EuroHockey Championship IV

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EuroHockey Championship IV
Most recent season or competition:
2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV
FormerlyEuroHockey Nations Challenge II
SportField hockey
Founded2005; 17 years ago (2005)
Inaugural season2005
No. of teams6
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Hungary (1st title)
(2019)
Most titles Gibraltar (2 titles)
Level on pyramid4

The EuroHockey Championship IV, formerly known as the EuroHockey Nations Challenge II, is a competition for European national field hockey teams. It is the fourth level of the European field hockey Championships for national teams.

For men's national teams this is the lowest tier. There is promotion and relegation.[1] The one or two first ranked teams qualify for the next Men's EuroHockey Championship III and are replaced by the one or two lowest-ranked teams from that tournament.

The tournament has been won by seven different teams: Gibraltar has the most titles with two and Denmark, Greece, Hungary, Slovakia, Slovenia and Turkey have all won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Helsinki, Finland and was won by Hungary. The next edition was supposed to be held in Kordin, Malta in August 2021 but was cancelled due to the travel restrictions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2][3]

Results[]

Year Host Final Third place game
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2005
Details 		Kordin, Malta
Denmark 		3–0
Azerbaijan
Malta 		2–1
Cyprus
2007
Details 		Predanovci, Slovenia
Slovenia 		5–0
Turkey
6–1
Lithuania
2009
Details 		Bratislava, Slovakia
Gibraltar 		Round-robin
Slovakia
Bulgaria 		Round-robin
Greece
2011
Details 		Athens, Greece
Turkey 		Round-robin
Greece
Bulgaria 		Round-robin
Cyprus
2013
Details 		Athens, Greece
Greece 		Round-robin
Bulgaria
Cyprus 		Only three teams
2015
Details 		Vilnius, Lithuania
Slovakia 		3–1
Denmark
Lithuania 		4–1
Malta
2017
Details 		Lipovci, Slovenia
Gibraltar 		Round-robin
Slovenia
Hungary 		Round-robin
Cyprus
2019
Details 		Helsinki, Finland
Hungary 		Round-robin
Finland
Norway 		Round-robin
Cyprus
2021
Details 		Kordin, Malta Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[3] Cancelled

Summary[]

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Gibraltar 2 (2009, 2017)
 Greece 1 (2013*) 1 (2011*) 1 (2009)
 Denmark 1 (2005) 1 (2015)
 Slovakia 1 (2015) 1 (2009*)
 Slovenia 1 (2007*) 1 (2017*)
 Turkey 1 (2011) 1 (2007)
 Hungary 1 (2019) 1 (2017)
 Bulgaria 1 (2013) 2 (2009, 2011)
 Azerbaijan 1 (2005)
 Finland 1 (2019*)
 Cyprus 1 (2013) 4 (2005, 2011, 2017, 2019)
 Lithuania 1 (2015*) 1 (2007)
 Malta 1 (2005*) 1 (2015)
 Norway 1 (2019)
  1 (2007)
* = host nation

Team appearances[]

Team Malta
2005 		Slovenia
2007 		Slovakia
2009 		Greece
2011 		Greece
2013 		Lithuania
2015 		Slovenia
2017 		Finland
2019 		Total
 Azerbaijan 2nd – – – – – – – 1
 Bulgaria – 6th 3rd 3rd 2nd – – – 4
 Cyprus 4th – – 4th 3rd 7th 4th 4th 6
 Denmark 1st – – – – 2nd – – 2
 Finland – 7th – – – 6th 5th 2nd 2
  – – – 5th – – – – 1
 Gibraltar – – 1st – – – 1st – 2
 Greece – – 4th 2nd 1st – – – 3
 Hungary – – – — – 5th 3rd 1st 3
 Lithuania – 4th – – – 3rd – – 2
 Malta 3rd – – – – 4th – – 2
 Norway – – – — – 8th – 3rd 2
  – 3rd – – – – – – 1
 Slovakia – 5th 2nd – – 1st – – 3
 Slovenia – 1st – – – – 2nd 5th 3
 Turkey – 2nd – 1st – – – – 2
Total 4 7 4 5 3 8 5 5 [4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.eurohockey.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=17&Itemid=26 EHF website
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b "EuroHockey Championship II, III to go-ahead". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 31 May 2021. Retrieved 31 May 2021.
  4. ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. p. 21. Retrieved 28 August 2019.

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