2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

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2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
CityBerlin
Dates17–19 January
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Horst-Korber-Sportzentrum
Final positions
Champions Germany (16th title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored183 (9.15 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Boris Burkhardt
Austria Michael Körper (11 goals)
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The 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It took place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Berlin, Germany.[1]

The hosts Germany won their sixteenth title by defeating the defending champions Austria 6–3 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Russia 11–3.

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
12–14 January 2018 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Antwerp, Belgium 6  Austria (1)
 Belgium (7)
 Czech Republic (3)
 Germany (2)
 Poland (5)
 Russia (6)
12–14 January 2018 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Alanya, Turkey 2  Netherlands (9)
 Ukraine (19)
Total 8

Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

The Pools were decided in summer 2019 following the FIH Indoor World Ranking.[1]

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 3 0 0 16 7 +9 9 Semi-finals
2  Russia 3 2 0 1 13 12 +1 6
3  Poland 3 1 0 2 12 14 −2 3 Relegation pool
4  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 8 16 −8 0
Source: FIH
17 January 2020
10:00
Poland  5–4  Ukraine
Kasprzyk field hockey ball 5', 13'
Hulboj field hockey ball 8', 10', 32' 		Report Kalinchuk field hockey ball 4', 5'
Diachuk field hockey ball 17'
Koshlenko field hockey ball 31'
Umpires:
Ben Goentgen (GER)
Fraser Bell (SCO)
17 January 2020
11:15
Austria  5–3  Russia
Unterkircher field hockey ball 7', 31'
Körper field hockey ball 22'
Stanzl field hockey ball 26'
Bele field hockey ball 37' 		Report Kuraev field hockey ball 2'
Arusiia field hockey ball 9'
Khairullin field hockey ball 16'
Umpires:
Michael Pontus (BEL)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
17 January 2020
16:00
Russia  5–3  Ukraine
Artemov field hockey ball 3'
Kuraev field hockey ball 15'
Nadyrshin field hockey ball 20', 31'
Khairullin field hockey ball 28' 		Report Kalinchuk field hockey ball 4', 8'
Yasinskyi field hockey ball 17'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
17 January 2020
17:15
Poland  3–5  Austria
Hulboj field hockey ball 10', 25'
Kasprzyk field hockey ball 37' 		Report Hasun field hockey ball 2'
Körper field hockey ball 25', 27', 40'
Bele field hockey ball 26'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Andres Ortiz (ESP)
18 January 2020
09:00
Austria  6–1  Ukraine
Körper field hockey ball 10', 15'
Bele field hockey ball 25', 31', 37'
Fröhlich field hockey ball 35' 		Report Kalinchuk field hockey ball 3'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Fraser Bell (SCO)
18 January 2020
10:15
Russia  5–4  Poland
Arusiia field hockey ball 9', 13', 20'
Khairullin field hockey ball 14'
Nadyrshin field hockey ball 33' 		Report Hulboj field hockey ball 2'
Kurowski field hockey ball 4'
Kasprzyk field hockey ball 16', 17'
Umpires:
Ben Goentgen (GER)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 3 0 0 31 9 +22 9 Semi-finals
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 19 13 +6 6
3  Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 8 21 −13 3 Relegation pool
4  Belgium 3 0 0 3 8 23 −15 0
Source: FIH
(H) Hosts
17 January 2020
12:30
Czech Republic  2–6  Netherlands
Trejbal field hockey ball 10'
Železný field hockey ball 39' 		Report Burkhardt field hockey ball 13', 31', 40'
Leijs field hockey ball 22'
Bakker field hockey ball 33', 36'
Umpires:
ANdres Ortiz (ESP)
Lukasz Zwiercchowski (POL)
17 January 2020
13:45
Germany  12–1  Belgium
Müller field hockey ball 3'
Kamlade field hockey ball 14', 26'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 19', 38'
Schiffer field hockey ball 21', 22', 28', 30'
Prinz field hockey ball 32'
Doesch field hockey ball 36'
Schmid field hockey ball 40' 		Report Degroote field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Sean Edwards (ENG)
17 January 2020
18:30
Belgium  4–7  Netherlands
Simar field hockey ball 8', 38'
Truyens field hockey ball 10'
Degroote field hockey ball 19' 		Report Bakker field hockey ball 1'
Burkhardt field hockey ball 8', 27', 34'
Leijs field hockey ball 13', 35'
Sweering field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Ben Goentgen (GER)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
17 January 2020
19:45
Czech Republic  2–12  Germany
Železný field hockey ball 10'
Seeman field hockey ball 27' 		Report Hartkopf field hockey ball 6', 19', 29'
Pöhling field hockey ball 6'
Müller field hockey ball 10', 16'
Doesch field hockey ball 12'
Prinz field hockey ball 13', 36'
Schmid field hockey ball 15'
Schiffer field hockey ball 21'
Rabente field hockey ball 27'
Umpires:
Michael Pontus (BEL)
Paul van den Assum (NED)
18 January 2020
11:30
Belgium  3–4  Czech Republic
Degroote field hockey ball 4', 30'
Zimmer field hockey ball 5' 		Report Železný field hockey ball 16'
Trejbal field hockey ball 19'
Seeman field hockey ball 37'
Jahoda field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwiercchowski (POL)
Lee Barron (ENG)
18 January 2020
12:45
Germany  7–6  Netherlands
Schiffer field hockey ball 1', 17'
Doesch field hockey ball 10'
Pöhling field hockey ball 27'
Müller field hockey ball 30', 30'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 40' 		Report Goor field hockey ball 4'
Sweering field hockey ball 13', 20'
Bakker field hockey ball 16'
Leijs field hockey ball 21'
Burkhardt field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Andres Ortiz (ESP)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

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 Relegation
5  Czech Republic 3 2 1 0 10 8 +2 7
6  Belgium 3 2 0 1 20 15 +5 6
7  Poland 3 1 1 1 12 14 −2 4 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8  Ukraine 3 0 0 3 13 18 −5 0
Source: FIH
18 January 2020
16:45
Ukraine  7–10  Belgium
B. Kovalenko field hockey ball 4', 6', 29'
Diachenko field hockey ball 6'
Yasinskyi field hockey ball 14'
Kalinchuk field hockey ball 22'
Luppa field hockey ball 31' 		Report Dykmans field hockey ball 8', 21', 39'
Simar field hockey ball 10', 16', 16', 40'
Degroote field hockey ball 30'
Zimmer field hockey ball 36'
Maraite field hockey ball 37'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Fraser Bell (SCO)
18 January 2020
18:00
Poland  3–3  Czech Republic
Jarzyński field hockey ball 5'
Pavlak field hockey ball 14'
Nowakowski field hockey ball 34' 		Report Soukup field hockey ball 29', 37'
Jahoda field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Michael Pontus (BEL)
Andres Ortiz (ESP)
19 January 2020
10:00
Poland  4–7  Belgium
Kasprzyk field hockey ball 11', 26'
Kurowski field hockey ball 30'
Hulboj field hockey ball 32' 		Report Simar field hockey ball 9', 12', 33', 37'
Maraite field hockey ball 19'
Dykmans field hockey ball 34', 40'
Umpires:
Ben Goentgen (GER)
Fraser Bell (SCO)
19 January 2020
11:15
Czech Republic  3–2  Ukraine
Jahoda field hockey ball 3'
Trejbal field hockey ball 10'
Železný field hockey ball 39' 		Report Luppa field hockey ball 17', 37'
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
18 January
 
 
 Austria5
 
19 January
 
 Netherlands3
 
 Austria3
 
18 January
 
 Germany6
 
 Germany6
 
 
 Russia1
 
Third place
 
 
19 January
 
 
 Netherlands11
 
 
 Russia3

Semifinals

18 January 2020
19:15
Austria  5–3  Netherlands
Körper field hockey ball 1', 29', 37'
Bele field hockey ball 25', 34' 		Report Bakker field hockey ball 11'
Goor field hockey ball 26'
Leijs field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Ben Goentgen (GER)
Sean Edwards (ENG)
18 January 2020
20:45
Germany  6–1  Russia
Schiffer field hockey ball 10'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 12'
Doesch field hockey ball 17', 34'
Prinz field hockey ball 21', 28' 		Report Borisov field hockey ball 38'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

Third place game

19 January 2020
13:00
Netherlands  11–3  Russia
Leijs field hockey ball 3', 23'
Sweering field hockey ball 4'
Rohof field hockey ball 12'
Burkhardt field hockey ball 14', 27', 35', 40'
Bakker field hockey ball 20', 31'
Dekker field hockey ball 26' 		Report Khairullin field hockey ball 9'
Proskuriakov field hockey ball 15'
Nadyrshin field hockey ball 31'
Umpires:
Michael Pontus (BEL)
Andres Ortiz (ESP)

Final

19 January 2020
14:30
Austria  3–6  Germany
Körper field hockey ball 1', 25'
Unterkircher field hockey ball 32' 		Report Doesch field hockey ball 6', 32'
Schmid field hockey ball 16'
Prinz field hockey ball 25'
Hartkopf field hockey ball 31'
Schiffer field hockey ball 35'
Umpires:
Lee Barron (ENG)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification or relegation
1  Germany (H) Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup
2  Austria
3  Netherlands
4  Russia
5  Czech Republic
6  Belgium Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup as hosts
7  Poland Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8  Ukraine
Source: FIH
(H) Host

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships". eurohockey.org. EHF. 13 June 2018. Archived from the original on 13 June 2018. Retrieved 13 June 2018.
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