2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship explained

Tournament:2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Country:Germany
City:Mönchengladbach
Dates:19–27 August
Venues:Warsteiner HockeyPark
Teams:8
Confederations:1
Count:7
Matches:20
Goals:96
Top Scorer: Duco Telgenkamp
Top Scorer Goals:6
Best Player: Teo Hinrichs
Goalkeeper: Jean Danneberg
Young Player: Duco Telgenkamp
Previous Year:2021
Previous Tournament:2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Next Year:2025
Next Tournament:2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament from 19 to 27 August 2023 at the Warsteiner HockeyPark, in Mönchengladbach, Germany.[1] [2]

The Netherlands, as the winner, qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics, while the other teams aside from Wales and France will have a second chance in the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers.[3] The six best teams qualified directly for the 2025 edition, while the seventh and eighth place teams will play in the 2024 EuroHockey Championship qualifiers.[4] In the final the Netherlands defeated England to capture their seventh title.[5]

Qualification

Along with the host nation Germany, the top three teams at the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the four winners of the 2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers fielded the men's tournament.[6] [7]

width=30%Qualification!width=20%Date!width=15%Host!width=5%Berths!width=15%Qualified team
Host nation14 December 20201
2021 EuroHockey Championship4–12 June 2021 Amstelveen3

EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers17–20 August 2022 Ourense1
23–26 August 2022 Vienna1
24–27 August 2022 Calais1
Glasgow1
Total8

Squads

See main article: 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship squads.

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).[8]

Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.

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First to fourth place classification

Bracket

Semi-finals

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Final

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Award Player
Player of the tournament Teo Hinrichs
Top goalscorer Duco Telgenkamp
Goalkeeper of the tournament Jean Danneberg
Young player of the tournament Duco Telgenkamp

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023 EuroHockey Championships Men and Women will be held in Mönchengladbach, Germany . eurohockey.org . . 14 December 2020 . 14 December 2020.
  2. Web site: EK hockey 2023 toegewezen aan Duitse stad Mönchengladbach . nos.nl . NOS . 14 December 2020 . nl . 14 December 2020.
  3. Web site: Qualification System - Games of the XXXIII Olympiad - Paris 2024 .
  4. Web site: 2023 EHC pools and schedule announced .
  5. Web site: Double Dutch titles as men win title for fourth time in five editions. 27 August 2023. eurohockey.org.
  6. Web site: 32nd GA – AKirkland report.pdf. European Hockey Federation. 14 December 2020.
  7. Web site: 2022 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers . eurohockey.org . . 13 November 2021 . 11 November 2021 . 13 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211113104151/https://eurohockey.org/2021/11/11/2022-eurohockey-championship-qualifiers/ . dead .
  8. Web site: Groups and match schedules published. eurohockey.org . . 11 November 2022 . 11 November 2022.