# 2018 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships

The 2018 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 10th edition of the Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships. It will be held from 15 to 21 July 2018 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Sports Complex.

## Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship:
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| – | Host | Host | 1 | Spain |
| 24–30 July 2016 | 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship | Cork, Ireland | 5 | Belgium England Germany Ireland Netherlands |
| 24–30 July 2016 | 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | Belarus France |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the Youth Championship II.

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | +14 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Spain (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 | |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | |
* 15 July 2018 14:30
| Belgium | 4–1 | France |
| Van Dieren 33' Blockmans 34' Ballenghien 36', 49' | Report | Isoré 15' |
* Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Volha Matusevich (BLR)
* 15 July 2018 17:45
| Netherlands | 4–0 | Spain |
| Van der Veldt 4' Omrani 13' Benninga 25' De Baat 27' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ilaria Amorosini (ITA) Teresa Lipsky (GER)
* 17 July 2018 15:30
| Belgium | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Van der Veerdonk 29' Omrani 34' |
* Umpires: Rebecca Woodcock (ENG) Teresa Lipsky (GER)
* 17 July 2018 17:45
| Spain | 6–1 | France |
| S. Barrios 9', 29', 37', 53' Monslave 20' Bosch 60' | Report | Van Bolhuis 50' |
* Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Ellie Duffy (IRE)
* 18 July 2018 15:30
| Netherlands | 8–0 | France |
| Van der Veldt 14', 36' Tukkers 33', 39' Fokke 51' Benninga 56' Rozemeijer 58' Beetsma 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ilaria Amorosini (ITA) Ellie Duffy (IRE)
* 18 July 2018 17:45
| Spain | 3–4 | Belgium |
| Santacruz 26' S. Barrios 44' L. Barrios 47' | Report | Duquesne 14' Blockmans 56' Van Bauwel 36' Englebert 44' |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazoz (ESP) Teresa Lipsky (GER)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | Semifinals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Semifinals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 15 | −13 | 0 | |
* 15 July 2018 09:45
| Germany | 2–1 | Ireland |
| Kurz 20', 28' | Report | O'Brien 17' |
* Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Victoria Pazoz (PAR)
* 15 July 2018 12:00
| England | 4–0 | Belarus |
| Greenwood 17', 49' Bourne 28' McCabe 31' | Report | |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Maartje de Bruijn (NED)
* 16 July 2018 13:15
| Ireland | 3–1 | Belarus |
| Benallal 14' Kelly 30' Pratt 54' | Report | Batsiukova 2' |
* Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)
* 16 July 2018 15:30
| England | 1–3 | Germany |
| Hamilton 55' | Report | Sippel 32' Nolte 36' Mandel 38' |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Victoria Pazoz (PAR)
* 18 July 2018 12:30
| Germany | 8–1 | Belarus |
| Sippel 3', 32', 51' Kurz 14' Hofmeister 25', 58' Nolte 44', 60' | Report | Dzmitryievich 54' |
* Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)
* 18 July 2018 14:45
| Ireland | 0–4 | England |
| | Report | Redgrove 6' Hamilton 30' Greenwood 36', 39' |
* Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Volha Matusevich (BLR)

### 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 | Relegation |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | |
| 2 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 3 | Relegated to Youth Championship II |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 12 | −8 | 0 | Relegated to Youth Championship II |
* 20 July 2018 10:15
| France | 0–1 | Belarus |
| | Report | Mihunova 44' |
* Umpires: Ellie Duffy (IRL) Teresa Lipsky (GER)
* 20 July 2018 16:50
| Spain | 4–1 | Ireland |
| L. Barrios 11' Strappato 14' S. Barrios 44', 47' | Report | Perdue 54' |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazoz (PAR) Volha Matusevich (BLR)
* 21 July 2018 16:45
| Spain | 4–0 | Belarus |
| L. Barrios 11' Strappato 26', 38', 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Maartje de Bruijn (NED) Ellie Duffy (IRL)
* 21 July 2018 18:45
| Ireland | 5–3 | France |
| Pratt 9' Benallal 24', 40' Twomey 32', 35' | Report | De Vries 26' La Naour 43' Lesgourgues 53' |
* Umpires: Teresa Lipsky (GER) Rebecca Woodcock (ENG)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| 20 July | 20 July |
| Germany | 0 |
| Germany | 0 | 21 July | 21 July |
| Belgium | 1 | 21 July | 21 July |
| Belgium | 1 | Belgium | 0 |
| 20 July | 20 July | | Belgium | 0 |
| 20 July | 20 July | Netherlands | 5 |
| Netherlands | 6 | Netherlands | 5 |
| England | 1 | | |
| England | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 July | 21 July |
| | | Germany | 1 |
| | | England | 2 |

#### Semifinals

* 20 July 2018 12:20
| Germany | 0–1 | Belgium |
| | Report | Duquesne 12' |
* Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Maarje de Bruijn (NED)
* 20 July 2018 14:30
| Netherlands | 6–1 | England |
| Fokke 4' Tukkers 12' Benninga 13' Beetsma 38', 58' Van der Veldt 50' | Report | Redgrove 35' |
* Umpires: Anne van den Bosch (BEL) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

#### Third place game

* 21 July 2018 12:00
| Germany | 1–2 | England |
| Stoffelsma 30' | Report | McCabe 46' Vanderstichele 53' |
* Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Anne van den Bosch (BEL)

#### Final

* 21 July 2018 17:00
| Belgium | 0–5 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Van der Veldt 11' Omrani 26' Fokke 29' Beetsma 39' Van der Veerdonk 49' |
* Umpires: Victoria Pazoz (PAR) Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

## 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 | 25 | 1 | +24 | 15 | |
| | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 9 | |
| | England | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 10 | +2 | 9 | |
| 4 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 9 | |
| 5 | Spain (H) | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 9 | |
| 6 | Ireland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 14 | −4 | 6 | |
| 7 | Belarus | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 3 | Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |
| 8 | France | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 24 | −19 | 0 | Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II |

## Goalscorers

There were 95 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.75 goals per match.
7 goals
* Sara Barrios
5 goals
* Bente van der Veldt
4 goals
* Rachel Greenwood
* Carlotta Sippel
* Tessa Beetsma
* Júlia Strappato
3 goals
* Lisa Nolte
* Stine Kurz
* Nadia Benallal
* Sosha Benninga
* Luna Fokke
* Noor Omrani
* Carlijn Tukkers
* Laura Barrios
2 goals
* Ambre Ballenghien
* Vanessa Blockmans
* Juliette Duquesne
* Sophie Hamilton
* Victoria McCabe
* Molly Redgrove
* Inme Hofmeister
* Yasmin Pratt
* Natasha Twomey
* Danique van der Veerdonk
1 goal
* Dziyana Batsiukova
* Palina Dzmitryievich
* Karyna Mihunova
* Jill van Bauwel
* Lyne van Dieren
* Charlotte Englebert
* Darcy Bourne
* Lynn Vanderstichele
* Guusje van Bolhuis
* Alizée Isoré
* Alice Lesgourgues
* Quitterie la Naour
* Alissia de Vries
* Yara Mandel
* Lilly Stoffelsma
* Hannah Kelly
* Siofra O'Brien
* Caoimhe Perdue
* Noor de Baat
* Kiki Rozemeijer
* Laura Bosch
* Lucía Monslave
* Candelaria Santacrúz
Source: EuroHockey