umpires:
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
Ana Faias (POR)

26 January 2020
11:15

	3–1
19', 33' 35'	Report	2'

Umpires:
Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

First to fourth place classification[]

Semi-finals		Final

25 January

	2
		26 January
	5
		(s.o)	1 (4)
25 January
			1 (3)
	4

	2
		Third place

		26 January

			2 (1)

		(s.o)	2 (2)

Semi-finals[]

25 January 2020
19:15

	2–5
Kurz 14' 20'	Report	2' 4' 28' 36', 37'

Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)

25 January 2020
20:45

	4–2
De Lange 2' Van Wijk 8', 22' 10'	Report	30', 39'

Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Third place game[]

26 January 2020
13:00

	2–2
11' Gerstenhöfer 14'	Report	2' 24'
Penalties
Kurz	1–2

Umpires:
Lisette Baljon (NED)
Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

Final[]

26 January 2020
14:30

	1–1
40+'	Report	8'
Penalties
	4–3	Van Wijk Van Wijk

Umpires:
Cathy Wright (WAL)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
	5	3	1	1	21	9	+12	10
	5	4	1	0	19	4	+15	13
	5	2	1	2	14	15	−1	7
4	5	3	1	1	19	14	+5	10
5	5	3	0	2	21	15	+6	9
6	5	2	0	3	12	19	−7	6
7	5	1	0	4	11	19	−8	3	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	5	0	0	5	5	27	−22	0	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

Source: FIH

Awards[]

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
			Noor de Baat

Goalscorers[]

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.

7 goals

5 goals

Lieke van Wijk

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Laurine Delforge

Source: FIH

External link[]

Tournament at eurohockey.com

References[]

^ "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
^ "Teams". EuroHockey Indoor Championship 2020 (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
^ ^a ^b Regulations

[EHF2018-1] "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.

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

[Regulations-3] Regulations

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