# 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

The 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the nineteenth 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 took place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
The hosts Germany won their sixteenth title by defeating the defending champions Austria 6–3 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Russia 11–3.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 12–14 January 2018 | 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 6 | Austria (1) Belgium (7) Czech Republic (3) Germany (2) Poland (5) Russia (6) |
| 12–14 January 2018 | 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II | Alanya, Turkey | 2 | Netherlands (9) Ukraine (19) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.

## Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Preliminary round

The Pools were decided in summer 2019 following the FIH Indoor World Ranking.

#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 12 | +1 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 3 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 0 | Relegation pool |
* 17 January 2020 10:00
| Poland | 5–4 | Ukraine |
| Kasprzyk 5', 13' Hulboj 8', 10', 32' | Report | Kalinchuk 4', 5' Diachuk 17' Koshlenko 31' |
* Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Fraser Bell (SCO)
* 17 January 2020 11:15
| Austria | 5–3 | Russia |
| Unterkircher 7', 31' Körper 22' Stanzl 26' Bele 37' | Report | Kuraev 2' Arusiia 9' Khairullin 16' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* 17 January 2020 16:00
| Russia | 5–3 | Ukraine |
| Artemov 3' Kuraev 15' Nadyrshin 20', 31' Khairullin 28' | Report | Kalinchuk 4', 8' Yasinskyi 17' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
* 17 January 2020 17:15
| Poland | 3–5 | Austria |
| Hulboj 10', 25' Kasprzyk 37' | Report | Hasun 2' Körper 25', 27', 40' Bele 26' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Andres Ortiz (ESP)
* 18 January 2020 09:00
| Austria | 6–1 | Ukraine |
| Körper 10', 15' Bele 25', 31', 37' Fröhlich 35' | Report | Kalinchuk 3' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Fraser Bell (SCO)
* 18 January 2020 10:15
| Russia | 5–4 | Poland |
| Arusiia 9', 13', 20' Khairullin 14' Nadyrshin 33' | Report | Hulboj 2' Kurowski 4' Kasprzyk 16', 17' |
* Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Paul van den Assum (NED)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 13 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 3 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 0 | Relegation pool |
* 17 January 2020 12:30
| Czech Republic | 2–6 | Netherlands |
| Trejbal 10' Železný 39' | Report | Burkhardt 13', 31', 40' Leijs 22' Bakker 33', 36' |
* Umpires: ANdres Ortiz (ESP) Lukasz Zwiercchowski (POL)
* 17 January 2020 13:45
| Germany | 12–1 | Belgium |
| Müller 3' Kamlade 14', 26' Hartkopf 19', 38' Schiffer 21', 22', 28', 30' Prinz 32' Doesch 36' Schmid 40' | Report | Degroote 20' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 17 January 2020 18:30
| Belgium | 4–7 | Netherlands |
| Simar 8', 38' Truyens 10' Degroote 19' | Report | Bakker 1' Burkhardt 8', 27', 34' Leijs 13', 35' Sweering 40' |
* Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* 17 January 2020 19:45
| Czech Republic | 2–12 | Germany |
| Železný 10' Seeman 27' | Report | Hartkopf 6', 19', 29' Pöhling 6' Müller 10', 16' Doesch 12' Prinz 13', 36' Schmid 15' Schiffer 21' Rabente 27' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Paul van den Assum (NED)
* 18 January 2020 11:30
| Belgium | 3–4 | Czech Republic |
| Degroote 4', 30' Zimmer 5' | Report | Železný 16' Trejbal 19' Seeman 37' Jahoda 40' |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwiercchowski (POL) Lee Barron (ENG)
* 18 January 2020 12:45
| Germany | 7–6 | Netherlands |
| Schiffer 1', 17' Doesch 10' Pöhling 27' Müller 30', 30' Hartkopf 40' | Report | Goor 4' Sweering 13', 20' Bakker 16' Leijs 21' Burkhardt 29' |
* Umpires: Andres Ortiz (ESP) Sean Edwards (ENG)

### Fifth to eighth place classification
#### Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 5 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 8 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 15 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 4 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
| 8 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 18 | −5 | 0 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
* 18 January 2020 16:45
| Ukraine | 7–10 | Belgium |
| B. Kovalenko 4', 6', 29' Diachenko 6' Yasinskyi 14' Kalinchuk 22' Luppa 31' | Report | Dykmans 8', 21', 39' Simar 10', 16', 16', 40' Degroote 30' Zimmer 36' Maraite 37' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Fraser Bell (SCO)
* 18 January 2020 18:00
| Poland | 3–3 | Czech Republic |
| Jarzyński 5' Pavlak 14' Nowakowski 34' | Report | Soukup 29', 37' Jahoda 39' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Andres Ortiz (ESP)
* 19 January 2020 10:00
| Poland | 4–7 | Belgium |
| Kasprzyk 11', 26' Kurowski 30' Hulboj 32' | Report | Simar 9', 12', 33', 37' Maraite 19' Dykmans 34', 40' |
* Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Fraser Bell (SCO)
* 19 January 2020 11:15
| Czech Republic | 3–2 | Ukraine |
| Jahoda 3' Trejbal 10' Železný 39' | Report | Luppa 17', 37' |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 18 January | 18 January |
| Austria | 5 |
| Austria | 5 | 19 January | 19 January |
| Netherlands | 3 | 19 January | 19 January |
| Netherlands | 3 | Austria | 3 |
| 18 January | 18 January | | Austria | 3 |
| 18 January | 18 January | Germany | 6 |
| Germany | 6 | Germany | 6 |
| Russia | 1 | | |
| Russia | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 19 January | 19 January |
| | | Netherlands | 11 |
| | | Russia | 3 |

#### Semifinals

* 18 January 2020 19:15
| Austria | 5–3 | Netherlands |
| Körper 1', 29', 37' Bele 25', 34' | Report | Bakker 11' Goor 26' Leijs 40' |
* Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 18 January 2020 20:45
| Germany | 6–1 | Russia |
| Schiffer 10' Hartkopf 12' Doesch 17', 34' Prinz 21', 28' | Report | Borisov 38' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Paul van den Assum (NED)

#### Third place game

* 19 January 2020 13:00
| Netherlands | 11–3 | Russia |
| Leijs 3', 23' Sweering 4' Rohof 12' Burkhardt 14', 27', 35', 40' Bakker 20', 31' Dekker 26' | Report | Khairullin 9' Proskuriakov 15' Nadyrshin 31' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Andres Ortiz (ESP)

#### Final

* 19 January 2020 14:30
| Austria | 3–6 | Germany |
| Körper 1', 25' Unterkircher 32' | Report | Doesch 6', 32' Schmid 16' Prinz 25' Hartkopf 31' Schiffer 35' |
* Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Sean Edwards (ENG)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Germany (H) | Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup |
| 2 | Austria | Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup |
| 3 | Netherlands | Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup |
| 4 | Russia | Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup |
| 5 | Czech Republic | Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup |
| 6 | Belgium | Qualification for the 2022 Indoor World Cup as hosts |
| 7 | Poland | Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
| 8 | Ukraine | Relegation to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |