Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship
International field hockey tournament
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The Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a women's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship.[2]
Current season, competition or edition: 2026 Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship | |
| Formerly | Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 1977 |
| First season | 1977 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
Most recent champion |  Netherlands (12th title) (2026) |
| Most titles | Netherlands (12 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | EuroHockey U21 Championship II |
The Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships consists of three levels. There is promotion and relegation between the three levels. The top two placed teams in the Championship II are promoted to the following year's Championship while the two lowest placed teams in the Championship are relegated to the following year's Championship II.
The highest level has been won by three different teams: the Netherlands has the most titles with twelve, Germany has nine titles and Spain won their first and only title at the 2019 edition in Valencia, Spain.[3]
Championship I
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1977 Details |
Vienna, Austria |  West Germany |
Netherlands |
 France |
 Austria |
6 | |||||
| 1978 Details |
Celle, West Germany | Netherlands |
Round-robin | West Germany |
 Spain |
Round-robin | Austria |
5 | |||
| 1979 Details |
Düsseldorf, West Germany | West Germany |
Netherlands |
 Belgium |
 Spain |
5 | |||||
| 1981 Details |
Barcelona, Spain | Netherlands |
2–1 | Germany |
 Spain |
1–0 | Belgium |
8 | |||
| 1984 Details |
Dundee, Scotland | Netherlands |
2–1 | West Germany |
 Ireland |
4–1 | Spain |
8 | |||
| 1988 Details |
Paris, France | West Germany |
3–1 |  England |
Netherlands |
4–1 |  Soviet Union |
8 | |||
| 1992 Details |
Edinburgh, Scotland | Germany |
2–1 | Netherlands |
Spain |
3–1 | England |
8 | |||
| 1996 Details |
Cardiff, Wales | Germany |
2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.s.) |
 Ukraine |
Netherlands |
3–0 | England |
8 | |||
| 1998 Details |
Belfast, Northern Ireland | Germany |
4–2 | Netherlands |
Ukraine |
4–3 | Spain |
8 | |||
| 2000 Details |
Leipzig, Germany | Netherlands |
3–0 | England |
Ukraine |
4–2 | Germany |
8 | |||
| 2002 Details |
Alcalá la Real, Spain | Netherlands |
2–1 | England |
Germany |
2–0 |  Scotland |
8 | |||
| 2004 Details |
Dublin, Ireland | Netherlands |
1–1 (6–5 pen.) |
Germany |
England |
5–1 | Scotland |
8 | |||
| 2006 Details |
Catania, Italy | Germany |
1–0 | England |
 Italy |
1–1 (3–2 pen.) |
Spain |
8 | |||
| 2008 Details |
Valencia, Spain | Germany |
2–1 | Netherlands |
England |
5–2 |  Belarus |
8 | |||
| 2010 Details |
Lille, France | Netherlands |
4–1 | England |
Spain |
2–1 | Germany |
8 | |||
| 2012 Details |
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Netherlands |
9–1 | Spain |
England |
3–2 | Germany |
8 | |||
| 2014 Details |
Waterloo, Belgium | Netherlands |
2–0 | Germany |
England |
2–0 | Spain |
8 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Valencia, Spain | Netherlands |
6–0 | Belgium |
England |
3–2 | Germany |
7 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Spain |
1–1 (4–3 s.o.) |
Netherlands |
Germany |
1–1 (3–2 s.o.) |
Belgium |
9 | ||||
| 2022 Details |
Ghent, Belgium | Germany |
1–1 (4–3 s.o.) |
Belgium |
Netherlands |
2–1 | England |
8 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Terrassa, Spain | Netherlands |
5–3 | Spain |
England |
1–0 | Germany |
8 | |||
| 2026 Details |
Valencia, Spain | Netherlands |
2–1 | Spain |
Germany |
3–0 | Belgium |
8 | |||
Summary
| Team | Titles | Runners-up | Third places | Fourth places |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands |
12 (1978, 1981, 1984, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012*, 2014, 2017, 2024) | 6 (1977, 1979, 1992, 1998, 2008, 2019) | 3 (1988, 1996, 2022, 2026) | |
| Germany[a] |
9 (1977, 1979*, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2022) | 5 (1978*, 1981, 1984, 2004, 2014) | 3 (2002, 2019, 2026) | 5 (2000*, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2024) |
| Spain |
1 (2019*) | 3 (2012, 2024, 2026*) | 4 (1978, 1981*, 1992, 2010) | 5 (1979, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2014) |
| England |
5 (1988, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010) | 6 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2024) | 3 (1992, 1996, 2022) | |
| Belgium |
2 (2017, 2022*) | 1 (1979) | 3 (1981, 2019, 2026) | |
| Ukraine |
1 (1996) | 2 (1998, 2000) | ||
| France |
1 (1977) | |||
| Ireland |
1 (1984) | |||
| Italy |
1 (2006*) | |||
| Austria |
2 (1977*, 1978) | |||
| Scotland |
2 (2002, 2004*) | |||
| Soviet Union |
1 (1988) | |||
| Belarus |
1 (2008) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Team | 1977 |
1978 |
1979 |
1981 |
1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
 1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2024 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
4th | 4th | – | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 5 |
| Belarus |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | 8th | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 4th | 5th | 8th | – | – | 9th | – | – | – | 8 | ||||||
| Belgium |
– | – | 3rd | 4th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 4th | 11 |
 Czech Republic |
Part of Czechoslovakia | – | 6th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | |||||
| England |
– | – | – | – | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 18 |
| France |
3rd | 5th | 5th | 5th | – | 8th | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 5th | 8th | – | 7th | – | 14 |
| Germany[a] |
1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 3rd | 22 |
| Ireland |
– | – | – | – | 3rd | 7th | 6th | – | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 7th | 6th | 6th | 7th | 10 |
| Italy |
5th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Lithuania |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | ||||||
| Netherlands |
2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 22 |
 Poland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Russia |
Part of the Soviet Union | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 5th | DSQ | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| Scotland |
– | – | – | – | 7th | 6th | 5th | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 8th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 6th | 9 |
| Soviet Union |
– | – | – | – | – | 4th | 7th | Defunct | 2 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain |
6th | 3rd | 4th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 5th | 1st | 5th | 2nd | 2nd | 22 |
 Switzerland |
– | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Ukraine |
Part of the Soviet Union | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| Wales |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | 5 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | [4] |
Championship II
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1998 Details |
Bratislava, Slovakia | France |
Wales |
Russia |
Poland |
8 | |||||
| 2000 Details |
Prague, Czech Republic | Scotland |
Belarus |
Lithuania |
Czech Republic |
8 | |||||
| 2003 Details |
France |
Ireland |
Italy |
Russia |
8 | ||||||
| 2004 Details |
Swansea, Wales | Wales |
Italy |
Ukraine |
Lithuania |
8 | |||||
| 2006 Details |
Vilnius, Lithuania | Lithuania |
Belgium |
Russia |
Poland |
8 | |||||
| 2008 Details |
Prague, Czech Republic | France |
Scotland |
Ukraine |
Poland |
7 | |||||
| 2010 Details |
Bra, Italy | Belgium |
Poland |
Russia |
Ukraine |
10 | |||||
| 2012 Details |
Aleksin, Russia | Russia |
Round-robin | Czech Republic |
Scotland |
Round-robin | Lithuania |
6 | |||
| 2014 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Italy |
Round-robin | Ireland |
Ukraine |
Round-robin | Scotland |
9 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Russia |
3–0 | Belarus |
Czech Republic |
3–2 | Austria |
8 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Alanya, Turkey | Scotland |
4–1 | Italy |
Wales |
3–1 | Ukraine |
8 | |||
| 2022 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Austria |
Round-robin | France |
Poland |
Round-robin | Italy |
6 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Rakovník, Czech Republic | Wales |
3–2 | Czech Republic |
Italy |
7–0 | Lithuania |
4 | |||
| Konya, Turkey | Scotland |
1–0 | Ukraine |
Poland |
4–1 |  Turkey |
4 | ||||
| 2026 Details |
Salon-de-Provence, France | France |
5–0 | Italy |
Ukraine |
2–1 | Lithuania |
4 | |||
| Vienna, Austria | Czech Republic |
Round-robin | Poland |
Austria |
Round-robin | Turkey |
5 | ||||
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France |
4 (1998, 2003, 2008, 2026 A*) | 1 (2022) | ||
| Scotland |
3 (2000, 2019, 2024 B) | 1 (2008) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2014) |
| Wales |
2 (2004*, 2024 A) | 1 (1998) | 1 (2019) | |
| Russia |
2 (2012*, 2017) | 3 (1998, 2006, 2010) | 1 (2003) | |
| Italy |
1 (2014) | 3 (2004, 2019, 2026 A) | 2 (2003, 2024 A) | 1 (2022) |
| Czech Republic |
1 (2026 B) | 2 (2012, 2024 A*) | 1 (2017*) | 1 (2000*) |
| Belgium |
1 (2010) | 1 (2006) | ||
| Lithuania |
1 (2006*) | 1 (2000) | 3 (2004, 2012, 2024 A) | |
| Austria |
1 (2022*) | 1 (2026 B*) | 1 (2017) | |
| Poland |
2 (2010, 2026 B) | 2 (2022, 2024 B) | 3 (1998, 2006, 2008) | |
| Belarus |
2 (2000, 2017) | |||
| Ireland |
2 (2003, 2014) | |||
| Ukraine |
1 (2024 B) | 4 (2004, 2008, 2014, 2026 A) | 2 (2010, 2019) | |
| Turkey |
2 (2024 B*, 2026 B) | |||
| Lithuania |
1 (2026 A) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Team |  1998 |
2000 |
2003 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2024 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
– | – | 8th | – | – | – | 8th | 6th | 7th | 4th | 7th | 1st | – | 3rd | 8 |
 Azerbaijan |
– | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | 9th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Belarus |
– | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 2nd | – | DSQ | – | – | 4 |
| Belgium |
– | 6th | – | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
 Croatia |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Czech Republic |
– | 4th | 7th | 8th | – | 5th | 6th | 2nd | – | 3rd | 5th | 5th | 2nd | 1st | 11 |
| France |
1st | – | 1st | – | 5th | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 1st | 6 |
| Ireland |
– | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Italy |
7th | – | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | 5th | – | 1st | – | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 9 |
| Lithuania |
5th | 3rd | – | 4th | 1st | – | – | 4th | 9th | – | – | – | 4th | 4th | 8 |
 Luxembourg |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Poland |
4th | 7th | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | 2nd | – | 5th | 8th | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 12 |
| Russia |
3rd | – | 4th | 7th | 3rd | 7th | 3rd | 1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| Scotland |
6th | 1st | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 1st | – | 1st | – | 8 |
| Slovakia |
8th | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Switzerland |
– | – | 6th | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4 |
| Turkey |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 7th | 8th | – | 4th | 4th | 5 |
| Ukraine |
– | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 6th | 4th | 6th | 2nd | 3rd | 11 |
| Wales |
2nd | – | 5th | 1st | – | 6th | 7th | – | – | – | 3rd | – | 1st | – | 7 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | [5] |
Championship III
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2000 Details |
Catania, Italy | Italy |
Austria |
 Switzerland |
 Greece |
4 | |||||
| 2002 Details |
Poznań, Poland | Poland |
Azerbaijan |
Croatia |
Greece |
4 | |||||
| 2004 Details |
Predanovci, Slovenia | Croatia |
 Slovenia |
Belgium |
Azerbaijan |
6 | |||||
| 2006 Details |
Albena, Bulgaria | Czech Republic |
Croatia |
Slovakia |
Austria |
6 | |||||
| 2008 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Azerbaijan |
Austria |
Slovakia |
Turkey |
4 | |||||
| 2012 Details |
Lisbon, Portugal | Ireland |
8–0 | Turkey |
Azerbaijan |
4–0 |  Portugal |
4 | |||
| 2022 Details |
Alanya, Turkey | Turkey |
2–0 | Lithuania |
Switzerland |
Only three teams | 3 | ||||
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Azerbaijan |
1 (2008) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2004) |
| Croatia |
1 (2004) | 1 (2006) | 1 (2002) | |
| Turkey |
1 (2022*) | 1 (2012) | 1 (2008) | |
| Czech Republic |
1 (2006) | |||
| Ireland |
1 (2012) | |||
| Italy |
1 (2000*) | |||
| Poland |
1 (2002*) | |||
| Austria |
2 (2000, 2008*) | 1 (2006) | ||
| Slovenia |
1 (2004*) | |||
| Lithuania |
1 (2022) | |||
| Switzerland |
2 (2000, 2022) | |||
| Slovakia |
2 (2006, 2008) | |||
| Belgium |
1 (2004) | |||
| Greece |
2 (2000, 2002) | |||
| Portugal |
1 (2012*) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Team | 2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
 2006 |
2008 |
2012 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
2nd | – | 5th | 4th | 2nd | – | – | 4 |
| Azerbaijan |
– | 2nd | 4th | – | 1st | 3rd | – | 4 |
| Belgium |
– | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Bulgaria |
– | – | 6th | 5th | – | – | – | 2 |
| Croatia |
– | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | – | – | – | 3 |
| Czech Republic |
– | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| Greece |
4th | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ireland |
– | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1 |
| Italy |
1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Lithuania |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 1 |
| Poland |
– | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Portugal |
– | – | – | – | — | 4th | – | 1 |
| Slovakia |
– | – | – | 3rd | 3rd | – | – | 2 |
| Slovenia |
– | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Switzerland |
3rd | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 2 |
| Turkey |
– | – | – | 6th | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 5 |
| Total | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | [5] |
See also
Notes
- Includes results representing West Germany between 1976 and 1988