2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Belarus
City	Minsk
Dates	22–24 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Minsk Sports Palace
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (2nd title)
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	114 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adéla Bížová Lieke van Wijk (8 goals)
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The 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the 17th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international indoor hockey championship of Europe for women organized by the European Hockey Federation.. It took place from 22 to 24 January 2016 at the Minsk Sports Palace in Minsk, Belarus. ^[1]

Contents

• Qualified teams
• 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
• Statistics
• Final standings
• Goalscorers
• See also
• References

The defending champions the Netherlands won their second title by defeating Poland 6–2 in the final. ^[2] The hosts Belarus won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 6–5. The top six teams qualified for the 2018 Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup.

Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship. ^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
24–26 January 2014	2014 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Prague, Czech Republic	6	Austria   Belarus   Czech Republic   Germany   Netherlands   Poland
	2014 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Šiauliai, Lithuania	2	Belgium   Ukraine
Total			8

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+3).

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	23	2	+21	9	Semi-finals and 2018 Indoor World Cup
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	9	10	−1	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	6	13	−7	3	Pool C
4	Belgium	3	0	0	3	2	15	−13	0

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

22 January 2016 10:00 Netherlands   9–0   Poland Hulsen  2', 9', 15' Veen  8' L. van Wijk  17' Vorstenbosch  19' Van den Assem  25' Matla  28' De Lange  30' Report Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Olena Klymenko (UKR)

22 January 2016 11:10 Czech Republic   5–0   Belgium Bížová  10', 21' Reichlová  24' Haklová  27' Kolářová  29' Report Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

22 January 2016 16:00 Poland   5–1   Belgium Wieloch  13' Okaj  19', FG' Katerla  25', 28' Report Van der Gracht  31' Umpires: Daniela Kavanová (CZE) Frances Block (ENG)

22 January 2016 17:10 Czech Republic   1–9   Netherlands Bížová  8' Report Hulsen  2' De Lange  4', 20' K. van Wijk  6', 26' Zwinkels  9', 17' Vorstenbosch  24' L. van Wijk  27' Umpires: Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR) Violeta Eismayer (AUT)

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23 January 2016 09:00 Netherlands   5–1   Belgium Hulsen  3' K. van Wijk  7' L. van Wijk  23', 30' Zwinkels  27' Report Motte  37' Umpires: Katarzyna Grudziewicz (POL) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

23 January 2016 10:10 Poland   4–0   Czech Republic Katerla  28' Sztybrych  34' Wieloch  40' Okaj  40+' Report Umpires: Olena Klymenko (UKR) Michelle Meister (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus (H)	3	3	0	0	10	5	+5	9	Semi-finals and 2018 Indoor World Cup
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	7	5	+2	3	Pool C
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

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

22 January 2016 12:20 Austria   1–6   Ukraine Zerbs  36' Report Shevchenko  2' Kernoz  8' Vorushylo  17', 31' Honcharenko  27', 34' Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Katarzyna Grudziewicz (POL)

22 January 2016 13:30 Germany   3–4   Belarus Meffert  7' Huse  36', 38' Report Batura  1' Kurhanskaya  20' Silitskaya  24' Papkova  35' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Daniela Kavanová (CZE)

22 January 2016 18:20 Austria   0–2   Germany Report Müller-Wieland  25' Martin-Pelegrina  29' Umpires: Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL) Claire Druijts (NED)

22 January 2016 19:30 Belarus   3–1   Ukraine Syrayezhka  21' Batura  39' Kurhanskaya  40' Report Kernoz  37' Umpires: Katarzyna Grudziewicz (POL) Michelle Meister (GER)

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23 January 2016 11:20 Germany   1–0   Ukraine Meffert  36' Report Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

23 January 2016 12:30 Belarus   3–1   Austria Bahushevich  8' Batura  18' Papkova  35' Report Laginja  25' Umpires: Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL) Frances Block (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

The result between the teams from the same preliminary round pool were carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
5	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	12	6	+6	7	Qualification for the 2018 Indoor World Cup
6	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	10	6	+4	4
7	Austria (R)	3	0	2	1	6	11	−5	2	Relegation to the Indoor Championship II
8	Belgium (R)	3	0	2	1	5	10	−5	2

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

23 January 2016 15:30 Belgium   2–2   Austria T. Duquesne  19' Van der Gracht  38' Report Vukovich  25' Busch  33' Umpires: Olena Klymenko (UKR) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

23 January 2016 16:40 Czech Republic   2–3   Ukraine Bížová  22', 40' Report Vorushylo  7', 39' Shevchenko  20' Umpires: Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL) Violeta Eismayer (AUT)

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24 January 2016 10:00 Ukraine   3–3   Belgium Shevchenko  9' Honcharenko  14' Korotaieva  25' Report T. Duquesne  28' Ronquetti  32', 37' Umpires: Daniela Kavanová (CZE) Claire Druijts (NED)

24 January 2016 11:10 Czech Republic   3–3   Austria Bížová  3', 38', 40' Report Zerbs  2', 29' Busch  7' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Olena Klymenko (UKR)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

	Semi-finals				Final
	23 January
	Netherlands	5
					24 January
	Germany	2
					Netherlands	6
	23 January
					Poland	2
	Belarus	1 (2)
	Poland (p.s.o.)	1 (3)
					Third place
					24 January
					Germany	5
					Belarus	6

Semi-finals

23 January 2016 17:50 Netherlands   5–2   Germany Muyselaar  12' L. van Wijk  18', 29', 34' Zwinkels  35' Report Dudorov  9' Müller-Wieland  32' Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

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23 January 2016 19:15 Belarus   1–1   Poland Kurhanskaya  11' Report Sławińska  23' Penalties Papkova Batura Kurhanskaya Papkova Batura 2–3 Sławińska Katerla Wieloch Sławińska Katerla Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Claire Druijts (NED)

Third and fourth place

24 January 2016 13:00 Belarus   6–5   Germany Batura  3', 32' Papkova  5', 39' Bahushevich  23' Syrayezhka  33' Report Windfeder  15' Huse  16', 38' Dudorov  23' Lorenzen  30' Umpires: Violeta Eismayer (AUT) Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Final

24 January 2016 14:30 Poland   2–6   Netherlands Mika  18' Okaj  28' Report Zwinkels  4' L. van Wijk  16' Hulsen  22' De Lange  30' Veen  31' Matla  37' Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Michelle Meister (GER)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Netherlands (C)	Qualification for the 2018 Indoor World Cup
2	Poland
3	Belarus (H)
4	Germany
5	Ukraine
6	Czech Republic
7	Austria (R)	Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	Belgium (R)

Source: FIH
(C) Champion; (H) Host; (R) Relegated

See also

• 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
• 2016 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

References