# 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier

The 2021 Men's European Qualifier was the European qualification tournament for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. The tournament was held at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff, Wales from 21 to 24 October 2021.
The top five teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship were already qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and the top two teams from this tournament joined them.

## Qualification

The bottom three teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the top 5 from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II participated in the tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 4–12 June 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 3 | France Russia Wales |
| 15–21 August 2021 | 2021 EuroHockey Championship II | Gniezno, Poland | 5 | Austria Italy Ireland Poland Scotland |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

### Bracket

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 21 October | 21 October | | | |
| France | 5 | | | |
| France | 5 | 23 October | 23 October | | |
| Poland | 0 | 23 October | 23 October | |
| Poland | 0 | France | 4 | |
| 21 October | 21 October | | France | 4 | |
| 21 October | 21 October | Austria | 1 | |
| Austria (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) | Austria | 1 | |
| Austria (p.s.o.) | 0 (3) | | | | 24 October | 24 October |
| Scotland | 0 (2) | | | | 24 October | 24 October |
| Scotland | 0 (2) | | | | France | 1 |
| 21 October | 21 October | | | | | France | 1 |
| 21 October | 21 October | | | | Wales | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 | | | | Wales | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 | 23 October | 23 October | | | |
| Russia | 0 | 23 October | 23 October | | | |
| Russia | 0 | Ireland | 1 (1) | | | |
| 21 October | 21 October | | Ireland | 1 (1) | | | |
| 21 October | 21 October | Wales (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Wales | 2 | Wales (p.s.o.) | 1 (2) | | Third place | Third place |
| Wales | 2 | | | | 24 October | 24 October |
| Italy | 0 | | | | 24 October | 24 October |
| Italy | 0 | | | | Austria (p.s.o.) | 3 (4) |
| | | | | | Ireland | 3 (3) |

### Quarter-finals

* 21 October 2021 11:00
| France | 5–0 | Poland |
| Clément 14', 15' Rogeau 18' Baumgarten 33' Branicki 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Kevin Roberts (WAL)
* 21 October 2021 13:30
| Austria | 0–0 | Scotland |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Unterkircher Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Körper | 3–2 | Forsyth McConnell Golden Morton Field |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 21 October 2021 16:00
| Ireland | 2–0 | Russia |
| Walker 4', 34' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Paul van den Assum (NED)
* 21 October 2021 18:30
| Wales | 2–0 | Italy |
| G. Furlong 26', 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

| 5–8th place semifinals | 5–8th place semifinals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 22 October | 22 October |
| Poland | 2 |
| Poland | 2 | 24 October | 24 October |
| Scotland | 10 | 24 October | 24 October |
| Scotland | 10 | Scotland | 4 |
| 22 October | 22 October | | Scotland | 4 |
| 22 October | 22 October | Russia | 2 |
| Russia | 4 | Russia | 2 |
| Italy | 3 | | |
| Italy | 3 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 24 October | 24 October |
| | | Poland (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) |
| | | Italy | 1 (2) |

#### 5–8th place semifinals

* 22 October 2021 16:00
| Poland | 2–10 | Scotland |
| Kurowski 2' Gumny 60' | Report | Walker 9', 58' Forsyth 12', 17' Coultas 38' Riddell 42' Bull 48' Golden 52', 55' McConnell 54' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)
* 22 October 2021 18:30
| Russia | 4–3 | Italy |
| Zheleznyakov 26' Matkovskiy 36' Skiperskiy 39' Golubev 60' | Report | Sior 16' Núñez 20' Amorosini 52' |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

#### Seventh and eighth place

* 24 October 2021 09:30
| Poland | 1–1 | Italy |
| Hillyer 48' | Report | Núñez 28' |
| Penalties |||
| Kurowski Jarzyński Pawlak Rutkowski Gumny | 3–2 | Garbaccio Amorosini Keenan Sior Núñez |
* Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Paul van den Assum (NED)

#### Fifth and sixth place

* 24 October 2021 12:00
| Scotland | 4–2 | Russia |
| Golden 24', 48' Morton 51' Greaves 52' | Report | Loginov 50' Yankun 54' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

### First to fourth place classification
#### Semi-finals

* 23 October 2021 12:00
| France | 4–1 | Austria |
| Charlet 19' Goyet 48' Tynevez 55' Branicki 60' | Report | Unterkircher 39' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Paul van den Assum (NED)
* 23 October 2021 14:30
| Ireland | 1–1 | Wales |
| Robson 1' | Report | Naughalty 19' |
| Penalties |||
| Empey Walsh McKee Murray Cole | 1–2 | Prosser Shipperley Naughalty Pritchard |
* Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

#### Third and fourth place

* 24 October 2021 14:30
| Austria | 3–3 | Ireland |
| Wellan 11' Unterkircher 29' Binder 58' | Report | McKee 33', 44' Duncan 54' |
| Penalties |||
| Unterkircher Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Körper | 4–3 | Empey Walsh Murray Walker O'Donoghue |
* Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Ben Göntgen (GER)

#### Final

* 24 October 2021 17:00
| France | 1–2 | Wales |
| Baumgarten 23' | Report | Hawker 43' Shipperley 55' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| 1 | Wales |
| 2 | France |
| 3 | Austria |
| 4 | Ireland |
| 5 | Scotland |
| 6 | Russia |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Italy |
* Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

### Goalscorers

There were 52 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
4 goals
* Cameron Golden
2 goals
* Fabian Unterkircher
* Gaspard Baumgarten
* Maximilien Branicki
* Timothée Clément
* John McKee
* Benjamin Walker
* Agustín Núñez
* Alan Forsyth
* Struan Walker
* Gareth Furlong
1 goal
* Oliver Binder
* Nikolas Wellan
* Victor Charlet
* François Goyet
* Blaise Rogeau
* Etienne Tynevez
* Michael Robson
* Jeremy Duncan
* Mattia Amorosini
* Francois Sior
* Mikołaj Gumny
* Joseph Hillyer
* Jacek Kurowski
* Pavel Golubev
* Iaroslav Loginov
* Semen Matkovskiy
* Alexander Skiperskiy
* Nikolay Yankun
* Dmitry Zheleznyakov
* Andy Bull
* Dan Coultas
* Edward Greaves
* Andrew McConnell
* Lee Morton
* Duncan Riddell
* Luke Hawker
* Joseph Naughalty
* Rupert Shipperley
Source: FIH