2018 Rink Hockey European Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityA Coruña
Dates14–22 July 2018
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (17th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Italy
Fourth place France

The 2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, also named as EuroHockey 2018, was the 53rd edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, which took place between 14 and 22 July in A Coruña, Spain.[1]

Spain won the tournament and took its seventeenth title overall.

Teams

Eleven teams joined the tournament. Andorra, Belgium and Netherlands joined the other eight teams from the previous edition.[2]

This had the highest number of participants since 1994.

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
 Andorra4th2006Eighth place (1992, 2006)
 Austria8th2016Eighth place (2010, 2016)
 Belgium39th1996Runners-up (1947)
 England52nd2016Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
 France52nd2016Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931)
 Germany49th2016Runners-up (1932, 1934)
 Italy51st2016Champions (1953, 1990, 2014)
 Netherlands33rd2008Third place (1963, 1967, 1969)
 Portugal48th2016Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2016)
 Spain40th2016Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
  Switzerland53rd2016Runners-up (1937, 2006)

Venue

All the games of the tournament took place at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Portugal France Andorra Switzerland Austria
1  Portugal 4 4 0 0 38 6 +32 12 Advance to play-off stage 5–4 7–1
2  France 4 3 0 1 29 10 +19 9 6–0 5–2
3  Andorra 4 2 0 2 9 19 10 6 0–11 6–0
4   Switzerland 4 1 0 3 10 16 6 3 2–3 5–1
5  Austria 4 0 0 4 5 40 35 0 Advance to classification group 1–15 3–14

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification Spain Italy Germany England Netherlands Belgium
1  Spain (H) 5 5 0 0 55 4 +51 15 Advance to play-off stage 2–0 7–1 10–1
2  Italy 5 4 0 1 59 15 +44 12 11–5 9–4
3  Germany 5 3 0 2 34 23 +11 9 8–4 5–1
4  England 5 2 0 3 29 33 4 6 6–4 14–2
5  Netherlands 5 1 0 4 21 45 24 3 Advance to classification group 2–14 4–15 10–5
6  Belgium 5 0 0 5 7 85 78 0 0–22 0–24 0–15
Source: EuroHockey 2018
(H) Hosts

Classification group

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Austria Netherlands Belgium
1  Austria 2 1 1 0 9 8 +1 4 4–4
2  Netherlands 2 1 0 1 19 8 +11 3 4–5
3  Belgium 2 0 1 1 7 19 12 1 3–15
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Play-off stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
20 July
 
 
 Germany2
 
21 July
 
 France5
 
 France2
 
20 July
 
 Spain8
 
  Switzerland2
 
22 July
 
 Spain10
 
 Spain6
 
20 July
 
 Portugal3
 
 Andorra2
 
21 July
 
 Italy6
 
 Italy2
 
20 July
 
 Portugal4 Third place game
 
 England2
 
22 July
 
 Portugal14
 
 France2
 
 
 Italy5
 

5th to 8th place

 
SemifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
 England2
 
22 July
 
 Andorra8
 
 Andorra3
 
21 July
 
  Switzerland5
 
  Switzerland7
 
 
 Germany6
 
Seventh place game
 
 
22 July
 
 
 England6
 
 
 Germany12

Final standings

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Spain (H) 8 8 0 0 79 11 +68 24 Champions
2 A  Portugal 7 6 0 1 59 16 +43 18 Runners-up
3 B  Italy 8 6 0 2 72 23 +49 18 Third place
4 A  France 7 4 0 3 38 25 +13 12
5 A   Switzerland 7 3 0 4 24 35 11 9
6 A  Andorra 7 3 0 4 22 32 10 9
7 B  Germany 8 4 0 4 54 41 +13 12
8 B  England 8 2 0 6 39 67 28 6
9 A  Austria 6 1 1 4 14 48 34 4
10 B  Netherlands 7 2 0 5 40 53 13 6
11 B  Belgium 7 0 1 6 14 104 90 1
Source: WSE
(H) Hosts

References

  1. "La Coruña will host the 2018 Senior Male European Championship". CERS-rinkhockey.eu. Comité Européen de Rink Hockey (CERH). 27 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
  2. "53rd European Championship 2018 with 11 participating teams". CERS Rink Hockey. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
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