# 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

The 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II was the 12th edition of the tournament. It was held from 19 to 21 January 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.
Belgium won the tournament for the first time after topping the pool. Along with Belgium, Austria qualified to the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship as the two highest ranked teams.

## Qualified Teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host | Host | Host | 1 | Belgium (9) |
| 22–24 January 2016 | 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Minsk, Belarus | 1 | Austria (6) |
| 22–24 January 2016 | 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II | Cambrai, France | 5 | Croatia (23) England (21) Lithuania (22) Scotland (16) Wales (24) |
| Invitational team | Invitational team | Invitational team | 1 | Sweden (28) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 9 | Advanced to Pool D |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to Pool D |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 0 | Pool C |
* 19 January 2018 10:00
| England | 5–1 | Sweden |
| Sanders 10', 21', 32', 38' Crowson 26' | Report | Fantini 20' |
* Umpires: Fanneke ALkemade (NED) Magali Sergeant (BEL)
* 19 January 2018 11:10
| Austria | 4–2 | Lithuania |
| Sandner 2' Buchta 21' Zerbs 24' Pulter 32' | Report | Juodyte 20+' Kukliene 25' |
* Umpires: Abby MacArthur (WAL) Lena McCrae (SCO)
* 19 January 2018 16:00
| Lithuania | 2–4 | Sweden |
| Nomeikaite 30' Kukliene 25' | Report | Fantini 21', 23' Hernvall 25' Zulfiyeva 25' |
* Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Cristina Pérez (ESP)
* 19 January 2018 17:10
| England | 3–5 | Austria |
| Sanders 30' MacDonell 32' Wills 38' | Report | Podpera 13' Buchta 14' Hefter 16', 36' Laginja 25' |
* Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Magali Sergeant (BEL)
* 20 January 2018 09:00
| Austria | 6–0 | Sweden |
| Steyrer 11' Zerbs 25' Pulter 35' Sandner 39', 40' Buchta 40' | Report | |
* Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
* 20 January 2018 10:10
| Lithuania | 3–5 | England |
| Juriate 15' Kartanovic 16' Juodyte 36' | Report | Crowson 9', 26' Burge 13', 22' Sanders 18' |
* Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Abby MacArthur (WAL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | +16 | 9 | Advanced to Pool D |
| 2 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Advanced to Pool D |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | Pool C |
* 19 January 2018 12:20
| Scotland | 5–0 | Wales |
| Dark 4', 5' Campbell 21' Bunce 23', 25' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
* 19 January 2018 13:30
| Belgium | 4–0 | Croatia |
| Delforge 16', 23', 36' Rasir 20' | Report | |
* Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
* 19 January 2018 18:20
| Croatia | 5–0 | Wales |
| Franić 4' Peranic 19', 26' V. Šomin 33' Litvic 40+' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lena McCrae (SCO) Claire Druijts (NED)
* 19 January 2018 19:30
| Scotland | 0–5 | Belgium |
| | Report | Rasir 13' Ronquetti 18' Delforge 31', 40' Breyne 39' |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Abby MacArthur (WAL)
* 20 January 2018 11:20
| Croatia | 1–1 | Scotland |
| A. Šomin 36' | Report | Bunce 24' |
* Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Rachel Williams (ENG)
* 20 January 2018 12:30
| Belgium | 7–0 | Wales |
| Rasir 3' Delforge 15', 36' Englebert 17' Ronquetti 23', 25' Massart 27' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lena McCrae (SCO) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

### Classification round
#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 7 | +9 | 6 |
| 2 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 3 |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 3 |
* 20 January 2018 16:30
| Lithuania | 9–0 | Wales |
| Kartanovic 3' Juodyte 4', 22', 26' Kukliene 6', 15' Caikauskaite 23' Juraite 31' Adomaviciute 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Magali Sergeant (BEL)
* 20 January 2018 17:40
| Sweden | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Fantini 11' Moberg 31' | Report | Dark 36' |
* Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
* 21 January 2018 10:00
| Scotland | 3–5 | Lithuania |
| Dark 5', 17' Bunce 37' | Report | Chmeliauskaite 4', 12', 23' Adomaviciute 10' Nomeikaite 18' |
* Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Cristina Pérez (ESP)
* 21 January 2018 11:10
| Sweden | 2–3 | Wales |
| Lindström 22', 38' | Report | Francis 7', 38' Lewis-Williams 29' |
* Umpires: Kamile Mockaityte (LTU) Lena McCrae (SCO)

#### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Promotion |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | +10 | 9 | Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 | |
* 20 January 2018 18:50
| England | 4–1 | Croatia |
| Crowson 4', 23', 39' Sanders 20' | Report | V. Šomin 33' |
* Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
* 20 January 2018 20:00
| Austria | 0–3 | Belgium |
| | Report | Delforge 22' De Mot 24' Rasir 32' |
* Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Rachel Williams (ENG)
* 21 January 2018 13:00
| Belgium | 3–0 | England |
| Englebert 5' Rasir 15', 39' | Report | |
* Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
* 21 January 2018 14:10
| Austria | 7–0 | Croatia |
| Zerbs 2' Buchta 10', 14', 20', 29' Steyrer 15', 17' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Abby MacArthur (WAL)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
| Laurine Delforge | Laurine Delforge | Elodie Picard | Daria Buchta |

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| | Belgium | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | +22 | 15 | Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship |
| | Austria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 8 | +14 | 12 | Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship |
| | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 13 | +4 | 9 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 16 | −9 | 4 | |
| 5 | Lithuania | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 16 | +5 | 6 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 17 | −8 | 6 | |
| 7 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | −3 | 4 | |
| 8 | Wales | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 28 | −25 | 3 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.
8 goals
* Laurine Delforge
7 goals
* Daria Buchta
* Erica Sanders
6 goals
* Justine Rasir
* Megan Crowson
5 goals
* Jurate Juodyte
* Emily Dark
4 goals
* Dovile Kukliene
* Vikki Bunce
* Emilia Fantini
3 goals
* Alexandra Sandner
* Lisa Steyrer
* Corinna Zerbs
* Marie Ronquetti
* Ugne Chmeliauskaite
2 goals
* Marianna Pulter
* Katharina Hefter
* Charlotte Englebert
* Dolores Peranic
* Viktoria Šomin
* Esme Burge
* Sandra Adomaviciute
* Dovile Juriate
* Kotryna Kartanovic
* Erlanda Nomeikaite
* Lena Lindström
* Heather Francis
1 goal
* Martina Laginja
* Stefania Podpera
* Lucie Breyne
* France de Mot
* Emeline Massart
* Marijana Franić
* Una Litvic
* Anamarija Šomin
* Lydia MacDonell
* Alice Wills
* Kotryna Caikauskaite
* Louise Campbell
* Christina Hernvall
* Klara Moberg
* Gunaj Zulfiyeva
* Megan Lewis-Williams
Source: FIH