# Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship

The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.
In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship.

## Competition format

The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.
Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.

## Championship I
### Results

Source:
| # | Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Teams | Results |
| # | Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Teams | Results |
| 1 | 1976 Details | Hamburg, West Germany | Netherlands | 2–0 | Spain | West Germany | 2–1 | Poland | 8 | |
| 2 | 1977 Details | Folkestone, England | West Germany | 4–3 | Netherlands | Spain | 1–0 | England | 8 | |
| 3 | 1978 Details | Dublin, Ireland | Netherlands | 6–2 | Ireland | West Germany | | France | 8 | |
| 4 | 1981 Details | Barcelona, Spain | West Germany | 2–1 | Belgium | Netherlands | 4–2 | Spain | 8 | |
| 5 | 1984 Details | Rome, Italy | West Germany | 3–2 | Netherlands | France | 2–1 | Belgium | 8 | |
| 6 | 1988 Details | Santander, Spain | West Germany | 3–0 | England | Netherlands | 2–1 | Spain | 8 | |
| 7 | 1992 Details | Vught, Netherlands | Netherlands | | Spain | Germany | | England | 8 | |
| 8 | 1996 Details | Vejle, Denmark | Netherlands | 3–2 | Germany | England | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–4 p.s.) | Spain | 8 | |
| 9 | 1998 Details | Poznań, Poland | Germany | 3–2 | England | Netherlands | 3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.) | Spain | 8 | |
| 10 | 2000 Details | Madrid, Spain | Spain | 4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.) | Germany | Netherlands | 7–2 | England | 8 | |
| 11 | 2002 Details | Lausanne, Switzerland | Netherlands | | Germany | Spain | | England | 8 | |
| 12 | 2004 Details | Nivelles, Belgium | Spain | | Germany | Netherlands | | England | 8 | |
| 13 | 2006 Details | Prague, Czech Republic | Netherlands | | Germany | Belgium | | Spain | 8 | |
| 14 | 2008 Details | San Sebastián, Spain | Spain | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands | Germany | 4–3 | Belgium | 8 |
| 15 | 2010 Details | Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland | Netherlands | 4–1 | Belgium | Germany | 4–3 | England | 8 |
| 16 | 2012 Details | 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Belgium | 2–2 (3–2 s.o.) | Netherlands | Germany | 8–0 | France | 8 |
| 17 | 2014 Details | Waterloo, Belgium | Netherlands | 5–2 | Germany | England | 1–1 (4–3 s.o.) | Belgium | 8 |
| 18 | 2017 Details | Valencia, Spain | Netherlands | 2–2 (5–3 s.o.) | Belgium | Germany | Match cancelled | Spain | 8 |
| 19 | 2019 Details | Valencia, Spain | Germany | 5–3 | England | Netherlands | 3–1 | Spain | 8 |
| 20 | 2022 Details | Ghent, Belgium | Netherlands | 3–1 | Germany | Belgium | 3–1 | Spain | 8 |
| 21 | 2024 Details | Terrassa, Spain | Spain | 3–1 | Netherlands | Belgium | 4–3 | Germany | 8 |

### Summary

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Netherlands | 10 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022) | 5 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*, 2024) | 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019) | |
| Germany | 6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) | 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2022) | 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017) | 1 (2024) |
| Spain | 4 (2000*, 2004, 2008*, 2024*) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1977, 2002) | 8 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*, 2022) |
| Belgium | 1 (2012) | 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) | 3 (2006, 2022*, 2024) | 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*) |
| England | | 3 (1988, 1998, 2019) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010) |
| Ireland | | 1 (1978*) | | |
| France | | | 1 (1984) | 2 (1978, 2012) |
| Poland | | | | 1 (1976) |
    * = hosts

### Team appearances

| Team | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | 1981 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | 2024 | Total |
| Austria | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | – | 7 |
| Belgium | 5th | – | 6th | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | 17 |
| Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | 8th | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| England | – | 4th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | 20 |
| France | 7th | – | 4th | 8th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 5th | 6th | 11 |
| Germany | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 21 |
| Gibraltar | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Italy | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Ireland | 6th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 7th | 9 |
| Netherlands | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 21 |
| Poland | 4th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | 9 |
| Portugal | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 2 |
| Russia | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – | 2 |
| Scotland | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | 10 |
| Soviet Union | – | 5th | 8th | 6th | – | 5th | – | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | Defunct | 4 |
| Spain | 2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | 20 |
| Switzerland | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 1 |
| Wales | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |

## Championship II
### Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Number of teams |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1998 Details | Padua, Italy | Ireland | | France | Italy | | Wales | 8 |
| 2000 Details | Vienna, Austria | Belgium | | Czech Republic | Switzerland | | Austria | 8 |
| 2002 Details | Cagliari, Italy | Poland | | Ireland | France | | Italy | 7 |
| 2004 Details | Lousada, Portugal | Czech Republic | | Russia | France | | Switzerland | 8 |
| 2006 Details | Gibraltar | Scotland | | Austria | France | | Wales | 8 |
| 2008 Details | Bra, Italy | Russia | | France | Belarus | | Italy | 10 |
| 2010 Details | Vienna, Austria | Scotland | | Wales | Austria | | Czech Republic | 8 |
| 2012 Details | Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy | Austria | 4–2 | Poland | Russia | 6–1 | Ukraine | 8 |
| 2014 Details | Lousada, Portugal | Ireland | Round-robin | Portugal | Scotland | Round-robin | Italy | 7 |
| 2017 Details | Saint Petersburg, Russia | France | 3–0 | Poland | Scotland | 4–3 | Czech Republic | 8 |
| 2019 Details | Plzeň, Czech Republic | Scotland | 9–0 | Russia | Ireland | 4–1 | Turkey | 8 |
| 2022 Details | Plzeň, Czech Republic | Ireland | Round-robin | Turkey | Wales | Round-robin | Poland | 6 |
| 2024 Details | Walcz, Poland | Austria | Round-robin | Poland | Italy | Round-robin | Ukraine | 6 |
| 2024 Details | Lausanne, Switzerland | Switzerland | Round-robin | Scotland | Czech Republic | Round-robin | Wales | 5 |

### Summary

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Scotland | 3 (2006, 2010, 2019) | 1 (2024) | 2 (2014, 2017) | |
| Ireland | 3 (1998, 2014, 2022) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2019) | |
| Austria | 2 (2012, 2024) | 1 (2006) | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2000*) |
| Poland | 1 (2002) | 3 (2012, 2017, 2024*) | | 1 (2022) |
| France | 1 (2017) | 2 (1998, 2008) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) | |
| Russia | 1 (2008) | 2 (2004, 2019) | 1 (2012) | |
| Czech Republic | 1 (2004) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2024) | 2 (2010, 2017) |
| Switzerland | 1 (2024*) | | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) |
| Belgium | 1 (2000) | | | |
| Wales | | 1 (2010) | 1 (2022) | 3 (1998, 2006, 2024) |
| Turkey | | 1 (2022) | | 1 (2019) |
| Portugal | | 1 (2014*) | | |
| Italy | | | 2 (1998*, 2024) | 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014) |
| Belarus | | | 1 (2008) | |
| Ukraine | | | | 2 (2012, 2024) |
    * = hosts

### Team appearances

| Team | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2017 | 2019 | 2022 | Total |
| Austria | – | 4th | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Azerbaijan | – | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Belarus | – | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 7th | – | 6th | DSQ | 5 |
| Belgium | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Croatia | – | – | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic | 5th | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 7th | 6th | 9 |
| Denmark | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| France | 2nd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | 6 |
| Gibraltar | 8th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ireland | 1st | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
| Italy | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11 |
| Poland | – | 6th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 4th | 5 |
| Portugal | 7th | – | 7th | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 8th | – | 6 |
| Russia | – | 8th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | – | 7 |
| Scotland | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | 5 |
| Switzerland | – | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 4 |
| Ukraine | – | 7th | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 6 |
| Wales | 4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 8 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | |

## Championship III
### Results

| Year | Host | Final | Final | Final | Third place match | Third place match | Third place match | Number of teams |
| Year | Host | Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | Number of teams |
| 1998 Details | Moscow, Russia | Russia | | Switzerland | Ukraine | | Belarus | 6 |
| 2000 Details | Porto, Portugal | Portugal | | Croatia | Denmark | | Gibraltar | 5 |
| 2002 Details | Elektrostal, Russia | Russia | | Belarus | Ukraine | | Azerbaijan | 5 |
| 2004 Details | Brest, Belarus | Austria | | Gibraltar | Ukraine | | Azerbaijan | 6 |
| 2006 Details | Bratislava, Slovakia | Ukraine | | Belarus | Azerbaijan | | Greece | 10 |
| 2010 Details | Athens, Greece | Switzerland | | Greece | Slovakia | | Bulgaria | 4 |
| 2012 Details | Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal | Round-robin | Turkey | Greece | Round-robin | Gibraltar | 6 |
| 2012 Details | Bratislava, Slovakia | Ireland | 14–0 | Slovakia | Lithuania | 4–3 | Bulgaria | 4 |
| 2014 Details | Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Turkey | Round-robin | Czech Republic | Slovakia | Round-robin | Azerbaijan | 6 |
| 2017 | Lucerne, Switzerland | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | Cancelled | |
| 2019 Details | Vilnius, Lithuania | Wales | 4–3 | Ukraine | Lithuania | Only three teams | Only three teams | 3 |
| 2022 Details | Helsinki, Finland | Switzerland | 3–2 | Ukraine | Lithuania | 12–2 | Finland | 4 |

### Summary

| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
| Switzerland | 2 (2010, 2022) | 1 (1998) | | |
| Portugal | 2 (2000*, 2012 A*) | | | |
| Russia | 2 (1998*, 2002*) | | | |
| Ukraine | 1 (2006) | 2 (2019, 2022) | 3 (1998, 2002, 2004) | |
| Turkey | 1 (2014) | 1 (2012 A) | | |
| Austria | 1 (2004) | | | |
| Ireland | 1 (2012 B) | | | |
| Wales | 1 (2019) | | | |
| Belarus | | 2 (2002, 2006) | | 1 (1998) |
| Slovakia | | 1 (2012 B*) | 2 (2010, 2014) | |
| Greece | | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2012 A) | 1 (2006) |
| Gibraltar | | 1 (2004) | | 2 (2000, 2012 A) |
| Croatia | | 1 (2000) | | |
| Czech Republic | | 1 (2014*) | | |
| Lithuania | | | 3 (2012 B, 2019*, 2022) | |
| Azerbaijan | | | 1 (2006) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2014) |
| Denmark | | | 1 (2000) | |
| Bulgaria | | | | 2 (2010, 2012 B) |
| Finland | | | | 1 (2022*) |
    * = hosts

### Team appearances

| Team | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2010 | 2012 A | 2012 B | 2014 | 2019 | 2022 | Total |
| Austria | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Azerbaijan | – | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | – | 5th | – | 4th | – | – | 5 |
| Belarus | 4th | – | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Bulgaria | 5th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | – | – | – | 4 |
| Croatia | – | 2nd | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Cyprus | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Czech Republic | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 1 |
| Denmark | – | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Finland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
| Georgia | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Gibraltar | – | 4th | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | – | 5th | – | WD | 4 |
| Greece | – | 5th | 5th | – | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Ireland | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| Lithuania | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
| Portugal | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | WD | 2 |
| Romania | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Russia | 1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Slovakia | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | – | 2nd | 3rd | – | WD | 4 |
| Switzerland | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | 3 |
| Turkey | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | – | 4 |
| Ukraine | 3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 6 |
| Wales | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 | |