# 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 18th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in Valencia, Spain between 28 August and 3 September 2017.
The defending champions, the Netherlands won the tournament for the 9th time by defeating Belgium 5–3 in a shoot-out after the final finished in a 2–2 draw. The third-place match between Germany and Spain was cancelled due to illness.

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams qualified based on their final positions in the 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championships.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 20–26 July 2014 | 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship | Waterloo, Belgium | 6 | Netherlands Germany England Belgium Spain Austria |
| 13–19 July 2014 | 2014 EuroHockey Junior Championship II | Lousada, Portugal | 2 | Ireland Portugal |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results
### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 5 | +10 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | England | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 5 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 30 | −30 | 0 | |
* 28 August 2017 15:30
| England | 8–0 | Portugal |
| Calnan 3', 21', 33', 46', 47' D. Scott 23' Clee 34' P. Scott 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Luka Zupancic (AUT) Michael Pontus (BEL)
* 28 August 2017 20:00
| Netherlands | 3–3 | Spain |
| Burkhardt 15', 54' Beins 50' | Report | Cobos 17' García Alcalde 39' Miralles 49' |
* Umpires: Federico García (URU) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 30 August 2017 17:45
| England | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Calnan 24' D. Scott 43' | Report | Beins 8' Schoenaker 45' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 30 August 2017 20:00
| Spain | 12–0 | Portugal |
| Bordas 3', 18', 34', 48' Lara 11' Gispert 11', 58' García Alcalde 28' Cabot 49' Miralles 59' Basterra 59' Parrilla 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Rob Abbott (IRE) Luka Zupancic (AUT)
* 31 August 2017 18:00
| Netherlands | 10–0 | Portugal |
| M. De Vilder 4' Burkhardt 8', 14', 22', 33', 42', 48', 53' Pieters 49' Van Dam 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Abbott (IRE)
* 31 August 2017 20:00
| Spain | 2–2 | England |
| Escudé 8' Gispert 27' | Report | Calnan 14' Sorsby 48' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Michael Pontus (BEL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | |
* 28 August 2017 09:00
| Germany | 4–2 | Ireland |
| Bosserhoff 1' Schiffer 21' Rothländer 39' Prinz 43' | Report | Wolfe 14' Madeley 39' |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 28 August 2017 09:00
| Belgium | 5–1 | Austria |
| Stockbroekx 10', 20', 34' Capelle 47' Willems 54' | Report | Steyrer 43' |
* Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Rob Abbott (IRE)
* 30 August 2017 09:00
| Ireland | 4–4 | Austria |
| Dale 9', 56' O'Hare 13' Madeley 17' | Report | Wellan 14' Steyrer 20', 43' Binder 54' |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Pedro Santos (POR)
* 30 August 2017 11:15
| Belgium | 1–2 | Germany |
| Kina 28' | Report | Hartkopf 9' H. Müller 59' |
* Umpires: Federico García (URU) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
* 31 August 2017 11:15
| Germany | 4–0 | Austria |
| Große 23' Pfaff 36' Dösch 40' Werner 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Federico García (URU) Pedro Santos (POR)
* 31 August 2017 11:15
| Ireland | 1–3 | Belgium |
| Cole 44' | Report | Raes 8', 44' Lemaire 22' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 5 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | |
| 6 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 | 4 | |
| 7 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 13 | +3 | 4 | Relegation to Junior Championship II |
| 8 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 32 | −30 | 0 | Relegation to Junior Championship II |
* 2 September 2017 09:00
| Portugal | 0–13 | Austria |
| | Report | Puchhammer 2', 3', 4', 27' Binder 7', 53' Schippan 16', 19', 34', 47' Kaltenböck 25' Unterkircher 41' Wellan 58' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Rob Abbott (IRE)
* 2 September 2017 11:30
| England | 7–1 | Ireland |
| Calnan 2', 35', 47', 54' Page 15' Way 39' P. Scott 53' | Report | Grace 60' |
* Umpires: Federico García (URU) Luka Zupancic (AUT)
* 3 September 2017 09:15
| England | 1–0 | Austria |
| Sorsby 29' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Pedro Santos (POR)
* 3 September 2017 10:30
| Ireland | 11–2 | Portugal |
| Wolfe 3', 4' Mullins 20' Madeley 21', 33', 48', 48', 57' Empey 27' Cole 46' Dale 60' | Report | Basilio 22' Ribeiro 44' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 September 2017 | 2 September 2017 |
| Germany | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | 3 September 2017 | 3 September 2017 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 3 September 2017 | 3 September 2017 |
| Netherlands | 2 | Netherlands (s.o) | 2 (5) |
| 2 September 2017 | 2 September 2017 | | Netherlands (s.o) | 2 (5) |
| 2 September 2017 | 2 September 2017 | Belgium | 2 (3) |
| Spain | 0 | Belgium | 2 (3) |
| Belgium | 1 | | |
| Belgium | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 September 2017 | 3 September 2017 |
| | | Germany | 0 |
| | | Spain | 0 |

#### Semi-finals

* 2 September 2017 09:00
| Germany | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Michler 35' | Report | Schoenaker 23' Burkhardt 43' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Michael Pontus (BEL)
* 2 September 2017 17:30
| Spain | 0–1 | Belgium |
| | Report | Lemaire 37' |
* Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Pietro Galligani (ITA)

#### Third and fourth place

* 3 September 2017 11:30
| Germany | Cancelled | Spain |
| | Report Match cancelled due to illness. | |

#### Final

* 3 September 2017 17:30
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Schoenaker 7' Burkhardt 35' | Report | Lemaire 8' Stockbroekx 57' |
| Penalties |||
| Van Dam Bakker Van Heijningen Pieters Burkhardt | 5–3 | Stockbroekx Raes Lemaire Poncelet |
* Umpires: Federico García (URU) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | Belgium |
| | Germany |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Austria |
| 7 | Ireland |
| 8 | Portugal |
Relegated to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II

### Goalscorers

There were 118 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.9 goals per match.
11 goals
* Will Calnan
* Boris Burkhardt
7 goals
* Luke Madeley
4 goals
* Jakob Puchhammer
* Phillip Schippan
* Gregory Stockbroekx
* Manuel Bordas
3 goals
* Oliver Binder
* Florian Steyrer
* Alexis Lemaire
* Julian Dale
* Simon Wolfe
* Noud Schoenaker
* Xavi Gispert
2 goals
* Nikolas Wellan
* Henri Raes
* Peter Scott
* Tom Sorsby
* Geoffrey Cole
* Teun Beins
* Lucas Garcia Alcalde
* Marc Miralles
1 goal
* Peter Kaltenböck
* Fabian Unterkircher
* Louis Capelle
* Antoine Kina
* Tommy Willems
* Jack Clee
* Nick Page
* Edward Way
* Niklas Bosserhoff
* Paul Doesch
* Johannes Große
* Raphael Hartkopf
* Linus Michler
* Hannes Müller
* Lukas Pfaff
* Thies Prinz
* Moritz Rothländer
* Jan Schiffer
* Maximilian Werner
* Conor Empey
* Samuel Grace
* John Mullins
* Keith Ohare
* Thijs van Dam
* Terrance Pieters
* Morris de Vilder
* Joao Basilio
* Vasco Ribeiro
* José Basterra
* Javier Cabot
* Ignacio Cobos
* Marc Escudé
* Jan Lara
* Pol Parrilla
Source: FIH