2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
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The 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the nineteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It took place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Berlin, Germany.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Germany | ||
| City | Berlin | ||
| Dates | 17–19 January | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | Horst-Korber-Sportzentrum | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Germany (16th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Austria | ||
| Third place |  Netherlands | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 183 (9.15 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Boris Burkhardt Michael Körper (11 goals) | ||
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The hosts Germany won their sixteenth title by defeating the defending champions Austria 6–3 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Russia 11–3.
Qualified teams
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| 12–14 January 2018 | 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 6 | Austria (1) Belgium (7) Czech Republic (3) Germany (2) Poland (5) Russia (6) |
| 12–14 January 2018 | 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II | Alanya, Turkey | 2 | Netherlands (9) Ukraine (19) |
| Total | 8 | |||
Format
The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.
Results
All times are local (UTC+1).
Preliminary round
The Pools were decided in summer 2019 following the FIH Indoor World Ranking.[1]
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Austria |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Russia |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 3 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 0 |
Source: FIH
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Germany (H) |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | Czech Republic |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 3 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Belgium |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 0 |
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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 | Czech Republic |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Belgium |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Poland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 4 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
| 8 | Ukraine |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 0 |
Source: FIH
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First to fourth place classification
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 18 January | ||||||
| Austria | 5 | |||||
| 19 January | ||||||
| Netherlands | 3 | |||||
| Austria | 3 | |||||
| 18 January | ||||||
| Germany | 6 | |||||
| Germany | 6 | |||||
| Russia | 1 | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 19 January | ||||||
| Netherlands | 11 | |||||
| Russia | 3 | |||||
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Germany (H) |
Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup |
| 2 | Austria | |
| 3 | Netherlands | |
| 4 | Russia | |
| 5 | Czech Republic | |
| 6 | Belgium |
Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup as hosts |
| 7 | Poland |
Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
| 8 | Ukraine |