2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Gniezno
Dates	15–21 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Austria (1st title)
Runner-up	Scotland
Third place	Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	82 (4.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Forsyth (7 goals)
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.^[1]^[2]

The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[3]

Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.

Qualified teams[]

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.^[4]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
16–25 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	2	Ireland (13) Scotland (19)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Cambrai, France	4	Austria (20) Italy (23) Poland (26) Ukraine (29)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship III	Gibraltar	2	Croatia (39) Switzerland (34)
Total			8

Umpires[]

The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:^[5]

Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Tim Meissner (GER)
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Lukas Orzeł (POL)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
Ian Strange (IRL)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7	Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier
2	Poland (H)	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6	Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	5	4	+1	4
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	3	14	−11	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[6]
(H) Host

15 August 2021
17:45

Italy	4–1	Croatia
30' 51' 54' 59'	Report	7'

Umpires:
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

15 August 2021
20:10

Ireland	2–1	Poland
15' 60'	Report	41'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

17 August 2021
17:45

Italy	1–1	Ireland
13'	Report	O'Donoghue 7'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)

17 August 2021
20:00

Poland	4–2	Croatia
30' 35' 55' 57'	Report	6', 8'

Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Ian Strange (IRL)

18 August 2021
17:45

Ireland	6–0	Croatia
Murray 4' O'Donoghue 29', 52' 31' 40', 52'	Report

Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)

18 August 2021
20:00

Poland	2–0	Italy
13' 30'	Report

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6	Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier
2	Scotland	3	1	1	1	11	6	+5	4	Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier
3	Ukraine	3	1	1	1	10	7	+3	4
4	Switzerland	3	1	0	2	3	11	−8	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[6]

15 August 2021
13:15

Austria	0–2	Switzerland
	Report	48' 58'

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)

15 August 2021
15:30

Scotland	4–4	Ukraine
12' Forsyth 13' 15' 56'	Report	34' 39' 57' 58'

Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Ian Strange (IRL)

16 August 2021
17:15

Ukraine	5–1	Switzerland
17' 21' 38' 54' 55'	Report	39'

Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)

16 August 2021
19:30

Austria	2–1	Scotland
4' 24'	Report	52'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

18 August 2021
13:15

Scotland	6–0	Switzerland
10' Forsyth 12', 38', 45' 41' 53'	Report

Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Ian Strange (IRL)

18 August 2021
15:30

Ukraine	1–2	Austria
19'	Report	39', 60'

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
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	Qualification
5	Italy	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	2023 World Cup qualifier
6	Ukraine	3	2	0	1	10	5	+5	6
7	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
8	Croatia	3	0	0	3	4	13	−9	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[6]

20 August 2021
10:15

Croatia	0–4	Switzerland
	Report	13' 15' 23', 58'

Umpires:
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Ian Strange (IRL)

20 August 2021
12:30

Italy	1–0	Ukraine
52'	Report

Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Tim Meissner (GER)

21 August 2021
09:00

Italy	2–2	Switzerland
19' 20'	Report	20' 52'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)

21 August 2021
11:15

Ukraine	5–3	Croatia
10', 34' 10' 46' 50'	Report	28', 32', 39'

Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Ian Strange (IRL)

First to fourth place classification[]

Bracket[]

Semi-finals		Final

20 August

Ireland	2
		21 August
Scotland	3
		Scotland	1 (6)
20 August
		Austria (s.o.)	1 (7)
Austria (s.o.)	0 (3)

Poland	0 (2)
		Third place

		21 August

		Ireland	4

		Poland	2

Semi-finals[]

20 August 2021
14:45

Ireland	2–3	Scotland
7' 16'	Report	Forsyth 28', 45', 51'

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

20 August 2021
17:00

Austria	0–0	Poland
	Report
Penalties
	3–2

Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Third place game[]

21 August 2021
13:45

Ireland	4–2	Poland
9', 57' 15' O'Donoghue 39'	Report	36' 44'

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Final[]

21 August 2021
16:00

Scotland	1–1	Austria
36'	Report	52'
Penalties
Forsyth Morton Forsyth Morton	6–7

Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Tim Meissner (GER)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Austria	2023 World Cup qualifier
2	Scotland
3	Ireland
4	Poland (H)
5	Italy
6	Ukraine
7	Switzerland
8	Croatia

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers[]

There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.

7 goals

Alan Forsyth

6 goals

4 goals

Shane O'Donoghue

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Sean Murray

Source: FIH

References[]

^ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
^ "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
^ "Officials List".
^ ^a ^b ^c FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021

[1] "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[2] "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.

[3] "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[4] "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[5] "Officials List".

[Regulations-6] FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021

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