# 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 18th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.
The tournament was held alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021. However, following the postponement of the 2020 Summer Olympics to July and August 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic the tournament was rescheduled and took place from 4 to 13 June 2021.
The top five teams qualified for the 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup. The hosts Netherlands won the tournament for the sixth time, beating Germany in a 4–1 penalty shoot out after a 2–2 tie. The previous title holders Belgium won the bronze medal, defeating England with 3–2.

## Qualification

Along the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship, which was held in Antwerp from 16 to 24 August, and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified. The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 1 July 2018 | Host | — | 1 | Netherlands (3) |
| 16–24 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 5 | Belgium (2) England (7) Germany (6) Spain (8) Wales (18) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 2 | France (12) Russia (22) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Preliminary round

The pools were announced on 11 May 2020.
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 9 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 6 | +8 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 3 | |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 19 | −16 | 0 | |
* 5 June 2021 11:00
| England | 5–0 | Russia |
| Ansell 32' Roper 33' Wallace 44' Griffiths 47' Gall 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Michiel Otten (NED)
* 5 June 2021 13:15
| Belgium | 4–2 | Spain |
| Hendrickx 9' Boon 33', 50' Charlier 45' | Report | Basterra 7' Lleonart 54' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 6 June 2021 17:30
| Spain | 5–1 | Russia |
| Lleonart 8' Ruiz 12' Quemada 14', 33' Tarrés 15' | Report | Matkovskiy 45' |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 6 June 2021 19:45
| England | 2–1 | Belgium |
| Wallace 4' Ansell 31' | Report | Boon 5' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)
* 8 June 2021 12:30
| Belgium | 9–2 | Russia |
| Van Aubel 1', 30' Hendrickx 9', 13', 54' De Kerpel 10' Kina 27' Boon 41' Briels 56' | Report | Nadyrshin 30' Kuraev 44' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
* 8 June 2021 17:00
| Spain | 2–3 | England |
| Quemada 27' Lleonart 49' | Report | Ward 12', 14', 60+' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michiel Otten (NED)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 2 | +9 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 3 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 3 | |
| 4 | France | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 0 | |
* 4 June 2021 17:00
| Germany | 8–1 | Wales |
| Staib 12', 59' Bosserhoff 15' Kaufmann 18' Windfeder 25' Wellen 43' Rühr 58' Herzbruch 60+' | Report | G. Furlong 21' |
* Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
* 4 June 2021 20:00
| Netherlands | 3–0 | France |
| Janssen 21' Brinkman 30' Hertzberger 38' | Report | |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 5 June 2021 20:15
| France | 2–3 | Wales |
| Marqué 5' Van Straaten 48' | Report | Dolan-Gray 6' G. Furlong 10' Naughalty 60' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 6 June 2021 15:00
| Germany | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Rühr 58' Windfeder 59' | Report | Van Ass 5' Brinkman 44' |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 8 June 2021 14:45
| France | 5–6 | Germany |
| Dumont 2' Van Straaten 4', 19' Masson 13' Marqué 22' | Report | Häner 4', 5', 60+' Wellen 25', 54' Fuchs 33' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Dan Barstow (ENG)
* 8 June 2021 20:00
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Wales |
| Pruyser 4', 32' Hertzberger 9' De Geus 10' Kemperman 44' Bakker 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)

## Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 5 | Spain | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 | 6 | 2023 FIH Hockey World Cup |
| 6 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | +1 | 6 | |
| 7 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 4 | |
| 8 | Russia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | −5 | 1 | |
* 10 June 2021 12:30
| Russia | 5–6 | France |
| Khairullin 9' Nadyrshin 17' Artemov 33' Skiperskiy 36' Fattakhov 58' | Report | Rogeau 20', 54' Van Straaten 55' Charlet 25', 53' Clément 37' |
* Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Sean Edwards (ENG)
* 10 June 2021 14:45
| Spain | 6–1 | Wales |
| Tarrés 8' Quemada 10' Lleonart 11' Alegre 19', 43' Miralles 60' | Report | Morgan 43' |
* Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 11 June 2021 13:45
| Spain | 2–3 | France |
| Lleonart 7' Quemada 18' | Report | Clément 25' Van Straaten 49' Igau 55' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Pontus (BEL)
* 11 June 2021 21:00
| Wales | 3–3 | Russia |
| Naughalty 17', 40' Jones 24' | Report | Kuraev 6' Khairullin 43' Matkovskiy 54' |
* Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

## First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 10 June | 10 June |
| England | 2 |
| England | 2 | 12 June | 12 June |
| Germany | 3 | 12 June | 12 June |
| Germany | 3 | Germany | 2 (1) |
| 10 June | 10 June | | Germany | 2 (1) |
| 10 June | 10 June | Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) |
| Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (3) | Netherlands (p.s.o.) | 2 (4) |
| Belgium | 2 (1) | | |
| Belgium | 2 (1) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 12 June | 12 June |
| | | England | 2 |
| | | Belgium | 3 |

### Semi-finals

* 10 June 2021 17:00
| England | 2–3 | Germany |
| Dixon 4' Ward 59' | Report | Häner 1' Zwicker 9' Wellen 13' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Coen van Bunge (NED)
* 10 June 2021 20:00
| Netherlands | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Van Ass 52' Janssen 56' | Report | De Kerpel 35' Hendrickx 53' |
| Penalties |||
| Hertzberger Brinkman Kemperman Van Dam Croon | 3–1 | Denayer Wegnez Van Aubel A. Van Doren |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG)

### Third and fourth place

* 12 June 2021 10:00
| England | 2–3 | Belgium |
| Ward 32', 53' | Report | Boon 12', 52' Briels 41' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)

### Final

* 12 June 2021 12:30
| Germany | 2–2 | Netherlands |
| Rühr 21' Staib 56' | Report | Kemperman 34' Janssen 60+' |
| Penalties |||
| Fuchs Rühr Herzbruch | 1–4 | Hertzberger Brinkman Kemperman Van Dam |
* Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Netherlands |
| | Germany |
| | Belgium |
| 4 | England |
| 5 | Spain |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Wales |
| 8 | Russia |
* Team qualified for the 2023 World Cup

### Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.
| Player of the tournament | Goalkeeper of the tournament | Under-21 talent of the tournament | Top goalscorers |
| Pau Quemada | Pirmin Blaak | Antonin Igau | Tom Boon Sam Ward |

### Goalscorers

There were 121 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.05 goals per match.
6 goals
* Tom Boon
* Sam Ward
5 goals
* Alexander Hendrickx
* Pieter van Straaten
* Xavi Lleonart
* Pau Quemada
4 goals
* Martin Häner
* Niklas Wellen
3 goals
* Christopher Rühr
* Constantin Staib
* Jip Janssen
* Joe Naughalty
2 goals
* Thomas Briels
* Florent Van Aubel
* Nicolas De Kerpel
* Lukas Windfeder
* Liam Ansell
* Zachary Wallace
* Victor Charlet
* Timothée Clément
* Benjamin Marqué
* Blaise Rogeau
* Seve van Ass
* Thierry Brinkman
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Robbert Kemperman
* Mirco Pruyser
* Marat Khairullin
* Andrey Kuraev
* Semen Matkovskiy
* Artem Nadyrshin
* David Alegre
* Joan Tarrés
* Gareth Furlong
1 goal
* Cédric Charlier
* Antoine Kina
* Adam Dixon
* James Gall
* Chris Griffiths
* Phil Roper
* Nicolas Dumont
* Antonin Igau
* Charles Masson
* Niklas Bosserhoff
* Florian Fuchs
* Timm Herzbruch
* Paul-Philipp Kaufmann
* Martin Zwicker
* Billy Bakker
* Jonas de Geus
* Evgeny Artemov
* Linar Fattakhov
* Alexander Skiperskiy
* José Basterra
* Marc Miralles
* Viçens Ruiz
* Owain Dolan-Gray
* Hywel Jones
* Jolyon Morgan
Source: FIH