# 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 5th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 3rd until the 11th of August 2013 in Vienna, Austria.
The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship, with the finalists Russia and France qualifying.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 20–28 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 2 | France Russia |
| 8–14 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship II | Vinnytsia, Ukraine | 4 | Austria Scotland Ukraine Wales |
| 24–30 July 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship III | Catania, Italy | 2 | Azerbaijan Italy |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the Men's EuroHockey Championship III.

## Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 8 | +4 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Azerbaijan | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 | −6 | 1 | Pool C |
* 5 August 2013 11:00
| France | 7–2 | Wales |
| Deront 9' Sánchez 15' H. Genestet 18', 41' 33' M. Genestet 62' Kieffer 69' | Report | Naughalty 28', 58' |
* Umpires: Moritz Meissner (GER) Anton Kochin (RUS)
* 5 August 2013 13:00
| Scotland | 0–3 | Azerbaijan |
| | Report | Butt Vagas 24', 67' Khalid Muhammad 51' |
* Umpires: Florian Hösch (AUT) Pietro Galligani (ITA)
* 6 August 2013 15:00
| Wales | 1–2 | Azerbaijan |
| Naughalty 21' | Report | Balamiyev 23' Butt Vagas 57' |
* Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Pietro Galligani (ITA)
* 6 August 2013 17:00
| Scotland | 4–1 | France |
| A. Forsyth 28', 70' Bain 34', 47' | Report | Martin-Brisac 27' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)
* 8 August 2013 11:00
| France | 4–2 | Azerbaijan |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Anton Kochin (RUS) Florian Hösch (AUT)
* 8 August 2013 13:00
| Wales | 1–1 | Scotland |
| Shaw 3' | Report | Byers 70' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Austria (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | Advanced to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 1 | Pool C |
| 4 | Ukraine | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 1 | Pool C |
* 5 August 2013 15:00
| Russia | 6–1 | Ukraine |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Neil McAlpine (SCO)
* 5 August 2013 17:00
| Austria | 2–1 | Italy |
| Fröhlich 20' Szmidt 47' | Report | Murgia 51' |
* Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
* 7 August 2013 15:00
| Ukraine | 3–3 | Italy |
| Ozerskyy 12' Diachenko 33' Moroz 38' | Report | 18' Murgia 46', 56' |
* Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)
* 7 August 2013 17:00
| Austria | 1–1 | Russia |
| Körper 64' | Report | 49' |
* Umpires: Neil McAlpine (SCO) Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
* 8 August 2013 15:00
| Russia | 5–2 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Hichem Azaiez (FRA) Moritz Meissner (GER)
* 8 August 2013 17:00
| Ukraine | 1–3 | Austria |
| 61' | Report | Podpera 10' R. Bele 55' Szmidt 58' |
* Umpires: Elchin Qurbanov (AZE) Neil McAlpine (SCO)

### Classification round
#### Fifth to eighth place classification

Points obtained in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

##### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 5 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 5 | |
| 6 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 5 | |
| 7 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 4 | Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III |
| 8 | Italy | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 1 | Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III |
* 10 August 2013 11:00
| Wales | 0–4 | Ukraine |
| | Report | Polishchuk 18', 21' Moroz 39' Serdiuk 53' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Florian Hösch (AUT)
* 10 August 2013 13:00
| Scotland | 5–1 | Italy |
| A. Forsyth 2', 65' Byers 19', 45' Bain 64' | Report | Murgia 11' |
* Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)
* 11 August 2013 10:00
| Wales | 5–3 | Italy |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Neil McAlpine (SCO) Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)
* 11 August 2013 12:00
| Scotland | 2–2 | Ukraine |
| Bain 6' Marshall 30' | Report | Paziuk 27' Yarovanko 65' |
* Umpires: Florian Hösch (AUT) Anton Kochin (RUS)

#### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 August 2013 | 10 August 2013 |
| France | 5 |
| France | 5 | 11 August 2013 | 11 August 2013 |
| Austria | 3 | 11 August 2013 | 11 August 2013 |
| Austria | 3 | France | 0 (4) |
| 10 August 2013 | 10 August 2013 | | France | 0 (4) |
| 10 August 2013 | 10 August 2013 | Russia (p.s.o.) | 0 (5) |
| Russia | 6 | Russia (p.s.o.) | 0 (5) |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | | |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | Third Place | Third Place |
| | | 11 August 2013 | 11 August 2013 |
| | | Austria | 6 |
| | | Azerbaijan | 1 |

##### Semi-finals

* 10 August 2013 15:00
| Russia | 6–1 | Azerbaijan |
| Plesetskii 19', 30' Maiorov 24' Kornilov 47' Komarov Azarov 64' | Report | Tofeeg 44' |
* Umpires: Hichem Azaiez (FRA) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 10 August 2013 17:30
| France | 5–3 | Austria |
| H. Genestet 31' M. Genestet 33' Baumgarten 52' Samson 67' Martin-Brisac 70' | Report | Schmidt 1' Körper 11', 57' |
* Umpires: Moritz Meissner (GER) Neil McAlpine (SCO)

##### Third and fourth place

* 11 August 2013 14:30
| Austria | 6–1 | Azerbaijan |
| Podpera 8' Körper 15', 55' B. Stanzl 37' Fröhlich 54' A. Bele 64' | Report | 53' |
* Umpires: Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR) Moritz Meissner (GER)

##### Final

* 11 August 2013 17:00
| France | 0–0 |
| | Report |
| Penalties |||
| | 4–5 |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Will Drury (WAL)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Russia |
| | France |
| | Austria |
| 4 | Azerbaijan |
| 5 | Ukraine |
| 6 | Scotland |
| 7 | Wales |
| 8 | Italy |
Qualified for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III