Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2019 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1977; 45 years ago (1977)
Inaugural season
No. of teams	8
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Spain (1st title) (2019)
Most titles	Netherlands (10 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	EuroHockey Junior Championship II

The Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship is a women'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 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.^[1]

The Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships consists of two levels. There was a third level until 2012. There is promotion and relegation between the two levels. The top two placed teams in the Championship II are promoted to the following year's Championship while the two lowest placed teams in the Championship are relegated to the following year's Championship II.

The highest level has been won by three different teams: the Netherlands has the most titles with ten, Germany has eighth titles and Spain won their first and only title at the most recent edition in Valencia, Spain.^[2]

Championship I[]

Results[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1977	Vienna, Austria		West Germany		Netherlands
1978	Celle, West Germany		Netherlands	Round-robin	West Germany		Spain	Round-robin
1979	Düsseldorf, West Germany		West Germany		Netherlands		Belgium		Spain
1981	Barcelona, Spain		Netherlands	2–1	Germany		Spain	1–0	Belgium
1984	Dundee, Scotland		Netherlands	2–1	West Germany			4–1	Spain
1988	Paris, France		West Germany	3–1			Netherlands	4–1
1992	Edinburgh, Scotland		Germany	2–1	Netherlands		Spain	3–1
1996	Cardiff, Wales		Germany	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.s.)			Netherlands	3–0
1998	Belfast, Northern Ireland		Germany	4–2	Netherlands			4–3	Spain
2000	Leipzig, Germany		Netherlands						Germany
2002	Alcalá la Real, Spain		Netherlands	2–1			Germany	2–0
2004	Dublin, Ireland		Netherlands	1–1 (6–5 pen.)	Germany			5–1
2006	Catania, Italy		Germany	1–0				1–1 (3–2 pen.)	Spain
2008 Details	Valencia, Spain		Germany	2–1	Netherlands			5–2
2010 Details	Lille, France		Netherlands	4–1			Spain	2–1	Germany
2012 Details	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands		Netherlands	9–1	Spain			3–2	Germany
2014 Details	Waterloo, Belgium		Netherlands	2–0	Germany			2–0	Spain
2017 Details	Valencia, Spain		Netherlands	6–0	Belgium			3–2	Germany
2019 Details	Valencia, Spain		Spain	1–1 (4–3 pen.)	Netherlands		Germany	1–1 (3–2 pen.)	Belgium
2022 Details	Ghent, Belgium

Summary[]

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Netherlands	10 (1978, 1981, 1984, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012*, 2014, 2017)	6 (1977, 1979, 1992, 1998, 2008, 2019)	2 (1988, 1996)
Germany[a]	8 (1977, 1979*, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008)	5 (1978*, 1981, 1984, 2004, 2014)	2 (2002, 2019)	4 (2000*, 2010, 2012, 2017)
Spain	1 (2019*)	1 (2012)	4 (1978, 1981*, 1992, 2010)	5 (1979, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2014)
		5 (1988, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010)	5 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017)	2 (1992, 1996)
		1 (1996)	2 (1998, 2000)
Belgium		1 (2017)	1 (1979)	2 (1981, 2019)
			1 (1977)
			1 (1984)
			1 (2006*)
				2 (1977*, 1978)
				2 (2002, 2004*)
				1 (1988)
				1 (2008)

* = hosts

Team appearances[]

Team	1977	1978	1979	1981	1984	1988	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	2022	Total
	4th	4th	–	6th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	Part of the Soviet Union							–	8th	–	6th	6th	6th	4th	5th	8th	–	–	9th	–	8
Belgium	–	–	3rd	4th	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	5th	5th	2nd	4th	Q	9
	Part of Czechoslovakia						–	6th	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	3
	–	–	–	–	5th	2nd	4th	4th	5th	2nd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	6th	Q	16
	3rd	5th	5th	5th	–	8th	8th	–	–	8th	–	8th	–	–	6th	6th	6th	5th	8th	–	13
Germany[a]	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	4th	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	Q	20
	–	–	–	–	3rd	7th	6th	–	7th	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	5th	7th	–	7
	5th	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	Part of the Soviet Union							–	–	–	8th	–	–	6th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	3
Netherlands	2nd	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	5th	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	Q	20
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	1
	Part of the Soviet Union							7th	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	5th	Q	5
	–	–	–	–	7th	6th	5th	–	–	–	4th	4th	8th	–	8th	–	–	–	–	Q	8
	–	–	–	–	–	4th	7th	Defunct													2
Spain	6th	3rd	4th	3rd	4th	5th	3rd	5th	4th	5th	5th	5th	4th	5th	3rd	2nd	4th	5th	1st	Q	20
	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	Part of the Soviet Union							2nd	3rd	3rd	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	7th	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	4
Total	6	5	5	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	7	9	8	[3]

Championship II[]

Results[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1998	Bratislava, Slovakia										8
2000	Prague, Czech Republic										8
2003	Prague, Czech Republic										8
2004	Swansea, Wales										8
2006	Vilnius, Lithuania				Belgium						8
2008	Prague, Czech Republic										7
2010	Bra, Italy		Belgium								10
2012	Aleksin, Russia			Round-robin				Round-robin			6
2014	Vienna, Austria			Round-robin				Round-robin			9
2017	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic			3–0				3–2			8
2019 Details	Alanya, Turkey			4–1				3–1			8
2022 Details	Vienna, Austria										8

Summary[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
	3 (1998, 2003, 2008)
	2 (2000, 2019)	1 (2008)	1 (2012)	1 (2014)
	2 (2012*, 2017)		3 (1998, 2006, 2010)	1 (2003)
	1 (2014)	2 (2004, 2019)	1 (2003)
	1 (2004*)	1 (1998)	1 (2019)
Belgium	1 (2010)	1 (2006)
	1 (2006*)		1 (2000)	2 (2004, 2012)
		2 (2000, 2017)
		2 (2003, 2014)
		1 (2012)	1 (2017*)	1 (2000*)
		1 (2010)		3 (1998, 2006, 2008)
			3 (2004, 2008, 2014)	2 (2010, 2019)
				1 (2017)

* = hosts

Team appearances[]

Team	1998	2000	2003	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012			2019	2022	Total
	–	–	8th	–	–	–	8th	6th	7th	4th	7th	Q	7
	–	8th	–	–	8th	–	9th	–	–	–	–	–	3
	–	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	2nd	–	Q	4
Belgium	–	6th	–	–	2nd	–	1st	–	–	–	–	–	3
	–	4th	7th	8th	–	5th	6th	2nd	–	3rd	5th	Q	9
	1st	–	1st	–	5th	1st	–	–	–	–	–	Q	5
	–	5th	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	2nd	–	–	Q	4
	7th	–	3rd	2nd	–	–	5th	–	1st	–	2nd	Q	7
	5th	3rd	–	4th	1st	–	–	4th	9th	–	–	–	6
	4th	7th	–	5th	4th	4th	2nd	–	5th	8th	6th	Q	10
	3rd	–	4th	7th	3rd	7th	3rd	1st	–	1st	–	–	8
	6th	1st	–	–	–	2nd	–	3rd	4th	5th	1st	–	7
	8th	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	6th	6th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	7th	8th	–	3
	–	–	–	3rd	6th	3rd	4th	5th	3rd	6th	4th	Q	9
	2nd	–	5th	1st	–	6th	7th	–	–	–	3rd	–	6
Total	8	8	8	8	8	7	10	6	9	8	8	8	[4]

Championship III[]

Results[]

Year	Host		Final				Third place game				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2000	Catania, Italy										4
2002	Poznań, Poland										4
2004	Predanovci, Slovenia						Belgium				6
2006	Albena, Bulgaria										6
2008	Vienna, Austria										4
2012	Lisbon, Portugal			8–0				4–0			4
2022	Alanya, Turkey										4

Summary[]

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
	1 (2008)	1 (2002)	1 (2012)	1 (2004)
	1 (2004)	1 (2006)	1 (2002)
	1 (2006)
	1 (2012)
	1 (2000*)
	1 (2002*)
		2 (2000, 2008*)		1 (2006)
		1 (2012)		1 (2008)
		1 (2004*)
			2 (2006, 2008)
Belgium			1 (2004)
			1 (2000)
				2 (2000, 2002)
				1 (2012*)

* = hosts

Team appearances[]

Team	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2012		Total
	2nd	–	5th	4th	2nd	–	–	4
	���	2nd	4th	–	1st	3rd	–	4
Belgium	–	–	3rd	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	6th	5th	–	–	–	2
	–	3rd	1st	2nd	–	–	–	3
	–	–	–	1st	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	1
	4th	4th	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	1st	–	1
	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	1
	–	1st	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	—	4th	–	1
	–	–	–	3rd	3rd	–	–	2
	–	–	2nd	–	–	–	–	1
	3rd	–	–	–	–	–	Q	2
	–	–	–	6th	4th	2nd	Q	5
Total	4	4	6	6	4	4	4	[4]

See also[]

• Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
• Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

Notes[]

References[]