# 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament from 17 until 25 August 2013 in Boom, Belgium. The main sponsor for the tournament was TriFinance
Germany defeated Belgium in the final to win their eighth title and they earned their qualification to the 2014 World Cup.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host | Host | Host | 1 | Belgium |
| 20 – 28 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 5 | Germany Netherlands England Ireland Spain |
| 8 – 14 August 2011 | 2011 EuroHockey Championship II | Vinnytsia, Ukraine | 2 | Czech Republic Poland |
| 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 against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II.

## Results

The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 9 | +2 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Czech Republic | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 13 | −12 | 0 | Pool C |
* 17 August 2013 16:00
| Spain | 6–1 | Czech Republic |
| Delas 4' Tubau 7', 60' Quemada 29' Oliva 55' Casasayas 65' | Report | Procházka 16' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Jonas van Hek (NED)
* 17 August 2013 20:00
| Germany | 1–2 | Belgium |
| Grambusch 6' | Report | Boon 13', 15' |
* Umpires: Jon Wright (RSA) Geoff Conn (IRL)
* 19 August 2013 14:00
| Spain | 3–6 | Germany |
| Quemada 13' Terraza 28' Dabanch 56' | Report | Stralkowski 18', 49' Fürste 46' Wesley 53' Zwicker 54' Korn 64' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 19 August 2013 18:00
| Belgium | 4–0 | Czech Republic |
| Dohmen 5' Boon 25' 51' Charlier 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jonas van Hek (NED) Dan Barstow (ENG)
* 21 August 2013 16:00
| Germany | 3–0 | Czech Republic |
| Grambusch 11' Deecke 27' Miltkau 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Dan Barstow (ENG)
* 21 August 2013 18:00
| Belgium | 2–2 | Spain |
| Boon 2' Truyens 61' | Report | Quemada 49' Tubau 63' |
* Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Geoff Conn (IRL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 2 | +14 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 21 | −17 | 0 | Pool C |
* 18 August 2013 10:00
| England | 5–2 | Poland |
| Dixon 14' Condon 44', 45' Brogdon 63' Carson 66' | Report | Górny 40' Nowakowski 63' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 18 August 2013 18:00
| Netherlands | 2–1 | Ireland |
| Van der Weerden 31' Kemperman 65' | Report | O'Donoghue 18' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Diego Estébanez (ESP)
* 19 August 2013 16:00
| Ireland | 4–2 | Poland |
| Harte 6' O'Donoghue 27' Magee 45' Watt 65' | Report | Chwalisz 10', 70' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Diego Estébanez (ESP)
* 19 August 2013 20:00
| England | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Middleton 54' | Report | Bakker 6' Galema 24' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 21 August 2013 11:30
| Ireland | 2–2 | England |
| O'Donoghue 51', 57' | Report | Carson 7', 19' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
* 21 August 2013 20:00
| Netherlands | 12–0 | Poland |
| Kemperman 11', 45', 48', 64' Verga 40' Jenniskens 43', 59' Hertzberger 51' Van Ass 52' Jonker 56', 70+' Bakker 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Diego Estébanez (ESP)

### Fifth to eighth place classification
#### Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were taken over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 5 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 2 | +12 | 9 | |
| 6 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Poland (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 3 | Relegation to the Championship II |
| 8 | Czech Republic (R) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 13 | −8 | 1 | Relegation to the Championship II |
* 23 August 2013 14:00
| Czech Republic | 1–4 | Poland |
| Bernátek 62' | Report | Zywiczka 4' Kozlowski 21' Rachwalski 24' Makowski 30' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 23 August 2013 16:00
| Spain | 4–0 | Ireland |
| Lleonart 7' Dabanch 19' Tubau 37' Mir 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jonas ven Hek (NED) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
* 25 August 2013 09:00
| Spain | 4–1 | Poland |
| Quemada 25' Tubau 35', 37' Delas 61' | Report | Bratkowski 40' |
* Umpires: Jonas ven Hek (NED) Martin Madden (SCO)
* 25 August 2013 11:00
| Ireland | 3–3 | Czech Republic |
| Harte 17' Loughrey 58' Jackson 61' | Report | Plochy 4' Bernátek 12' Vudmaska 51' |
* Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 23 August | 23 August |
| Belgium | 3 |
| Belgium | 3 | 25 August | 25 August |
| England | 0 | 25 August | 25 August |
| England | 0 | Belgium | 1 |
| 23 August | 23 August | | Belgium | 1 |
| 23 August | 23 August | Germany | 3 |
| Germany | 5 | Germany | 3 |
| Netherlands | 3 | | |
| Netherlands | 3 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 August | 25 August |
| | | England | 2 |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 23 August 2013 18:00
| Netherlands | 3–5 | Germany |
| Van der Weerden 19', 33' Bakker 65' | Report | Hauke 30' Stralkowski 44' Grambusch 52', 60' Deecke 70' |
* Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Geoff Conn (IRL)
* 23 August 2013 20:30
| Belgium | 3–0 | England |
| Briels 20' Truyens 44' Van Aubel 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Greochal (POL)

#### Third and fourth place

* 25 August 2013 13:30
| Netherlands | 3–2 | England |
| Hertzberger 9', 39', 42' | Report | Lewers 15' Smith 34' |
* Umpires: Marcin Greochal (POL) Diego Estébanez (ESP)

#### Final

* 25 August 2013 16:00
| Germany | 3–1 | Belgium |
| Zwicker 42' Weß 52' Korn 63' | Report | Boon 38' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Germany |
| | Belgium |
| | Netherlands |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | Ireland |
| 7 | Poland |
| 8 | Czech Republic |
Qualified for the 2014 World Cup
Qualified for the 2014 World Cup as hosts
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

### Awards

* Best Player of the Tournament: Robbert Kemperman
* Best goalkeeper of the Tournament: Filip Neusser
* Topscorer of the Tournament: Eduard Tubau

### Goalscorers

There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.
6 goals
* Eduard Tubau
5 goals
* Tom Boon
* Robbert Kemperman
4 goals
* Mats Grambusch
* Shane O'Donoghue
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Pau Quemada
3 goals
* Tom Carson
* Thilo Stralkowski
* Billy Bakker
* Mink van der Weerden
2 goals
* Jérôme Truyens
* Štepan Bernátek
* David Condon
* Oskar Deecke
* Oliver Korn
* Martin Zwicker
* Conor Harte
* Tim Jenniskens
* Constantijn Jonker
* Adam Chwalisz
* Gabriel Dabanch
* Miguel Delas
1 goal
* Florent van Aubel
* Thomas Briels
* Cédric Charlier
* John-John Dohmen
* Lukas Plochý
* Tomas Procházka
* Ondrej Vudmaska
* Alastair Brogdon
* Adam Dixon
* Iain Lewers
* Barry Middleton
* Richard Smith
* Moritz Fürste
* Tobias Hauke
* Marco Miltkau
* Christopher Wesley
* Benjamin Wess
* John Jackson
* Stuart Loughrey
* Eugene Magee
* Michael Watt
* Seve van Ass
* Jelle Galema
* Valentin Verga
* Pawel Bratkowski
* Tomasz Górny
* Piotr Kozlowski
* Krystian Makowski
* Michal Nowakowski
* Dariusz Rachwalski
* Bartosz Zywiczka
* Alex Casasayas
* Xavi Lleonart
* Andres Mir
* Roc Oliva
* Manel Terraza
1 own goal
* Czech Republic (against Belgium)
Source: FIH