2026 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Germany | ||
| City | Heidelberg | ||
| Dates | 8–11 January | ||
| Teams | 10 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue | SNP Dome | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Austria (4th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Poland | ||
| Third place |  Spain | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 29 | ||
| Goals scored | 257 (8.86 per match) | ||
| Top scorer |  Philippe Simar (12 goals) | ||
| Best player | Gracjan Jarzyński | ||
| Best young player |  Vincent Scholz | ||
| Best goalkeeper | Mateusz Popiołkowski | ||
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The 2026 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the 22nd 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 was held at the SNP Dome in Heidelberg, Germany from 8 to 11 January 2026.[1][2] It was the sixth time Germany hosted the event.[3]
Austria won their fourth title by defeating Poland 3–2 in a shoot-out after the final finished 3–3. Spain won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts and defending champions Germany 6–5. It was Spains first medal in 20 years and only the second time Germany did not win a medal (last time in 2010).[4][5] Turkey and Ireland were relegated to the Championship II after one year in the top division.
Qualified teams
The top eighth teams from the 2024 edition together with the two winners from the Championship II events participated in the 2026 edition.
The following ten teams participated in the 2026 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.[6] Ireland and Turkey made their debut in the EuroHockey Indoor Championship.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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| 1–4 February 2024 | 2024 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Leuven, Belgium | 8 | Austria Belgium Czechia Germany Poland Portugal Spain Switzerland |
| 2–4 February 2024 | 2024 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II | Paredes, Portugal | 1 |  Ireland |
| Budapest, Hungary | 1 |  Türkiye | ||
| Total | 10 | |||
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+1).
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Austria |
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 8 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Poland |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 12 | +5 | 7 | |
| 3 | Czechia |
4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 15 | 0 | 7 | |
| 4 | Portugal |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 4 | |
| 5 | Türkiye (R) |
4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 1 | Relegation to the Indoor Championship II |
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.[7]
(R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[7]
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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| 1 | Germany (H) |
4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 12 | +20 | 12 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain |
4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 28 | 13 | +15 | 9 | |
| 3 | Switzerland |
4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 22 | −4 | 6 | |
| 4 | Belgium |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 30 | −13 | 3 | |
| 5 | Ireland (R) |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 29 | −18 | 0 | Relegation to the Indoor Championship II |
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.[7]
(H) Hosts; (R) Relegated
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[7]
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Ninth to tenth place classification
Fifth to eighth place classification
Bracket
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| Czechia | 4 | |||||
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| Belgium | 5 | |||||
| Belgium | 7 | |||||
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| Switzerland | 6 | |||||
| Switzerland (s.o.) | 5 (2) | |||||
| Portugal | 5 (0) | |||||
| Seventh place | ||||||
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| Czechia | 3 | |||||
| Portugal | 6 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Seventh and eighth place
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Fifth and sixth place
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
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| Austria (s.o.) | 3 (1) | |||||
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| Spain | 3 (0) | |||||
| Austria (s.o.) | 3 (3) | |||||
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| Poland | 3 (2) | |||||
| Germany | 3 | |||||
| Poland | 4 | |||||
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| Spain | 6 | |||||
| Germany | 5 | |||||
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Final
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