| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Czech Republic | ||
| City | Prague | ||
| Dates | 19–26 July | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | SK Slavia Prague | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Poland (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Austria | ||
| Third place |  Scotland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 100 (5 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Alan Forsyth  Viacheslav Paziuk (7 goals) | ||
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The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 6th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 19th until the 27th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. [1]
The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship, with the finalists Poland and Austria qualifying.
Qualified teams
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| 17–25 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship | Boom, Belgium | 2 |  Czech Republic Poland |
| 3–11 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship II | Vienna, Austria | 4 | Austria  Azerbaijan Scotland Ukraine |
| 12–18 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship III | Lausanne, Switzerland | 2 |  Croatia .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Switzerland |
| Total | 8 | |||
Format
The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage.[2]
Results
All times were local (UTC+2).
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Poland |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Scotland |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 3 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Croatia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Austria |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Czech Republic (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Azerbaijan |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
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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[lower-alpha 1] |
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| 5 | Azerbaijan |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Ukraine |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Croatia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 3 | EuroHockey Championship III |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. [3]
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result. [3]
Notes:
- ↑ Due to suspension of the national association of Azerbaijan by the International Hockey Federation in November 2016 only the last team was relegated.
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 24 July | ||||||
| Austria (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||
| 26 July | ||||||
| Scotland | 1 (1) | |||||
| Austria | 1 | |||||
| 24 July | ||||||
| Poland | 3 | |||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 26 July | ||||||
| Scotland | 5 | |||||
| Czech Republic | 1 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Final standings
| Rank | Team |
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Poland |
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Austria |
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Scotland |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Azerbaijan |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Switzerland |
| 8 | Croatia |
Qualified for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III
See also
References
- ↑ "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.
- ↑ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
- 1 2 3 Regulations
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