Men's EuroHockey Championship III

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Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Most recent season or competition:
2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
FormerlyMen's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
SportField hockey
Founded2005; 17 years ago (2005)
Inaugural season2005
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)		 Belarus (2nd title)
(2021)
Most titles Belarus
 Ukraine (2 titles)
Level on pyramid3

The Men's EuroHockey Championship III, formerly known as the Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, is a competition for European national field hockey teams. It is the third level of European field hockey Championships for national teams.

Underneath the Championship III there exists at least one division of the EuroHockey Nations Challenge, like EuroHockey Championship IV. There is promotion and relegation.[1] The two first ranked teams qualify for the next EuroHockey Championship II and are replaced by the two lowest-ranked teams from that tournament. The teams finishing in seventh and eighth positions are relegated to the EuroHockey Championship IV and replaced by the first or two highest-ranked from that tournament.

The tournament has been won by seven different teams: Belarus and Ukraine have the most titles with two and Azerbaijan, Croatia, Russia, Switzerland and Wales have all won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Lousada, Portugal and was won by Belarus.

Results[]

Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2005
Details 		Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Ukraine 		2–0
Portugal
Gibraltar 		5–3
Croatia 		7
2007
Details 		Kazan, Russia
Russia 		Round-robin
Belarus
Croatia 		Round-robin
Azerbaijan 		6
2009
Details 		Zagreb, Croatia
Ukraine 		3–0
Sweden
Portugal 		2–1
Azerbaijan 		7
2011
Details 		Catania, Italy
Azerbaijan 		3–2
Italy
Gibraltar 		5–4
Switzerland 		7
2013
Details 		Lausanne, Switzerland
Switzerland 		7–1
Croatia
Belarus 		7–6
Portugal 		8
2015
Details 		Lisbon, Portugal
Wales 		1–1
(2–0 s.o.)
Portugal
Italy 		7–3
Belarus 		6
2017
Details 		Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia
Belarus 		1–1
(3–2 s.o.)
Italy
Croatia 		3–1
Turkey 		7
2019
Details 		Gibraltar
Croatia 		5–4
Switzerland
Gibraltar 		7–2
Portugal 		8
2021
Details 		Lousada, Portugal
Belarus 		4–0
Czech Republic
Turkey 		3–3
(4–3 s.o.)
Portugal 		7

Summary[]

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Belarus 2 (2017, 2021) 1 (2007) 1 (2013) 1 (2015)
 Ukraine 2 (2005*, 2009)
 Croatia 1 (2019) 1 (2013) 2 (2007, 2017*) 1 (2005)
  Switzerland 1 (2013*) 1 (2019) 1 (2011)
 Azerbaijan 1 (2011) 2 (2007, 2009)
 Russia 1 (2007*)
 Wales 1 (2015)
 Portugal 2 (2005, 2015*) 1 (2009) 3 (2013, 2019, 2021*)
 Italy 2 (2011*, 2017) 1 (2015)
 Sweden 1 (2009)
 Czech Republic 1 (2021)
 Gibraltar 3 (2005, 2011, 2019*)
 Turkey 1 (2021) 1 (2017)
* = host nation

Team appareances[]

Team Ukraine
2005 		Russia
2007 		Croatia
2009 		Italy
2011 		Switzerland
2013 		Portugal
2015 		Croatia
2017 		Gibraltar
2019 		Portugal
2021 		Total
 Azerbaijan – 4th 4th 1st – – – – – 3
 Belarus – 2nd – – 3rd 4th 1st – 1st 5
 Croatia 4th 3rd 5th 5th 2nd – 3rd 1st – 7
 Czech Republic – – – – – – – – 2nd 1
 Denmark – 5th 7th – – – – – – 2
 Gibraltar 3rd – – 3rd 5th – – 3rd – 4
 Greece 5th – – – – – – – – 1
 Hungary 7th – – – – – – – – 1
 Italy – – – 2nd – 3rd 2nd – – 3
 Lithuania – – – – – – 6th 7th 6th 3
 Malta – – – – – – 5th 8th 7th 3
 Portugal 2nd – 3rd 6th 4th 2nd – 4th 4th 7
 Russia – 1st – – – – – – – 1
 Slovakia – – – 7th 8th – 7th 6th 5th 5
 Slovenia – – 6th – – – – – – 1
 Sweden 6th 6th 2nd – 6th 6th – – – 5
  Switzerland – – – 4th 1st – – 2nd – 3
 Turkey – – – – 7th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 5
 Ukraine 1st – 1st – – – – – – 2
 Wales – – – – – 1st – – – 1
Total 7 6 7 7 8 6 7 8 7 [2]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.eurohockey.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=17&Itemid=26 EHF website
  2. ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. p. 20. Retrieved 2 August 2019.

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