2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Poland | ||
| City | Gniezno | ||
| Dates | 15–21 August | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Austria (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Scotland | ||
| Third place |  Ireland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 82 (4.1 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Alan Forsyth (7 goals) | ||
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.[1][2]
The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3]
Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.
Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[4]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| 16–25 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 | Ireland (13) Scotland (19) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 4 | Austria (20) Italy (23) Poland (26) Ukraine (29) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Gibraltar | 2 |  Croatia (39) Switzerland (34) |
| Total | 8 | |||
Umpires
The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[5]
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Tim Meissner (GER)
Greig Cunningham (SCO)
Lukas Orzeł (POL)
Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
Ian Strange (IRL)
Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)- Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Ireland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Poland (H) |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Italy |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Croatia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
(H) Hosts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
(H) Hosts
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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| 1 | Austria |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Scotland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Ukraine |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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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 | Qualification |
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| 5 | Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Ukraine |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Switzerland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Croatia |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 |
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 August | ||||||
| Ireland | 2 | |||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Scotland | 3 | |||||
| Scotland | 1 (6) | |||||
| 20 August | ||||||
| Austria (s.o.) | 1 (7) | |||||
| Austria (s.o.) | 0 (3) | |||||
| Poland | 0 (2) | |||||
| Third place | ||||||
| 21 August | ||||||
| Ireland | 4 | |||||
| Poland | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Third place game
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Final
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