# 2015 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships

The 2015 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 8th edition of the Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex.
Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time after defeating Germany 6–1 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 |
| 29 July–4 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship | Dublin, Ireland | 6 | Belgium England France Germany Netherlands Russia |
| – | 2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship II | Santander, Spain | 1 | Scotland |
| 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 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 14 | −14 | 0 | |
* 19 July 2015 09:45
| Netherlands | 9–2 | Belgium |
| Fortuin 8' Fillet 22', 66' Burg 25', 62' Mink 44', 48' Van Laarhoven 57' Van der Elst 64' | Report | Sistermans 28' Vanmechelen 58' |
* Umpires: Fiona Davitt (IRE) Rachel Williams (ENG)
* 19 July 2015 12:00
| France | 1–0 | Scotland |
| Verrier 30' | Report | |
* Umpires: Angelika Koppen (GER) Atteneri Naomi Ortíz Monzón (ESP)
* 20 July 2015 13:15
| Belgium | 5–0 | Scotland |
| Raymakers 17' Jakus 19' Ikegwuonu 21', 67' Vanmechelen 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Angelika Koppen (GER)
* 20 July 2015 15:30
| France | 0–10 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Leemans 12', 20' Fillet 15', 48', 65' Van Laarhoven 25' Burg 26', 39' Van der Elst 49' Fortuin 62' |
* Umpires: Svetlana Cherepanova (RUS) Atteneri Naomi Ortíz Monzón (ESP)
* 22 July 2015 10:45
| Netherlands | 8–0 | Scotland |
| Sanders 3', 39' Fillet 13', 63' Verschoor 20' Van der Hoek 21' Burg 31' Mink 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Svetlana Cherepanova (RUS) Elodie Franchomme (FRA)
* 22 July 2015 13:00
| Belgium | 3–1 | France |
| Masso 24' Limauge 42' Ikegwuonu 52' | Report | Verrier 68' |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Fiona Davitt (IRE)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 4 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 16 | −14 | 0 | |
* 19 July 2015 17:00
| Germany | 11–1 | Russia |
| Micheel 4', 8', 41' Brüning 10', 17' Marquardt 28', 57', 69' Granitzki 35+' Zimmermann 44' Heyn 51' | Report | Bogatyreva 9' |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Alex Walker (SCO)
* 19 July 2015 20:00
| England | 1–1 | Spain |
| Bathurst 24' | Report | Bruguera 32' |
* Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Elodie Franchomme (FRA)
* 21 July 2015 15:30
| England | 1–4 | Germany |
| Calnan 16' | Report | Vivot 18', 27' Micheel 55' Zink 65' |
* Umpires: Alex Walker (SCO) Maartje de Bruijn (NED)
* 21 July 2015 17:45
| Russia | 1–2 | Spain |
| Serova 40' | Report | López Llauder 32' Álvarez 63' |
* Umpires: Fiona Davitt (IRE) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)
* 22 July 2015 15:30
| Russia | 0–3 | England |
| | Report | Hunt 27' Sanders 40' Daly 61' |
* Umpires: Angelika Koppen (GER) Alex Walker (SCO)
* 22 July 2015 17:45
| Germany | 4–2 | Spain |
| Meffert 11', 24' Brüning 19' Zink 43' | Report | F. Amundson 27' Álvarez 44' |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Maartje de Bruijn (NED)

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | |
| 2 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
* 24 July 2015 10:30
| Scotland | 2–6 | Russia |
| MacKinnon 40' Steiger 61' | Report | Borisova 12', 16', 32', 54' Karandashova 34' Zelenova 50' |
* Umpires: Elodie Franchomme (FRA) Fiona Davitt (IRE)
* 24 July 2015 13:00
| France | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Report | Jiménez 20' Abelairas Ramos 35' F. Amundson 59' |
* Umpires: Svetlana Cherepanova (RUS) Maartje de Bruijn (NED)
* 25 July 2015 09:00
| France | 1–4 | Russia |
| Verrier 2' | Report | Zelenova 27' Serova 49' Nikolaishvili 56' Borisova 66' |
* Umpires: Fiona Davitt (IRE) Angelika Koppen (GER)
* 25 July 2015 09:30
| Scotland | 0–4 | Spain |
| | Report | F. Amundson 32' Álvarez 37', 68' Ycart 45' |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Elodie Franchomme (FRA)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 |
| Belgium | 0 |
| Belgium | 0 | 25 July 2015 | 25 July 2015 |
| Germany | 7 | 25 July 2015 | 25 July 2015 |
| Germany | 7 | Germany | 1 |
| 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 | | Germany | 1 |
| 24 July 2015 | 24 July 2015 | Netherlands | 6 |
| Netherlands | 6 | Netherlands | 6 |
| England | 0 | | |
| England | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 July 2015 | 25 July 2015 |
| | | Belgium | 0 |
| | | England | 2 |

##### Semi-finals

* 24 July 2015 10:00
| Belgium | 0–7 | Germany |
| | Report | Micheel 2' Granitzki 38' Brüning 39', 47' Meffert 58' Pluta 66' Zink 69' |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Alex Walker (SCO)
* 24 July 2015 12:00
| Netherlands | 6–0 | England |
| Sanders 4' Van der Veld 21' Fillet 30', 54' Mink 59' Renders 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Angelika Koppen (GER)

##### Third and fourth place

* 25 July 2015 14:00
| Belgium | 0–2 | England |
| | Report | Bathurst 18' Calnan 59' |
* Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Svetlana Cherepanova (RUS)

##### Final

* 25 July 2015 17:00
| Germany | 1–6 | Netherlands |
| Marquardt 48' | Report | Fillet 30' Van der Elst 32', 58' Fortuin 37' Van der Hoek 43' Mink 65' |
* Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Alex Walker (SCO)

## Statistics
### Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Fair Play |
| Pien Sanders | Michelle Fillet | Zoe Agrain | Scotland |

### 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 |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 39 | 3 | +36 | 15 | |
| | Germany | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 27 | 10 | +17 | 12 | |
| | England | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 7 | |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 19 | −9 | 6 | |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 10 | |
| 6 | Russia | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 19 | −7 | 6 | |
| 7 | France | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 20 | −17 | 3 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 8 | Scotland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 24 | −22 | 0 | Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |

### Goalscorers

There were 112 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.6 goals per match.
10 goals
* Michelle Fillet
5 goals
* Julia Brüning
* Lena Micheel
* Joosje Burg
* Minout Mink
* Valeriia Borisova
4 goals
* Maxi Marquardt
* Fay van der Elst
* Patricia Álvarez
3 goals
* Shaunda Ikegwuonu
* Gabrielle Verrier
* Julia Meffert
* Alexandra Zink
* Kyra Fortuin
* Pien Sanders
* Florencia Amundson
2 goals
* Lissa Vanmechelen
* Georgina Bathurst
* Charlotte Calnan
* Hanna Granitzki
* Alisa Vivot
* Yentl Leemans
* Imme van der Hoek
* Renée van Laarhoven
* Varvara Serova
* Viktoriia Zelenova
1 goal
* Carolien Jakus
* Sophie Limauge
* Alexia Masso
* Mathilde Raymakers
* Damy Sistermans
* Charlotte Daly
* Holly Hunt
* Erica Sanders
* Naomi Heyn
* Nicola Pluta
* Sonja Zimmermann
* Maud Renders
* Hester van der Veld
* Julia Verschoor
* Alena Bogatyreva
* Victoria Karandashova
* Ekaterina Nikolaishvili
* Leia MacKinnon
* Millie Steiger
* Peppa Abelairas Ramos
* Laura Bruguera
* Lucía Jiménez
* Clara López Llauder
* Clara Ycart
Source: EuroHockey