2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Dates	19–27 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Sk Slavia Prague
Final positions
Champions	Ireland (1st title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	84 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khatira Aliyeva Krestina Papkova (6 goals)
Best player	Megan Frazer
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The 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the 6th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, a field hockey championship for women. It was held from the 19th until the 27th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. ^[1]

Contents

• Qualified teams
• Format
• Results
• Preliminary round
• Fifth to eighth place classification
• First to fourth place classification
• Statistics
• Final standings
• Awards
• See also
• References

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
17–24 August 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship	Boom, Belgium	2	Belarus   Ireland
22–28 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship II	Cambrai, France	4	Austria   Azerbaijan   France   Ukraine
21–26 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship III	Athens, Greece	2	Czech Republic   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 last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge. ^[2]

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	13	1	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	0	1	6	7	−1	6
3	France	3	1	0	2	7	13	−6	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	0	3	5	10	−5	0

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

18 July 2015 13:30 Ireland   7–1   France Mullan  6' Carroll  9', 49' Daly  13' Frazer  38', 70' Duke  56' Report Berly  7' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Violeta Eismayer (AUT)

18 July 2015 15:45 Ukraine   2–3   Czech Republic Khilko  15' Kernoz  67' Report Bizová  26' Haklová  39' Mejzlíková  59' Umpires: Kerri Targett (SCO) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

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19 July 2015 18:00 France   2–3   Czech Republic Billore  3' Berly  65' Report Haklová  21', 51' Laciná  44' Umpires: Kerri Targett (SCO) Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

19 July 2015 20:15 Ukraine   0–3   Ireland Report O'Byrne  13' Carroll  38' Brown  70+' Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

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21 July 2015 15:30 France   4–3   Ukraine Perrocheau  9' Billore  16', 41' Rogeau  21' Report Vorushylo  6' Khilko  32' Kaliuzhna  64' Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Kerri Targett (SCO)

21 July 2015 17:45 Ireland   3–0   Czech Republic Brown  4' O'Byrne  31' Beatty  55' Report Umpires: Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	Belarus	3	1	2	0	11	6	+5	5
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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

18 July 2015 09:00 Azerbaijan   3–1   Austria Aliyeva  5', 31' Tsyganska  43' Report Tarnozci  66' Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Alison Keogh (IRE)

18 July 2015 11:15 Belarus   2–2   Wales Bahushevich  28' Papkova  69' Report Daley  8' Wilkinson  39' Umpires: Helena Babicka (CZE) Karine Alves (FRA)

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19 July 2015 13:30 Belarus   4–4   Azerbaijan Batura  10' Papkova  31', 57' Syrayezhka  42' Report Aliyeva  6' Tsyganska  28' Mailova  40' Druzhinina  47' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Karine Alves (FRA)

19 July 2015 15:45 Austria   1–2   Wales Dvorak  23' Report Clayton  49' Wilkinson  70' Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Helena Babicka (CZE)

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21 July 2015 11:00 Azerbaijan   2–1   Wales Aliyeva  15' Tsyganska  67' Report Wilkinson  67' Umpires: Karine Alves (FRA) Alison Keogh (IRE)

21 July 2015 13:15 Austria   0–5   Belarus Report Bahushevich  3', 64' Papkova  24' Halinouskaya  51' Kurhanskaya  70+' Umpires: Helena Babicka (CZE) Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Wales	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3	Relegated to EuroHockey Championship III

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

23 July 2015 11:00 Ukraine   2–1   Austria Kernoz  6' Derkach  60' Report Keil  43' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Keri Targett (AUS)

23 July 2015 13:15 France   0–0   Wales Report Umpires: Helena Babicka (CZE) Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

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25 July 2015 08:00 France   0–3   Austria Report Zerbs  31' Keil  45' Stöckl Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRE) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

25 July 2015 10:15 Wales   2–0   Ukraine Jones  10', 60' Report Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

First to fourth place classification

	Crossover				Ninth Place
	1 December 2016
	Azerbaijan	1
					3 December 2016
	Czech Republic	2
					Czech Republic	0
	1 December 2016
					Ireland	5
	Ireland	4
	Belarus	0
					Eleventh Place
					3 December 2016
					Azerbaijan	2
					Belarus	4

Semifinals

23 July 2015 15:30 Ireland   4–0   Belarus Carroll  8' Frazer  22' McCay  28' Brown  64' Report Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

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23 July 2015 17:45 Azerbaijan   1–2   Czech Republic Mammadova  49' Report Kolářová  48' Decsoyová  61' Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRE) Karine Alves (FRA)

Third and fourth place

25 July 2015 12:45 Azerbaijan   2–4   Belarus Aliyeva  20', 58' Report Papkova  9', 24' Lupach  44' Bahushevich  66' Umpires: Kerri Targett (SCO) Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

Final

25 July 2015 15:15 Czech Republic   0–5   Ireland [4] Report Mullan  8' Frazer  32' Brown  38' Carroll  43' Beatty  54' Umpires: Aleisha Neumann (AUS) Karine Alves (FRA)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Final Standings
	Ireland	5	5	0	0	22	1	+21	15	Promoted
	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	8	13	−5	9
	Belarus	5	2	2	1	15	12	+3	8
4	Azerbaijan	6	2	1	3	12	12	0	7
5	Wales	5	2	2	1	7	5	+2	8
6	France	5	1	1	3	7	16	−9	4
7	Austria	5	1	0	4	6	12	−6	3
8	Ukraine	5	1	0	4	7	13	−6	3	Relegated

Source: FIH

Awards

Top Goalscorer(s)	Player of the Tournament	Goalkeeper of the Tournament
Khatira Aliyeva Krestina Papkova	Megan Frazer	Barbora Čecháková

See also

• 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship III
• 2015 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References