# 2016 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 9th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships. It was held from 24 to 30 July 2016 in Cork, Ireland at the Mardyke Arena.
Germany were the defending champions. The Czech Republic and Italy have been promoted from the Youth Championship II.

## Qualified teams

* Belgium
* England
* Germany
* Ireland
* Italy
* Netherlands
* Czech Republic
* Spain

## Format

The eight teams will be 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 Youth Championship II.

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Ireland (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 29 | −28 | 0 | |
* 24 July 2016 09:45
| Belgium | 8–0 | Czech Republic |
| Freyling 4', 45' De Chaffoy 29', 38' Gougnard 35', 53' Ghislain 57' Sidler 61' | Report | |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)
* 24 July 2016 12:00
| Germany | 5–0 | Ireland |
| Bock 13' Schiffer 25', 60' Knobling 45' Hinrichs 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
* 26 July 2016 12:15
| Belgium | 2–2 | Germany |
| Freyling 26' Weyers 54' | Report | Schiffer 28' Dösch 70' |
* Umpires: Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 26 July 2016 16:45
| Ireland | 11–1 | Czech Republic |
| Nelson 2' Sarratt 10', 58', 64' Walker 15' MacMahon 32' Crookshanks 33' Marshall 42', 53' Empey 60' Jennings 69' | Report | Urbanec 68' |
* Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Paul van den Assum (NED)
* 27 July 2016 15:30
| Germany | 10–0 | Czech Republic |
| Blumensaat 4' Harms 8', 63' Knobling 10' Schiffer 18', 26', 32', 39', 53' Hartkopf 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
* 27 July 2016 17:45
| Ireland | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Sarratt 21' | Report | Freyling 28' Devis 59' Gougnard 67' |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 5 | +14 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 12 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22 | −19 | 0 | |
* 24 July 2016 15:30
| Netherlands | 2–2 | England |
| De Haan 8' Dekker 58' | Report | Way 17' Kimber 31' |
* Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRE) Nathan Stenier (BEL)
* 24 July 2016 17:45
| Spain | 5–2 | Italy |
| Recasens 41' Cortés 48' Tello 63', 70' Quijano 70' | Report | Malucchi 13' Lago 46' |
* Umpires: Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO) Tomáš Holek (CZE)
* 25 July 2016 15:30
| England | 6–0 | Italy |
| Way 27', 60' Crowson 46' Ramshaw 64' Oates 66' Kimber 70' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tomáš Holek (CZE) Shane O'Donnell (IRE)
* 25 July 2016 17:45
| Spain | 2–6 | Netherlands |
| Recasens 21' Gispert 66' | Report | De Haan 8', 60' Kuijpers 15' Van Huiden 33' Schols 62' Martens 69' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stenier (BEL) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 27 July 2016 09:45
| Netherlands | 11–1 | Italy |
| De Haan 10', 15', 35' De Vilder 13', 40', 70' Beins 18', 23', 52' De Geus 26', 56' | Report | Missaglia 11' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
* 27 July 2016 12:00
| England | 4–2 | Spain |
| Gilmour 23', 47' Oates 43' Kimber 53' | Report | Curiel 5' Álvarez 45' |
* Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRE) Tomáš Holek (CZE)

### 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 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ireland (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 8 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22 | −18 | 0 | Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
* 29 July 2016 09:45
| Czech Republic | 1–5 | Italy |
| Tomes 63' | Report | Lago 14', 51' Foerster 59' Malucchi 60' Paolacci 65' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Nathan Stenier (BEL)
* 29 July 2016 12:00
| Ireland | 0–5 | Spain |
| | Report | Álvarez 9' Zorita 13', 63' Tello 17' Cortés 30' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)
* 30 July 2016 09:00
| Ireland | 2–2 | Italy |
| Crookshanks 20' Nelson 63' | Report | Malucchi 21' Rubin 53' |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 30 July 2016 11:15
| Spain | 6–2 | Czech Republic |
| Tello 21', 59' Cortés 52' Torras 51', 60' Recasens 66' | Report | Griebl 33' Bodnár 56' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stenier (BEL) Tim Meissner (GER)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 29 July 2016 | 29 July 2016 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Germany | 5 | 30 July 2016 | 30 July 2016 |
| England | 0 | 30 July 2016 | 30 July 2016 |
| England | 0 | Germany | 4 |
| 29 July 2016 | 29 July 2016 | | Germany | 4 |
| 29 July 2016 | 29 July 2016 | Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands (pen.) | 3 (4) | Netherlands | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 (3) | | |
| Belgium | 3 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 July 2016 | 30 July 2016 |
| | | England | 2 (1) |
| | | Belgium (pen.) | 2 (2) |

##### Semi-finals

* 29 July 2016 15:30
| Netherlands | 3–3 | Belgium |
| De Vilder 8' Schoenaker 51' De Geus 63' | Report | Sidler 4' Devis 25' Gougnard 54' |
| Penalties |||
| Schoenaker Schols De Geus De Vilder Steenmetser | 4–3 | Freyling Caytan Esquelin Luyten DeLavignette |
* Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRE) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
* 29 July 2016 18:00
| Germany | 5–0 | England |
| Knobling 19', 26' Harms 51' Hartkopf 62', 63' | Report | |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

##### Third and fourth place

* 30 July 2016 12:30
| England | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Gilmour 10' Ward 62' | Report | Freyling 15' Gougnard 39' |
| Penalties |||
| Gilmour Rogerson Ramshaw Scott Crowson | 1–2 | Esquelin Caytan Sidler Luyten DeLavignette |
* Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Tomáš Holek (CZE)

##### Final

* 29 July 2016 17:30
| Germany | 4–3 | Netherlands |
| Harms 16' Hartkopf 20', 49' Schiffer 30' | Report | Schoenaker 24' De Vilder 59', 70' |
* Umpires: Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRE)

## 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 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 5 | +21 | 13 | Tournament Champion |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 12 | +13 | 8 | |
| | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 18 | 8 | +10 | 9 | |
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 11 | +3 | 8 | |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 14 | +6 | 9 | |
| 6 | Ireland (H) | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 16 | −2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Italy | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 25 | −15 | 4 | Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 8 | Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 40 | −36 | 0 | Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |

### Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.55 goals per match.
9 goals
* Jan Schiffer
6 goals
* Daniel de Haan
* Derck de Vilder
5 goals
* Cyril Freyling
* Boris Gougnard
* Raphael Hartkopf
* Álvaro Tello
4 goals
* Leopold Harms
* Eric Knobling
* Guy Sarratt
3 goals
* Euan Gilmour
* Evan Kimber
* Edward Way
* Pietro Lago
* Matthias Malucchi
* Teun Beins
* Jonas de Geus
* Sam Cortés
* Marc Recasens
2 goals
* Achille de Chaffoy
* Emil Devis
* Loïc Sidler
* James Oates
* Matthew Crookshanks
* Kyle Marshall
* Matthew Nelson
* Siem Schoenaker
* Alejandro Álvarez
* Jaume Torras
* Enrique Zorita
1 goal
* William Ghislain
* Mathieu Weyers
* Kryštof Bodnár
* Jakub Griebl
* Denis Tomes
* Jan Urbanec
* Thomas Crowson
* Matthew Ramshaw
* Lucas Ward
* Carl Blumensaat
* Fedor Bock
* Paul Dösch
* Teo Hinrichs
* Conor Empey
* David Jennings
* Harrison MacMahon
* Benjamin Walker
* Henry Foerster
* Nicola Missaglia
* Davide Paolacci
* Filippo Rubin
* Daan Dekker
* Samuel van Huiden
* Max Kuijpers
* Sam Martens
* Louis Schols
* César Curiel
* Xavier Gispert
* Gonzalo Quijano
Source: EHF