2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Wales
City	Cardiff
Dates	6–12 August
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Sport Wales National Centre
Final positions
Champions	Belarus (1st title)
Runner-up	Russia
Third place	Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	78 (3.9 per match)
Top scorer	Bogdana Sadovaia (8 goals)
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The 2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the 7th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II. It was held from the 6th until the 12th of August 2017 in Cardiff, Wales. ^[1] The tournament will also serve as a direct qualifier for the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner Belarus and runner-up Russia qualifying.

Contents

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

Qualified teams

•   Austria
•   Belarus
•   France
•   Italy
•   Poland
•   Russia
•   Ukraine
•   Wales

Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams from each pool advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams from each pool play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last team will be relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III.

Results

All times are local (UTC+0).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Semi-finals
2	Italy	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7
3	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	France	3	0	0	3	1	12	−11	0

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

6 August 2017 11:15 France   0–1   Ukraine Report Shevchenko  16' Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Carol Lewis (WAL)

6 August 2017 13:30 Italy   1–1   Russia Braconi  45' Report Diagileva  12' Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Sviatlana Karzhevich (BLR)

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7 August 2017 15:45 Russia   6–0   Ukraine Sadovaia  26', 34', 49' Fedorova  36' Osipova  47' Svezhentseva  58' Report Umpires: Xenia Ulrich (AUT) Urszula Lapawa (POL)

7 August 2017 18:00 France   0–7   Italy Report Singh  8' Mastronardi  27' Carta  29' Oviedo  34', 56' Braconi  44' Pacella  60' Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

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7 August 2017 11:15 Italy   3–2   Ukraine Braconi  23', 38', 47' Report Kernoz  16' Vorushylo  44' Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

7 August 2017 13:30 Russia   4–1   France Diagileva  26' Sadovaia  38', 39' Zelenova  44' Report Lhopital  53' Umpires: Ilaria Amorosini (ITA) Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belarus	3	3	0	0	11	2	+9	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	9	5	+4	6
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	2	3	−1	3
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	1	13	−12	0

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

6 August 2017 18:00 Poland   0–2   Belarus Report Sazhina  21' Shtsin  40' Umpires: Valeria Kolbina (RUS) Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)

6 August 2017 15:45 Austria   1–6   Wales Podpera  18' Report Evans  3' Marke-Jones  12', 50' Jordan  21' Wilkinson  22' Daley  37' Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

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8 August 2017 15:45 Belarus   5–0   Austria Bahushevich  15' Silitskaya  19' Papkova  34' Batura  37' Skryba  58' Report Umpires: Carol Lewis (WAL) Urszula Lapawa (POL)

8 August 2017 18:00 Poland   0–1   Wales Report Richards  57' Umpires: Valeria Kolbina (RUS) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

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9 August 2017 15:45 Austria   0–2   Poland Report Wessolowska  30' Zagajska  32' Umpires: Sviatlana Karzhevich (BLR) Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

9 August 2017 18:00 Belarus   4–2   Wales Batura  19' Bahushevich  30' Mikheichyk  37' Shtsin  60' Report Wilkinson  27' Laity  32' Umpires: Frances Block (ENG) Urszula Lapawa (POL)

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	Poland	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
2	Ukraine	3	2	1	0	5	3	+2	7
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	6	7	−1	3
4	France	3	0	0	3	2	6	−4	0	Relegated to EuroHockey Championship III

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

11 August 2017 09:30 France   1–3   Austria Report Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Urszula Lapawa (POL)

11 August 2017 11:45 Ukraine   0–0   Poland Report Umpires: Carol Lewis (WAL) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

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12 August 2017 09:30 Ukraine   4–3   Austria Report Umpires: Valeria Kolbina (RUS) Carol Lewis (WAL)

12 August 2017 11:45 Poland   2–1   France Report Umpires: Sviatlana Karzhevich (BLR) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 August 2017
	Belarus	4
					12 August 2017
	Italy	2
					Belarus	2
	11 August 2017
					Russia	1
	Russia	2
	Wales	1
					Third Place Match
					12 August 2017
					Italy	3
					Wales	0

Semi-finals

11 August 2017 14:00 Belarus   4–2   Italy Batura  2' Papkova  30' Mikheichyk  47' Bahushevich  51' Report Carta  10' Mastronardi  33' Umpires: Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

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11 August 2017 16:30 Russia   2–1   Wales Sadovaia  31', 51' Report Wilkinson  35' Umpires: Frances Block (WAL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

Third and fourth place

12 August 2017 14:00 Italy   3–0   Wales Tiddi  30' Traverso  38' Carta  59' Report Umpires: Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR) Frances Block (ENG)

Final

12 August 2017 16:30 Belarus   2–1   Russia Sazhina  56' Batura  58' Report Sadovaia  49' Umpires: Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Belarus
	Russia
	Italy
4	Wales
5	Poland
6	Ukraine
7	Austria
8	France

See also

• 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III
• 2017 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

References