# 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III was the eighth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship III, the third tier of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 28 July until 3 August 2019 in Lipovci, Slovenia.
The finalists, France and Lithuania, were promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

## Teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in this tournament.
Gibraltar withdrew right before the competition started. This caused Hungary to be moved to pool B, replacing Gibraltar in all the games against the other teams in pool B. Pool A was left with the three remaining teams.
* Croatia (42)
* France (28)
* Gibraltar (–)
* Hungary (–)
* Lithuania (36)
* Slovakia (–)
* Slovenia (49)
* Switzerland (39)

## Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+1).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 1 | +17 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Croatia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Slovenia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 23 | −23 | 0 | Pool C |
* 28 July 2019 17:00
| France | 16–0 | Slovenia |
| Gaspari 2' Lhopital 10' Brachet 14', 21' Lecas 16', 29' van Bolhuis 20', 57' Vankemmel 28', 34', 36', 43', 55' Seillier 40', 50' Lardeur 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Noelia Blanco (ESP) Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS)
* 30 July 2019 18:00
| Croatia | 1–2 | France |
| Putric 48' | Report | van Bolhuis 7' Seillier 42' |
* Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)
* 31 July 2019 18:00
| Slovenia | 0–7 | Croatia |
| | Report | Čolić 12' Lagančić 22' Litvic 24' Makar 34' Putric 36', 56' Bahlen 41' |
* Umpires: Ellie Duffy (IRL) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Lithuania | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Hungary | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 25 | −24 | 0 | Pool C |
* 28 July 2019 12:30
| Lithuania | 2–0 | Slovakia |
| Kartanovic 34' Kukliene 49' | Report | |
* Umpires: Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL) Caroline Ellice (SCO)
* 28 July 2019 14:45
| Switzerland | 13–0 | Hungary |
| Stomps 9', 28', 36', 56', 57' El Allaly 13', 59' S. Wälti 13', 30' Thüring 20' Fontana 34' Triebold 35' Schwerzmann 47' | Report | |
* Umpires: Emma Shelbourn (ENG) Iva Marič (SLO)
* 29 July 2019 15:45
| Slovakia | 3–0 | Hungary |
| Pucherova 1' Chebenova 8' Čapová 35' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ellie Duffy (IRL) Caroline Ellice (SCO)
* 29 July 2019 18:00
| Switzerland | 1–3 | Lithuania |
| S. Wälti 32' | Report | Pumputytė 13' Jakovleva 35' Poskute 40' |
* Umpires: Iva Marič (SLO) Noelia Blanco (ESP)
* 31 July 2019 13:30
| Lithuania | 9–1 | Hungary |
| Jakovleva 13' Andriejūnaitė 15' Kukliene 25' Poskute 26', 38', 54' Pumputytė 42' Urbonavičiūtė 53' Adomaviciute 58' | Report | Ilkei 43' |
* Umpires: Caroline Ellice (SCO) Iva Marič (SLO)
* 31 July 2019 15:45
| Slovakia | 1–3 | Switzerland |
| Chebenova 20' | Report | Haussener 31' Thüring 41' Stomps 54' |
* Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL)

### Fifth to seventh place classification
#### Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round from the two teams in pool B against each other are taken over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 5 | Slovakia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 6 |
| 6 | Hungary | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Slovenia (H) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 0 |
* 2 August 2019 12:30
| Slovenia | 1–2 | Slovakia |
| Vegič 45' | Report | Čapová 19' Chebenova 30' |
* Umpires: Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL) Ellie Duffy (IRL)
* 3 August 2019 11:00
| Slovenia | 0–3 | Hungary |
| | Report | Ilkei 24' Guti 38' Bakk 42' |
* Umpires: Noelia Blanco (ESP) Caroline Ellice (SCO)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 August | 2 August |
| France | 4 |
| France | 4 | 3 August | 3 August |
| Switzerland | 0 | 3 August | 3 August |
| Switzerland | 0 | France | 4 |
| 2 August | 2 August | | France | 4 |
| 2 August | 2 August | Lithuania | 3 |
| Lithuania | 3 | Lithuania | 3 |
| Croatia | 0 | | |
| Croatia | 0 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 August | 3 August |
| | | Switzerland (s.o.) | 0 (2) |
| | | Croatia | 0 (1) |

#### Semi-finals

* 2 August 2019 14:45
| France | 4–0 | Switzerland |
| Simon 36' Vankemmel 42' Seillier 47' Lecas 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Caroline Ellice (SCO) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)
* 2 August 2019 17:00
| Lithuania | 3–0 | Croatia |
| Poskute 2' Kukliene 19' Pumputytė 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Noelia Blanco (ESP)

#### Third place game

* 3 August 2019 13:15
| Switzerland | 0–0 | Croatia |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Stomps E. Trösch Haussener T. Trösch Thoma | 2–1 | Makar Abramovic Litvic Bahlen Litvić |
* Umpires: Anastasia Bogolyubova (RUS) Ellie Duffy (IRL)

#### Final

* 3 August 2019 15:30
| France | 4–3 | Lithuania |
| Vankemmel 28' Simon 32' Lhopital 43' Brachet 45' | Report | Poskute 12' Jakovleva 19' Kartanovic 53' |
* Umpires: Mihaela Dimitrova (BUL) Emma Shelbourn (ENG)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | France |
| | Lithuania |
| | Switzerland |
| 4 | Croatia |
| 5 | Slovakia |
| 6 | Hungary |
| 7 | Slovenia |
Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

### Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 15 matches, for an average of 5.47 goals per match.
7 goals
* Victorine Vankemmel
6 goals
* Kristina Poškutė
* Sofie Stomps
4 goals
* Perrine Seillier
3 goals
* Tea Putric
* Guusje van Bolhuis
* Julie Brachet
* Elysee Lecas
* Samanta Jakovleva
* Dovilė Kuklienė
* Paulina Pumputytė
* Dominika Chebenova
* Stephanie Wälti
2 goals
* Yohanna Lhopital
* Marie Simon
* Nóra Ilkei
* Kotryna Kartanovic
* Vanessa Čapová
* Hasna El Allaly
* Clea Thüring
1 goal
* Ema Bahlen
* Ana Čolić
* Dora Lagančić
* Ivona Makar
* Una Litvic
* Delfina Gaspari
* Ines Lardeur
* Nikoletta Bakk
* Réka Guti
* Sandra Adomavičiūtė
* Kornelija Andriejūnaitė
* Karolina Urbonavičiūtė
* Barbora Pucherova
* Ana Vegič
* Sae Fontana
* Linda Haussener
* Martina Schwerzmann
* Raffaela Triebold
Source: FIH