Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship is a men'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 Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1]

Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2019 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship
SportField hockey
Founded1976 (1976)
Inaugural season1976
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Germany (6th title)
(2019)
Most titles Netherlands (9 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toEuroHockey Junior Championship II

Competition Format

The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.

Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.

Championship I

Results

Season Host Final Third place game
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1976
Details
Hamburg, West Germany
Netherlands
2–0
Spain

West Germany
2–1
Poland
1977
Details
Folkestone, England
West Germany
4–3
Netherlands

Spain
1–0
England
1978
Details
Dublin, Ireland
Netherlands
6–2
Ireland

West Germany

France
1981
Details
Barcelona, Spain
West Germany
2–1
Belgium

Netherlands
4–2
Spain
1984
Details
Rome, Italy
West Germany
3–2
Netherlands

France
2–1
Belgium
1988
Details
Santander, Spain
West Germany
3–0
England

Netherlands
2–1
Spain
1992
Details
Vught, Netherlands
Netherlands

Spain

Germany

England
1996
Details
Vejle, Denmark
Netherlands
3–2
Germany

England
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–4 p.s.)

Spain
1998
Details
Poznań, Poland
Germany
3–2
England

Netherlands
3–3 (a.e.t.)
(4–2 p.s.)

Spain
2000
Details
Madrid, Spain
Spain
4–4 (a.e.t.)
(4–3 p.s.)

Germany

Netherlands
7–2
England
2002
Details
Lausanne, Switzerland
Netherlands

Germany

Spain

England
2004
Details
Nivelles, Belgium
Spain

Germany

Netherlands

England
2006
Details
Prague, Czech Republic
Netherlands

Germany

Belgium

Spain
2008
Details
San Sebastián, Spain
Spain
1–0 (a.e.t.)
Netherlands

Germany
4–3
Belgium
2010
Details
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland
Netherlands
4–1
Belgium

Germany
4–3
England
2012
Details
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Belgium
2–2
(3–2 s.o.)

Netherlands

Germany
8–0
France
2014
Details
Waterloo, Belgium
Netherlands
5–2
Germany

England
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)

Belgium
2017
Details
Valencia, Spain
Netherlands
2–2
(5–3 s.o.)

Belgium

Germany
Match cancelled
Spain
2019
Details
Valencia, Spain
Germany
5–3
England

Netherlands
3–1
Spain

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Netherlands 9 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017) 4 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*) 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019)
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) 6 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014) 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017)
 Spain 3 (2000*, 2004, 2008*) 2 (1976, 1992) 2 (1977, 2002) 7 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*)
 Belgium 1 (2012) 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) 1 (2006) 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*)
 England 3 (1988, 1998, 2019) 2 (1996, 2014) 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
 Ireland 1 (1978*)
 France 1 (1984) 2 (1978, 2012)
 Poland 1 (1976)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team
1976

1977

1978

1981

1984

1988

1992

1996

1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2017

2019
Total
 Austria 7th8th8th6th6th8th6
 Belgium 5th6th2nd4th5th6th6th5th3rd4th2nd1st4th2nd5th15
 Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia8th7th7th7th4
 Denmark 8th1
 England 4th7th7th5th2nd4th3rd2nd4th4th4th5th5th4th5th3rd5th2nd18
 France 7th4th8th3rd6th5th4th7th6th9
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] 3rd1st3rd1st1st1st3rd2nd1st2nd2nd2nd2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd3rd1st19
 Gibraltar 8th1
 Italy 6th6th8th3
 Ireland 6th8th2nd5th7th7th8th7th8
 Netherlands 1st2nd1st3rd2nd3rd1st1st3rd3rd1st3rd1st2nd1st2nd1st1st3rd19
 Poland 4th6th7th6th6th6th8th8th7th9
 Portugal 6th8th2
 Russia Part of the Soviet Union8th7th2
 Scotland 7th8th5th5th5th5th7th7th7th9
 Soviet Union 5th8th6th5thDefunct4
 Spain 2nd3rd5th4th4th2nd4th4th1st3rd1st4th1st6th6th5th4th4th18
  Switzerland 7th8th2
 Wales 8th6th8th3
Total8888888888888888888152

Championship II

Results

Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Padua, Italy
Ireland

France

Italy

Wales
8
2000
Details
Vienna, Austria
Belgium

Czech Republic

Switzerland

Austria
8
2002
Details
Cagliari, Italy
Poland

Ireland

France

Italy
7
2004
Details
Lousada, Portugal
Czech Republic

Russia

France

Switzerland
8
2006
Details
Gibraltar
Scotland

Austria

France

Wales
8
2008
Details
Bra, Italy
Russia

France

Belarus

Italy
10
2010
Details
Vienna, Austria
Scotland

Wales

Austria

Czech Republic
8
2012
Details
Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy
Austria
4–2
Poland

Russia
6–1
Ukraine
8
2014
Details
Lousada, Portugal
Ireland
Round-robin
Portugal

Scotland
Round-robin
Italy
7
2017
Details
Saint Petersburg, Russia
France
3–0
Poland

Scotland
4–3
Czech Republic
8
2019
Details
Plzeň, Czech Republic
Scotland
9–0
Russia

Ireland
4–1
Turkey
8

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Scotland 3 (2006, 2010, 2019) 2 (2014, 2017)
 Ireland 2 (1998, 2014) 1 (2002) 1 (2019)
 France 1 (2017) 2 (1998, 2008) 3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
 Russia 1 (2008) 2 (2004, 2019) 1 (2012)
 Poland 1 (2002) 2 (2012, 2017)
 Austria 1 (2012) 1 (2006) 1 (2010*) 1 (2000*)
 Czech Republic 1 (2004) 1 (2000) 2 (2010, 2017)
 Belgium 1 (2000)
 Wales 1 (2010) 2 (1998, 2006)
 Portugal 1 (2014*)
 Italy 1 (1998*) 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014)
  Switzerland 1 (2000) 1 (2004)
 Belarus 1 (2008)
 Turkey 1 (2019)
 Ukraine 1 (2012)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team
1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2008

2010

2012

2014

2017

2019
Total
 Austria 4th2nd3rd1st4
 Azerbaijan 9th8th2
 Belarus 3rd6th7th7th6th5
 Belgium 1st1
 Croatia 5th7th2
 Czech Republic 5th2nd1st8th4th8th4th7th8
 Denmark 6th1
 France 2nd3rd3rd3rd2nd1st6
 Gibraltar 8th7th2
 Ireland 1st2nd1st3rd4
 Italy 3rd4th6th5th4th7th5th4th5th5th10
 Poland 6th1st2nd2nd4
 Portugal 7th7th8th8th2nd8th6
 Russia 8th2nd1st3rd5th6th2nd7
 Scotland 1st1st3rd3rd1st5
  Switzerland 3rd4th6th7th6th5
 Turkey 10th7th4th3
 Ukraine 7th6th5th4th6th8th6
 Wales 4th5th6th5th4th5th2nd7
Total887881088788

Championship III

Results

Year Host Final Third place game Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Moscow, Russia
Russia

Switzerland

Ukraine

Belarus
6
2000
Details
Porto, Portugal
Portugal

Croatia

Denmark

Gibraltar
5
2002
Details
Elektrostal, Russia
Russia

Belarus

Ukraine

Azerbaijan
5
2004
Details
Brest, Belarus
Austria

Gibraltar

Ukraine

Azerbaijan
6
2006
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ukraine

Belarus

Azerbaijan

Greece
10
2010
Details
Athens, Greece
Switzerland

Greece

Slovakia

Bulgaria
4
2012 A
Details
Lisbon, Portugal
Portugal
Round-robin
Turkey

Greece
Round-robin
Gibraltar
6
2012 B
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia
Ireland
14–0
Slovakia

Lithuania
3–2
Bulgaria
4
2014
Details
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Turkey
Round-robin
Czech Republic

Slovakia
Round-robin
Azerbaijan
6
2017 Lucerne, Switzerland Cancelled Cancelled
2019
Details
Vilnius, Lithuania
Wales
4–3
Ukraine

Lithuania
Only three teams 3

Summary

Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Portugal 2 (2000*, 2012 A*)
 Russia 2 (1998*, 2002*)
 Ukraine 1 (2006) 1 (2019) 3 (1998, 2002, 2004)
  Switzerland 1 (2010) 1 (1998)
 Turkey 1 (2014) 1 (2012 A)
 Austria 1 (2004)
 Ireland 1 (2012 B)
 Wales 1 (2019)
 Belarus 2 (2002, 2006) 1 (1998)
 Slovakia 1 (2012 B*) 2 (2010, 2014)
 Greece 1 (2010*) 1 (2012 A) 1 (2006)
 Gibraltar 1 (2004) 2 (2000, 2012 A)
 Croatia 1 (2000)
 Czech Republic 1 (2014*)
 Lithuania 2 (2012 B, 2019*)
 Azerbaijan 1 (2006) 3 (2002, 2004, 2014)
 Denmark 1 (2000)
 Bulgaria 2 (2010, 2012 B)
* = hosts

Team appearances

Team
1998

2000

2002

2004

2006

2010

2012 A

2012 B

2014

2019
Total
 Austria 1st1
 Azerbaijan 4th4th3rd5th4th5
 Belarus 4th2nd5th2nd4
 Bulgaria 5th5th4th4th4
 Croatia 2nd8th2
 Cyprus 6th1
 Czech Republic 2nd1
 Denmark 3rd1
 Georgia 6th1
 Gibraltar 4th2nd4th5th4
 Greece 5th5th4th2nd3rd5
 Ireland 1st1
 Lithuania 7th3rd6th3rd4
 Portugal 1st1st2
 Romania 10th1
 Russia 1st1st2
 Slovakia 6th3rd2nd3rd4
  Switzerland 2nd1st2
 Turkey 6th9th2nd1st4
 Ukraine 3rd3rd3rd1st2nd5
 Wales 1st1
Total65561046463

See also

Notes

  1. Includes results representing West Germany between 1976 and 1988

References

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