# 2023 Girls' EuroHockey U18 Championship

The 2023 Girl's EuroHockey U18 Championship was the 12th edition of the Girls' EuroHockey U18 Championship. It will be held from 8 to 16 July 2023 in Krefeld, Germany at the Crefelder Hockey and Tennis Club 1890.
Germany is the current champion.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 19–24 July 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey U18 Championship | Valencia, Spain | 7 | Belgium England Germany Ireland Netherlands Russia Scotland Spain |
| 18–24 July 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey U18 Championship II | Zürich, Switzerland | 2 | Austria France |
| Total | Total | Total | 9 | |

## Format

The nine teams will be split into two groups of five and four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams of each pool will compete for a spot in the 7th place game, whilst the fourth-placed team in pool A will automatically move onto this game. The third placed teams in each pool will compete for the 5th place. The last two teams will be relegated to the Youth Championship II.

## Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Belgium | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 2 | +11 | 10 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany (H) | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 1 | +10 | 10 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 3 | France | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 4 | |
| 4 | Ireland (R) | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 3 | Relegation to the U18 Championship II |
| 5 | Scotland (R) | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | Relegation to the U18 Championship II |
* 8 July 2023 12:15
| Belgium | 3–1 | Scotland |
| Delva 21' Bertram 49' Moors 56' | Report | Nelli 4' |
* Umpires: Francesc Tormo (ESP) Miriam Gerö (AUT)
* 8 July 2023 16:45
| France | 3–1 | Ireland |
| Delemazure 10' Le Nindre 54' Samaté 60' | Report | Fulton 60' |
* Umpires: Lewis White (SCO) Zoe Hall (ENG)
* 9 July 2023 13:45
| Belgium | 5–1 | Ireland |
| Palfliet 7' Delva 24' van Hecke 40' Denef 44' Dewaet 52' | Report | Carthy 5' |
* Umpires: Amar Chudasama (ENG) Clare Barwood (WAL)
* 9 July 2023 18:30
| Germany | 4–0 | Scotland |
| Keller 14', 17' Boehringer 19' Heusgen 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Gary O'Connor (IRL)
* 10 July 2023 15:30
| France | 0–5 | Germany |
| | Report | Seifert 21' Boehringer 32' Funkel 34' Hachenberg 50' Seidel 58' |
* Umpires: Bernhard Hajos (AUT) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
* 11 July 2023 13:30
| Ireland | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Power 28' Jerman 29' | Report | Le. MacMillan 33' |
* Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Alexandra Pollex (GER)
* 12 July 2023 13:15
| Scotland | 1–1 | France |
| Le. Macmillan 53' | Report | Le Nindre 24' |
* Umpires: Amy Jones (IRL) Raphaël Adrien (GER)
* 12 July 2023 15:30
| Belgium | 0–0 | Germany |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Francesc Tormo (ESP)
* 13 July 2023 17:45
| Germany | 2–1 | Ireland |
| Krings 28' Becker 59' | Report | Power 59' |
* Umpires: Amar Chudasama (ENG) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
* 13 July 2023 18:00
| France | 0–5 | Belgium |
| | Report | Delva 5' Denef 25', 57' de Clerck 29' Delhalle 59' |
* Umpires: Alexandra Pollex (GER) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 6 | Qualification for the semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 6 | |
| 4 | Austria (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 24 | −24 | 0 | Relegation to the U18 Championship II |
* 10 July 2023 11:00
| Netherlands | 1–0 | England |
| Luttge 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ana Ortega (ESP) Lucien van der Borght (BEL)
* 10 July 2023 13:30
| Spain | 10–0 | Austria |
| Vilanova 4', 47' Fernández 12' Armenteras 26' Marti 33' Monterrubio 41' Garcia 51' Zubizarreta 52', 54' Perez 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Amy Jones (IRL) Daniël van der Nat (NED)
* 11 July 2023 11:00
| Austria | 0–9 | England |
| | Report | Dunn 4', 50' Cogdell 24' Bingham 30' Alexander 33' Hippe 53' Rees 56' Beer 58' Horlock 58' |
* Umpires: Daniël van der Nat (NED) Ana Ortega (ESP)
* 11 July 2023 13:15
| Netherlands | 0–1 | Spain |
| | Report | Fernández 35' |
* Umpires: Kevin Roberts (WAL) Lena McCrae (SCO)
* 13 July 2023 13:15
| Spain | 1–2 | England |
| Saenz 40' | Report | Rees 7' Beer 57' |
* Umpires: Clare Barwood (WAL) Miriam Gerö (AUT)
* 13 July 2023 13:30
| Austria | 0–5 | Netherlands |
| | Report | de Kemp 2', 28' Rodenburg 34' Luttge 42' Dominicus 43' |
* Umpires: Lena McCrae (SCO) Lucien van der Borght (BEL)

## Seventh to ninth place classification
### Bracket

| Cross-over | Cross-over | seventh place | seventh place |
| | | 16 July | 16 July |
| | | Ireland | 0 |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Ireland | 0 |
| 15 July | 15 July | Scotland | 2 |
| Scotland (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | Scotland | 2 |
| Austria | 1 (2) | | |

### Cross-over

* 15 July 2023 12:30
| Scotland | 1–1 | Austria |
| Le. MacMillan 57' | Report | P. Proksch 53' |
| Penalties |||
| Nelli Le. MacMillan Littlefield Lu. MacMillan Wadsworth | 3–2 | P. Proksch K. Proksch Cartellieri Damm Heindl |
* Umpires: Gary O'Connor (IRL) Alexandra Pollex (GER)

### Seventh and eighth place

* 16 July 2023 13:30
| Ireland | 0–2 | Scotland |
| | Report | Lu. MacMillan 19' Falconer 40' |
* Umpires: Ana Ortega (ESP) Alexandra Pollex (GER)

## Fifth and sixth place game

* 16 July 2023 14:45
| France | 0–8 | Netherlands |
| | Report | van den Heuvel 1' Smorenburg 12' van den Broek 13' Brouwer 26', 31', 39', 48' Knoop 35' |
* Umpires: Clare Barwood (WAL) Lena McCrae (SCO)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 15 July | 15 July |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 | 14 July | 14 July |
| England | 1 | 14 July | 14 July |
| England | 1 | Belgium | 0 (2) |
| 15 July | 15 July | | Belgium | 0 (2) |
| 15 July | 15 July | Germany (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) |
| Spain | 1 | Germany (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) |
| Germany | 2 | | |
| Germany | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 14 July | 14 July |
| | | England | 0 |
| | | Spain | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* 15 July 2023 14:00
| Belgium | 3–1 | England |
| Bertram 18' de Clerck 32', 41' | Report | Moore 35' |
* Umpires: Francsec Tormo (ESP) Ana Ortega (ESP)
* 15 July 2023 16:15
| Spain | 1–2 | Germany |
| Saenz 53' | Report | Montag 21' Krings 55' |
* Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Zoe Hall (ENG)

### Third place game

* 16 July 2023 12:15
| England | 0–1 | Spain |
| | Report | Armenteras 44' |
* Umpires: Amy Jones (IRL) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

### Final

* 16 July 2023 16:45
| Belgium | 0–0 | Germany |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Dewaet Delva Balon-Perin Verschuere Delhalle | 2–3 | Boehringer Funkel Heusgen Hendrix |
* Umpires: Miriam Gerö (AUT) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Relegation |
| 1 | Germany (C, H) | |
| 2 | Belgium | |
| 3 | Spain | |
| 4 | England | |
| 5 | Netherlands | |
| 6 | France | |
| 7 | Scotland (R) | U18 Championship II |
| 8 | Ireland (R) | U18 Championship II |
| 9 | Austria (R) | U18 Championship II |

## Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.
4 goals
* Anouk Brouwer
3 goals
* Perinne de Clerck
* Hélène Delva
* Lisl Denef
* Lexie MacMillan
2 goals
* Lily Beer
* Sienna Dunn
* Amelie Rees
* Paola Le Nindre
* Julia Boehringer
* Lena Keller
* Lynn Krings
* Friederike Seifert
* Mikayla Power
* Iris de Kemp
* Dymph Luttge
* Julie Smorenburg
* Marta Armenteras
* Carmen Fernandez
* Teresa Saenz
* Natalia Vilanova
* Leire Zubizarreta
1 goal
* Philippa Proksch
* Elise Bertram
* Maxine Bertram
* Chloé Delhalle
* Louise Dewaet
* Lisa Moors
* Mien Palfliet
* Louise Van Hecke
* Katie Alexander
* Charlotte Bingham
* Anna Cogdell
* Josefina Hippe
* Star Horlock
* Mia Moore
* Philippine Delemazure
* Emilie Samaté
* Katharina Becker
* Giulia Funkel
* Johanna Hachenberg
* Mia Montag
* Carolin Seidel
* Rebecca Carthy
* Milla Fulton
* Amelia Jerman
* Delany van den Broek
* Iris Dominicus
* Maud van den Heuvel
* Noor Knoop
* Cara Falconer
* Lucy Macmillan
* Caterina Nelli
* Ines Garcia
* Ivet Marti
* Daniela Monterrubio
* Gabriela Perez
Source: EHF