# 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

The 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the twentieth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.
It was originally planned to be held alongside the women's tournament from 12 to 16 January 2022 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. However on 22 December 2021, the tournament was postponed to 8 to 11 December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.
Austria won their third title by defeating the hosts and defending champions Germany 2–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal after defeating Switzerland 10–3.

## Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2020 competition.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 17–19 January 2020 | 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship | Berlin, Germany | 5 | Austria Belgium Czech Republic Germany Netherlands Russia |
| 17–19 January 2020 | 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II | Lucerne, Switzerland | 1 | Belarus Switzerland |
| Total | Total | Total | 6 | |

## Preliminary round
### Pool

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 30 | 22 | +8 | 12 | Final |
| 2 | Germany (H) | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 10 | Final |
| 3 | Netherlands | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 35 | 24 | +11 | 10 | Third place game |
| 4 | Switzerland | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 34 | −8 | 5 | Third place game |
| 5 | Belgium | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 18 | 25 | −7 | 4 | Fifth place game |
| 6 | Czech Republic | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 29 | −17 | 1 | Fifth place game |
* 8 December 2022 09:30
| Czech Republic | 2–8 | Netherlands |
| Plochý 10' Seemann 32' | Report | Campbell 2' Sweering 12', 19' Schut 17', 36' Bakker 30', 30' Burkhardt 39' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Ole Ingwersen (GER)
* 8 December 2022 10:45
| Austria | 9–5 | Switzerland |
| Binder 7', 12', 32' Körper 13', 19', 20', 23', 39' Unterkircher 35' | Report | Stomps 2', 39' Y. Morard 10', 39' Greder 40' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Laurent Dooms (BEL)
* 8 December 2022 12:00
| Germany | 4–4 | Belgium |
| Bruns 10' Schmid 33' Dösch 35' Mertgens 39' | Report | G. Dykmans 5' Simar 11', 12', 20' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
* 8 December 2022 17:00
| Switzerland | 5–5 | Czech Republic |
| Y. Morard 13' Gassner 31' Wyss-Chodat 36' M. Morard 38' Greder 40' | Report | Procházka 16', 25' Plochý 18', 24', 37' |
* Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* 8 December 2022 18:15
| Austria | 6–2 | Belgium |
| Körper 9', 16' Unterkircher 23', 29', 31' Eitenberger 28' | Report | A. Dykmans 18' Simar 24' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
* 8 December 2022 19:30
| Germany | 6–5 | Netherlands |
| Bruns 8' Mertgens 12' Dösch 21', 34', 40' Struthoff 29' | Report | Bakker 4' Middendorp 26' Hertzberger 37' Campbell 39' Burkhardt 39' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Laurent Dooms (BEL)
* 9 December 2022 13:15
| Switzerland | 8–13 | Germany |
| Marelli 1' Y. Morard 4', 30', 38' Wyss-Chodat 8' Greder 10', 32' Gassner 35' | Report | Bruns 4', 25', 34' Mertgens 13' Schmid 16', 24' Struthoff 20', 30+' Dösch 22', 39' Holste 26' Lehmann-Richter 34' Boeckel 40' |
* Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 9 December 2022 14:30
| Netherlands | 10–7 | Belgium |
| Sweering 14', 27', 35' Van Battum 22' Burkhardt 30', 40' Hertzberger 33' Tukkers 34' Bakker 38', 40' | Report | Simar 4', 11', 18', 21', 29' G. Dykmans 13', 40' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 9 December 2022 15:45
| Czech Republic | 2–4 | Austria |
| Trejbal 3' Seeman 32' | Report | Körper 1', 10', 26' Binder 9' |
* Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
* 10 December 2022 09:00
| Netherlands | 5–5 | Switzerland |
| Schut 15' Bakker 20', 30' Sweering 26' Burkhardt 33' | Report | Greder 6' Brönnimann 7' Gassner 25' Wyss-Chodat 35' M. Morard 38' |
* Umpires: Laurent Dooms (BEL) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 10 December 2022 10:15
| Belgium | 3–2 | Czech Republic |
| Simar 12', 13', 19' | Report | Plochý 13' Klaban 35' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Ole Ingwersen (GER)
* 10 December 2022 11:30
| Germany | 6–7 | Austria |
| Dösch 1' Mertgens 16', 27', 29' Schmid 25' Bruns 39' | Report | Unterkircher 8', 38' Körper 13', 36', 39', 40' Frey 16' |
* Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Seab Edwards (ENG)
* 10 December 2022 18:15
| Czech Republic | 1–9 | Germany |
| Plochý 34' | Report | Mertgens 7' Bruns 8', 36' Schmid 10' Holste 12', 33' Dösch 13' Lehmann-Richter 27' Struthoff 29' |
* Umpires: Laurent Dooms (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* 10 December 2022 19:30
| Austria | 4–7 | Netherlands |
| Eitenberger 13', 17' Thörnblom 32' Unterkircher 38' | Report | Burkhardt 7', 39' Bakker 9', 15', 17' Campbell 26' Hertzberger 35' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Ole Ingwersen (GER)
* 10 December 2022 20:45
| Belgium | 2–3 | Switzerland |
| Magnant 17' Simar 38' | Report | Stomps 9', 21' Greder 26' |
* Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)

## Classification round
### Fifth place game

* 11 December 2022 11:00
| Belgium | 9–7 | Czech Republic |
| Simar 2', 12', 20', 28', 32', 38', 40' Magnant 16' Englebert 33' | Report | Plochý 5', 21', 36', 40' Klaban 15' O. Soukup 26' Vacek 27' |
* Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

### Third place game

* 11 December 2022 12:30
| Netherlands | 10–3 | Switzerland |
| Burkhardt 7', 27' Schut 14' Bakker 15', 33' Sweering 16', 25', 30' Leijs 17' Tukkers 29' | Report | Greder 18' Reinhard 23' M. Morard 32' |
* Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Laurent Dooms (BEL)

### Final

* 11 December 2022 14:00
| Austria | 2–1 | Germany |
| Unterkircher 18', 39' | Report | Dösch 10' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

## Statistics
### Final standings

* Austria
* Germany
* Netherlands
* Switzerland
* Belgium
* Czech Republic

### Goalscorers

There were 191 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 10.6 goals per match.
20 goals
* Philippe Simar
14 goals
* Michael Körper
12 goals
* Jochem Bakker
10 goals
* Lukas Plochý
9 goals
* Fabian Unterkircher
* Paul Dösch
* Boris Burkhardt
* Max Sweering
8 goals
* Niklas Bruns
7 goals
* Henrik Mertgens
* Martin Greder
6 goals
* Yves Morard
5 goals
* Philip Schmid
4 goals
* Oliver Binder
* Michel Struthoff
* Wiegert Schut
* Boris Stomps
3 goals
* Sebastian Eitenberger
* Gaetan Dykmans
* Luis Holste
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Lorenz Gassner
* Michel Morard
* Gaël Wyss-Chodat
2 goals
* Mallory Magnant
* Štěpán Klaban
* Tomas Procházka
* Martin Seeman
* Adrian Lehmann-Richter
* Jasper Tukkers
1 goal
* Moritz Frey
* Leon Thörnblom
* Arnaud Dykmans
* Dylan Englebert
* Ondrej Soukup
* Josef Trejbal
* David Vacek
* Anton Boeckel
* Nicki Leijs
* Lucas Middendorp
* Bram van Battum
* Elias Brönnimann
* Fabio Reinhard
* Fabio Marelli
Source: FIH