# 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 8th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex.
Germany won the tournament for the second time after defeating the Netherlands 7–1 in the final.

## Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship:
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| – | Host | Host | 1 | Spain |
| 22–28 July 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship | Vienna, Austria | 5 | Belgium England Germany Netherlands Scotland |
| – | 2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship II | Gąsawa, Poland | 2 | Ireland Russia |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Youth Championship II.

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 3 | +8 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 26 | −22 | 0 | |
* 19 July 2015 15:30
| England | 8–1 | Russia |
| Gilmour 8', 59' Waller 11', 62', 65' Bowden 25' Crowson 29' Way 58' | Report | Arusiia 42' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Russell Donaldson (IRE)
* 19 July 2015 17:45
| Spain | 1–1 | Belgium |
| Basterra 67' | Report | Stockbroekx 28' |
* Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Alistair Munro (SCO)
* 21 July 2015 13:15
| Belgium | 9–1 | Russia |
| De Sloover 6' Verhoeven 10' Raes 33' Branicki 43' Tombroff 45', 66' Meurmans 53' Sidler 56' Stockbroekx 64' | Report | Arusiia 70+' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Maarten Boxma (NED)
* 21 July 2015 20:00
| England | 0–1 | Spain |
| | Report | González 42' |
* Umpires: Russell Donaldson (IRE) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
* 22 July 2015 17:00
| Belgium | 3–0 | England |
| Raes 38' Meurmans 49' Branicki 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 22 July 2015 20:00
| Spain | 9–2 | Russia |
| Miralles 5' Álvarez 24', 25' Escudé 28', 62' Cobos 37' Gispert 64' De Bruijn 65', 69' | Report | Gilev 3' Arusiia 23' |
* Umpires: Alistair Munro (SCO) Russell Donaldson (IRE)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 4 | +10 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 17 | −17 | 0 | |
* 19 July 2015 10:45
| Netherlands | 5–1 | Ireland |
| Van Dam 9' Kronenberg 11' Stuve 13', 57' De Geus 70' | Report | Dale 5' |
* Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
* 19 July 2015 10:45
| Germany | 7–0 | Scotland |
| Herzbruch 17', 31', 41' Kamlade 40' Hellwig 47' Blumensaat 47' Rothländer 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nathan Steiner (BEL) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)
* 20 July 2015 17:45
| Scotland | 0–3 | Ireland |
| | Report | Morris 55' Dale 63' O'Hare 69' |
* Umpires: Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
* 20 July 2015 20:00
| Netherlands | 2–3 | Germany |
| Van Heijningen 1' Papa 15' | Report | Herzbruch 4' Prinz 10' Rothländer 64' |
* Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Nathan Steiner (BEL)
* 22 July 2015 09:45
| Germany | 7–3 | Ireland |
| Rothländer 11' Herzbruch 20', 21', 40' Terber 41' Werner 44' Hellwig 68' | Report | Cole 13' Nolan 29' Nelson 53' |
* Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)
* 22 July 2015 12:00
| Scotland | 0–7 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Brinkman 7' Van Dam 11', 56' Papa 25' Stuve 31', 65' Huijbregts 42' |
* Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP) Nathan Steiner (BEL)

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Ireland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | +6 | 4 | |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
* 24 July 2015 15:00
| England | 1–2 | Ireland |
| Hibell 18' | Report | Nolan 4' Nelson 43' |
* Umpires: Alistair Munro (SCO) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
* 24 July 2015 15:30
| Russia | 2–3 | Scotland |
| Arusiia 64', 65' | Report | McQuade 18' Harwood 50' Christie 54' |
* Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Russell Donaldson (IRE)
* 25 July 2015 11:30
| Russia | 1–9 | Ireland |
| Gilev 35' | Report | Mullins 7', 32' McClelland 17' Dale 23', 48' O'Hare 25' De Boe-Agnew 28' Robson 54' Morris 61' |
* Umpires: Nathan Steiner (BEL) Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
* 25 July 2015 12:00
| England | 4–4 | Scotland |
| Hibell 14' Crowson 34' Gilmour 36' Page 38' | Report | McConnell 4' McFadden 65' McCurry 68' Webb 70+' |
* Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 |
| Belgium | 1 (3) |
| Belgium | 1 (3) | 25 July 2015 | 25 July 2015 |
| Netherlands (p.s.o) | 1 (4) | 25 July 2015 | 25 July 2015 |
| Netherlands (p.s.o) | 1 (4) | Netherlands | 1 |
| 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 | | Netherlands | 1 |
| 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 | Germany | 7 |
| Germany | 7 | Germany | 7 |
| Spain | 3 | | |
| Spain | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 July 2015 | 25 July 2015 |
| | | Belgium | 1 (1) |
| | | Spain (p.s.o) | 1 (3) |

##### Semi-finals

* 24 July 2015 17:30
| Germany | 7–3 | Spain |
| Herzbruch 9', 25' Kamlade 17' Blumensaat 30', 46' Bosserhoff 31' Rothländer 39' | Report | Álvarez 18' Cobos 48' López Alonso 58' |
* Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Nathan Steiner (BEL)
* 24 July 2015 20:00
| Belgium | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| Verhoeven 62' | Report | Van Dam 61' |
| Penalties |||
| Lootens Stockbroekx Raes De Sloover Verhoeven | 3–4 | Van Dam Stuve Schoenaker Huijbregts De Geus |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Argent (ENG)

##### Third and fourth place

* 25 July 2015 14:30
| Belgium | 1–1 | Spain |
| Capelle 25' | Report | Cobos 35' |
| Penalties |||
| Lootens Stockbroekx Branicki De Sloover | 1–3 | González Mesones Cobos Miralles De Bruijn |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

##### Final

* 25 July 2015 19:30
| Netherlands | 1–7 | Germany |
| Stuve 48' | Report | Kamlade 17', 24' Herzbruch 20', 70+' Hellwig 27', 46' Harms 45' |
* Umpires: Rob Argent (ENG) Alistair Munro (SCO)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play |
| Jesper Kamlade | Timm Herzbruch | Toby Reynolds-Cotterill | Spain |

## 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 |
| | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 9 | +22 | 15 | |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | +4 | 7 | |
| | Spain | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 | 8 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | |
| 5 | Ireland | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 18 | 14 | +4 | 9 | |
| 6 | England | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 23 | −16 | 4 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 8 | Russia | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 38 | −31 | 0 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |

### Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.
11 goals
* Timm Herzbruch
5 goals
* Tijn Stuve
* Georgii Arusiia
4 goals
* Malte Hellwig
* Jesper Kamlade
* Moritz Rothländer
* Julian Dale
* Thijs van Dam
3 goals
* Euan Gilmour
* Jack Waller
* Carl Blumensaat
* Alejandro Álvarez
* Ignacio Cobos
2 goals
* Maximilien Branicki
* Augustin Meurmans
* Herni Raes
* Gregory Stockbroekx
* Ethan Tombroff
* Stanley Verhoeven
* Thomas Crowson
* Elliot Hibell
* Fred Morris
* Jonathan Mullins
* Matthew Nelson
* David Nolan
* Keith O'Hare
* Camil Papa
* Aleksandr Gilev
* Arnau de Bruijn
* Marc Escudé
1 goal
* Louis Capelle
* Loïc Sidler
* Arthur de Sloover
* Laurence Bowden
* Nicholas Page
* Edward Way
* Niklas Bosserhoff
* Leopold Harms
* Thies Prinz
* Tobias Terber
* Maximilian Werner
* Ziggy de Boe-Agnew
* Geoffrey Cole
* Zachary McClelland
* Callum Robson
* Jasper Brinkman
* Jonas de Geus
* Steijn van Heijningen
* Bram Huijbregts
* Bart Kronenberg
* Patrick Christie
* Robert Harwood
* Joseph McConnell
* Ryan McCurry
* Christopher McFadden
* Aidan McQuade
* Andrew Webb
* José Basterra
* Xavier Gispert
* Eduardo González
* Álvaro López-Alonso
* Marc Miralles
Source: EHF