2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Dates	15–21 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	SK Slavia Prague
Final positions
Champions	Belarus (2nd title)
Runner-up	France
Third place	Poland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	70 (3.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marlena Rybacha (5 goals)
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The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championship organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic.^[1]

The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.^[2]

Belarus won their second EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating France 1–0 in the final. Poland won the bronze medal by defeating Wales 4–1.

Qualified teams[]

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
16–25 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	2	Belarus (21) Russia (19)
4–10 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	4	Austria (31) Czech Republic (23) Poland (24) Wales (26)
28 July – 3 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship III	Lipovci, Slovenia	2	France (28) Lithuania (34)
Total			8

Umpires[]

The following nine umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:^[4]

Clare Barwood (WAL)
Elena Ozerskaia (BLR)
Stepanka Smidova (CZE)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
Gema Calderon (ESP)
Ines El Hajem (FRA)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)

Preliminary round[]

Pool A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	2	1	0	7	3	+4	7	Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	8	3	+5	6	Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier
3	Russia	3	1	1	1	7	4	+3	4
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	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.^[5]

15 August 2021
11:15

Russia	0–2	Wales
	Report	Richards 29' 39'

Umpires:
Gema Calderon (ESP)
Stepanka Smidova (CZE)

15 August 2021
13:30

Poland	2–0	Lithuania
Rybacha 43' 49'	Report

Umpires:
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Ines El Hajem (FRA)

16 August 2021
16:45

Wales	5–0	Lithuania
10' 11' 36' 37', 60+'	Report

Umpires:
Nadine Schuschel (GER)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

16 August 2021
19:00

Poland	2–2	Russia
Rybacha 22' 32'	Report	46' 59'

Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Gema Calderon (ESP)

18 August 2021
12:15

Russia	5–0	Lithuania
26' Sadovaia 37' 41', 60' 46'	Report

Umpires:
Stepanka Smidova (CZE)
Ines El Hajem (FRA)

18 August 2021
14:30

Wales	1–3	Poland
26'	Report	Rybacha 18', 41' 43'

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Gema Calderon (ESP)

Pool B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	3	3	0	0	4	1	+3	9	Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier
2	Belarus	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4	Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier
3	Austria	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2
4	Czech Republic (H)	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1

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.^[5]
(H) Host

15 August 2021
15:45

Belarus	1–2	France
12'	Report	37' 57'

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)

15 August 2021
18:00

Czech Republic	2–2	Austria
34' 48'	Report	11' 37'

Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Clare Barwood (WAL)

17 August 2021
16:45

France	1–0	Austria
5'	Report

Umpires:
Nadine Schuschel (GER)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

17 August 2021
19:00

Czech Republic	1–3	Belarus
33'	Report	3' 18' 30'

Umpires:
Ines El Hajem (FRA)
Clare Barwood (WAL)

18 August 2021
16:45

Belarus	2–2	Austria
22' 59'	Report	24', 51'

Umpires:
Nadine Schuschel (GER)
Clare Barwood (WAL)

18 August 2021
19:00

France	1–0	Czech Republic
52'	Report

Umpires:
Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

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	Russia	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7	2022 World Cup qualifier
6	Czech Republic (H)	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5
7	Austria	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
8	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	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.^[5]
(H) Host

20 August 2021
10:15

Lithuania	0–3	Czech Republic
	Report	14' 34', 41'

Umpires:
Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)
Ines El Hajem (FRA)

20 August 2021
12:30

Russia	3–0	Austria
12' 26' 51'	Report

Umpires:
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

21 August 2021
09:00

Russia	2–2	Czech Republic
Sadovaia 23' 37'	Report	18' 60'

Umpires:
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Nadine Schuschel (GER)

21 August 2021
11:15

Austria	5–1	Lithuania
5' 11' 32' 43' 47'	Report	57'

Umpires:
Stepanka Sidova (UKR)
Clare Barwood (WAL)

First to fourth place classification[]

Bracket[]

Semi-finals		Final

20 August

Poland	1
		21 August
Belarus	5
		Belarus	1
20 August
		France	0
France	2

Wales	1
		Third place

		21 August

		Poland	4

		Wales	1

Semi-finals[]

20 August 2021
14:45

Poland	1–5	Belarus
60'	Report	44' 47' 52' 56' 58'

Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Clare Barwood (WAL)

20 August 2021
17:00

France	2–1	Wales
34' 41'	Report	48'

Umpires:
Gema Calderon (ESP)
Nadine Schuschel (GER)

Third place game[]

21 August 2021
13:45

Poland	4–1	Wales
24' Rybacha 25' 29' 50'	Report	Laity 38'

Umpires:
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Ines el Hajem (FRA)

Final[]

21 August 2021
16:00

Belarus	1–0	France
53'	Report

Umpires:
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Gema Calderon (ESP)

Statistics[]

Final standings[]

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Belarus	2022 World Cup qualifier
2	France
3	Poland
4	Wales
5	Russia
6	Czech Republic (H)
7	Austria
8	Lithuania

Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers[]

There were 70 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.

5 goals

Marlena Rybacha

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

Bogdana Sadovaia

1 goal

Source: FIH

References[]

^ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 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] "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[3] "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.

[4] "Officials List".

[Regulations-5] FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021

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