# 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship

The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 17th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.
It was held alongside the women's tournament from 16 to 24 August 2019 in Antwerp, Belgium. The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, with the winner Belgium qualifying.
The hosts Belgium won their first-ever European title after beating Spain 5–0 in the final. The two-time defending champions the Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating Germany 4–0.

## Qualified teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2019 EuroHockey Championship.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 15 June 2016 | Host | Host | 1 | Belgium (2) |
| 19–27 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship | Amstelveen, Netherlands | 5 | Netherlands (3) England (6) Germany (7) Spain (9) Ireland (11) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | Scotland (21) Wales (25) |
| 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 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 | Belgium (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | +13 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | England | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 | Pool C |
| 4 | Wales | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 1 | Pool C |
* 16 August 2019 20:30
| Belgium | 5–0 | Spain |
| Hendrickx 9', 54' Wegnez 19' Boon 52' Kina 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Jonas van't Hek (NED)
* 17 August 2019 11:15
| England | 2–2 | Wales |
| Ward 26' Gall 58' | Report | G. Furlong 32' R. Furlong 52' |
* Umpires: Sébastien Duterme (BEL) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
* 18 August 2019 13:30
| Spain | 5–1 | Wales |
| Iglesias 3' Quemada 14', 56' Ruiz 28' Romeu 36' | Report | G. Furlong 42' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)
* 18 August 2019 18:00
| England | 0–2 | Belgium |
| | Report | Boon 15' Hendrickx 49' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)
* 20 August 2019 13:30
| Spain | 2–2 | England |
| Quemada 33' Arana 43' | Report | Ward 21' Jackson 52' |
* Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)
* 20 August 2019 20:30
| Belgium | 6–0 | Wales |
| Hendrickx 15' Boon 15' De Kerpel 25' Charlier 28', 35' Briels 41' | Report | |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 1 | Pool C |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 1 | Pool C |
* 17 August 2019 13:30
| Germany | 9–0 | Scotland |
| Herzbruch 8', 40', 49' Wellen 9', 34' M. Grambusch 25' Fuchs 28' Rühr 54' Häner 55' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT) Bruce Bale (ENG)
* 17 August 2019 15:45
| Netherlands | 5–1 | Ireland |
| Van Ass 3' Pruyser 5', 52' Kellerman 8', 37' | Report | O'Donoghue 25' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 18 August 2019 15:45
| Ireland | 3–3 | Scotland |
| O'Donoghue 12', 58' Cross 55' | Report | Bain 28', 33' Falconer 51' |
* Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
* 18 August 2019 20:30
| Germany | 2–3 | Netherlands |
| Herzbruch 25' Windfeder 42' | Report | Pruyser 21' Bakker 40' Brinkman 51' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
* 20 August 2019 15:45
| Ireland | 0–5 | Germany |
| | Report | Wellen 3' T. Grambusch 8' Hellwig 55' Fuchs 60' Windfeder 60' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Francisco Vázquez (ESP)
* 20 August 2019 18:00
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Scotland |
| Bakker 6' Brinkman 15', 37' Van der Weerden 30' Janssen 58' Pruyser 60+' | Report | |
* Umpires: Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT) Paul Walker (ENG)

### 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 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | |
| 6 | Wales | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 4 | |
| 7 | Scotland (R) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 4 | Relegation to Championship II |
| 8 | Ireland (R) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | −5 | 1 | Relegation to Championship II |
* 22 August 2019 13:30
| Wales | 2–4 | Scotland |
| Dolan-Gray 40' Prosser 60' | Report | Golden 2', 53' Falconer 12' Parkes 35' |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Paul Walker (ENG)
* 22 August 2019 15:45
| England | 2–1 | Ireland |
| Wallace 11' Roper 12' | Report | Robson 21' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Andrés Ortiz (ESP)
* 24 August 2019 13:30
| England | 3–0 | Scotland |
| Ward 15', 29' Jackson 27' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Sébastien Duterme (BEL)
* 24 August 2019 15:45
| Ireland | 0–4 | Wales |
| | Report | G. Furlong 4', 20' Hutchinson 39' Francis 51' |
* Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michael Gholami-Eilmer (AUT)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 August | 22 August |
| Belgium | 4 |
| Belgium | 4 | 24 August | 24 August |
| Germany | 2 | 24 August | 24 August |
| Germany | 2 | Belgium | 5 |
| 22 August | 22 August | | Belgium | 5 |
| 22 August | 22 August | Spain | 0 |
| Netherlands | 3 | Spain | 0 |
| Spain | 4 | | |
| Spain | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 August | 24 August |
| | | Germany | 0 |
| | | Netherlands | 4 |

#### Semi-finals

* 22 August 2019 18:00
| Netherlands | 3–4 | Spain |
| Bakker 53' Janssen 59', 60' | Report | Quemada 2', 19' Romeu 34' Sánchez 50' |
* Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)
* 22 August 2019 20:30
| Belgium | 4–2 | Germany |
| Boon 42' De Kerpel 54' Wegnez 56' Charlier 58' | Report | Rühr 21' Fuchs 26' |
* Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Coen van Bunge (NED)

#### Third and fourth place

* 24 August 2019 18:00
| Germany | 0–4 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Kellerman 19' Pruyser 43' Hertzberger 58' Van der Weerden 60' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez (ESP) Bruce Bale (ENG)

#### Final

* 24 August 2019 20:30
| Belgium | 5–0 | Spain |
| Dohmen 10' Van Aubel 17' Boon 18' Stockbroekx 27' Hendrickx 39' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Ben Göntgen (GER)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Belgium |
| | Spain |
| | Netherlands |
| 4 | Germany |
| 5 | England |
| 6 | Wales |
| 7 | Scotland |
| 8 | Ireland |
Qualified for the 2020 Summer Olympics
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

### 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 |
| Victor Wegnez | Vincent Vanasch | Jonas de Geus | Tom Boon Alexander Hendrickx Mirco Pruyser Pau Quemada |

### Goalscorers

There were 103 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.15 goals per match.
5 goals
* Tom Boon
* Alexander Hendrickx
* Mirco Pruyser
* Pau Quemada
4 goals
* Sam Ward
* Timm Herzbruch
* Gareth Furlong
3 goals
* Cédric Charlier
* Florian Fuchs
* Niklas Wellen
* Shane O'Donoghue
* Billy Bakker
* Thierry Brinkman
* Jip Janssen
* Bjorn Kellerman
2 goals
* Nicolas De Kerpel
* Victor Wegnez
* Ashley Jackson
* Christopher Rühr
* Lukas Windfeder
* Mink van der Weerden
* Kenny Bain
* Craig Falconer
* Cameron Golden
* Josep Romeu
1 goal
* Florent Van Aubel
* Thomas Briels
* John-John Dohmen
* Antoine Kina
* Emmanuel Stockbroekx
* James Gall
* Phil Roper
* Zachary Wallace
* Mats Grambusch
* Tom Grambusch
* Martin Häner
* Malte Hellwig
* Tim Cross
* Michael Robson
* Seve van Ass
* Jeroen Hertzberger
* Nicky Parkes
* Diego Arana
* Álvaro Iglesias
* Viçens Ruiz
* Ricardo Sánchez
* Owain Dolan-Gray
* Benjamin Francis
* Rhodri Furlong
* Dale Hutchinson
* Lewis Prosser
Source: FIH