# 2017 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2017 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 16th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the EHF. It was held from 19 to 27 August 2017 in the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2018 Men's Hockey World Cup, with the winner qualifying.
The hosts and defending champions the Netherlands won their fifth overall title by defeating Belgium 4–2 in the final, while England captured third place by beating Germany 4–2.

## Qualified teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2017 EuroHockey Championship.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 31 August 2015 | Host | Host | 1 | Netherlands (4) |
| 21 - 29 August 2015 | 2015 EuroHockey Championship | London, England | 5 | Belgium (5) England (7) Germany (3) Ireland (9) Spain (10) |
| 19 - 27 July 2015 | 2015 EuroHockey Championship II | Prague, Czech Republic | 2 | Austria (22) Poland (20) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals 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 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 (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | −9 | 1 | Pool C |
* 19 August 2017 17:00
| Belgium | 4–1 | Austria |
| Dockier 5' Luypaert 10', 30' Briels 27' | Report | Bele 7' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Łukasz Zweirzchowski (POL)
* 19 August 2017 20:00
| Netherlands | 7–1 | Spain |
| Van Ass 26' Verga 27', 47' Van der Weerden 30' Pruyser 31' De Voogd 52', 55' | Report | Arana 38' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 21 August 2017 12:30
| Spain | 2–2 | Austria |
| Iglesias 47' Romeu 51' | Report | Körper 35', 60' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 21 August 2017 20:00
| Belgium | 5–0 | Netherlands |
| Dockier 5', 25' Briels 25' Luypaert 39' Boon 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 23 August 2017 17:00
| Spain | 2–0 | Belgium |
| Lleonart 42' Tarres 51' | Report | |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 23 August 2017 20:00
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Austria |
| Kellerman 1' Pruyser 6' Brinkman 23' Van Ass 40' Bakker 52' Van der Weerden 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE} Łukasz Zweirzchowski (POL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 7 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 20 | −16 | 0 | Pool C |
* 20 August 2017 09:00
| England | 6–0 | Poland |
| Gleghorne 6', 20' Griffiths 26' Ward 29', 58' Condon 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen (BEL) Francisco Vazquez (ESP)
* 20 August 2017 15:30
| Germany | 1–1 | Ireland |
| Windfeder 17' | Report | Murray 47' |
* Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
* 21 August 2017 14:45
| Ireland | 7–1 | Poland |
| Murray 6' Glassey 10' O'Donoghue 23', 36' Sothern 24' Nelson 55' Loughrey 59' | Report | Pawlak 39' |
* Umpires: Michael Eilmer (AUT) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 21 August 2017 17:00
| England | 3–4 | Germany |
| Gleghorne 16' Roper 40' Dixon 41' | Report | Grambusch 2' Wellen 11' Windfeder 45+' Boeckel 46' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Jonas van 't Hek (NED)
* 23 August 2017 12:30
| Germany | 7–3 | Poland |
| Windfeder 12' Miltkau 13', 59' Wellen 21', 31' Linnekogel 39' Hauke 48' | Report | Gumny 24' Janiszewski 29' Poltaszewski 50' |
* Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 23 August 2017 14:45
| Ireland | 1–2 | England |
| Nelson 13' | Report | Goodfield 32' Ward 44' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Adam Kearns (AUS)

### 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 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 7 | |
| 6 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | +5 | 4 | |
| 7 | Austria (R) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 3 | EuroHockey Championship II |
| 8 | Poland (R) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 1 | EuroHockey Championship II |
* 25 August 2017 12:30
| Austria | 1–1 | Poland |
| Körper 30' | Report | Krokosz 44' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 25 August 2017 14:45
| Spain | 1–0 | Ireland |
| González 3' | Report | |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 27 August 2017 09:00
| Spain | 2–1 | Poland |
| Iglesias 16' Romeu 45' | Report | Bratkowski 57' |
* Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen (BEL) Michael Eilmer (AUT)
* 27 August 2017 11:00
| Ireland | 2–2 | Austria |
| Sothern 27' O'Donoghue 35' | Report | Körper 5', 57' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Bruce Bale (ENG)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 25 August | 25 August |
| Netherlands | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 27 August | 27 August |
| England | 1 | 27 August | 27 August |
| England | 1 | Netherlands | 4 |
| 25 August | 25 August | | Netherlands | 4 |
| 25 August | 25 August | Belgium | 2 |
| Germany | 2 (0) | Belgium | 2 |
| Belgium (p.s.o) | 2 (2) | | |
| Belgium (p.s.o) | 2 (2) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 27 August | 27 August |
| | | England | 4 |
| | | Germany | 2 |

#### Semi-finals

* 25 August 2017 17:00
| Germany | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Windfeder 3' Fürk 59' | Report | Boon 18' Dockier 37' |
| Penalties |||
| Hauke Rühr Miltkau Linnekogel | 0–2 | Gougnard Denayer Wegnez Van Doren |
* Umpires: Jonas van 't Hek (NED) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 25 August 2017 20:00
| Netherlands | 3–1 | England |
| Van der Weerden 21' Pruyser 22', 39' | Report | Gleghorne 42' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

#### Third place game

* 27 August 2017 13:30
| Germany | 2–4 | England |
| Grambusch 16' Windfeder 44' | Report | Middleton 24' Sloan 27' Gleghorne 51' Roper 59' |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Łukasz Zweirzchowski (POL)

#### Final

* 27 August 2017 16:00
| Belgium | 2–4 | Netherlands |
| Boon 8' Charlier 28' | Report | Kemperman 37' Pruyser 45', 60' Van der Weerden 51' |
* Umpires: Adam Kearns (AUS) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | Belgium |
| | England |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Ireland |
| 7 | Austria |
| 8 | Poland |
Qualification for the 2018 World Cup
Relegation to the EuroHockey Championship II

### Awards

| Top Goalscorer | Player of the Tournament | Goalkeeper of the Tournament | Young Player of the Tournament |
| Mirco Pruyser | Arthur Van Doren | Vincent Vanasch | Jorrit Croon |

### Goalscorers

There were 96 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.8 goals per match.
6 goals
* Mirco Pruyser
5 goals
* Michael Körper
* Mark Gleghorne
* Lukas Windfeder
4 goals
* Sébastien Dockier
* Mink van der Weerden
3 goals
* Tom Boon
* Loïck Luypaert
* Samuel Ward
* Niklas Wellen
* Shane O'Donoghue
2 goals
* Thomas Briels
* Cédric Charlier
* Phil Roper
* Mats Grambusch
* Marco Miltkau
* Sean Murray
* Matthew Nelson
* Alan Sothern
* Seve van Ass
* Valentin Verga
* Bob de Voogd
* Álvaro Iglesias
* Josep Romeu
1 goal
* Alexander Bele
* David Condon
* Adam Dixon
* David Goodfield
* Chris Griffiths
* Barry Middleton
* Ian Sloan
* Anton Boeckel
* Benedikt Fürk
* Tobias Hauke
* Dieter Linnekogel
* Neal Glassey
* Stuart Loughrey
* Billy Bakker
* Thierry Brinkman
* Bjorn Kellerman
* Robbert Kemperman
* Pawel Bratkowski
* Mikołaj Gumny
* Maciej Janiszewski
* Adrian Krokosz
* Patryk Pawlak
* Mateusz Poltaszewski
* Diego Arana
* Enrique González
* Xavi Lleonart
* Joan Tarres
Source: FIH