# 2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 14th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lille, France, from 20–26 July 2008.
Germany won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. England won the bronze medal, defeating Belarus 5–2 in the third place playoff.

## Participating nations

Alongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.
* Belarus
* Belgium
* England
* Germany
* Italy
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Spain

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 9 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Spain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | |
* 20 July 2008 17:00
| Germany | 3–2 | Belgium |
| Grambusch 9' Hahn 17' Wilde 19' | Report | Patriarche 3' Boon 27' |
* 20 July 2008 19:15
| Spain | 1–7 | Netherlands |
| Dabanch 19' | Report | Van Maasakker 8', 48' Van Male 21', 58' Dirkse van den Heuvel 28' Verbruggen 51' Van Soest 55' |
* 22 July 2008 17:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Germany |
| Dirkse van den Heuvel 38' Holman 61' | Report | Grambusch 12' |
* 22 July 2008 19:15
| Spain | 0–1 | Belgium |
| | Report | Donnet 29' |
* 23 July 2008 17:00
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Belgium |
| Holman 1', 29' Van der Pols 27' Vorstenbosch 40' Dirkse van den Heuvel 60', 65' | Report | |
* 23 July 2008 19:15
| Germany | 3–0 | Spain |
| Markert 22' Gilica 65' Otte 67' | Report | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | −6 | 3 | |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 1 | |
* 20 July 2008 09:00
| England | 5–0 | Lithuania |
| Bray 7', 14', 21' White 37' Newton 40' | Report | |
* 20 July 2008 11:15
| Italy | 2–2 | Belarus |
| Valabrega 13' Cucca 42' | Report | Mikheichik 8' Ambros 35' |
* 21 July 2008 17:00
| Belarus | 1–1 | England |
| Bahushevich 37' | Report | Long 58' |
* 21 July 2008 19:15
| Italy | 0–1 | Lithuania |
| | Report | Pauliukevičiūtė 5' |
* 23 July 2008 09:00
| Belarus | 2–0 | Lithuania |
| Tomal 46' Scharbakova 61' | Report | |
* 23 July 2008 11:15
| England | 6–0 | Italy |
| Hall 17' H. Brown 19' L. Brown 26' Page 30' Long 38' Gilbert 45' | Report | |

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

Points earned in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

##### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | +5 | 6 | |
| 2 | Lithuania | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | Relegated to 2012 EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
| 4 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 | Relegated to 2012 EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
* 25 July 2008 09:00
| Spain | 3–1 | Lithuania |
| Dabanch 21' De Beraza 30' Leirado 50' | Report | Dildaitė 47' |
* 25 July 2008 11:15
| Belgium | 1–1 | Italy |
| Coppey 27' | Report | Lombardi 34' |
* 26 July 2008 09:00
| Spain | 4–0 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* 26 July 2008 11:15
| Belgium | 1–2 | Lithuania |
| De Groof 16' | Report | Paulavičiūtė 44' Grubliauskaitė 67' |

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 July 2008 | 25 July 2008 |
| Netherlands | 6 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 26 July 2008 | 26 July 2008 |
| Belarus | 0 | 26 July 2008 | 26 July 2008 |
| Belarus | 0 | Netherlands | 1 |
| 25 July 2008 | 25 July 2008 | | Netherlands | 1 |
| 25 July 2008 | 25 July 2008 | Germany (a.e.t) | 2 |
| England | 1 | Germany (a.e.t) | 2 |
| Germany | 5 | | |
| Germany | 5 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 26 July 2008 | 26 July 2008 |
| | | Belarus | 2 |
| | | England | 5 |

##### Semi-finals

* 25 July 2008 17:00
| England | 1–5 | Germany |
| White 53' | Report | Frank 11' Wilde 32', 35' Otte 33' Grambusch 46' |
* 25 July 2008 19:30
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Belarus |
| Holman 14' Vebruggen 26' Dirkse van den Heuvel 45' Van Dooren 61' Groen 64' Van der Pols 66' | Report | |

##### Third and fourth place

* 26 July 2008 17:00
| Belarus | 2–5 | England |
| Zylianina 3' Tomal 7' | Report | Bray 40', 50', 69' Page 48' Brown 66' |

##### Final

* 26 July 2008 19:30
| Netherlands | 1–2 (a.e.t.) | Germany |
| Dirkse van den Heuvel 31' | Report | Hahn 13' Wilde 75' |