# 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

The 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship is the 20th edition of the tournament. It takes place from 24 to 26 January 2020 in Minsk, Belarus.

## Qualified Teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 19–21 January 2018 | 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Prague, Czech Republic | 5 | Belarus (3) Czech Republic (5) Germany (1) Netherlands (2) Switzerland (7) Ukraine (4) |
| 19–21 January 2018 | 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II | Brussels, Belgium | 2 | Austria (9) Belgium (14) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams are 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+3).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Czech Republic | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 12 | −1 | 3 | Transfer to Pool C |
| 4 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 0 | Transfer to Pool C |
* 24 January 2020 10:00
| Ukraine | 4–3 | Belgium |
| Shevchenko 11', 35' Honcharenko 15', 32' | Report | Wagemans 10' Blockmans 24' Closset 40' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)
* 24 January 2020 11:15
| Germany | 4–1 | Czech Republic |
| Martin-Pelegrina 18', 36' Valentin 20' Vivot 23' | Report | Lehovcová 26' |
* Umpires: Lisette Baljon (NED) Rachel Williams (ENG)
* 24 January 2020 16:00
| Czech Republic | 4–1 | Belgium |
| Hájková 6' Reichlová 25' Laciná 35' Lehovcová 37' | Report | Ronquetti 40' |
* Umpires: Lisette Baljon (NED) Ana Faias (POR)
* 24 January 2020 17:15
| Ukraine | 3–4 | Germany |
| Kernoz 15' Vorushylo 32' Ponomarenko 33' | Report | Stöckel 13', 25' Valentin 29', 37' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Rachel Williams (ENG)
* 25 January 2020 09:00
| Czech Republic | 5–4 | Ukraine |
| Kolářová 13' Lehovcová 30', 35' Laciná 38', 40' | Report | Honcharenko 7', 39' Kernoz 12' Shokalenko 37' |
* Umpires: Xenia Ulrich (AUT) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
* 25 January 2020 10:15
| Germany | 7–3 | Belgium |
| Wenzel 7', 27' Vivot 19' Gerstenhöfer 19' Martin-Pelegrina 30' Valentin 31' Kurz 40' | Report | Blockmans 4' Closset 8' Ronquetti 14' |
* Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Lisette Baljon (NED)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 2 | Belarus (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 | Advance to Semifinals |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 3 | Transfer to Pool C |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | Transfer to Pool C |
* 24 January 2020 12:30
| Belarus | 7–2 | Austria |
| Kurhanskaya 4', 12' Filipovich 9' Nikitsina 10', 38', 38', 39' | Report | Herzog 9' Zerbs 35' |
* Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
* 24 January 2020 13:45
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Switzerland |
| De Baat 10', 34' De Lange 31', 35' Van Wijk 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Olena Klymenko (UKR)
* 24 January 2020 18:30
| Switzerland | 2–6 | Austria |
| Trösch 10' Stomps 31' | Report | Felber 2' Steyrer 8', 16' Zerbs 28', 35' Herzog 34' |
* Umpires: Olena Klymenko (UKR) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
* 24 January 2020 19:45
| Belarus | 1–4 | Netherlands |
| Bahushevich 4' | Report | Post 1' Van Erk 13' Van Wijk 25' Muyselaar 36' |
* Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) (UKR) Cathy Wright (WAL)
* 25 January 2020 11:30
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Austria |
| Van Erk 5' Zwinkels 11' Van Hecking 18', 26' Van Wijk 24' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 25 January 2020 12:45
| Switzerland | 0–7 | Belarus |
| | Report | Kurhanskaya 2' Papkova 3' Syddykava 7', 39' Nikitsina 17' Bahushevich 22' Belavusava 31' |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Olena Klymenko (UKR)

### 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 |
| 1 | Ukraine | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 3 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 0 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
* 25 January 2020 16:45
| Belgium | 3–1 | Switzerland |
| Ronquetti 2', 35' Delforge 28' | Report | Trösch 39' |
* Umpires: Xenia Ulrich (AUT) Olena Klymenko (UKR)
* 25 January 2020 18:00
| Ukraine | 4–1 | Austria |
| Kernoz 17', 27' Vorushylo 18' Ponomarenko 28' | Report | Buchta 10' |
* Umpires: Ana Faias (POR) Gabriele Schmitz (GER)
* 26 January 2020 10:00
| Ukraine | 6–2 | Switzerland |
| Honcharenko 4' Shevchenko 5' Vorushylo 16' Ponomarenko 20', 24' Samokhodchenko 23' | Report | Wälti 33' Triebold 39' |
* Umpires: Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU) Ana Faias (POR)
* 26 January 2020 11:15
| Austria | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Zerbs 19', 33' Buchta 35' | Report | Blockmans 2' |
* Umpires: Gabriele Schmitz (GER) Rachel Williams (ENG)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 January | 25 January |
| Germany | 2 |
| Germany | 2 | 26 January | 26 January |
| Belarus | 5 | 26 January | 26 January |
| Belarus | 5 | Belarus (s.o) | 1 (4) |
| 25 January | 25 January | | Belarus (s.o) | 1 (4) |
| 25 January | 25 January | Netherlands | 1 (3) |
| Netherlands | 4 | Netherlands | 1 (3) |
| Czech Republic | 2 | | |
| Czech Republic | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 January | 26 January |
| | | Germany | 2 (1) |
| | | Czech Republic (s.o) | 2 (2) |

#### Semi-finals

* 25 January 2020 19:15
| Germany | 2–5 | Belarus |
| Kurz 14' Vivot 20' | Report | Nikitsina 2' Filipovich 4' Kurhanskaya 28' Papkova 36', 37' |
* Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Vilma Bagdanskiene (LTU)
* 25 January 2020 20:45
| Netherlands | 4–2 | Czech Republic |
| De Lange 2' Van Wijk 8', 22' Post 10' | Report | Lehovcová 30', 39' |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

#### Third place game

* 26 January 2020 13:00
| Germany | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
| Wenzel 11' Gerstenhöfer 14' | Report | Laciná 2' Lehovcová 24' |
| Penalties |||
| Vivot Kurz Wenzel | 1–2 | Hájková Lehovcová Laciná |
* Umpires: Lisette Baljon (NED) Xenia Ulrich (AUT)

#### Final

* 26 January 2020 14:30
| Belarus | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| Nikitsina 40+' | Report | Post 8' |
| Penalties |||
| Papkova Nikitsina Kurhanskaya Kurhanskaya Papkova Nikitsina | 4–3 | Mosch Muyselaar Van Wijk Van Wijk Mosch Muyselaar |
* Umpires: Cathy Wright (WAL) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| | Belarus | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 9 | +12 | 10 | |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 13 | |
| | Czech Republic | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 15 | −1 | 7 | |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 10 | |
| 5 | Ukraine | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 15 | +6 | 9 | |
| 6 | Austria | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 6 | |
| 7 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 19 | −8 | 3 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
| 8 | Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 27 | −22 | 0 | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |

### Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
| Donja Zwinkels | Maryna Nikitsina Adéla Lehocová | Barbora Čecháková | Noor de Baat |

### Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.
7 goals
* Maryna Nikitsina
* Adéla Lehovcová
5 goals
* Corinna Zerbs
* Lieke van Wijk
* Olha Honcharenko
4 goals
* Yuliya Kurhanskaya
* Marie Ronquetti
* Kateřina Laciná
* Hanna Valentin
* Yevheniya Kernoz
* Oksana Ponomarenko
3 goals
* Krestina Papkova
* Vanessa Blockmans
* Teresa Martin-Pelegrina
* Alisa Vivot
* Benedetta Wenzel
* Lisanne de Lange
* Lisa Post
* Yuliia Shevchenko
* Yana Vorushylo
2 goals
* Daria Buchta
* Helene Herzog
* Lisa Steyrer
* Sviatlana Bahushevich
* Yauheniya Filipovich
* Karyna Syddykava
* Céline Closset
* Charlotte Gerstenhöfer
* Stine Kurz
* Lea Stöckel
* Noor de Baat
* Elin van Erk
* Margot van Hecking
* Tamara Trösch
1 goal
* Fiona Felber
* Darya Belavusava
* Laurine Delforge
* Caroline Wagemans
* Natálie Hájková
* Anna Kolářová
* Jindriska Reichlová
* Mila Muyselaar
* Donja Zwinkels
* Kateryna Samokhodchenko
* Kateryna Shokalenko
* Sofie Stomps
* Raffaela Triebold
* Stephanie Wälti
Source: FIH