# 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III was the ninth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 to 7 August 2021 at HC Lipovci in Lipovci, Slovenia.
Ukraine won their first EuroHockey Championship III title by defeating Switzerland 2–1 in the final. Turkey won the bronze medal by defeating Croatia 3–0.

## Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 4–10 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | Turkey (32) Ukraine (27) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Lipovci, Slovenia | 4 | Croatia (43) Hungary Slovakia (50) Slovenia (48) Switzerland (38) |
| 26 March 2020 | New entry | — | 1 | Finland (–) Portugal |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

## Umpires

The following eight umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:
* Fiona Davitt (IRL)
* Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
* Serap Kara (TUR)
* Thalia Bellemans (BEL)
* Nadine Schuschel (GER)
* Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
* Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR)
* Manouk Bakker (NED)

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | +24 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Slovenia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20 | −20 | 0 | |
* 2 August 2021 12:30
| Ukraine | 14–0 | Slovenia |
| Shevchenko 3', 7', 24', 36', 55' Kernoz 23' Leonova 26', 46', 49', 55' O. Kurovska 30', 37' Ponomarenko 45' Honcharenko 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Manouk Bakker (NED)
* 3 August 2021 17:00
| Croatia | 0–10 | Ukraine |
| | Report | Shevchenko 1', 28', 45' Voievoda 14', 28' Moroz 20' Leonova 32' Shokalenko 43' A. Kurovska 47' Rudychenko 60' |
* Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Nadine Schuschel (GER)
* 4 August 2021 17:00
| Slovenia | 0–6 | Croatia |
| | Report | Hrupec 34', 40', 52' Litvic 34' Lagančić 44' Nizek 58' |
* Umpires: Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | +14 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 3 | |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 22 | −21 | 0 | |
* 1 August 2021 12:30
| Turkey | 9–0 | Slovakia |
| Gültekin 7', 23', 26', 40', 58' Kurt 12' Paksoy 38' Oymak 40' Çelik 48' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR)
* 1 August 2021 14:45
| Switzerland | 1–0 | Portugal |
| E. Trösch 25' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Serap Kara (TUR)
* 2 August 2021 14:45
| Slovakia | 1–6 | Portugal |
| Vyskoçová 43' | Report | Fidalgo 1' Bruce 11', 30' Ledesma 12', 33', 39' |
* Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Fiona Davitt (IRL)
* 2 August 2021 17:00
| Switzerland | 3–2 | Turkey |
| Stomps 12' E. Trösch 16' Pöhler 56' | Report | Gültekin 4', 40' |
* Umpires: Lizelotte Wolter (NED) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
* 4 August 2021 12:30
| Turkey | 6–0 | Portugal |
| Gültekin 15', 16', 29', 38' Bahçivan 36' Güzelal 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Thalia Bellemans (BEL) Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
* 4 August 2021 14:45
| Slovakia | 0–7 | Switzerland |
| | Report | T. Trösch 6' Pöhler 32' Thoma 39' Zimmermann 42', 43' Weber 46' Stomps 48' |
* Umpires: Serap Kara (TUR) Fiona Davitt (IRL)

## Fifth to seventh 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 |
| 5 | Portugal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 6 |
| 6 | Slovakia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 3 |
| 7 | Slovenia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | −10 | 0 |
* 6 August 2021 11:30
| Slovenia | 0–6 | Portugal |
| | Report | Sousa 5' Fidalgo 41' Ledesma 45' Nunes 48' I. Oliveira 55' F. Oliveira 59' |
* Umpires: Pauline Cuypers (BEL) Manouk Bakker (NED)
* 7 August 2021 10:15
| Slovenia | 0–4 | Slovakia |
| | Report | Čapová 2' Vyskočová 22' Zavodska 30' Fondrkova 56' |
* Umpires: Yelizaveta Yakovenko (UKR) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 6 August | 6 August |
| Ukraine | 3 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Turkey | 1 | 7 August | 7 August |
| Turkey | 1 | Ukraine | 2 |
| 6 August | 6 August | | Ukraine | 2 |
| 6 August | 6 August | Switzerland | 1 |
| Switzerland | 4 | Switzerland | 1 |
| Croatia | 0 | | |
| Croatia | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 7 August | 7 August |
| | | Turkey | 3 |
| | | Croatia | 0 |

### Semi-finals

* 6 August 2021 13:45
| Ukraine | 3–1 | Turkey |
| Kernoz 15' Leonova 32' Ponomarenko 57' | Report | Taşkiran 54' |
* Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
* 6 August 2021 16:00
| Switzerland | 4–0 | Croatia |
| Müller 19' Stomps 45' Zimmermann 48' Zbinden 54' | Report | |
* Umpires: Serap Kara (TUR) Thalia Bellemans (BEL)

### Third place game

* 7 August 2021 12:45
| Turkey | 3–0 | Croatia |
| Gültekin 20', 33' Esen 22' | Report | |
* Umpires: Manouk Bakker (NED) Fiona Davitt (IRL)

### Final

* 7 August 2021 15:00
| Ukraine | 2–1 | Switzerland |
| Kernoz 1' Shevchenko 40' | Report | Thoma 57' |
* Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Lizelotte Wolter (NED)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Ukraine |
| | Switzerland |
| | Turkey |
| 4 | Croatia |
| 5 | Portugal |
| 6 | Slovakia |
| 7 | Slovenia |
Qualified for the Women's EuroHockey Championship II

### Goalscorers

There were 89 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.93 goals per match.
13 goals
* Fatma Songül Gültekin
9 goals
* Yuliia Shevchenko
6 goals
* Karyna Leonova
4 goals
* Mariana Ledesma
3 goals
* Petra Hrupec
* Sofie Stomps
* Carina Zimmermann
* Yevheniya Kernoz
2 goals
* Sónia Bruce
* Claudia Fidalgo
* Karolína Vyskočová
* Nele Pöhler
* Janice Thoma
* Elena Trösch
* Olha Kurovska
* Oksana Ponomarenko
* Anastasiia Voievoda
1 goal
* Dora Lagančić
* Una Litvic
* Lucija Nizek
* Daniela Nunes
* Flávia Oliveira
* Irina Oliveira
* Katarina Sousa
* Natalia Fondrkova
* Dominika Zavodska
* Venessa Čapová
* Ria Müller
* Tamara Trösch
* Stephanie Weber
* Sara Zbinden
* Emine Bahçivan
* Ayla Esen
* Kübra Güzelal
* Sudenur Kurt
* Meryem Oymak
* Gülcan Paksoy
* İlayda Taşkiran
* Yeter Çelik
* Olha Honcharenko
* Anna Kurovska
* Yevheniia Moroz
* Valeriia Rudychenko
* Kateryna Shokalenko
Source: FIH