# 1970 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

The 1970 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the inaugural edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 19 to 27 September 1970 in Brussels, Belgium.
West Germany won the first-ever European championship by defeating the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. Spain won the bronze medal by defeating France 2–1.
The top four teams qualified for the 1971 Men's Hockey World Cup.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 2 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 | |
* 19 September 1970
| West Germany | 2–0 | Wales |
* 19 September 1970
| Poland | 1–0 | Italy |
* 20 September 1970
| West Germany | 0–0 | Poland |
* 20 September 1970
| Wales | 0–0 | Italy |
* 21 September 1970
| West Germany | 6–0 | Italy |
* 21 September 1970
| Poland | 1–1 | Wales |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | England | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Austria | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Soviet Union | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 5 | Denmark | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | −4 | 1 | |
* 18 September 1970
| England | 3–1 | Soviet Union |
* 18 September 1970
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Austria |
* 19 September 1970
| Soviet Union | 1–0 | Denmark |
* 19 September 1970
| Netherlands | 1–0 | England |
* 20 September 1970
| Austria | 1–0 | Denmark |
* 20 September 1970
| Netherlands | 5–2 | Soviet Union |
* 21 September 1970
| Netherlands | 0–0 | Denmark |
* 21 September 1970
| England | 2–1 | Austria |
* 22 September 1970
| England | 2–0 | Denmark |
* 22 September 1970
| Soviet Union | 1–1 | Austria |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 7 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 2 | +19 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 5 | |
| 4 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 2 | |
| 5 | Malta | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 26 | −26 | 0 | |
* 18 September 1970
| France | 1–0 | Czechoslovakia |
* 18 September 1970
| Spain | 1–1 | Ireland |
* 19 September 1970
| Spain | 6–0 | Czechoslovakia |
* 19 September 1970
| France | 7–0 | Malta |
* 20 September 1970
| France | 1–1 | Spain |
* 20 September 1970
| Ireland | 5–0 | Malta |
* 21 September 1970
| Ireland | 2–0 | Czechoslovakia |
* 21 September 1970
| Spain | 13–0 | Malta |
* 22 September 1970
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | Malta |
* 22 September 1970
| France | 1–0 | Ireland |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium (H) | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | +12 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Finland | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 2 | |
| 5 | Hungary | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | −8 | 0 | |
* 18 September 1970
| Belgium | 1–0 | Finland |
* 18 September 1970
| Switzerland | 1–0 | Scotland |
* 19 September 1970
| Switzerland | 1–0 | Hungary |
* 19 September 1970
| Belgium | 3–0 | Scotland |
* 20 September 1970
| Belgium | 5–0 | Hungary |
* 20 September 1970
| Finland | 1–0 | Scotland |
* 21 September 1970
| Scotland | 1–0 | Hungary |
* 21 September 1970
| Switzerland | 0–0 | Finland |
* 22 September 1970
| Finland | 1–0 | Hungary |
* 22 September 1970
| Belgium | 3–0 | Switzerland |

#### Playoff

* September 1970
| Switzerland | 1–0 | Finland |

## Classification round
### 17th to 19th place classification

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 17 | Hungary | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | +3 | 4 |
| 18 | Denmark | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | +9 | 2 |
| 19 | Malta | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 |
* 24 September 1970
| Denmark | 10–0 | Malta |
* 26 September 1970
| Hungary | 2–0 | Malta |
* 27 September 1970
| Hungary | 1–0 | Denmark |

### Ninth to 16th place classification

| 9–16th place quarter-finals | 9–16th place quarter-finals | 9–12th place semi-finals | 9–12th place semi-finals | | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 1 | 26 September | 26 September | | |
| Finland | 0 | 26 September | 26 September | |
| Finland | 0 | Czechoslovakia | 3 | |
| 24 September | 24 September | | Czechoslovakia | 3 | |
| 24 September | 24 September | Austria | 0 | |
| Austria | 1 | Austria | 0 | |
| Austria | 1 | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Italy | 0 | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Italy | 0 | | | | Ireland | 1 |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | | | Ireland | 1 |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | | Czechoslovakia | 0 |
| Ireland | 1 | | | | Czechoslovakia | 0 |
| Ireland | 1 | 26 September | 26 September | | | |
| Scotland | 0 | 26 September | 26 September | | | |
| Scotland | 0 | Ireland | 1 | | | |
| 24 September | 24 September | | Ireland | 1 | | | |
| 24 September | 24 September | Wales | 0 | | 11th place | 11th place |
| Wales (p.s.o.) | 0 (5) | Wales | 0 | | 11th place | 11th place |
| Wales (p.s.o.) | 0 (5) | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Soviet Union | 0 (3) | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Soviet Union | 0 (3) | | | | Austria | 2 |
| | | | | | Wales | 1 |

#### 13th to 16th place classification

| 13–16th place semi-finals | 13–16th place semi-finals | 13th place | 13th place |
| 26 September | 26 September |
| Finland | 0 |
| Finland | 0 | 27 September | 27 September |
| Italy | 3 | 27 September | 27 September |
| Italy | 3 | Italy | 2 |
| 26 September | 26 September | | Italy | 2 |
| 26 September | 26 September | Soviet Union | 0 |
| Scotland | 0 | Soviet Union | 0 |
| Soviet Union | 1 | | |
| Soviet Union | 1 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 27 September | 27 September |
| | | Finland | 1 |
| | | Scotland | 4 |

### First to eighth place classification

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | |
| West Germany (a.e.t.) | 1 | | | |
| West Germany (a.e.t.) | 1 | 26 September | 26 September | | |
| England | 0 | 26 September | 26 September | |
| England | 0 | West Germany (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| 24 September | 24 September | | West Germany (a.e.t.) | 2 | |
| 24 September | 24 September | France | 1 | |
| France | 2 | France | 1 | |
| France | 2 | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Switzerland | 0 | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Switzerland | 0 | | | | West Germany | 3 |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | | | West Germany | 3 |
| 24 September | 24 September | | | | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | | | | Netherlands | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 26 September | 26 September | | | |
| Poland | 0 | 26 September | 26 September | | | |
| Poland | 0 | Netherlands | 2 | | | |
| 24 September | 24 September | | Netherlands | 2 | | | |
| 24 September | 24 September | Spain | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 2 | Spain | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| Spain | 2 | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Belgium | 1 | | | | 27 September | 27 September |
| Belgium | 1 | | | | France | 1 |
| | | | | | Spain | 2 |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 26 September | 26 September |
| England | 2 |
| England | 2 | 27 September | 27 September |
| Switzerland | 0 | 27 September | 27 September |
| Switzerland | 0 | England | 1 |
| 26 September | 26 September | | England | 1 |
| 26 September | 26 September | Belgium | 3 |
| Poland | 2 | Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | 4 | | |
| Belgium | 4 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 27 September | 27 September |
| | | Switzerland | 1 |
| | | Poland | 3 |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | West Germany |
| | Netherlands |
| | Spain |
| 4 | France |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | England |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Switzerland |
| 9 | Ireland |
| 10 | Czechoslovakia |
| 11 | Austria |
| 12 | Wales |
| 13 | Italy |
| 14 | Soviet Union |
| 15 | Scotland |
| 16 | Finland |
| 17 | Hungary |
| 18 | Denmark |
| 19 | Malta |
Qualified for the 1971 World Cup