# 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

The 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the second edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 2 to 8 September 2007.
Wales won its first EuroHockey Nations Challenge I title and were promoted to the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Trophy together with the runners-up Poland. Switzerland defeated Slovakia to clinch the third place.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 5–11 September 2005 | 2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy | Baku, Azerbaijan | 2 | Poland Wales |
| 11–17 September 2005 | 2005 EuroHockey Challenge I | Prague, Czech Republic | 5 | Bulgaria Croatia Serbia Slovakia Switzerland Turkey |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Croatia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* 2 September 2007 17:30
| Wales | 5–3 | Switzerland |
* 3 September 2007 18:30
| Switzerland | 6–1 | Croatia |
* 5 September 2007 18:30
| Wales | 3–0 | Croatia |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 2 | +25 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 4 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Serbia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 1 | |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 23 | −21 | 1 | |
* 2 September 2007 13:30
| Poland | 14–0 | Turkey |
* 2 September 2007 15:30
| Slovakia | 8–0 | Serbia |
* 3 September 2007 14:30
| Poland | 10–0 | Serbia |
* 3 September 2007 16:30
| Slovakia | 8–1 | Turkey |
* 5 September 2007 14:30
| Serbia | 1–1 | Turkey |
* 5 September 2007 16:30
| Poland | 3–2 | Slovakia |

## Classification round
### Fifth to seventh place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Croatia (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 6 |
| 7 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | −2 | 1 |
| 6 | Serbia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 |
* 7 September 2007
| Croatia | 2–0 | Turkey |
* 8 September 2007
| Croatia | 7–0 | Serbia |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 7 September | 7 September |
| Wales | 4 |
| Wales | 4 | 8 September | 8 September |
| Slovakia | 1 | 8 September | 8 September |
| Slovakia | 1 | Wales (p.s.) | 2 (2) |
| 7 September | 7 September | | Wales (p.s.) | 2 (2) |
| 7 September | 7 September | Poland | 2 (0) |
| Poland | 5 | Poland | 2 (0) |
| Switzerland | 4 | | |
| Switzerland | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 8 September | 8 September |
| | | Switzerland | 1 |
| | | Slovakia | 0 |

#### Semi-finals

* 7 September 2007 16:30
| Poland | 5–4 | Switzerland |
* 7 September 2007 18:30
| Wales | 4–1 | Slovakia |

#### Third place game

* 8 September 2007 15:00
| Switzerland | 1–0 | Slovakia |

#### Final

* 8 September 2007 17:30
| Wales | 2–2 (a.e.t.) | Poland |
| Penalties |||
| | 2–0 | |

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Promotion |
| 1 | Wales | EuroHockey Nations Trophy |
| 2 | Poland | EuroHockey Nations Trophy |
| 3 | Switzerland | |
| 4 | Slovakia | |
| 5 | Croatia (H) | |
| 6 | Turkey | |
| 7 | Serbia | |