2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship explained

Tournament:2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship
Country:Germany
City:Mönchengladbach
Dates:8–17 August
Venues:Warsteiner HockeyPark
Teams:8
Confederations:1
Previous Year:2023
Previous Tournament:2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship
Next Year:2027
Next Tournament:2027 Women's EuroHockey Championship

The 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship will be the 17th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

The tournament will be held alongside the men's tournament at the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 17 August 2025.[1] [2] It will be the third time Mönchengladbach will host the event.

The winner will qualify for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup to be held in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.[3] The Netherlands are the four-time defending champions.[4] If Belgium or the Netherlands win this tournament or if these two countries face each other in the final, the highest ranked team will qualify.

Qualification

The top six team from the 2023 edition have qualified directly for this edition of the tournament.[5] The last two teams will be the winners of the two sets of EuroHockey Qualifiers taking place in Glasgow, Scotland and Douai, France in August 2024.[6] [7]

Qualified teams

DatesEventLocationQuotasQualifiers
18–26 August 20232023 EuroHockey ChampionshipMönchengladbach, Germany6




22–25 August 2024EuroHockey Championship QualifiersDouai, France1
Glasgow, Scotland1
Total8

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Mönchengladbach to welcome 2025 EuroHockey Championships . eurohockey.org . . 8 March 2024 . 8 March 2024.
  2. Web site: EK hockey in 2025 opnieuw in Mönchengladbach . nieuws.nl . 8 March 2024 . nl . 8 March 2024.
  3. Web site: Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups . fih.ch . International Hockey Federation.
  4. Web site: Hockeysters voor vierde keer op rij Europees kampioen: winst op getergd België . nos.nl . . 5 December 2023 . nl . 26 August 2023.
  5. Web site: Ireland’s women and Spain’s men preserve top level status for 2025 .
  6. Web site: EURO B : les poules des qualificatifs . okey.lalibre.be . 28 September 2023 . fr . 28 September 2023.
  7. Web site: EuroHockey Qualifiers 2024 venues announced . 28 September 2023.