2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Field hockey tournament
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The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 8th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Cambrai, France.[1] The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner France and runner-up Russia qualifying.
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | France | ||
| City | Cambrai | ||
| Dates | 28 July – 3 August | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | Cambrai HC | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  France (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Russia | ||
| Third place |  Austria | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 76 (3.8 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Viktor Lockwood (7 goals) | ||
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The hosts France won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Austria won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 4–1.[2]
Qualified teams
The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.[3]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19–27 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 2 | Austria (19) Poland (22) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 4 | France (13) Russia (23) Ukraine (27) Czech Republic (30) |
| 30 July – 5 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship III | Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia | 2 |  Belarus (33) Italy (26) |
| Total | 8 | |||
Format
The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III.
Results
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Preliminary round
Pool A
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[4]
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | France (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | Pool C |
| 4 | Belarus |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[4]
(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 |
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| 5 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 6 | Ukraine |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | EuroHockey Championship III |
| 8 | Belarus |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[4]
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 2 August | ||||||
| Russia | 2 | |||||
| 3 August | ||||||
| Poland | 0 | |||||
| Russia | 0 | |||||
| 2 August | ||||||
| France | 4 | |||||
| France (s.o.) | 1 (4) | |||||
| Austria | 1 (3) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 3 August | ||||||
| Poland | 1 | |||||
| Austria | 4 | |||||
Semi-finals
Third and fourth place
Final
Statistics
Final standings
Qualified for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III
Goalscorers
There were 76 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
Andrii Koshelenko
4 goals
Agustin Nunez
3 goals
Alexander Bele- Michael Körper
- Julien Dallons
Marat Khairullin- Oleh Polishchuk
2 goals
Theophile Ponthieu- Blaise Rogeau
Maciej Janiszewski- Sergey Lepeshkin
- Alexey Sobolevskiy
1 goal
- Bernhard Schmidt
- Benjamin Stanzl
- Florian Steyrer
- Leon Thörnblom
- Fabian Unterkircher
Uladzislau Belavusau- Illia Krysiuk
- Ivan Lutsevich
- Yauheni Mikheichyk
Kryštof Bodnár- Lukáš Plochý
- Martin Seeman
- Maximilien Branicki
- Simon Martin Brisac
- Victor Charlet
- Hugo Genestet
- Charles Masson
- Etienne Tynevez
- Fabio Blom
- Pietro Lago
- Julian Montone
- Mateusz Hulbój
- Michał Kasprzyk
- Adrian Krokosz
- Jacek Kurowski
- Georgii Arusiia
- Pavel Golubev
- Andrey Kuraev
- Mikhail Proskuriakov
- Alexander Skiperskiy
- Bohdan Kovalenko
- Maksym Onofriiuk
- Viacheslav Paziuk
- Oleh Polishchuk
- Vitalii Shevchuk
Source: FIH