2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	28 August – 3 September
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Estadio Betero
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (10th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	14
Goals scored	50 (3.57 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Erica Sanders Yibbi Jansen Marijn Veen (4 goals)
Best player	Marijn Veen
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The 2017 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 18th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.

Netherlands won the tournament by defeating Belgium 6–0 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 3–2 in the third-place playoff.

Qualified teams

Italy withdrew before the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Waterloo, Belgium	6	Belgium England France Germany Netherlands Spain
14–20 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Vienna, Austria	1	Ireland Italy
Total			7

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	2	2	0	0	6	3	+3	6	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1
3	Spain (H)	2	0	1	1	4	6	−2	1

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

28 August 2017 17:45 Netherlands 2–1 Belgium Van Laarhoven  17' Veen  39' Report Ronquetti  60' Umpires: Dovile Bernotiene (LTU) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

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29 August 2017 20:00 Spain 2–4 Netherlands Iglesias  10' L. Barrios  56' Report Veen  15' Jansen  26', 42' Zerbo  36' Umpires: Ines El Hajem (FRA) Christine Reid (IRE)

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31 August 2017 17:45 Belgium 2–2 Spain Boey  52' Puvrez  60' Report S. Barrios  55' Ycart  56' Umpires: Ines El Hajem (FRA) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	3	2	+1	4
3	France	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

28 August 2017 11:15 England 3–0 Ireland Munro  3' Sanders  15' Hunt  29' Report Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Sandra Adell (ESP)

28 August 2017 11:15 Germany 0–0 France Report Umpires: Christine Reid (IRE) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

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29 August 2017 15:30 Ireland 0–1 France Report Lhopital  59' Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

29 August 2017 17:45 Germany 0–1 England Report Daly  9' Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

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31 August 2017 09:00 Ireland 1–3 Germany Russell  18' Report Gerstenhöfer  8' Micheel  22' Aring  59' Umpires: Sandra Adell (ESP) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

31 August 2017 09:00 England 3–2 France Munro  17' Childs  35' Sanders  59' Report Gaspari  17' Vankemmel  40' Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Dovile Bernotiene (NED)

Classification round

Pool C

• The match between Ireland and Spain was cancelled due to illness; as a result no teams were relegated.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Spain	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	3
2	France	2	1	0	1	2	3	−1	3
3	Ireland	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

2 September 2017 15:00 Spain 3–1 France Amundson  20' Ycart  26' Bruguera  33' Report Vankemmel  25' Umpires: Dovile Bernotiene (NED) Christine Reid (IRE)

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3 September 2017 13:00 Spain Cancelled Ireland Report

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	2 September
	England	1
					3 September
	Belgium	3
					Belgium	0
	2 September
					Netherlands	6
	Netherlands	3
	Germany	1
					Third place
					3 September
					England	3
					Germany	2

Semi-finals

2 September 2017 17:30 England 1–3 Belgium Sanders  37' Report Gose  3' Ikegwuonu  10' Simons  49' Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

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2 September 2017 20:00 Netherlands 3–1 Germany Veen  37', 51' Jansen  53' Report Schubert  22' Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Third and fourth place

3 September 2017 15:00 England 3–2 Germany Sanders  12' Munro  56' Burge  58' Report Aring  44' Gräve  55' Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Sandra Adell (ESP)

Final

3 September 2017 20:00 Belgium 0–6 Netherlands Report Zerbo  5' Moes  15', 25' Renders  35' van der Hoek  53' Jansen  59' Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

Statistics

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorers	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Marijn Veen	Erica Sanders Yibbi Jansen Marijn Veen	Elodie Picard

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Netherlands	4	4	0	0	15	4	+11	12	Gold Medal
	Belgium	4	1	1	2	6	11	−5	4	Silver Medal
	England	5	4	0	1	11	7	+4	12	Bronze Medal
4	Germany	5	1	1	3	6	8	−2	4	Fourth place
5	Spain	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4	Eliminated in group stage
6	France	4	1	1	2	4	6	−2	4
7	Ireland	3	0	0	3	1	7	−6	0

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 50 goals scored in 14 matches, for an average of 3.57 goals per match.

4 goals

• Erica Sanders
• Yibbi Jansen
• Marijn Veen

3 goals

• Holly Munro

2 goals

• Victorine Vankemmel
• Nele Aring
• Freeke Moes
• Ginella Zerbo
• Clara Ycart

1 goal

• Leylou Boey
• Daphné Gose
• Shaunda Ikegwuonu
• Emma Puvrez
• Marie Ronquetti
• Manon Simons
• Esme Burge
• Charlotte Daly
• Charlotte Childs
• Holly Hunt
• Delfina Gaspari
• Yohanna Lhopital
• Charlotte Gerstenhöfer
• Elisa Gräve
• Lena Micheel
• Tessa-Margot Schubert
• Abbi Russell
• Maud Renders
• Imme van der Hoek
• Renée van Laarhoven
• Florencia Amundson
• Lara Bruguera
• Laura Barrios
• Sara Barrios
• Belén Iglesias

Source: FIH

See also

• 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
• 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship