2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
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The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championship organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic.[1]
| Tournament details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | Czech Republic | ||
| City | Prague | ||
| Dates | 15–21 August 2021 | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | SK Slavia Prague | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Belarus (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  France | ||
| Third place |  Poland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 70 (3.5 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Marlena Rybacha (5 goals) | ||
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The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.[2]
Belarus won their second EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating France 1–0 in the final. Poland won the bronze medal by defeating Wales 4–1.
Qualified teams
Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[3]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16–25 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 | Belarus (21) Russia (19) |
| 4–10 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 4 |  Austria (31) Czech Republic (23) Poland (24) Wales (26) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Lipovci, Slovenia | 2 | France (28) Lithuania (34) |
| Total | 8 | |||
Umpires
The following nine umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[4]
Clare Barwood (WAL)
Elena Ozerskaia (BLR)
Stepanka Smidova (CZE)
Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
Gema Calderon (ESP)
Ines El Hajem (FRA)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Wales |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | |
| 3 | Russia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lithuania |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[5]
Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | France |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Belarus |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | |
| 3 | Austria |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic (H) |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[5]
(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 | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | Russia |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Czech Republic (H) |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
| 7 | Austria |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Lithuania |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[5]
(H) Hosts
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First to fourth place classification
Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Belarus |
2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | France | |
| 3 | Poland | |
| 4 | Wales | |
| 5 | Russia | |
| 6 | Czech Republic (H) |
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| 7 | Austria | |
| 8 | Lithuania |
Goalscorers
There were 70 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.
5 goals
4 goals
Johanna Czech- Krestsina Papkova
3 goals
- Tereza Mejzlíková
- Alina Khalimova
- Mariia Ovanesova
- Isabelle Howell
2 goals
- Ruth Konrat
- Yauheniya Filipovich
- Natallia Shtsin
- Adéla Lehovcová
- Natálie Nováková
Wiktoria Blaszyk- Magdalena Zagajska
- Bogdana Sadovaia
- Xenna Hughes
1 goal
- Helene Herzog
- Sabrina Hruby
- Marta Laginja
- Dziyana Batsiukova
- Darya Belavusava
- Ulyana Kasabutskaya
- Volha Skryba
- Kateřina Laciná
- Victoire Arnaud
- Julie Brachet
- Yohanna Lhopital
- Gabrielle Verrier
- Eve Verzura
- Emma van der Zanden
- Ramunė Bartkuvienè
- Karolina Diurczak
- Amelia Katerla
- Martyna Wypijewska
- Anastasia Kolpakova
- Aleksandra Leonova
- Ekaterina Makagonova
- Luliia Sartakova
- Olivia Hoskins
- Eloise Laity
- Phoebe Richards
- Sophie Robinson
- Sarah-Jayne Thorburn
Source: FIH