2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Netherlands
City	Amstelveen
Dates	5–13 June
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue	Wagener Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (11th title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	80 (4 per match)
Top scorer	Frédérique Matla (8 goals)
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The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship was the 15th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.

Contents

• Qualification
• Squads
• Preliminary round
• Pool A
• Pool B
• Fifth to eighth place classification
• First to fourth place classification
• Semi-finals
• Third and fourth place
• Final
• Statistics
• Final standings
• Awards
• Goalscorers
• See also
• References
• External links

The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021. ^{[1] [2]} However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and takes place from 5 to 13 June 2021. ^[3]

The top three teams not already qualified qualified for the 2022 World Cup. ^[4] The hosts Netherlands won the tournament for the eleventh time, beating Germany 2–0. Belgium won the bronze medal, defeating Spain with 3–1. ^[5]

Qualification

Along with the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship which was held in Antwerp from 16 to 25 August 2019 and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified. ^[1] The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made. ^[6]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
1 July 2018	Host	—N/a	1	Netherlands (1)
16–25 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship	Antwerp, Belgium	5	Belgium (12)   England (5)   Germany (4)   Ireland (8)   Spain (7)
4–10 August 2019	2019 EuroHockey Championship II	Glasgow, Scotland	2	Italy (17)   Scotland (22)
Total			8

Squads

Preliminary round

The pools were announced on 11 May 2020. ^[3]

All times are local (UTC+2). ^[7]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	21	1	+20	9	Semi-finals
2	Spain	3	1	1	1	6	9	−3	4
3	Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	5	−3	4
4	Scotland	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	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. ^[8]
(H) Hosts

5 June 2021 15:30 Netherlands   4–0   Ireland Van Maasakker  9' Leurink  14', 44' Matla  25' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

5 June 2021 18:00 Spain   4–1   Scotland Riera  8' Jiménez  31' Oliva  32' Magaz  36' Report Dark  48' Umpires: Alison Keogh (IRL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

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7 June 2021 12:30 Ireland   1–0   Scotland Carroll  46' Report Umpires: Sophie Bockelmann (GER) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

7 June 2021 20:00 Spain   1–7   Netherlands Barrios  56' Report De Goede  14' Matla  19', 42', 43' Stam  27' Van Maasakker  35' Albers  55' Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

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9 June 2021 12:30 Ireland   1–1   Spain Upton  2' Report B. García  12' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

9 June 2021 20:00 Netherlands   10–0   Scotland De Goede  4', 12' Keetels  15', 36' Matla  31', 56' Verschoor  42', 47', 50' Albers  42' Report Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Semi-finals and 2022 FIH Hockey World Cup
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	6	2	+4	5
3	England	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
4	Italy	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	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. ^[8]

6 June 2021 10:30 England   4–0   Italy Evans  13' Hunter  25' De Ledesma  48' Rayer  52' Report Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS)

6 June 2021 12:45 Germany   1–1   Belgium Pieper  53' Report Ballenghien  55' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

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7 June 2021 14:45 Belgium   4–0   Italy Ballenghien  24', 54' Raye  34' De Mot  51' Report Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS)

7 June 2021 17:00 England   0–2   Germany Report Zimmermann  8' Fleschütz  32' Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Alison Keogh (IRL)

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9 June 2021 14:45 Germany   4–0   Italy Fleschütz  4' Stapenhorst  33' Lorenz  42' Wortmann  54' Report Umpires: Ymkje van Slooten (NED) Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS)

9 June 2021 17:00 Belgium   1–1   England Vanden Borre  59' Report Ansley  58' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Michelle Meister (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team will be carried over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
5	England	3	3	0	0	12	2	+10	9	2022 FIH Hockey World Cup
6	Ireland	3	2	0	1	5	5	0	6
7	Scotland	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
8	Italy	3	0	0	3	1	10	−9	0

11 June 2021 09:15 Scotland   3–1   Italy Shields  17' Robertson  21' Bell  47' Report Laurito  53' Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

11 June 2021 11:30 Ireland   1–5   England Duke  9' Report Toman  20' Burge  23', 29' Owsley  42' Hunter  59' Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

12 June 2021 16:30 Ireland   3–0   Italy O'Flanagan  27', 42' Malseed  47' Report Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS)

12 June 2021 18:45 England   3–1   Scotland Petter  3' Owsley  30', 42' Report Bell  29' Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Ymkje van Slooten (NED)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	11 June
	Netherlands	3
					13 June
	Belgium	1
					Netherlands	2
	11 June
					Germany	0
	Germany	4
	Spain	1
					Third place
					13 June
					Belgium	3
					Spain	1

Semi-finals

11 June 2021 16:00 Netherlands   3–1   Belgium Matla  5' Albers  16' Van Maasakker  49' Report Vanden Borre  37' Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Ivona Makar (CRO)

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11 June 2021 18:30 Germany   4–1   Spain Pieper  3' Zimmermann  45' Maertens  60' Schröder  60' Report Bonastre  13' Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Alison Keogh (IRL)

Third and fourth place

13 June 2021 10:30 Belgium   3–1   Spain Nelen  21' Raye  42' Ballenghien  47' Report Jimenez  46' Umpires: Michelle Meister (GER) Alison Keogh (IRL)

Final

13 June 2021 13:00 Netherlands   2–0   Germany Keetels  18' Matla  56' Report Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Germany
	Belgium
4	Spain
5	England
6	Ireland
7	Scotland
8	Italy

Team qualified for the 2022 World Cup

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. ^[5]

Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Under-21 talent of the tournament	Top goalscorer
Eva de Goede	Elena Sotgiu	Ambre Ballenghien	Frédérique Matla

See also

• 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship
• 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

References

External links

• Official website