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The 2012 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 16th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship , the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation . It was held alongside the women's tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch , Netherlands from 20 August to 1 September 2012.[ 1]
This tournament served as the European qualifier for the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup , with the top six teams qualifying.[ 2]
Belgium won the tournament for the first time by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in penalties after the final finished as a 2–2 draw. Germany won the bronze model by defeating France 8–0.[ 3]
Qualified teams
The following eight team qualified based on their final positions in the 2010 EuroHockey Junior Championships .
Results
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2 ).
Preliminary round
Pool A
Source:
EuroHockey Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
[ 4]
Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
Umpires: Nicholas Marchant (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Marchant (BEL)
Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)
Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
Pool B
Source:
EuroHockey Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
[ 4]
Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Michiel Otten (NED)
Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
Umpires: Nicholas Bennett (ENG) Michiel Otten (NED)
Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Marcus Powell (WAL)
Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Grant Hundley (USA)
Classification round
Fifth to eighth place classification
Pool C
Source:
EuroHockey Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
[ 4]
Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)
Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Michiel Otten (NED)
First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Daniel Clarke (IRE)
Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
Third and fourth place
Umpires: Andrés Ortíz (ESP) Grant Hundley (USA)
Final
Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
Awards
Statistics
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.
Goalscorers
There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References