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2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
CityGniezno
Dates15–21 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium
Final positions
Champions Austria (1st title)
Runner-up Scotland
Third place Ireland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored82 (4.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Alan Forsyth (7 goals)
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.[1][2]

The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3]

Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.

Qualified teams

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Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[4]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
16–25 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship Antwerp, Belgium 2  Ireland (13)
 Scotland (19)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship II Cambrai, France 4  Austria (20)
 Italy (23)
 Poland (26)
 Ukraine (29)
28 July – 3 August 2019 2019 EuroHockey Championship III Gibraltar 2  Croatia (39)
  Switzerland (34)
Total 8

Umpires

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The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[5]

  •  Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
  •  Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
  •  Tim Meissner (GER)
  •  Greig Cunningham (SCO)
  •  Lukas Orzeł (POL)
  •  Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
  •  Ian Strange (IRL)
  •  Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
  •  Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
  •  Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 3 2 1 0 9 2 +7 7 Semi-finals and
2023 World Cup qualifier
2  Poland (H) 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
3  Italy 3 1 1 1 5 4 +1 4
4  Croatia 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
(H) Hosts
15 August 2021
17:45
Italy  4–1  Croatia
M. Mondo field hockey ball 30'
Amorosini field hockey ball 51'
Blom field hockey ball 54'
Nunez field hockey ball 59' 		Report Mucić field hockey ball 7'
Umpires:
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
15 August 2021
20:10
Ireland  2–1  Poland
Walker field hockey ball 15'
McKee field hockey ball 60' 		Report Sudoł field hockey ball 41'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
17 August 2021
17:45
Italy  1–1  Ireland
Sior field hockey ball 13' Report O'Donoghue field hockey ball 7'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
17 August 2021
20:00
Poland  4–2  Croatia
R. Pawlak field hockey ball 30'
Gumny field hockey ball 35'
Jarzyński field hockey ball 55'
Rutkowski field hockey ball 57' 		Report Mucić field hockey ball 6', 8'
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Ian Strange (IRL)
18 August 2021
17:45
Ireland  6–0  Croatia
Murray field hockey ball 4'
O'Donoghue field hockey ball 29', 52'
Duncan field hockey ball 31'
McKee field hockey ball 40', 52' 		Report
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
18 August 2021
20:00
Poland  2–0  Italy
Głowacki field hockey ball 13'
Jarzyński field hockey ball 30' 		Report
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 2 0 1 4 4 0 6 Semi-finals and
2023 World Cup qualifier
2  Scotland 3 1 1 1 11 6 +5 4
3  Ukraine 3 1 1 1 10 7 +3 4
4   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 3 11 −8 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
15 August 2021
13:15
Austria  0–2   Switzerland
Report Grandchamp field hockey ball 48'
Stomps field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
15 August 2021
15:30
Scotland  4–4  Ukraine
McConnell field hockey ball 12'
Forsyth field hockey ball 13'
Harwood field hockey ball 15'
Golden field hockey ball 56' 		Report Kalinchuk field hockey ball 34'
Solomianyi field hockey ball 39'
Paziuk field hockey ball 57'
Kovalenko field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Ian Strange (IRL)
16 August 2021
17:15
Ukraine  5–1   Switzerland
Koshelenko field hockey ball 17'
Solomianyi field hockey ball 21'
Popov field hockey ball 38'
Onofriiuk field hockey ball 54'
Kalinchuk field hockey ball 55' 		Report Hengartner field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
16 August 2021
19:30
Austria  2–1  Scotland
Uher field hockey ball 4'
Kölbl field hockey ball 24' 		Report Walker field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
18 August 2021
13:15
Scotland  6–0   Switzerland
Field field hockey ball 10'
Forsyth field hockey ball 12', 38', 45'
Shepherdson field hockey ball 41'
Walker field hockey ball 53' 		Report
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Ian Strange (IRL)
18 August 2021
15:30
Ukraine  1–2  Austria
Onofriiuk field hockey ball 19' Report Uher field hockey ball 39', 60'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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Pool C

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The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
5  Italy 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7 2023 World Cup qualifier
6  Ukraine 3 2 0 1 10 5 +5 6
7   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 7 7 0 4
8  Croatia 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
20 August 2021
10:15
Croatia  0–4   Switzerland
Report G. Wyss-Chodat field hockey ball 13'
B. Wyss-Chodat field hockey ball 15'
Stomps field hockey ball 23', 58'
Umpires:
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Ian Strange (IRL)
20 August 2021
12:30
Italy  1–0  Ukraine
Amorosini field hockey ball 52' Report
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Tim Meissner (GER)
21 August 2021
09:00
Italy  2–2   Switzerland
Nunez field hockey ball 19'
Keenan field hockey ball 20' 		Report Flück field hockey ball 20'
M. Wyss-Chodat field hockey ball 52'
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
21 August 2021
11:15
Ukraine  5–3  Croatia
Koshelenko field hockey ball 10', 34'
Kaplinskyi field hockey ball 10'
Kovalenko field hockey ball 46'
Shevchuk field hockey ball 50' 		Report Mucić field hockey ball 28', 32', 39'
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Ian Strange (IRL)

First to fourth place classification

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Bracket

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Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
20 August
 
 
 Ireland2
 
21 August
 
 Scotland3
 
 Scotland1 (6)
 
20 August
 
 Austria (s.o.)1 (7)
 
 Austria (s.o.)0 (3)
 
 
 Poland0 (2)
 
Third place
 
 
21 August
 
 
 Ireland4
 
 
 Poland2

Semi-finals

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20 August 2021
14:45
Ireland  2–3  Scotland
O'Dea field hockey ball 7'
Walker field hockey ball 16' 		Report Forsyth field hockey ball 28', 45', 51'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
20 August 2021
17:00
Austria  0–0  Poland
Report
Penalties
Unterkircher Penalty shoot-out scored
Thörnblom Penalty shoot-out scored
Uher Penalty shoot-out missed
Losonci Penalty shoot-out missed
Fröhlich Penalty shoot-out scored 		3–2 Penalty shoot-out scored Kurowski
Penalty shoot-out missed Jarzyński
Penalty shoot-out scored R. Pawlak
Penalty shoot-out missed Chumeńczuk
Penalty shoot-out missed Bembenek
Umpires:
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Third place game

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21 August 2021
13:45
Ireland  4–2  Poland
O'Dea field hockey ball 9', 57'
Walker field hockey ball 15'
O'Donoghue field hockey ball 39' 		Report Rutkowski field hockey ball 36'
Kurowski field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Final

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21 August 2021
16:00
Scotland  1–1  Austria
Walker field hockey ball 36' Report Uher field hockey ball 52'
Penalties
Forsyth Penalty shoot-out scored
Golden Penalty shoot-out scored
Morton Penalty shoot-out missed
Walker Penalty shoot-out scored
Field Penalty shoot-out scored
Forsyth Penalty shoot-out scored
Golden Penalty shoot-out scored
Morton Penalty shoot-out missed 		6–7 Penalty shoot-out scored Unterkircher
Penalty shoot-out scored Thörnblom
Penalty shoot-out missed Fröhlich
Penalty shoot-out scored Losonci
Penalty shoot-out scored Hasun
Penalty shoot-out scored Unterkircher
Penalty shoot-out scored Thörnblom
Penalty shoot-out scored Fröhlich
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Tim Meissner (GER)

Statistics

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Final standings

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Pos Team Qualification
1  Austria 2023 World Cup qualifier
2  Scotland
3  Ireland
4  Poland (H)
5  Italy
6  Ukraine
7   Switzerland
8  Croatia
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Goalscorers

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There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.

7 goals

6 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
  3. ^ "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
  4. ^ "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Officials List".
  6. ^ a b c FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021
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