# 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 5th edition of the men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.
It was held from 12 to 18 August 2013 in Lausanne, Switzerland. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the finalists Switzerland and Croatia qualifying.

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.
| Event | Dates | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 2011 EuroHockey Championship II | 8—14 August 2011 | Vinnytsia, Ukraine | 2 | Belarus (35) Sweden (37) |
| 2011 EuroHockey Championship III | 23–30 July 2011 | Catania, Italy | 5 | Croatia (49) Gibraltar (41) Portugal (45) Slovakia (51) Switzerland (43) |
| 2011 EuroHockey Championship IV | 2–7 August 2011 | Athens, Greece | 1 | Turkey (53) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belarus | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Gibraltar | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Turkey | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | −13 | 1 | Pool C |
* 12 August 2013
| Belarus | 1–2 | Croatia |
* 12 August 2013
| Gibraltar | 5–0 | Turkey |
* 13 August 2013
| Gibraltar | 1–5 | Belarus |
* 13 August 2013
| Croatia | 3–3 | Turkey |
* 15 August 2013
| Croatia | 4–2 | Gibraltar |
* 15 August 2013
| Belarus | 8–0 | Turkey |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 19 | −18 | 0 | Pool C |
* 12 August 2013
| Sweden | 1–4 | Portugal |
* 12 August 2013
| Switzerland | 7–0 | Slovakia |
* 13 August 2013
| Switzerland | 4–1 | Sweden |
* 13 August 2013
| Portugal | 6–1 | Slovakia |
* 15 August 2013
| Portugal | 0–3 | Switzerland |
* 15 August 2013
| Sweden | 6–0 | Slovakia |

### 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 |
| 5 | Gibraltar | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 9 | |
| 6 | Sweden | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 | 6 | |
| 7 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 16 | −7 | 3 | |
| 8 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 20 | −14 | 0 | EuroHockey Championship IV |
* 17 August 2013
| Gibraltar | 3–2 | Sweden |
* 17 August 2013
| Turkey | 8–3 | Slovakia |
* 18 August 2013
| Turkey | 1–8 | Sweden |
* 18 August 2013
| Gibraltar | 6–3 | Slovakia |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 17 August | 17 August |
| Belarus | 2 |
| Belarus | 2 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Switzerland | 5 | 18 August | 18 August |
| Switzerland | 5 | Switzerland | 7 |
| 17 August | 17 August | | Switzerland | 7 |
| 17 August | 17 August | Croatia | 1 |
| Croatia | 2 | Croatia | 1 |
| Portugal | 1 | | |
| Portugal | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 18 August | 18 August |
| | | Belarus | 7 |
| | | Portugal | 6 |

#### Semi-finals

* 17 August 2013
| Belarus | 2–5 | Switzerland |
* 17 August 2019
| Croatia | 2–1 | Portugal |

#### Third and fourth place

* 18 August 2013
| Belarus | 7–6 | Portugal |

#### Final

* 18 August 2013
| Switzerland | 7–1 | Croatia |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Switzerland |
| | Croatia |
| | Belarus |
| 4 | Portugal |
| 5 | Gibraltar |
| 6 | Sweden |
| 7 | Turkey |
| 8 | Slovakia |
Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship IV