# 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

The 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the first edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 5 to 11 September 2005 in Baku, Azerbaijan.
The hosts Azerbaijan won the first EuroHockey Nations Trophy title and were promoted to the 2007 EuroHockey Championship together with the runners-up Italy.

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | |
* 5 September 2005 12:00
| Russia | 5–0 | Poland |
* 5 September 2005 14:00
| Lithuania | 2–2 | Belgium |
* 6 September 2005 16:00
| Russia | 1–1 | Belgium |
* 6 September 2005 18:00
| Lithuania | 2–1 | Poland |
* 8 September 2005 12:00
| Russia | 3–2 | Lithuania |
* 8 September 2005 14:00
| Belgium | 4–1 | Poland |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Azerbaijan (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 0 | |
* 5 September 2005 16:00
| Italy | 2–1 | Belarus |
* 5 September 2005 18:00
| Azerbaijan | 3–1 | Wales |
* 7 September 2005 16:00
| Italy | 4–1 | Wales |
* 7 September 2005 18:00
| Azerbaijan | 2–1 | Belarus |
* 8 September 2005 16:00
| Wales | 1–2 | Belarus |
* 8 September 2005 18:00
| Italy | 0–0 | Azerbaijan |

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Lithuania | 1 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Wales | 0 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Wales | 0 | Lithuania | 1 (1) |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Lithuania | 1 (1) |
| 10 September | 10 September | Belarus (p.s.) | 1 (2) |
| Belarus | 3 | Belarus (p.s.) | 1 (2) |
| Poland | 1 | | |
| Poland | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Wales | 4 |
| | | Poland | 3 |

#### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 10 September 2005 10:00
| Lithuania | 1–0 | Wales |
* 10 September 2005 12:30
| Belarus | 3–1 | Poland |

#### Seventh place game

* 11 September 2005 10:30
| Wales | 4–3 | Poland |

#### Fifth place game

* 11 September 2005 13:00
| Lithuania | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Belarus |
| Penalties |||
| | 1–2 | |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 September | 10 September |
| Russia | 0 |
| Russia | 0 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 11 September | 11 September |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 10 September | 10 September | | Azerbaijan | 1 |
| 10 September | 10 September | Italy | 0 |
| Italy | 1 | Italy | 0 |
| Belgium | 0 | | |
| Belgium | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 11 September | 11 September |
| | | Russia | 3 |
| | | Belgium | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

* 10 September 2005 15:00
| Russia | 0–4 | Azerbaijan |
* 10 September 2005 17:30
| Italy | 1–0 | Belgium |

#### Third place game

* 11 September 2005 15:30
| Russia | 3–1 | Belgium |

#### Final

* 11 September 2005 18:00
| Azerbaijan | 1–0 | Italy |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Azerbaijan (H) | Qualification for the 2007 EuroHockey Championship |
| 2 | Italy | Qualification for the 2007 EuroHockey Championship |
| 3 | Russia | |
| 4 | Belgium | |
| 5 | Belarus | |
| 6 | Lithuania | |
| 7 | Wales | Relegation to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge I |
| 8 | Poland | Relegation to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge I |