# 2012 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2012 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 16th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 20 August to 1 September 2012.
This tournament served as the European qualifier for the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top six teams qualifying.
Belgium won the tournament for the first time by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in penalties after the final finished as a 2–2 draw. Germany won the bronze model by defeating France 8–0.

## Qualified teams

The following eight team qualified based on their final positions in the 2010 EuroHockey Junior Championships.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 25 – 31 July 2010 | 2010 EuroHockey Junior Championship | Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland | 6 | Belgium England France Germany Netherlands Spain |
| 25 – 31 July 2010 | 2010 EuroHockey Junior Championship II | Vienna, Austria | 2 | Scotland Wales |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 0 | Pool C |
* 26 August 2012 16:45
| England | 4–1 | Wales |
| Condon 6', 66' Farrant 29' Jackson 55' | Report | Shipperley 8' |
* Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
* 26 August 2012 17:15
| Netherlands | 2–1 | France |
| Brinkman 18' Schuurman 67' | Report | Martin-Brisac 53' |
* Umpires: Nicholas Marchant (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 28 August 2012 18:45
| France | 5–1 | Wales |
| Genestet 14', 31', 68' Martin-Brisac 23' Kieffer 53' | Report | Hassan 62' |
* Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Marchant (BEL)
* 28 August 2012 19:15
| England | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Galema 57' Hiebendaal 70' |
* Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
* 29 August 2012 18:45
| France | 4–3 | England |
| Baumgarten 31', 34' Martin-Brisac 64' Genestet 67' | Report | Gilham-Jones 51' Bowden 65' Bull 70' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)
* 29 August 2012 19:15
| Netherlands | 6–2 | Wales |
| Schuurman 5', 19' Hiebendaal 31' Leijs 48' Bovendeert 53' Brinkman 54' | Report | Pacey 65' Gowman 67' |
* Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 17 | −13 | 0 | Pool C |
* 26 August 2012 12:15
| Germany | 6–1 | Scotland |
| Grambusch 5' Swiatek 22' Nguyen 25' Rühr 37' Ebeling 45' Wellen 51' | Report | Lindsay 68' |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Michiel Otten (NED)
* 26 August 2012 12:45
| Belgium | 4–0 | Spain |
| Luypaert 18', 61' Hendrickx 28' Cosyns 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
* 28 August 2012 16:30
| Spain | 4–2 | Scotland |
| Boltó 6' De Frutos 48', 49' Beltrán 56' | Report | Bremmer 12' Duncan 66' |
* Umpires: Nicholas Bennett (ENG) Michiel Otten (NED)
* 28 August 2012 17:00
| Germany | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Windfeder 31' Swiatek 40' | Report | Plennevaux 25' Peeters 30' |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Marcus Powell (WAL)
* 29 August 2012 14:15
| Spain | 2–3 | Germany |
| Mercadé 41' Parente 52' | Report | Grambusch 24' Bädelt 59' Nitschke 67' |
* Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
* 29 August 2012 14:45
| Belgium | 7–1 | Scotland |
| Luypaert 5', 32', 51' Cobbaert 14', 19' Hendrickx 43' Pérez 68' | Report | Irvine 9' |
* Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Grant Hundley (USA)

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 7 | |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 7 | |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Relegated to 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | Relegated to 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
* 31 August 2012 13:00
| Wales | 0–3 | Scotland |
| | Report | Forsyth 8', 52' Imrie 35' |
* Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
* 31 August 2012 13:30
| England | 4–4 | Spain |
| Bull 36' Roper 48' Jackson 58' Flanagan 65' | Report | Malgosa 15' Dávila 22', 41' Iglesias 50' |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)
* 1 September 2012 09:00
| Wales | 2–6 | Spain |
| Shipperley 17' Shaw 38' | Report | De Frutos 6', 64' Beltrán 35', 44' Malgosa 51' Álvarez 60' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)
* 1 September 2012 10:30
| England | 5–0 | Scotland |
| Gilham-Jones 9', 13', 56' Bull 59' Roper 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Michiel Otten (NED)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 31 August 2012 | 31 August 2012 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 1 September 2012 | 1 September 2012 |
| Germany | 2 | 1 September 2012 | 1 September 2012 |
| Germany | 2 | Netherlands | 2 (3) |
| 31 August 2012 | 31 August 2012 | | Netherlands | 2 (3) |
| 31 August 2012 | 31 August 2012 | Belgium (p.s.o) | 2 (4) |
| Belgium (a.e.t) | 3 | Belgium (p.s.o) | 2 (4) |
| France | 2 | | |
| France | 2 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 1 September 2012 | 1 September 2012 |
| | | Germany | 8 |
| | | France | 0 |

##### Semi-finals

* 31 August 2012 16:00
| Belgium | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | France |
| Hendrickx 26', 74' Pérez 41' | Report | Lockwood 18' Lyon 58' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Daniel Clarke (IRE)
* 31 August 2012 18:30
| Netherlands | 3–2 | Germany |
| Schuurman 12' Van Puffelen 16' Bovendeert 44' | Report | Grambusch 19' Rühr 41' |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)

##### Third and fourth place

* 1 September 2012 16:00
| Germany | 8–0 | France |
| Grambusch 13', 30' Wild 18' Swiatek 23' Gomoll 42', 43' Ebeling 53', 65' | Report | |
* Umpires: Andrés Ortíz (ESP) Grant Hundley (USA)

##### Final

* 1 September 2012 16:30
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Schuurman 33' Brinkman 50' | Report | Luypaert 20', 53' |
| Penalties |||
| Leijs Schuurman Galema Bovendeert Van der Kamp | 3–4 | Cosyns Plennevaux Luypaert Van Doren |
* Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
| Glenn Schuurman | Loïck Luypaert | Arnaud Flamand |

## 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 | Qualification |
| | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 7 | +11 | 11 | Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup |
| | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 7 | +8 | 13 | Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup |
| | Germany | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 21 | 8 | +13 | 10 | Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 4 | France | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 17 | −5 | 6 | Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 5 | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 6 | Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 15 | +1 | 7 | Qualified to 2013 FIH Junior World Cup |
| 7 | Scotland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 3 | Relegated to 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
| 8 | Wales | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 24 | −18 | 0 | Relegated to 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II |

### Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.
7 goals
* Loïck Luypaert
5 goals
* Mats Grambusch
* Glenn Schuurman
4 goals
* Alexander Hendrickx
* Ross Gilham-Jones
* Hugo Genestet
* Alejandro de Frutos
3 goals
* Andrew Bull
* Simon Martin-Brisac
* Anton Ebeling
* Benedikt Swiatek
* Thierry Brinkman
* Albert Beltrán
2 goals
* Matthew Cobbaert
* Gaetan Pérez
* David Condon
* Peter Jackson
* Phil Roper
* Gaspard Baumgarten
* Jonas Gomoll
* Christopher Rühr
* Roel Bovandeert
* Thomas Hiebendaal
* Alan Forsyth
* Álex Dávila
* Jan Malgosa
* Rupert Shipperley
1 goal
* Tanguy Cosyns
* Maximilien Peeters
* Maxime Plennevaux
* Dominic Bowden
* George Farrant
* David Flanagan
* Jean-Laurent Kieffer
* Viktor Lockwood
* Romain Lyon
* Max Bädelt
* Dan Nguyen
* Jan Nitschke
* Niklas Wellen
* Félix Wild
* Lukas Windfeder
* Jelle Galema
* Nicki Leijs
* Diede van Puffelen
* Michael Bremmer
* Christopher Duncan
* Hamish Imrie
* Alasdair Irvine
* Scott Lindsay
* David Álvarez
* Marc Boltó
* Álvaro Iglesias
* Lluís Mercadé
* Antón Parente
* Rhys Gowman
* Ali Hassan
* Matthew Pacey
* Michael Shaw