Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2022 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
FormerlyMen's EuroHockey Junior Championship
SportField hockey
Founded1976 (1976)
Inaugural season1976
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Netherlands (10th title)
(2022)
Most titles Netherlands (10 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toEuroHockey U21 Championship II

The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1]

In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship.[2]

Competition format

The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.

Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.

Championship I

Results

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1976
Details
Hamburg, West Germany
Netherlands
2–0
Spain

West Germany
2–1
Poland
8
1977
Details
Folkestone, England
West Germany
4–3
Netherlands

Spain
1–0
England
8
1978
Details
Dublin, Ireland
Netherlands
6–2
Ireland

West Germany

France
8
1981
Details
Barcelona, Spain
West Germany
2–1
Belgium

Netherlands
4–2
Spain
8
1984
Details
Rome, Italy
West Germany
3–2
Netherlands

France
2–1
Belgium
8
1988
Details
Santander, Spain
West Germany
3–0
England

Netherlands
2–1
Spain
8
1992
Details
Vught, Netherlands
Netherlands

Spain

Germany

England
8
1996
Details
Vejle, Denmark
Netherlands
3–2
Germany

England
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–4 p.s.)

Spain
8
1998
Details
Poznań, Poland
Germany
3–2
England

Netherlands
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p.s.)

Spain
8
2000
Details
Madrid, Spain
Spain
4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p.s.)

Germany

Netherlands
7–2
England
8
2002
Details
Lausanne, Switzerland
Netherlands

Germany

Spain

England
8
2004
Details
Nivelles, Belgium
Spain

Germany

Netherlands

England
8
2006
Details
Prague, Czech Republic
Netherlands

Germany

Belgium

Spain
8
2008
Details
San Sebastián, Spain
Spain
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Netherlands

Germany
4–3
Belgium
8
2010
Details
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Netherlands
4–1
Belgium

Germany
4–3
England
8
2012
Details
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Belgium
2–2
(3–2 s.o.)

Netherlands

Germany
8–0
France
8
2014
Details
Waterloo, Belgium
Netherlands
5–2
Germany

England
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)

Belgium
8
2017
Details
Valencia, Spain
Netherlands
2–2
(5–3 s.o.)

Belgium

Germany
Match cancelled
Spain
8
2019
Details
Valencia, Spain
Germany
5–3
England

Netherlands
3–1
Spain
8
2022
Details
Ghent, Belgium
Netherlands
3–1
Germany

Belgium
3–1
Spain
8
2024
Details
Terrassa, Spain 8

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Netherlands 10 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022) 4 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*) 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019)
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2022) 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017)
 Spain 3 (2000*, 2004, 2008*) 2 (1976, 1992) 2 (1977, 2002) 8 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*, 2022)
 Belgium 1 (2012) 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) 2 (2006, 2022*) 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*)
 England 3 (1988, 1998, 2019) 2 (1996, 2014) 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
 Ireland 1 (1978*)
 France 1 (1984) 2 (1978, 2012)
 Poland 1 (1976)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team West Germany
1976
England
1977
Ireland
1978
Spain
1981
Italy
1984
Spain
1988
Netherlands
1992
Denmark
1996
Poland
1998
Spain
2000
Switzerland
2002
Belgium
2004
Czech Republic
2006
Spain
2008
Poland
2010
Netherlands
2012
Belgium
2014
Spain
2017
Spain
2019
Belgium
2022
Spain
2024
Total
 Austria 7th8th8th6th6th8th7th7
 Belgium 5th6th2nd4th5th6th6th5th3rd4th2nd1st4th2nd5th3rdQ17
 Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia8th7th7th7th4
 Denmark 8th1
 England 4th7th7th5th2nd4th3rd2nd4th4th4th5th5th4th5th3rd5th2nd6thQ20
 France 7th4th8th3rd6th5th4th7th6th5thQ11
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 3rd1st3rd1st1st1st3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd1st2ndQ21
 Gibraltar 8th1
 Italy 6th6th8th3
 Ireland 6th8th2nd5th7th7th8th7thQ9
 Netherlands 1st2nd1st3rd2nd3rd1st1st3rd3rd1st3rd1st2nd1st2nd1st1st3rd1stQ21
 Poland 4th6th7th6th6th6th8th8th7th9
 Portugal 6th8th2
 Russia Part of the Soviet Union8th7thDSQ2
 Scotland 7th8th5th5th5th5th7th7th7th8th10
 Soviet Union 5th8th6th5thDefunct4
 Spain 2nd3rd5th4th4th2nd4th4th1st3rd1st4th1st6th6th5th4th4th4thQ20
  Switzerland 7th8th2
 Turkey Q1
 Wales 8th6th8th3
Total888888888888888888888

Championship II

Results

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Padua, Italy
Ireland

France

Italy

Wales
8
2000
Details
Vienna, Austria
Belgium

Czech Republic

Switzerland

Austria
8
2002
Details
Cagliari, Italy
Poland

Ireland

France

Italy
7
2004
Details
Lousada, Portugal
Czech Republic

Russia

France

Switzerland
8
2006
Details
Gibraltar
Scotland

Austria

France

Wales
8
2008
Details
Bra, Italy
Russia

France

Belarus

Italy
10
2010
Details
Vienna, Austria
Scotland

Wales

Austria

Czech Republic
8
2012
Details
Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy
Austria
4–2
Poland

Russia
6–1
Ukraine
8
2014
Details
Lousada, Portugal
Ireland
Round-robin
Portugal

Scotland
Round-robin
Italy
7
2017
Details
Saint Petersburg, Russia
France
3–0
Poland

Scotland
4–3
Czech Republic
8
2019
Details
Plzeň, Czech Republic
Scotland
9–0
Russia

Ireland
4–1
Turkey
8
2022
Details
Plzeň, Czech Republic
Ireland
Round-robin
Turkey

Wales
Round-robin
Poland
6
2024
Details
Walcz, Poland 6
Lausanne, Switzerland 5

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Ireland 3 (1998, 2014, 2022) 1 (2002) 1 (2019)
 Scotland 3 (2006, 2010, 2019) 2 (2014, 2017)
 France 1 (2017) 2 (1998, 2008) 3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
 Russia 1 (2008) 2 (2004, 2019) 1 (2012)
 Poland 1 (2002) 2 (2012, 2017) 1 (2022)
 Austria 1 (2012) 1 (2006) 1 (2010*) 1 (2000*)
 Czech Republic 1 (2004) 1 (2000) 2 (2010, 2017)
 Belgium 1 (2000)
 Wales 1 (2010) 1 (2022) 2 (1998, 2006)
 Turkey 1 (2022) 1 (2019)
 Portugal 1 (2014*)
 Italy 1 (1998*) 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014)
  Switzerland 1 (2000) 1 (2004)
 Belarus 1 (2008)
 Ukraine 1 (2012)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team Italy
1998
Austria
2000
Italy
2002
Portugal
2004
Gibraltar
2006
Italy
2008
Austria
2010
Italy
2012
Portugal
2014
Russia
2017
Czech Republic
2019
Czech Republic
2022
Total
 Austria 4th2nd3rd1st4
 Azerbaijan 9th8th2
 Belarus 3rd6th7th7th6thDSQ5
 Belgium 1st1
 Croatia 5th7th2
 Czech Republic 5th2nd1st8th4th8th4th7th6th9
 Denmark 6th1
 France 2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd1st6
 Gibraltar 8th7th2
 Ireland 1st2nd1st3rd1st5
 Italy 3rd4th6th5th4th7th5th4th5th5th5th11
 Poland 6th1st2nd2nd4th5
 Portugal 7th7th8th8th2nd8th6
 Russia 8th2nd1st3rd5th6th2nd7
 Scotland 1st1st3rd3rd1st5
  Switzerland 3rd4th6th7th6th5
 Turkey 10th7th4th2nd4
 Ukraine 7th6th5th4th6th8th6
 Wales 4th5th6th5th4th5th2nd3rd8
Total8878810887886

Championship III

Results

Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Moscow, Russia
Russia

Switzerland

Ukraine

Belarus
6
2000
Details
Porto, Portugal
Portugal

Croatia

Denmark

Gibraltar
5
2002
Details
Elektrostal, Russia
Russia

Belarus

Ukraine

Azerbaijan
5
2004
Details
Brest, Belarus
Austria

Gibraltar

Ukraine

Azerbaijan
6
2006
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ukraine

Belarus

Azerbaijan

Greece
10
2010
Details
Athens, Greece
Switzerland

Greece

Slovakia

Bulgaria
4
2012
Details
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal
Round-robin
Turkey

Greece
Round-robin
Gibraltar
6
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ireland
14–0
Slovakia

Lithuania
3–2
Bulgaria
4
2014
Details
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Turkey
Round-robin
Czech Republic

Slovakia
Round-robin
Azerbaijan
6
2017 Lucerne, Switzerland Cancelled Cancelled
2019
Details
Vilnius, Lithuania
Wales
4–3
Ukraine

Lithuania
Only three teams 3
2022
Details
Helsinki, Finland
Switzerland
3–2
Ukraine

Lithuania
12–2
Finland
4

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Switzerland 2 (2010, 2022) 1 (1998)
 Portugal 2 (2000*, 2012 A*)
 Russia 2 (1998*, 2002*)
 Ukraine 1 (2006) 2 (2019, 2022) 3 (1998, 2002, 2004)
 Turkey 1 (2014) 1 (2012 A)
 Austria 1 (2004)
 Ireland 1 (2012 B)
 Wales 1 (2019)
 Belarus 2 (2002, 2006) 1 (1998)
 Slovakia 1 (2012 B*) 2 (2010, 2014)
 Greece 1 (2010*) 1 (2012 A) 1 (2006)
 Gibraltar 1 (2004) 2 (2000, 2012 A)
 Croatia 1 (2000)
 Czech Republic 1 (2014*)
 Lithuania 3 (2012 B, 2019*, 2022)
 Azerbaijan 1 (2006) 3 (2002, 2004, 2014)
 Denmark 1 (2000)
 Bulgaria 2 (2010, 2012 B)
 Finland 1 (2022*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team Russia
1998
Portugal
2000
Russia
2002
Belarus
2004
Slovakia
2006
Greece
2010
Portugal
2012 A
Slovakia
2012 B
Czech Republic
2014
Lithuania
2019
Finland
2022
Total
 Austria 1st1
 Azerbaijan 4th4th3rd5th4th5
 Belarus 4th2nd5th2nd4
 Bulgaria 5th5th4th4th4
 Croatia 2nd8th2
 Cyprus 6th1
 Czech Republic 2nd1
 Denmark 3rd1
 Finland 4th1
 Georgia 6th1
 Gibraltar 4th2nd4th5thWD4
 Greece 5th5th4th2nd3rd5
 Ireland 1st1
 Lithuania 7th3rd6th3rd3rd5
 Portugal 1st1stWD2
 Romania 10th1
 Russia 1st1st2
 Slovakia 6th3rd2nd3rdWD4
  Switzerland 2nd1st1st3
 Turkey 6th9th2nd1st4
 Ukraine 3rd3rd3rd1st2nd2nd6
 Wales 1st1
Total655610464634

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Includes results representing West Germany between 1976 and 1988

References

  1. "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. "Update regulations June 2023". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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