# 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 8th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Cambrai, France. The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship, with the winner France and runner-up Russia qualifying.
The hosts France won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Russia 4–0 in the final. Austria won the bronze medal by defeating Poland 4–1.

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 19–27 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 2 | Austria (19) Poland (22) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 4 | France (13) Russia (23) Ukraine (27) Czech Republic (30) |
| 30 July – 5 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship III | Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia | 2 | Belarus (33) Italy (26) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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 Championship III.

## Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | −6 | 0 | Pool C |
* 28 July 2019 12:15
| Russia | 3–1 | Italy |
| Khairullin 37' Kuraev 42' Sobolevskiy 57' | Report | Nunez 33' |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Tomas Holek (CZE)
* 28 July 2019 14:30
| Austria | 2–0 | Ukraine |
| A. Bele 3' Körper 44' | Report | |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* 29 July 2019 16:45
| Ukraine | 3–5 | Italy |
| Kovalenko 14' Polishchuk 54', 58' | Report | Dallons 8' Nunez 14', 16' Blom 26' Lago 49' |
* Umpires: Tomas Holek (CZE) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)
* 29 July 2019 19:00
| Russia | 2–2 | Austria |
| Skiperskiy 26' Golubev 47' | Report | A. Bele 22' Unterkircher 40' |
* Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
* 31 July 2019 12:15
| Austria | 2–0 | Italy |
| Thörnblom 23' Körper 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Diego Estebanez (ESP)
* 31 July 2019 14:30
| Ukraine | 3–5 | Russia |
| Paziuk 5' Polishchuk 48' Koshelenko 58' | Report | Lepshkin 13', 47' Khairullin 14' Sobolevskiy 52' Arusiia 58' |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 2 | Pool C |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | −6 | 1 | Pool C |
* 28 July 2019 16:45
| Poland | 4–0 | Belarus |
| Kasprzyk 22' Janiszewski 23', 52' Hulbój 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Diego Estebanez (ESP) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
* 28 July 2019 19:00
| France | 7–0 | Czech Republic |
| H. Genestet 3' Charlet 8' Lockwood 25', 41', 53' Branicki 42' Rogeau 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)
* 30 July 2019 16:45
| Czech Republic | 1–1 | Belarus |
| Seeman 57' | Report | Mikheichyk 52' |
* Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
* 30 July 2019 19:00
| Poland | 1–2 | France |
| Kurowski 15' | Report | Martin-Brisac 37' Masson 45' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Dave Dowdall (ENG)
* 31 July 2019 16:45
| Czech Republic | 0–0 | Poland |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Maksym Perpelytsya (UKR) Anton Kochin (RUS)
* 31 July 2019 19:00
| France | 3–1 | Belarus |
| Ponthieu 13' Lockwood 22', 38' | Report | Belavusau 48' |
* Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

### 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 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 6 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 2 | EuroHockey Championship III |
| 8 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | EuroHockey Championship III |
* 2 August 2019 10:15
| Ukraine | 1–0 | Belarus |
| Onofriiuk 43' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Tomas Holek (CZE)
* 2 August 2019 12:30
| Italy | 1–1 | Czech Republic |
| Dallons 3' | Report | Plochý 27' |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Maksym Perpelytsya (UKR)
* 3 August 2019 10:15
| Italy | 3–2 | Belarus |
| Dallons 3' Nunez 14' Montone 41' | Report | Lutsevich 14' Krysiuk 41' |
* Umpires: Xavier Frenart (FRA) Maksym Tsimashkou (UKR)
* 3 August 2019 12:30
| Czech Republic | 1–6 | Ukraine |
| Bodnár 36' | Report | Koshelenko 18', 39', 43', 53' Shevchuk 40' Polishchuk 55' |
* Umpires: Sébestien Michielsen (BEL) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 August | 2 August |
| Russia | 2 |
| Russia | 2 | 3 August | 3 August |
| Poland | 0 | 3 August | 3 August |
| Poland | 0 | Russia | 0 |
| 2 August | 2 August | | Russia | 0 |
| 2 August | 2 August | France | 4 |
| France (s.o.) | 1 (4) | France | 4 |
| Austria | 1 (3) | | |
| Austria | 1 (3) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 August | 3 August |
| | | Poland | 1 |
| | | Austria | 4 |

#### Semi-finals

* 2 August 2019 14:45
| Russia | 2–0 | Poland |
| Khairullin 15' Proskuriakov 32' | Report | |
* Umpires: Diego Estebanez (ESP) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 2 August 2019 17:00
| France | 1–1 | Austria |
| Rogeau 55' | Report | Körper 43' |
| Penalties |||
| Lockwood Tynevez Van Straaten Dumont Genestet Lockwood Tynevez | 4–3 | B. Stanzl Unterkircher Fröhlich Uher Thörnblom Unterkircher B. Stanzl |
* Umpires: Dave Dowdall (ENG) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 3 August 2019 14:45
| Poland | 1–4 | Austria |
| Krokosz 49' | Report | A. Bele 26' Steyrer 28' B. Stanzl 43' Schmidt 45' |
* Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Tomas Holek (CZE)

#### Final

* 3 August 2019 17:00
| Russia | 0–4 | France |
| | Report | Lockwood 23', 47' Tynevez 23' Ponthieu 47' |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Russia |
| | Austria |
| 4 | Poland |
| 5 | Italy |
| 6 | Ukraine |
| 7 | Czech Republic |
| 8 | Belarus |
Qualified for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

### Goalscorers

There were 76 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.8 goals per match.
7 goals
* Viktor Lockwood
5 goals
* Andrii Koshelenko
4 goals
* Agustin Nunez
3 goals
* Alexander Bele
* Michael Körper
* Julien Dallons
* Marat Khairullin
* Oleh Polishchuk
2 goals
* Theophile Ponthieu
* Blaise Rogeau
* Maciej Janiszewski
* Sergey Lepeshkin
* Alexey Sobolevskiy
1 goal
* Bernhard Schmidt
* Benjamin Stanzl
* Florian Steyrer
* Leon Thörnblom
* Fabian Unterkircher
* Uladzislau Belavusau
* Illia Krysiuk
* Ivan Lutsevich
* Yauheni Mikheichyk
* Kryštof Bodnár
* Lukáš Plochý
* Martin Seeman
* Maximilien Branicki
* Simon Martin Brisac
* Victor Charlet
* Hugo Genestet
* Charles Masson
* Etienne Tynevez
* Fabio Blom
* Pietro Lago
* Julian Montone
* Mateusz Hulbój
* Michał Kasprzyk
* Adrian Krokosz
* Jacek Kurowski
* Georgii Arusiia
* Pavel Golubev
* Andrey Kuraev
* Mikhail Proskuriakov
* Alexander Skiperskiy
* Bohdan Kovalenko
* Maksym Onofriiuk
* Viacheslav Paziuk
* Oleh Polishchuk
* Vitalii Shevchuk
Source: FIH