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2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details
Host country Germany
City Mönchengladbach
Dates 19–27 August
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) Warsteiner HockeyPark
Final positions
Champions  Netherlands (7th title)
Runner-up  England
Third place  Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played 20
Goals scored 96 (4.8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Duco Telgenkamp (6 goals)
Best player Teo Hinrichs
Best young player Duco Telgenkamp
Best goalkeeper Jean Danneberg
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The 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship was a big field hockey tournament for men's teams in Europe. It was the 19th time this event was held. The European Hockey Federation organizes it every two years.

The championship took place from August 19 to 27, 2023. It was held in Mönchengladbach, Germany, at the Warsteiner HockeyPark. A women's tournament also happened at the same time.

The Netherlands team won the championship. This win meant they automatically qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics. Other teams, except for Wales and France, got another chance to qualify in the 2024 Men's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers. The top six teams also qualified directly for the next EuroHockey Championship in 2025. The teams in seventh and eighth place had to play in qualifiers for the 2024 EuroHockey Championship. In the final game, the Netherlands beat England to win their seventh title.

How Teams Qualified

Eight teams competed in the tournament. Germany qualified automatically because they were the host nation.

The top three teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship also qualified. These teams were the Netherlands, Belgium, and England.

The remaining four spots were filled by teams that won their qualifying tournaments in 2022. These qualifiers were held in different countries across Europe.

How They Qualified Date Host City Spots Qualified Team
Host nation 14 December 2020 N/A 1  Germany
2021 EuroHockey Championship 4–12 June 2021 Netherlands Amstelveen 3  Netherlands
 Belgium
 England
EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers 17–20 August 2022 Spain Ourense 1  Spain
23–26 August 2022 Austria Vienna 1  Austria
24–27 August 2022 France Calais 1  France
Scotland Glasgow 1  Wales
Total 8

Group Stage Matches

The eight teams were divided into two groups, Pool A and Pool B. Each team played every other team in their group once. The top two teams from each group moved on to the semi-finals.

All match times are local to Germany (UTC+2).

Pool A Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
  • August 20, 2023*
20 August 2023
10:15
Spain  5–0  Austria
Report
20 August 2023
12:30
England  3–5  Belgium
Report
  • August 21, 2023*
21 August 2023
13:15
England  3–0  Austria
Report
21 August 2023
20:30
Belgium  5–1  Spain
Report
  • August 23, 2023*
23 August 2023
10:00
Belgium  3–1  Austria
Report
23 August 2023
12:15
Spain  3–4  England
Report

Pool B Results

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
  • August 19, 2023*
19 August 2023
15:30
Netherlands  6–0  France
Report
19 August 2023
18:00
Germany  3–3  Wales
Report
  • August 21, 2023*
21 August 2023
15:30
France  2–0  Wales
Report
21 August 2023
18:00
Germany  3–0  Netherlands
Report
  • August 23, 2023*
23 August 2023
17:15
Netherlands  8–1  Wales
Report
23 August 2023
19:30
France  1–4  Germany
Report

Fifth to Eighth Place Matches

The teams that did not make it to the semi-finals played matches to decide their final ranking from fifth to eighth place. Their points from the group stage against each other were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  France 3 3 0 0 8 4 +4 9
6  Spain 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
7  Austria 3 1 0 2 7 10 −3 3
8  Wales 3 0 0 3 4 10 −6 0
Source:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
  • August 25, 2023*
25 August 2023
11:30
Austria  4–1  Wales
Report
25 August 2023
14:30
Spain  1–2  France
Report
  • August 26, 2023*
26 August 2023
18:15
Spain  4–3  Wales
Report
  • August 27, 2023*
27 August 2023
10:00
France  4–3  Austria
Report

Final Rounds

The top four teams played in the semi-finals, and then the winners played in the final. The teams that lost in the semi-finals played for third place.

Tournament Bracket

 
 Semi-finals Final
 
            
 
 25 August
 
 
  Belgium 2
 
 27 August
 
  Netherlands 3
 
  Netherlands 2
 
 25 August
 
  England 1
 
  Germany 0 (4)
 
 
  England (p.s.o.) 0 (5)
 
 Third place
 
 
 27 August
 
 
  Belgium 2
 
 
  Germany 0

Semi-finals

  • August 25, 2023*
25 August 2023
19:00
Belgium  2–3  Netherlands
Report
25 August 2023
21:15
Germany  0–0  England
Report
Penalties
Wellen Penalty shoot-out scored
H. Müller Penalty shoot-out scored
Prinz Penalty shoot-out scored
Große Penalty shoot-out scored
M. Grambusch Penalty shoot-out missed		 4–5 Penalty shoot-out scored Albery
Penalty shoot-out scored Wallace
Penalty shoot-out scored Williamson
Penalty shoot-out scored Roper
Penalty shoot-out scored Ames

Third Place Match

  • August 27, 2023*
27 August 2023
12:30
Belgium  2–0  Germany
Report

Final Match

  • August 27, 2023*
27 August 2023
15:00
Netherlands  2–1  England
Report

Awards and Rankings

After all the games, awards were given to the best players. The final standings showed which teams finished in what position.

Final Standings

Pos Team
Source:

Top Goalscorers

A total of 96 goals were scored in 20 matches during the tournament. Here are the players who scored the most goals:

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.

6 goals

  • Duco Telgenkamp

5 goals

  • Florent Van Aubel
  • Alexander Hendrickx

4 goals

  • Nick Bandurak
  • Koen Bijen
  • José Basterra
  • Gareth Furlong

3 goals

  • Nelson Onana
  • Samuel Ward
  • Etienne Tynevez
  • Terrance Pieters

2 goals

  • Michael Körper
  • William Ghislain
  • Simon Martin-Brisac
  • Viktor Lockwood
  • Malte Hellwig
  • Lukas Windfeder
  • Pau Cunill
  • Joaquín Menini
  • Marc Miralles
  • Jack Pritchard

1 goal

  • Alexander Bele
  • Fülöp Losonci
  • Peter Kaltenböck
  • Leon Thörnblom
  • Fabian Unterkircher
  • Josef Winkler
  • Felix Denayer
  • Loïck Luypaert
  • James Albery
  • James Gall
  • James Oates
  • Tom Sorsby
  • François Goyet
  • Charles Masson
  • Mats Grambusch
  • Tom Grambusch
  • Gonzalo Peillat
  • Thies Prinz
  • Justus Weigand
  • Niklas Wellen
  • Justen Blok
  • Thierry Brinkman
  • Jorrit Croon
  • Thijs van Dam
  • Jonas de Geus
  • Derck de Vilder
  • Xavier Gispert
  • Enrique González
  • Álvaro Iglesias
  • Rafael Vilallonga
  • Dale Hutchinson
  • Stephen Kelly

Special Awards

These players received awards for their outstanding performance in 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

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