2013 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Dates	29 July – 4 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	University College Dublin
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	108 (5.4 per match)
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The 2013 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the seventh edition of the Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships, the biennial international women's under-18 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament was held from 29 July to 4 August 2013 in Dublin, Ireland at the University College Dublin. ^[1]

Contents

• Qualified teams
• Format
• Preliminary round
• Pool A
• Pool B
• Fifth to eighth place classification
• Pool C
• First to fourth place classification
• Bracket
• Semi-finals
• Third and fourth place
• Final
• Final standings
• References
• External links

Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth time after defeating Germany 1–0 in the final. ^{[2] [3]}

Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the 2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship:

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
–	Host		1	Ireland
12–17 July 2011	2011 EuroHockey Youth Championship	Utrecht, Netherlands	6	Belgium   England   France   Germany   Netherlands
	2011 EuroHockey Youth Championship II	Prague, Czech Republic	1	Russia   Wales
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The bottom two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Youth Championship II.

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	21	0	+21	9	Semi-finals
2	France	3	2	0	1	5	7	−2	6
3	Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

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

29 July 2013 15:00 Netherlands   5–0   France Report Umpires: Caroline Fenn (ENG) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

29 July 2013 17:00 Ireland   5–0   Wales Duncan  46', 58' O'Donnell  49' Hawkshaw  61' McGirr  70+' Report Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Svetlana Grigorieva (RUS)

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30 July 2013 15:00 France   2–0   Wales Report Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Sandra Wagner (GER)

30 July 2013 17:00 Ireland   0–6   Netherlands Report Matla  15' Van Ramshorst  27' Zerbo  37', 39' Slinkert  55' Kerstholt  65' Umpires: Caroline Fenn (ENG) Svetlana Grigorieva (RUS)

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1 August 2013 11:00 Netherlands   10–0   Wales Kerstholt  5', 33', 38', 51', 61' Van Wijk  37' Van der Plas  48' Matla  52', 53' Zerbo  63' Report Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Svetlana Grigorieva (RUS)

1 August 2013 13:00 France   3–2   Ireland Report Umpires: Caroline Fenn (ENG) Sandra Wagner (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	18	2	+16	9	Semi-finals
2	England	3	2	0	1	15	6	+9	6
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	4	9	−5	3
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	1	21	−20	0

Source: England Hockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. ^[4]

29 July 2013 11:00 Germany   6–0   Belgium Gräve  16', 52' Gablać  29' Wahl  63' Schütze  64' Oruz  67' Report Umpires: Laura Houlston (WAL) Christine Reid (IRE)

29 July 2013 13:00 England   10–1   Russia McWhirter  6', 16', 53' Burrows  20' Crowson  26', 27', 67' Massey  48' Tait  65', 66' Report Yashchenko  24' Umpires: Elodie Franchomme (FRA) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

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31 July 2013 15:00 Belgium   3–0   Russia Ronquetti  15', 16' Stappaerts  38' Report Umpires: Christine Reid (IRE) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

31 July 2013 17:00 England   2–4   Germany O'Malley  28' McWhirter  62' Report Velmans  20' Albrecht  38' Gräve  40', 54' Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Laura Houlston (WAL)

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1 August 2013 15:00 Germany   8–0   Russia Schütze  11', 40', 42' Winter  16', 39' Lorenz  33' Gräve  34' Wahl  47' Report Umpires: Elodie Franchomme (FRA) Ana Faias (POR)

1 August 2013 17:00 Belgium   1–3   England Duquesne  50' Report Crowson  23' Andrews  33' Elliott  68' Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Laura Houlston (WAL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Points from the preliminary round were carried over to Pool C to determine group standings.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
2	Russia	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4
3	Ireland (H)	3	1	1	1	8	6	+2	4	EuroHockey Youth Championship II
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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

• Note: As Ireland and Russia were still tied after all tie-breakers, a penalty shoot-out was contested to determine sixth and seventh places. ^[5]

3 August 2013 11:00 Wales   1–6   Russia Report Umpires: Carolyn Fenn (ENG) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

3 August 2013 13:00 Ireland   1–4   Belgium Carey  30' Report Simons  1', 53' Ronquetti  6' Duquesne  27' Umpires: Elodie Franchomme (FRA) Ana Faias (POR)

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4 August 2013 09:00 Belgium   2–0   Wales Simons  63' Weicker  68' Report Umpires: Svetlana Grigorieva (RUS) Christine Reid (IRE)

4 August 2013 11:00 Ireland   2–2   Russia  22' Chambers  34' Report Kasakova  7', 59' Penalties 1–2 Umpires: Laura Houlston (WAL) Sandra Wagner (GER)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	3 August
	Netherlands	6
					4 August
	England	1
					Netherlands	1
	3 August
					Germany	0
	Germany	9
	France	0
					Third place
					4 August
					France	1 (1)
					England (pen.)	1 (3)

Semi-finals

3 August 2013 15:00 Germany   9–0   France Gablać  5', 34' Lorenz  28', 49', 57' Kühnemann  30' Velmans  55' Huse  61' Körbel  67' Report Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Laura Houlston (WAL)

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3 August 2013 17:30 Netherlands   6–1   England Zerbo  16', 28', 65' Van Ramshorst  21' Roosen  39' Matla  57' Report Elliott  14' Umpires: Sandra Wagner (GER) Christine Reid (IRE)

Third and fourth place

4 August 2013 13:00 France   1–1   England Brabant  38' Report Massey  47' Penalties 1–3 Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

Final

4 August 2013 15:00 Netherlands   1–0   Germany Slinkert  2' Report Umpires: Carolyn Fenn (ENG) Ana Faias (POR)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Relegation
	Netherlands (C)
	Germany
	England
4	France
5	Belgium
6	Russia
7	Ireland (H, R)	EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8	Scotland (R)

References

External links

• European Hockey Federation