Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
Most recent season or competition: 2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship | |
Sport | Field hockey |
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Founded | 1976 |
First season | 1976 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | Germany (6th title) (2019) |
Most titles | Netherlands (9 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 1 |
Relegation to | EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
The Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1]
Competition Format
The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.
Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.
Championship I
Results
Summary
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Netherlands | 9 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017) | 4 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*) | 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019) | |
Germany[a] | 6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) | 6 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014) | 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017) | |
Spain | 3 (2000*, 2004, 2008*) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1977, 2002) | 7 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*) |
Belgium | 1 (2012) | 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) | 1 (2006) | 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*) |
England | 3 (1988, 1998, 2019) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010) | |
Ireland | 1 (1978*) | |||
France | 1 (1984) | 2 (1978, 2012) | ||
Poland | 1 (1976) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
Team | 1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1981 |
1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
Total |
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Austria | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 6 |
Belgium | 5th | – | 6th | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 15 |
Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | 8th | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||||
Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
England | – | 4th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 18 |
France | 7th | – | 4th | 8th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 9 |
Germany[a] | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 19 |
Gibraltar | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Italy | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
Ireland | 6th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8 |
Netherlands | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 19 |
Poland | 4th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | – | 7th | 9 |
Portugal | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 2 |
Russia | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | 2 | ||||||
Scotland | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 9 |
Soviet Union | – | 5th | 8th | 6th | – | 5th | – | Defunct | 4 | |||||||||||
Spain | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 18 |
Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Wales | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 3 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 152 |
Championship II
Results
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1998 Details |
Padua, Italy | Ireland |
France |
Italy |
Wales |
8 | |||||
2000 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Belgium |
Czech Republic |
Switzerland |
Austria |
8 | |||||
2002 Details |
Cagliari, Italy | Poland |
Ireland |
France |
Italy |
7 | |||||
2004 Details |
Lousada, Portugal | Czech Republic |
Russia |
France |
Switzerland |
8 | |||||
2006 Details |
Gibraltar | Scotland |
Austria |
France |
Wales |
8 | |||||
2008 Details |
Bra, Italy | Russia |
France |
Belarus |
Italy |
10 | |||||
2010 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Scotland |
Wales |
Austria |
Czech Republic |
8 | |||||
2012 Details |
Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy | Austria |
4–2 | Poland |
Russia |
6–1 | Ukraine |
8 | |||
2014 Details |
Lousada, Portugal | Ireland |
Round-robin | Portugal |
Scotland |
Round-robin | Italy |
7 | |||
2017 Details |
Saint Petersburg, Russia | France |
3–0 | Poland |
Scotland |
4–3 | Czech Republic |
8 | |||
2019 Details |
Plzeň, Czech Republic | Scotland |
9–0 | Russia |
Ireland |
4–1 | Turkey |
8 |
Summary
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
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Scotland | 3 (2006, 2010, 2019) | 2 (2014, 2017) | ||
Ireland | 2 (1998, 2014) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2019) | |
France | 1 (2017) | 2 (1998, 2008) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) | |
Russia | 1 (2008) | 2 (2004, 2019) | 1 (2012) | |
Poland | 1 (2002) | 2 (2012, 2017) | ||
Austria | 1 (2012) | 1 (2006) | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2000*) |
Czech Republic | 1 (2004) | 1 (2000) | 2 (2010, 2017) | |
Belgium | 1 (2000) | |||
Wales | 1 (2010) | 2 (1998, 2006) | ||
Portugal | 1 (2014*) | |||
Italy | 1 (1998*) | 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014) | ||
Switzerland | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) | ||
Belarus | 1 (2008) | |||
Turkey | 1 (2019) | |||
Ukraine | 1 (2012) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
Team | 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
Total |
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Austria | – | 4th | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | 4 |
Azerbaijan | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 7th | – | 6th | 5 |
Belgium | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Croatia | – | – | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Czech Republic | 5th | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 7th | 8 |
Denmark | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
France | 2nd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 1st | – | 6 |
Gibraltar | 8th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Ireland | 1st | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 4 |
Italy | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 10 |
Poland | – | 6th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 4 |
Portugal | 7th | – | 7th | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 8th | 6 |
Russia | – | 8th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | 7 |
Scotland | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
Switzerland | – | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | 5 |
Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 3 |
Ukraine | – | 7th | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | – | 6 |
Wales | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 7 |
Total | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
Championship III
Results
Year | Host | Final | Third place game | Number of teams | |||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
1998 Details |
Moscow, Russia | Russia |
Switzerland |
Ukraine |
Belarus |
6 | |||||
2000 Details |
Porto, Portugal | Portugal |
Croatia |
Denmark |
Gibraltar |
5 | |||||
2002 Details |
Elektrostal, Russia | Russia |
Belarus |
Ukraine |
Azerbaijan |
5 | |||||
2004 Details |
Brest, Belarus | Austria |
Gibraltar |
Ukraine |
Azerbaijan |
6 | |||||
2006 Details |
Bratislava, Slovakia | Ukraine |
Belarus |
Azerbaijan |
Greece |
10 | |||||
2010 Details |
Athens, Greece | Switzerland |
Greece |
Slovakia |
Bulgaria |
4 | |||||
2012 A Details |
Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal |
Round-robin | Turkey |
Greece |
Round-robin | Gibraltar |
6 | |||
2012 B Details |
Bratislava, Slovakia | Ireland |
14–0 | Slovakia |
Lithuania |
3–2 | Bulgaria |
4 | |||
2014 Details |
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Turkey |
Round-robin | Czech Republic |
Slovakia |
Round-robin | Azerbaijan |
6 | |||
2017 | Lucerne, Switzerland | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
2019 Details |
Vilnius, Lithuania | Wales |
4–3 | Ukraine |
Lithuania |
Only three teams | 3 |
Summary
Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
---|---|---|---|---|
Portugal | 2 (2000*, 2012 A*) | |||
Russia | 2 (1998*, 2002*) | |||
Ukraine | 1 (2006) | 1 (2019) | 3 (1998, 2002, 2004) | |
Switzerland | 1 (2010) | 1 (1998) | ||
Turkey | 1 (2014) | 1 (2012 A) | ||
Austria | 1 (2004) | |||
Ireland | 1 (2012 B) | |||
Wales | 1 (2019) | |||
Belarus | 2 (2002, 2006) | 1 (1998) | ||
Slovakia | 1 (2012 B*) | 2 (2010, 2014) | ||
Greece | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2012 A) | 1 (2006) | |
Gibraltar | 1 (2004) | 2 (2000, 2012 A) | ||
Croatia | 1 (2000) | |||
Czech Republic | 1 (2014*) | |||
Lithuania | 2 (2012 B, 2019*) | |||
Azerbaijan | 1 (2006) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2014) | ||
Denmark | 1 (2000) | |||
Bulgaria | 2 (2010, 2012 B) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
Team | 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2010 |
2012 A |
2012 B |
2014 |
2019 |
Total |
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Austria | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Azerbaijan | – | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | – | 5th | – | 4th | – | 5 |
Belarus | 4th | – | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
Bulgaria | 5th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | – | – | 4 |
Croatia | – | 2nd | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Cyprus | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 1 |
Denmark | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Georgia | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Gibraltar | – | 4th | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | – | 5th | – | 4 |
Greece | – | 5th | 5th | – | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | 5 |
Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | 1 |
Lithuania | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 4 |
Portugal | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 2 |
Romania | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
Russia | 1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Slovakia | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | – | 2nd | 3rd | – | 4 |
Switzerland | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2 |
Turkey | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 4 |
Ukraine | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 5 |
Wales | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | 1 |
Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 |
See also
Notes
References
- ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.