2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

Tournament details
Host country	Italy
City	Catania
Dates	24–30 July
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Azerbaijan (1st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Gibraltar
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	86 (5.73 per match)
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The 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 4th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 23 to 30 July 2011 in Catania, Italy.

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the champions and runners-up, Azerbaijan and Italy, respectively, qualifying.

Qualified teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
1—8 August 2009	2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Wrexham, Wales	2	Italy (28) Switzerland (36)
25–31 July 2009	2009 EuroHockey Challenge I	Zagreb, Croatia	3	Portugal (50) Azerbaijan (37) Croatia (48)
25–31 July 2009	2009 EuroHockey Challenge II	Bratislava, Slovakia	2	Gibraltar (44) Slovakia (51)
Total			7

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	2	1	1	0	8	4	+4	4	Semi-finals
2	Italy (H)	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	2
3	Croatia	2	0	1	1	4	8	−4	1	Pool C

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

24 July 2011 Italy 2–2 Croatia

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26 July 2011 Croatia 2–6 Azerbaijan

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27 July 2011 Azerbaijan 2–2 Italy

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	10	3	+7	7	Semi-finals
2	Gibraltar	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	6
3	Portugal	3	1	1	1	10	9	+1	4	Pool C
4	Slovakia	3	0	0	3	5	14	−9	0

Source: TheSports.org

24 July 2011 Switzerland 3–1 Gibraltar

24 July 2011 Portugal 5–2 Slovakia

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25 July 2011 Portugal 2–2 Switzerland

25 July 2011 Gibraltar 4–3 Slovakia

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27 July 2011 Slovakia 0–5 Switzerland

27 July 2011 Gibraltar 5–3 Portugal

Fifth to seventh 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
5	Croatia	2	2	0	0	8	2	+6	6
6	Portugal	2	1	0	1	6	7	−1	3
7	Slovakia	2	0	0	2	3	8	−5	0

Source: TheSports.org

29 July 2011 Croatia 5–1 Portugal

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30 July 2011 Croatia 3–1 Slovakia

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 July
	Italy	3
					30 July
	Switzerland	2
					Italy	2
	29 July
					Azerbaijan	3
	Azerbaijan	4
	Gibraltar	2
					Third place
					30 July
					Switzerland	4
					Gibraltar	5

Semi-finals

29 July 2011 Italy 3–2 Switzerland

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29 July 2011 Azerbaijan 4–2 Gibraltar

Third place game

30 July 2011 Switzerland 4–5 Gibraltar

Final

30 July 2011 Italy 2–3 Azerbaijan

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Azerbaijan
	Italy
	Gibraltar
4	Switzerland
5	Croatia
6	Portugal
7	Slovakia

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

See also

• 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
• 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV