# 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 6th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 19th until the 27th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship, with the champions and runners-up Poland and Austria, respectively, qualifying.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 17–25 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship | Boom, Belgium | 2 | Czech Republic Poland |
| 3–11 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship II | Vienna, Austria | 4 | Austria Azerbaijan Scotland Ukraine |
| 12–18 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship III | Lausanne, Switzerland | 2 | Croatia Switzerland |
| 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.

## Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 14 | −1 | 3 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 19 | −13 | 0 | Relegation pool |
* 19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) 09:00
| Poland | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Makowski 59' Bratkowski 70+' | Report | A. Forsyth 37' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
* 19 July 2015 (2015-07-19) 11:15
| Ukraine | 10–5 | Croatia |
| Kalinchuk 4' Paziuk 7', 16', 41', 46' Nechepa 16' Popovchenko 30' Mazurkevych 51' Polishchuk 66' Serdiuk 70+' | Report | A. Snoj 21' Tausan 35+', 61', 68' M. Cvetko 37' |
* Umpires: Stepan Podmol (CZE) Dave Dowdall (ENG)
* 20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) 11:00
| Scotland | 6–0 | Croatia |
| A. Forsyth 2', 21', 47', 60' Adams 23' Coultas 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Stepan Podmol (CZE)
* 20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) 13:15
| Ukraine | 0–3 | Poland |
| | Report | Bratkowski 20' Wejerowski 30' Majchrzak 54' |
* Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
* 22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) 11:00
| Poland | 3–1 | Croatia |
| Gumny 14' Bratkowski 27', 53' | Report | Tausan 7' |
* Umpires: Stepan Podmol (CZE) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
* 22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) 13:15
| Scotland | 6–3 | Ukraine |
| Imrie 6' Stott 19' A. Forsyth 56' Bain 58', 64' McIntyre 68' | Report | Paziuk 13', 16' Mazurkevych 50' |
* Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | +6 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Relegation pool |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | Relegation pool |
* 18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) 18:00
| Czech Republic | 2–0 | Azerbaijan |
| Plochý 51', 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
* 18 July 2015 (2015-07-18) 20:15
| Austria | 4–0 | Switzerland |
| Körper 16', 70' Thörnblom 55' A. Bele 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
* 20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) 15:30
| Azerbaijan | 2–0 | Switzerland |
| Ghazanfar 10' Satlikov 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Darko Koncic (CRO)
* 20 July 2015 (2015-07-20) 17:45
| Austria | 2–0 | Czech Republic |
| Eitenberger 51' Hasun 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Kris Cholewa (IRL)
* 22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) 15:30
| Azerbaijan | 1–1 | Austria |
| Satlikov 27' | Report | Körper 61' |
* Umpires: Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO) Darko Koncic (CRO)
* 22 July 2015 (2015-07-22) 17:45
| Czech Republic | 3–1 | Switzerland |
| Pauer 16' Vudmaska 35' Plochý 38' | Report | Messerli 63' |
* Umpires: Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Kris Cholewa (IRL)

### 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 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
| 6 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 6 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 3 | |
| 8 | Croatia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 20 | −10 | 3 | EuroHockey Championship III |
* ↑ Due to suspension of the national association of Azerbaijan by the International Hockey Federation in November 2016 only the last team was relegated.
* 24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) 11:00
| Croatia | 1–7 | Switzerland |
| Cefko 22' | Report | Hödle 9', 31' Brönnimann 49', 59' Messerli 54' Reinhard 65' Steffen 70' |
* Umpires: Gavin Cruickshanks (SC) Kris Cholewa (IRL)
* 24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) 13:15
| Ukraine | 2–5 | Azerbaijan |
| Nadirov 60' Popovchenko 65' | Report | Khalid 12', 47' Ghazanfar 49' Nadirov 60' Zai 64' |
* Umpires: Darko Koncic (CRO) Chahir Panschiri (SUI)
* 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) 08:00
| Ukraine | 4–3 | Switzerland |
| Serdiuk 42', 68' Kalinchuk 44' Paziuk 66' | Report | Wullschleger 23' Brönnimann 27' Messerli 70+' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
* 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) 10:15
| Azerbaijan | 3–4 | Croatia |
| Ghazanfar 5', 33' Aziz 49' | Report | Cefko 34', 70' Vuk 42' Bachmann 65' |
* Umpires: Stepan Podmol (CZE) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July | 24 July |
| Austria (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| Austria (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | 26 July | 26 July |
| Scotland | 1 (1) | 26 July | 26 July |
| Scotland | 1 (1) | Austria | 1 |
| 24 July | 24 July | | Austria | 1 |
| 24 July | 24 July | Poland | 3 |
| Poland | 2 | Poland | 3 |
| Czech Republic | 1 | | |
| Czech Republic | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 26 July | 26 July |
| | | Scotland | 5 |
| | | Czech Republic | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

* 24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) 15:30
| Austria | 1–1 | Scotland |
| A. Bele 38' | Report | Bain 53' |
| Penalties |||
| B. Stanzl Rudofsky Fröhlich Thörnblom | 3–1 | McIntyre Bain Grassick Imrie |
* Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
* 24 July 2015 (2015-07-24) 17:45
| Poland | 2–1 | Czech Republic |
| Ma. Poltaszewski 29' Majchrzak 37' | Report | Bárta 60' |
* Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Michael Eilmer (AUT)

#### Third and fourth place

* 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) 12:45
| Scotland | 5–1 | Czech Republic |
| Bain 15', 33', 37' A. Forsyth 20' Collins 67' | Report | Plochý 25' |
* Umpires: Kris Cholewa (IRL) Darko Koncic (CRO)

#### Final

* 26 July 2015 (2015-07-26) 15:15
| Austria | 1–3 | Poland |
| Uher 67' | Report | Wejerowski 38' Majchrzak 43', 66' |
* Umpires: Ben De Young (AUS) Dave Dowdall (ENG)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Poland |
| | Austria |
| | Scotland |
| 4 | Czech Republic |
| 5 | Azerbaijan |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Switzerland |
| 8 | Croatia |
Qualified for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III