# 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championship organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Prague, Czech Republic.
The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2022 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup.
Belarus won their second EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating France 1–0 in the final. Poland won the bronze medal by defeating Wales 4–1.

## Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 16–25 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 | Belarus (21) Russia (19) |
| 4–10 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 4 | Austria (31) Czech Republic (23) Poland (24) Wales (26) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Lipovci, Slovenia | 2 | France (28) Lithuania (34) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Umpires

The following nine umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:
* Clare Barwood (WAL)
* Elena Ozerskaia (BLR)
* Stepanka Smidova (CZE)
* Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)
* Kamilė Mockaitytė (LTU)
* Gema Calderon (ESP)
* Ines El Hajem (FRA)
* Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
* Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
* 15 August 2021 11:15
| Russia | 0–2 | Wales |
| | Report | Richards 29' Howell 39' |
* Umpires: Gema Calderon (ESP) Stepanka Smidova (CZE)
* 15 August 2021 13:30
| Poland | 2–0 | Lithuania |
| Rybacha 43' Zagajska 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Ines El Hajem (FRA)
* 16 August 2021 16:45
| Wales | 5–0 | Lithuania |
| Howell 10' Thorburn 11' Hoskins 36' Hughes 37', 60+' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
* 16 August 2021 19:00
| Poland | 2–2 | Russia |
| Rybacha 22' Katerla 32' | Report | Ovanesova 46' Khalimova 59' |
* Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Gema Calderon (ESP)
* 18 August 2021 12:15
| Russia | 5–0 | Lithuania |
| Kolpakova 26' Sadovaia 37' Khalimova 41', 60' Ovanesova 46' | Report | |
* Umpires: Stepanka Smidova (CZE) Ines El Hajem (FRA)
* 18 August 2021 14:30
| Wales | 1–3 | Poland |
| Howell 26' | Report | Rybacha 18', 41' Blaszyk 43' |
* Umpires: Kamile Mockaityte (LTU) Gema Calderon (ESP)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 9 | Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Semi-finals and 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
* 15 August 2021 15:45
| Belarus | 1–2 | France |
| Papkova 12' | Report | Arnaud 37' Lhopital 57' |
* Umpires: Kamile Mockaityte (LTU) Ksenia Zubareva (RUS)
* 15 August 2021 18:00
| Czech Republic | 2–2 | Austria |
| Mejzlíková 34' N. Nováková 48' | Report | Czech 11' Konrat 37' |
* Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Clare Barwood (WAL)
* 17 August 2021 16:45
| France | 1–0 | Austria |
| Verzura 5' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
* 17 August 2021 19:00
| Czech Republic | 1–3 | Belarus |
| Mejzlíková 33' | Report | Papkova 3' Filipovich 18' Batsiukova 30' |
* Umpires: Ines El Hajem (FRA) Clare Barwood (WAL)
* 18 August 2021 16:45
| Belarus | 2–2 | Austria |
| Papkova 22' Shtsin 59' | Report | Czech 24', 51' |
* Umpires: Nadine Schuschel (GER) Clare Barwood (WAL)
* 18 August 2021 19:00
| France | 1–0 | Czech Republic |
| Verrier 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ksenia Zubareva (RUS) Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL)

## 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 | Qualification |
| 5 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | +8 | 7 | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Czech Republic (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 5 | |
| 7 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | |
| 8 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | |
* 20 August 2021 10:15
| Lithuania | 0–3 | Czech Republic |
| | Report | Laciná 14' Lehovcová 34', 41' |
* Umpires: Ksenia Zubareva (RUS) Ines El Hajem (FRA)
* 20 August 2021 12:30
| Russia | 3–0 | Austria |
| Leonova 12' Makagonova 26' Ovanesova 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
* 21 August 2021 09:00
| Russia | 2–2 | Czech Republic |
| Sadovaia 23' Sartakova 37' | Report | N. Nováková 18' Mejzlíková 60' |
* Umpires: Kamile Mockaityte (LTU) Nadine Schuschel (GER)
* 21 August 2021 11:15
| Austria | 5–1 | Lithuania |
| Konrat 5' Herzog 11' Hruby 32' Czech 43' Laginja 47' | Report | Bartkuvienè 57' |
* Umpires: Stepanka Sidova (UKR) Clare Barwood (WAL)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 August | 20 August |
| Poland | 1 |
| Poland | 1 | 21 August | 21 August |
| Belarus | 5 | 21 August | 21 August |
| Belarus | 5 | Belarus | 1 |
| 20 August | 20 August | | Belarus | 1 |
| 20 August | 20 August | France | 0 |
| France | 2 | France | 0 |
| Wales | 1 | | |
| Wales | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 August | 21 August |
| | | Poland | 4 |
| | | Wales | 1 |

### Semi-finals

* 20 August 2021 14:45
| Poland | 1–5 | Belarus |
| Diurczak 60' | Report | Belavusava 44' Skryba 47' Kasabutskaya 52' Shtsin 56' Papkova 58' |
* Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Clare Barwood (WAL)
* 20 August 2021 17:00
| France | 2–1 | Wales |
| Brachet 34' Van der Zanden 41' | Report | Robinson 48' |
* Umpires: Gema Calderon (ESP) Nadine Schuschel (GER)

### Third place game

* 21 August 2021 13:45
| Poland | 4–1 | Wales |
| Zagajska 24' Rybacha 25' Wypijewska 29' Blaszyk 50' | Report | Laity 38' |
* Umpires: Lorijn de Kraker (NED) Ines el Hajem (FRA)

### Final

* 21 August 2021 16:00
| Belarus | 1–0 | France |
| Filipovich 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Céline Martin-Schmets (BEL) Gema Calderon (ESP)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Belarus | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | France | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Poland | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 4 | Wales | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 5 | Russia | 2022 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Czech Republic (H) | |
| 7 | Austria | |
| 8 | Lithuania | |

### Goalscorers

There were 70 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.5 goals per match.
5 goals
* Marlena Rybacha
4 goals
* Johanna Czech
* Krestsina Papkova
3 goals
* Tereza Mejzlíková
* Alina Khalimova
* Mariia Ovanesova
* Isabelle Howell
2 goals
* Ruth Konrat
* Yauheniya Filipovich
* Natallia Shtsin
* Adéla Lehovcová
* Natálie Nováková
* Wiktoria Blaszyk
* Magdalena Zagajska
* Bogdana Sadovaia
* Xenna Hughes
1 goal
* Helene Herzog
* Sabrina Hruby
* Marta Laginja
* Dziyana Batsiukova
* Darya Belavusava
* Ulyana Kasabutskaya
* Volha Skryba
* Kateřina Laciná
* Victoire Arnaud
* Julie Brachet
* Yohanna Lhopital
* Gabrielle Verrier
* Eve Verzura
* Emma van der Zanden
* Ramunė Bartkuvienè
* Karolina Diurczak
* Amelia Katerla
* Martyna Wypijewska
* Anastasia Kolpakova
* Aleksandra Leonova
* Ekaterina Makagonova
* Luliia Sartakova
* Olivia Hoskins
* Eloise Laity
* Phoebe Richards
* Sophie Robinson
* Sarah-Jayne Thorburn
Source: FIH