2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	28 August – 3 September
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Estadio Betero
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (9th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	118 (5.9 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Will Calnan; Boris Burkhardt (11 goals)
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The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 18th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.^[1]

The defending champions, the Netherlands won the tournament for the 9th time by defeating Belgium 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished in a 2–2 draw.^[2] The third-place match between Germany and Spain was cancelled due to illness.

Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified based on their final positions in the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championships.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
20–26 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship	Waterloo, Belgium	6	Netherlands Germany England Belgium Spain Austria
13–19 July 2014	2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II	Lousada, Portugal	2	Ireland Portugal
Total			8

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain (H)	3	1	2	0	17	5	+12	5	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	1	2	0	15	5	+10	5	Semi-finals
3	England	3	1	2	0	12	4	+8	5
4	Portugal	3	0	0	3	0	30	−30	0

Source: FIH
(H) Hosts

28 August 2017
15:30

England	8–0	Portugal
Calnan 3', 21', 33', 46', 47' D. Scott 23' Clee 34' P. Scott 45'	Report

Umpires:
Luka Zupancic (AUT)
Michael Pontus (BEL)

28 August 2017
20:00

Netherlands	3–3	Spain
Burkhardt 15', 54' Beins 50'	Report	Cobos 17' García Alcalde 39' Miralles 49'

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Tim Meissner (GER)

30 August 2017
17:45

England	2–2	Netherlands
Calnan 24' D. Scott 43'	Report	Beins 8' Schoenaker 45'

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Tim Meissner (GER)

30 August 2017
20:00

Spain	12–0	Portugal
Bordas 3', 18', 34', 48' Lara 11' Gispert 11', 58' García Alcalde 28' Cabot 49' Miralles 59' Basterra 59' Parrilla 60'	Report

Umpires:
Rob Abbott (IRE)
Luka Zupancic (AUT)

31 August 2017
18:00

Netherlands	10–0	Portugal
M. De Vilder 4' Burkhardt 8', 14', 22', 33', 42', 48', 53' Pieters 49' Van Dam 58'	Report

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Rob Abbott (IRE)

31 August 2017
20:00

Spain	2–2	England
Escudé 8' Gispert 27'	Report	Calnan 14' Sorsby 48'

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Michael Pontus (BEL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	10	3	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	2	0	1	9	4	+5	6	Semi-finals
3	Ireland	3	0	1	2	7	11	−4	1
4	Austria	3	0	1	2	5	13	−8	1

Source: FIH

28 August 2017
09:00

Germany	4–2	Ireland
Bosserhoff 1' Schiffer 21' Rothländer 39' Prinz 43'	Report	Wolfe 14' Madeley 39'

Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

28 August 2017
09:00

Belgium	5–1	Austria
Stockbroekx 10', 20', 34' Capelle 47' Willems 54'	Report	Steyrer 43'

Umpires:
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
Rob Abbott (IRE)

30 August 2017
09:00

Ireland	4–4	Austria
Dale 9', 56' O'Hare 13' Madeley 17'	Report	Wellan 14' Steyrer 20', 43' Binder 54'

Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Pedro Santos (POR)

30 August 2017
11:15

Belgium	1–2	Germany
Kina 28'	Report	Hartkopf 9' H. Müller 59'

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

31 August 2017
11:15

Germany	4–0	Austria
Große 23' Pfaff 36' Dösch 40' Werner 60'	Report

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Pedro Santos (POR)

31 August 2017
11:15

Ireland	1–3	Belgium
Cole 44'	Report	Raes 8', 44' Lemaire 22'

Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	England	3	3	0	0	16	1	+15	9
6	Austria	3	1	1	1	17	5	+12	4
7	Ireland	3	1	1	1	16	13	+3	4	Relegation to Junior Championship II
8	Portugal	3	0	0	3	2	32	−30	0	Relegation to Junior Championship II

Source: FIH

2 September 2017
09:00

Portugal	0–13	Austria
	Report	Puchhammer 2', 3', 4', 27' Binder 7', 53' Schippan 16', 19', 34', 47' Kaltenböck 25' Unterkircher 41' Wellan 58'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Rob Abbott (IRE)

2 September 2017
11:30

England	7–1	Ireland
Calnan 2', 35', 47', 54' Page 15' Way 39' P. Scott 53'	Report	Grace 60'

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Luka Zupancic (AUT)

3 September 2017
09:15

England	1–0	Austria
Sorsby 29'	Report

Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Pedro Santos (POR)

3 September 2017
10:30

Ireland	11–2	Portugal
Wolfe 3', 4' Mullins 20' Madeley 21', 33', 48', 48', 57' Empey 27' Cole 46' Dale 60'	Report	Basilio 22' Ribeiro 44'

Umpires:
Michael Pontus (BEL)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

2 September 2017

Germany	1
		3 September 2017
Netherlands	2
		Netherlands (s.o)	2 (5)
2 September 2017
		Belgium	2 (3)
Spain	0

Belgium	1
		Third place

		3 September 2017

		Germany	0

		Spain	0

Semi-finals

2 September 2017
09:00

Germany	1–2	Netherlands
Michler 35'	Report	Schoenaker 23' Burkhardt 43'

Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Michael Pontus (BEL)

2 September 2017
17:30

Spain	0–1	Belgium
	Report	Lemaire 37'

Umpires:
Paul van den Assum (NED)
Pietro Galligani (ITA)

Third and fourth place

3 September 2017
11:30

Germany	Cancelled	Spain
	Report Match cancelled due to illness.

Final

3 September 2017
17:30

Netherlands	2–2	Belgium
Schoenaker 7' Burkhardt 35'	Report	Lemaire 8' Stockbroekx 57'
Penalties
Van Dam Bakker Van Heijningen Pieters Burkhardt	5–3	Stockbroekx Raes Lemaire Poncelet

Umpires:
Federico García (URU)
Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Netherlands
	Belgium
	Germany
4	Spain
5	England
6	Austria
7	Ireland
8	Portugal

Relegated to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II

Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.

11 goals

7 goals

Luke Madeley

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

^ "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". EHF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.
^ "EuroHockey Junior Championship 2014, Waterloo (BEL) (M)". FIH. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

[1] "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". EHF. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 2 July 2019.

[2] "EuroHockey Junior Championship 2014, Waterloo (BEL) (M)". FIH. Archived from the original on 28 July 2017. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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v t e Men's EuroHockey U21 Championships
Championship	Hamburg 1976 Folkestone 1977 Dublin 1978 Barcelona 1981 Rome 1984 Santander 1988 Vught 1992 Vejle 1996 Poznań 1998 Madrid 2000 Lausanne 2002 Nivelles 2004 Prague 2006 San Sebastián 2008 Siemianowice Śląskie 2010 's-Hertogenbosch 2012 Waterloo 2014 Valencia 2017 Valencia 2019 Ghent 2022 Terrassa 2024
Championship II	Padua 1998 Vienna 2000 Cagliari 2002 Lousada 2004 Gibraltar 2006 Bra 2008 Vienna 2010 Cernusco 2012 Lousada 2014 Saint Petersburg 2017 Plzeň 2019 Plzeň 2022 Walcz–Lausanne 2024
Championship III	Moscow 1998 Porto 2000 Elektrostal 2002 Brest 2004 Bratislava 2006 Athens 2010 Lisbon–Bratislava 2012 Hradec Králové 2014 ~~Lucerne 2017~~ Vilnius 2019 Helsinki 2022

Qualified teams

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pool B

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Goalscorers

See also

References