# 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth 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 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.
The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.
Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the penalty shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.

## Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 16–25 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 | Ireland (13) Scotland (19) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 4 | Austria (20) Italy (23) Poland (26) Ukraine (29) |
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Gibraltar | 2 | Croatia (39) Switzerland (34) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Umpires

The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:
* Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
* Tim Meissner (GER)
* Greig Cunningham (SCO)
* Lukas Orzeł (POL)
* Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
* Ian Strange (IRL)
* Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
* Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
* Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Poland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | |
* 15 August 2021 17:45
| Italy | 4–1 | Croatia |
| M. Mondo 30' Amorosini 51' Blom 54' Nunez 59' | Report | Mucić 7' |
* Umpires: Friedrich Weiland (AUT) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
* 15 August 2021 20:10
| Ireland | 2–1 | Poland |
| Walker 15' McKee 60' | Report | Sudoł 41' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
* 17 August 2021 17:45
| Italy | 1–1 | Ireland |
| Sior 13' | Report | O'Donoghue 7' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
* 17 August 2021 20:00
| Poland | 4–2 | Croatia |
| R. Pawlak 30' Gumny 35' Jarzyński 55' Rutkowski 57' | Report | Mucić 6', 8' |
* Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Ian Strange (IRL)
* 18 August 2021 17:45
| Ireland | 6–0 | Croatia |
| Murray 4' O'Donoghue 29', 52' Duncan 31' McKee 40', 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
* 18 August 2021 20:00
| Poland | 2–0 | Italy |
| Głowacki 13' Jarzyński 30' | Report | |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 4 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
* 15 August 2021 13:15
| Austria | 0–2 | Switzerland |
| | Report | Grandchamp 48' Stomps 58' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
* 15 August 2021 15:30
| Scotland | 4–4 | Ukraine |
| McConnell 12' Forsyth 13' Harwood 15' Golden 56' | Report | Kalinchuk 34' Solomianyi 39' Paziuk 57' Kovalenko 58' |
* Umpires: Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Ian Strange (IRL)
* 16 August 2021 17:15
| Ukraine | 5–1 | Switzerland |
| Koshelenko 17' Solomianyi 21' Popov 38' Onofriiuk 54' Kalinchuk 55' | Report | Hengartner 39' |
* Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Lukasz Orzeł (POL)
* 16 August 2021 19:30
| Austria | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Uher 4' Kölbl 24' | Report | Walker 52' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
* 18 August 2021 13:15
| Scotland | 6–0 | Switzerland |
| Field 10' Forsyth 12', 38', 45' Shepherdson 41' Walker 53' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Ian Strange (IRL)
* 18 August 2021 15:30
| Ukraine | 1–2 | Austria |
| Onofriiuk 19' | Report | Uher 39', 60' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

## 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 | Qualification |
| 5 | Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | |
* 20 August 2021 10:15
| Croatia | 0–4 | Switzerland |
| | Report | G. Wyss-Chodat 13' B. Wyss-Chodat 15' Stomps 23', 58' |
* Umpires: Friedrich Weiland (AUT) Ian Strange (IRL)
* 20 August 2021 12:30
| Italy | 1–0 | Ukraine |
| Amorosini 52' | Report | |
* Umpires: Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Tim Meissner (GER)
* 21 August 2021 09:00
| Italy | 2–2 | Switzerland |
| Nunez 19' Keenan 20' | Report | Flück 20' M. Wyss-Chodat 52' |
* Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
* 21 August 2021 11:15
| Ukraine | 5–3 | Croatia |
| Koshelenko 10', 34' Kaplinskyi 10' Kovalenko 46' Shevchuk 50' | Report | Mucić 28', 32', 39' |
* Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Ian Strange (IRL)

## First to fourth place classification
### Bracket

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 20 August | 20 August |
| Ireland | 2 |
| Ireland | 2 | 21 August | 21 August |
| Scotland | 3 | 21 August | 21 August |
| Scotland | 3 | Scotland | 1 (6) |
| 20 August | 20 August | | Scotland | 1 (6) |
| 20 August | 20 August | Austria (s.o.) | 1 (7) |
| Austria (s.o.) | 0 (3) | Austria (s.o.) | 1 (7) |
| Poland | 0 (2) | | |
| Poland | 0 (2) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 21 August | 21 August |
| | | Ireland | 4 |
| | | Poland | 2 |

### Semi-finals

* 20 August 2021 14:45
| Ireland | 2–3 | Scotland |
| O'Dea 7' Walker 16' | Report | Forsyth 28', 45', 51' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
* 20 August 2021 17:00
| Austria | 0–0 | Poland |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Unterkircher Thörnblom Uher Losonci Fröhlich | 3–2 | Kurowski Jarzyński R. Pawlak Chumeńczuk Bembenek |
* Umpires: Greig Cunningham (SCO) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

### Third place game

* 21 August 2021 13:45
| Ireland | 4–2 | Poland |
| O'Dea 9', 57' Walker 15' O'Donoghue 39' | Report | Rutkowski 36' Kurowski 44' |
* Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

### Final

* 21 August 2021 16:00
| Scotland | 1–1 | Austria |
| Walker 36' | Report | Uher 52' |
| Penalties |||
| Forsyth Golden Morton Walker Field Forsyth Golden Morton | 6–7 | Unterkircher Thörnblom Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Unterkircher Thörnblom Fröhlich |
* Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Tim Meissner (GER)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Qualification |
| 1 | Austria | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 2 | Scotland | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 3 | Ireland | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 4 | Poland (H) | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 5 | Italy | 2023 World Cup qualifier |
| 6 | Ukraine | |
| 7 | Switzerland | |
| 8 | Croatia | |

### Goalscorers

There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.
7 goals
* Alan Forsyth
6 goals
* Mario Mucić
4 goals
* Dominic Uher
* Shane O'Donoghue
3 goals
* John McKee
* Kevin O'Dea
* Ben Walker
* Struan Walker
* Boris Stomps
* Andrii Koshelenko
2 goals
* Mattia Amorosini
* Agustin Nunez
* Gragjan Jarzyński
* Wojciech Rutkowski
* Vitalii Kalinchuk
* Bohdan Kovalenko
* Maksym Onofriiuk
* Oleksandr Solomianyi
1 goal
* Benjamin Kölbl
* Jeremy Duncan
* Sean Murray
* Fabio Blom
* Thomas Keenan
* Manuel Mondo
* Francois Sior
* Mikolaj Gumny
* Mikołaj Głowacki
* Jacek Kurowski
* Robert Pawlak
* Krystian Sudoł
* Rob Field
* Cameron Golden
* Rob Harwood
* Andy McConnell
* Robbie Shepherdson
* Jens Flück
* Loris Grandchamp
* Lukas Hengartner
* Benoit Wyss-Chodat
* Gael Wyss-Chodat
* Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
* Volodymyr Kaplinskyi
* Viacheslav Paziuk
* Oleksii Popov
* Vitalii Shevchuk
Source: FIH