# 2002 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

The 2002 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 11th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international women's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.
The Netherlands won the tournament for the fifth time, defeating England 2–1 in the final. Germany won the bronze medal by defeating Scotland 2–0.

## Teams

Including the hosts, eight teams participated in the tournament.
* Belarus
* England
* Germany
* Lithuania
* Netherlands
* Ukraine
* Scotland
* Spain (Host nation)

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |
* 4 August 2002 09:00
| Germany | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Hartmann 69' | Report | Visser 21' Van Löben Sels 61' |
* Umpires: Mary Power (IRE) Mónica Rivera (ESP)
* 4 August 2002 11:00
| Spain | 3–0 | Lithuania |
| Romagosa 21', 43', 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Heather Smith (ENG) Stella Bartlema (NED)
* 6 August 2002 18:00
| Netherlands | 5–0 | Lithuania |
| | Report | |
* 6 August 2002 20:00
| Spain | 2–3 | Germany |
| Prat 52' 69' | Report | Beermann 8', 46' Stöckel 33' |
* 7 August 2002 18:00
| Germany | 5–0 | Lithuania |
| Beermann 7' Totzke 17' Achtmann 30' Kühn 55' Schütze 64' | Report | |
* 7 August 2002 20:00
| Netherlands | 4–1 | Spain |
| | Report | |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 1 | +8 | 9 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 0 | |
* 4 August 2002 18:00
| Scotland | 1–0 | Ukraine |
| | Report | |
* 4 August 2002 20:00
| England | 4–1 | Belarus |
| Walsh 39', 53' O'Donnell 55' Robertson 67' | Report | Piatrova 29' |
* Umpires: Leticia MacKinnon (SCO) Romas Chmeliauskas (LTU)
* 5 August 2002 18:00
| Ukraine | 0–3 | England |
| | Report | Walsh 8' Robertson 19', 69' |
* Umpires: Andrei Saroka (BLR) Mónica Rivera (ESP)
* 5 August 2002 20:00
| Scotland | 5–2 | Belarus |
| | Report | |
* 7 August 2002 09:00
| Ukraine | 0–2 | Belarus |
| | Report | |
* 7 August 2002 11:00
| England | 2–0 | Scotland |
| | Report | |

### Classification round

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| Spain | 7 |
| Spain | 7 | 10 August | 10 August |
| Ukraine | 0 | 10 August | 10 August |
| Ukraine | 0 | Spain (a.e.t) | 4 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Spain (a.e.t) | 4 |
| 9 August | 9 August | Belarus | 3 |
| Belarus | 1 | Belarus | 3 |
| Lithuania | 0 | | |
| Lithuania | 0 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 10 August | 10 August |
| | | Ukraine | 2 |
| | | Lithuania | 0 |

#### Crossover

* 9 August 2002 08:30
| Spain | 7–0 | Ukraine |
| | Report | |
* 9 August 2002 11:00
| Belarus | 1–0 | Lithuania |
| Halinouskaya 55' | Report | |
* Attendance: 200

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 10 August 2002 08:30
| Ukraine | 2–0 | Lithuania |
| | Report | |

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 10 August 2002 11:00
| Spain | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Belarus |
| Fàbregas 21', 24', 76' Termens 42' | Report | Shyntar 45' Halinouskaya 49', 67' |
* Attendance: 1,500

### Medal round

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 9 August | 9 August |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 10 August | 10 August |
| Scotland | 0 | 10 August | 10 August |
| Scotland | 0 | Netherlands | 2 |
| 9 August | 9 August | | Netherlands | 2 |
| 9 August | 9 August | England | 1 |
| England | 2 | England | 1 |
| Germany | 1 | | |
| Germany | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 10 August | 10 August |
| | | Scotland | 0 |
| | | Germany | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 9 August 2002 17:30
| Netherlands | 3–0 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
* 9 August 2002 20:00
| England | 2–1 | Germany |
| Panter 43' Gilliat-Smith 62' | Report | Beermann 49' |

#### Third and fourth place

* 10 August 2002 17:30
| Scotland | 0–2 | Germany |
| | Report | Kühn 19' Hoffmann 68' |
* Attendance: 800

#### Final

* 10 August 2002 20:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | England |
| Mulder 7' Padalino 58' | Report | Gilliat-Smith 30' |

## Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Status |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 15 | |
| | England | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 12 | |
| | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 9 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Belarus | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Ukraine | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | −11 | 3 | Relegated to EuroHockey Junior Championship II |
| 8 | Lithuania | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 16 | −16 | 0 | Relegated to EuroHockey Junior Championship II |

## Goalscorers

There were 74 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.
7 goals
* Miriam Fàbregas
4 goals
* Janine Beermann
* Alessia Padalino
* María Romagosa
3 goals
* Maryia Halinouskaya
* Volha Shyntar
* Catherine Gilliat-Smith
* Rachel Walsh
* Stéphanie van Löben Sels
* Louise Carroll
2 goals
* Yulia Piatrova
* Anne Panter
* Imogen Robertson
* Anke Kühn
* Naomi van As
* Carolien van Batenburg
* Maud Mulder
* Marta Prat
* Maryna Vynohradova
1 goal
* Anush Osipava
* Alexandra Danson
* Nicola O'Donnell
* Meike Achtmann
* Dinah Hartmann
* Eileen Hoffmann
* Tina Schütze
* Maike Stöckel
* Janina Totzke
* Marlieke van de Pas
* Emmelien Spek
* Claire Visser
* Elaine Brierley
* Victoria Bunce
* Anne Robertson
* Silvia Bonastre
* Raquel Huertas
* Bárbara Malda
* Esther Termens
Source: CEH