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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 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.

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. 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. In the final the Netherlands defeated England to capture their seventh title.

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.

Qualification Date Host Berths 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

Squads

Main article: 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship squads

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

Pool A

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.
20 August 2023
10:15
Spain  5–0  Austria
González field hockey ball 24'
Miralles field hockey ball 26'
Vilallonga field hockey ball 27'
Menini field hockey ball 33'
Basterra field hockey ball 45'		 Report
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Martin Madden (SCO)
20 August 2023
12:30
England  3–5  Belgium
Bandurak field hockey ball 8', 26'
Ward field hockey ball 30'		 Report Ghislain field hockey ball 12'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 31', 32'
Luypaert field hockey ball 40'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Erica Porter (IRE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)
21 August 2023
13:15
England  3–0  Austria
Oates field hockey ball 36'
Albery field hockey ball 49'
Bandurak field hockey ball 57'		 Report
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
21 August 2023
20:30
Belgium  5–1  Spain
Ghislain field hockey ball 11'
Hendrickx field hockey ball 13', 48'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 18'
Onana field hockey ball 50'		 Report Basterra field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
23 August 2023
10:00
Belgium  3–1  Austria
Hendrickx field hockey ball 5', 15'
Onana field hockey ball 25'		 Report Losonci field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Alison Keogh (IRE)
23 August 2023
12:15
Spain  3–4  England
Gispert field hockey ball 12'
Basterra field hockey ball 35'
Miralles field hockey ball 40'		 Report Bandurak field hockey ball 28'
Gall field hockey ball 37'
Ward field hockey ball 40'
Sorsby field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

Pool B

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.
19 August 2023
15:30
Netherlands  6–0  France
Pieters field hockey ball 18', 26'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 23', 33'
Bijen field hockey ball 49', 50'		 Report
Umpires:
Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)
19 August 2023
18:00
Germany  3–3  Wales
Hellwig field hockey ball 25'
Windfeder field hockey ball 35'
T. Grambusch field hockey ball 45'		 Report Pritchard field hockey ball 42', 58'
G. Furlong field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
21 August 2023
15:30
France  2–0  Wales
Lockwood field hockey ball 33', 57' Report
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Coen van Bunge (NED)
21 August 2023
18:00
Germany  3–0  Netherlands
Weigand field hockey ball 2'
Wellen field hockey ball 5'
Hellwig field hockey ball 28'		 Report
Umpires:
Dan Barstow (ENG)
Martin Madden (SCO)
23 August 2023
17:15
Netherlands  8–1  Wales
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 6', 7'
Bijen field hockey ball 25', 47'
Pieters field hockey ball 32'
Van Dam field hockey ball 43'
Croon field hockey ball 46'
Brinkman field hockey ball 49'		 Report Kelly field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
23 August 2023
19:30
France  1–4  Germany
Masson field hockey ball 26' Report M. Grambusch field hockey ball 24'
Windfeder field hockey ball 31'
Peillat field hockey ball 39'
Prinz field hockey ball 42'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team 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.
25 August 2023
11:30
Austria  4–1  Wales
Kaltenböck field hockey ball 8'
Winkler field hockey ball 22'
Unterkircher field hockey ball 32'
Bele field hockey ball 52'		 Report G. Furlong field hockey ball 9'
Umpires:
Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
25 August 2023
14:30
Spain  1–2  France
Iglesias field hockey ball 32' Report Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 2'
Goyet field hockey ball 59'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
26 August 2023
18:15
Spain  4–3  Wales
Basterra field hockey ball 34'
Pa. Cunill field hockey ball 39', 60'
Menini field hockey ball 43'		 Report G. Furlong field hockey ball 32', 58'
Hutchinson field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)
27 August 2023
10:00
France  4–3  Austria
Tynevez field hockey ball 14', 20', 47'
Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 40'		 Report Körper field hockey ball 5', 23'
Thörnblom field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Laurine Delforge (BEL)

First to fourth place classification

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

25 August 2023
19:00
Belgium  2–3  Netherlands
Denayer field hockey ball 2'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 40'		 Report De Geus field hockey ball 34'
Brinkman field hockey ball 38'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Dan Barstow (ENG)
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
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Third and fourth place

27 August 2023
12:30
Belgium  2–0  Germany
Onana field hockey ball 15'
Van Aubel field hockey ball 29'		 Report
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Dan Barstow (ENG)

Final

27 August 2023
15:00
Netherlands  2–1  England
De Vilder field hockey ball 9'
Telgenkamp field hockey ball 37'		 Report Ward field hockey ball 47'
Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Statistics and awards

Final standings

Pos Team
Source:

Goalscorers

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

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

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