Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1976; 45 years ago (1976)
Inaugural season	1976
No. of teams	8
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Germany (6th title) (2019)
Most titles	Netherlands (9 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	EuroHockey Junior Championship II

The Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.^[1]

Competition Format[]

The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.

Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the .

Championship I[]

Results[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1976	Hamburg, West Germany		Netherlands	2–0	Spain		West Germany	2–1
1977	Folkestone, England		West Germany	4–3	Netherlands		Spain	1–0
1978	Dublin, Ireland		Netherlands	6–2	Ireland		West Germany
1981	Barcelona, Spain		West Germany	2–1	Belgium		Netherlands	4–2	Spain
1984	Rome, Italy		West Germany	3–2	Netherlands			2–1	Belgium
1988	Santander, Spain		West Germany	3–0			Netherlands	2–1	Spain
1992	Vught, Netherlands		Netherlands		Spain		Germany
1996	Vejle, Denmark		Netherlands	3–2	Germany			2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–4 p.s.)	Spain
1998	Poznań, Poland		Germany	3–2			Netherlands	3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.)	Spain
2000	Madrid, Spain		Spain	4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.)	Germany		Netherlands	7–2
2002	Lausanne, Switzerland		Netherlands		Germany		Spain
2004	Nivelles, Belgium		Spain		Germany		Netherlands
2006	Prague, Czech Republic		Netherlands		Germany		Belgium		Spain
2008 Details	San Sebastián, Spain		Spain	1–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands		Germany	4–3	Belgium
2010 Details	Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland		Netherlands	4–1	Belgium		Germany	4–3
2012 Details	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands		Belgium	2–2 (3–2 s.o.)	Netherlands		Germany	8–0
2014 Details	Waterloo, Belgium		Netherlands	5–2	Germany			1–1 (4–3 s.o.)	Belgium
2017 Details	Valencia, Spain		Netherlands	2–2 (5–3 s.o.)	Belgium		Germany	Match cancelled	Spain
2019 Details	Valencia, Spain		Germany	5–3			Netherlands	3–1	Spain
2022 Details	Ghent, Belgium

Summary[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
Netherlands	9 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017)	4 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*)	6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019)
Germany[a]	6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019)	6 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014)	7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017)
Spain	3 (2000*, 2004, 2008*)	2 (1976, 1992)	2 (1977, 2002)	7 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*)
Belgium	1 (2012)	3 (1981, 2010, 2017)	1 (2006)	3 (1984, 2008, 2014*)
		3 (1988, 1998, 2019)	2 (1996, 2014)	6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
Ireland		1 (1978*)
			1 (1984)	2 (1978, 2012)
				1 (1976)

* = hosts

Team appearances[]

Team	1976	1977	1978	1981	1984	1988	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	2022	Total
	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	6th	6th	8th	–	6
Belgium	5th	–	6th	2nd	4th	–	–	5th	6th	–	6th	5th	3rd	4th	2nd	1st	4th	2nd	5th	Q	16
	Part of Czechoslovakia						8th	7th	–	–	7th	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	4th	7th	7th	5th	2nd	4th	3rd	2nd	4th	4th	4th	5th	5th	4th	5th	3rd	5th	2nd	Q	19
	7th	–	4th	8th	3rd	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	5th	4th	7th	–	6th	Q	10
Germany[a]	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	3rd	1st	Q	20
	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	6th	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Ireland	6th	8th	2nd	5th	7th	–	–	–	–	7th	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	8
Netherlands	1st	2nd	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	1st	1st	3rd	3rd	1st	3rd	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	Q	20
	4th	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	7th	–	–	6th	6th	6th	8th	–	8th	–	7th	–	9
	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	2
	Part of the Soviet Union							–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	7th	–	–	–	–	Q	3
	–	7th	–	–	–	8th	5th	–	5th	5th	5th	7th	–	7th	–	7th	–	–	–	Q	10
	–	5th	8th	6th	–	5th	–	Defunct													4
Spain	2nd	3rd	5th	4th	–	4th	2nd	4th	4th	1st	3rd	1st	4th	1st	6th	6th	5th	4th	4th	Q	19
	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	8th	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	3
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Championship II[]

Results[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1998	Padua, Italy		Ireland								8
2000	Vienna, Austria		Belgium								8
2002	Cagliari, Italy				Ireland						7
2004	Lousada, Portugal										8
2006	Gibraltar										8
2008	Bra, Italy										10
2010	Vienna, Austria										8
2012	Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy			4–2				6–1			8
2014 Details	Lousada, Portugal		Ireland	Round-robin				Round-robin			7
2017 Details	Saint Petersburg, Russia			3–0				4–3			8
2019 Details	Plzeň, Czech Republic			9–0			Ireland	4–1			8
2022 Details	Rakovník, Czech Republic										8

Summary[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
	3 (2006, 2010, 2019)		2 (2014, 2017)
Ireland	2 (1998, 2014)	1 (2002)	1 (2019)
	1 (2017)	2 (1998, 2008)	3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
	1 (2008)	2 (2004, 2019)	1 (2012)
	1 (2002)	2 (2012, 2017)
	1 (2012)	1 (2006)	1 (2010*)	1 (2000*)
	1 (2004)	1 (2000)		2 (2010, 2017)
Belgium	1 (2000)
		1 (2010)		2 (1998, 2006)
		1 (2014*)
			1 (1998*)	3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014)
			1 (2000)	1 (2004)
			1 (2008)
				1 (2019)
				1 (2012)

* = hosts

Team appearances[]

Team	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	2022	Total
	–	4th	–	–	2nd	–	3rd	1st	–	–	–	Q	5
	–	–	–	–	–	9th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	6th	7th	7th	–	6th	Q	6
Belgium	–	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	5th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	5th	2nd	–	1st	–	8th	4th	8th	–	4th	7th	Q	9
	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	2nd	–	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	–	–	–	1st	–	–	6
	8th	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
Ireland	1st	–	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	1st	–	3rd	Q	5
	3rd	–	4th	6th	5th	4th	7th	5th	4th	5th	5th	Q	11
	–	6th	1st	–	–	–	–	2nd	–	2nd	–	Q	5
	7th	–	7th	8th	8th	–	–	–	2nd	–	8th	–	6
	–	8th	–	2nd	–	1st	–	3rd	5th	6th	2nd	–	7
	–	–	–	–	1st	–	1st	–	3rd	3rd	1st	–	5
	–	3rd	–	4th	6th	7th	–	6th	–	–	–	–	5
	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	7th	4th	Q	4
	–	7th	–	–	–	6th	5th	4th	6th	8th	–	–	6
	4th	5th	6th	5th	4th	5th	2nd	–	–	–	–	Q	8
Total	8	8	7	8	8	10	8	8	7	8	8	8

Championship III[]

Results[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1998	Moscow, Russia										6
2000	Porto, Portugal										5
2002	Elektrostal, Russia										5
2004	Brest, Belarus										6
2006	Bratislava, Slovakia										10
2010	Athens, Greece										4
2012 A	Lisbon, Portugal			Round-robin				Round-robin			6
2012 B	Bratislava, Slovakia		Ireland	14–0				3–2			4
2014 Details	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic			Round-robin				Round-robin			6
2017	Lucerne, Switzerland		Cancelled				Cancelled
2019 Details	Vilnius, Lithuania			4–3				Only three teams			3
2022	Helsinki, Finland										7

Summary[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
	2 (2000*, 2012 A*)
	2 (1998*, 2002*)
	1 (2006)	1 (2019)	3 (1998, 2002, 2004)
	1 (2010)	1 (1998)
	1 (2014)	1 (2012 A)
	1 (2004)
Ireland	1 (2012 B)
	1 (2019)
		2 (2002, 2006)		1 (1998)
		1 (2012 B*)	2 (2010, 2014)
		1 (2010*)	1 (2012 A)	1 (2006)
		1 (2004)		2 (2000, 2012 A)
		1 (2000)
		1 (2014*)
			2 (2012 B, 2019*)
			1 (2006)	3 (2002, 2004, 2014)
			1 (2000)
				2 (2010, 2012 B)

* = hosts

Team appearances[]

Team	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2010	2012 A	2012 B	2014	2019		Total
	–	–	–	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	4th	4th	3rd	–	5th	–	4th	–	–	5
	4th	–	2nd	5th	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	5th	–	–	–	5th	4th	–	4th	–	–	–	4
	–	2nd	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2nd	–	–	1
	–	3rd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	1
	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	4th	–	2nd	–	–	4th	–	5th	–	Q	5
	–	5th	5th	–	4th	2nd	3rd	–	–	–	–	5
Ireland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	3rd	6th	3rd	Q	5
	–	1st	–	–	–	–	1st	–	–	–	Q	3
	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	1st	–	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	6th	3rd	–	2nd	3rd	–	Q	5
	2nd	–	–	–	–	1st	–	–	–	–	Q	3
	–	–	–	6th	9th	–	2nd	–	1st	–	–	4
	3rd	–	3rd	3rd	1st	–	–	–	–	2nd	Q	6
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1st	–	1
Total	6	5	5	6	10	4	6	4	6	3	7

See also[]

• EuroHockey Nations Championship
• Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Official website
• All results