2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
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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]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | Spain | ||
| City | Valencia | ||
| Dates | 28 August – 3 September | ||
| Teams | 8 | ||
| Venue | 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 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 | |
| 3 | England |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 5 | |
| 4 | Portugal |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 |
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Pool B
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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 |
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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
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Third and fourth place
Final
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Statistics
Final standings
| Rank | Team |
|---|---|
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Netherlands |
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Belgium |
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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
4 goals
Jakob Puchhammer- Phillip Schippan
Gregory Stockbroekx
Manuel Bordas
3 goals
- Oliver Binder
- Florian Steyrer
- Alexis Lemaire
Julian Dale- Simon Wolfe
Noud Schoenaker- Xavi Gispert
2 goals
- Nikolas Wellan
- Henri Raes
Peter Scott- Tom Sorsby
- Geoffrey Cole
- Teun Beins
- Lucas Garcia Alcalde
- Marc Miralles
1 goal
- Peter Kaltenböck
- Fabian Unterkircher
- Louis Capelle
- Antoine Kina
- Tommy Willems
- Jack Clee
- Nick Page
- Edward Way
Niklas Bosserhoff- Paul Doesch
- Johannes Große
- Raphael Hartkopf
- Linus Michler
- Hannes Müller
- Lukas Pfaff
- Thies Prinz
- Moritz Rothländer
- Jan Schiffer
- Maximilian Werner
- Conor Empey
- Samuel Grace
- John Mullins
- Keith Ohare
- Thijs van Dam
- Terrance Pieters
- Morris de Vilder
Joao Basilio- Vasco Ribeiro
- José Basterra
- Javier Cabot
- Ignacio Cobos
- Marc Escudé
- Jan Lara
- Pol Parrilla
Source: FIH