# 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2019 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 8th edition of the men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the European field hockey Championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.
It was held from 28 July to 3 August 2019 in Gibraltar. The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II, with the finalists Croatia and Switzerland qualifying.
Croatia won their first EuroHockey Championship III title by defeating Switzerland 5–4 in the final. The hosts Gibraltar won the bronze medal by defeating Portugal 7–2.
In a rather high-scoring tournament, 110 goals were scored across the 20 games.

## Qualified teams

The following eight teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| 6–12 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship II | Glasgow, Scotland | 2 | Portugal (34) Switzerland (31) |
| 30 July – 5 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship III | Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia | 5 | Croatia (40) Lithuania (50) Malta (52) Slovakia (51) Turkey (45) |
| 31 July – 5 August 2017 | 2017 EuroHockey Championship IV | Lipovci, Slovenia | 1 | Gibraltar (60) |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Gibraltar (H) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Lithuania | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 16 | −12 | 1 | Pool C |
* 28 July 2019 15:45
| Switzerland | 11–1 | Lithuania |
| Greder 2', 7', 14', 54' Bergler 19' Knabenhans 28', 60' Wyss-Chodat 29' Stomps 43' Brönnimann 47' Gassner 58' | Report | Galkus 53' |
* Umpires: Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Nathan Galea (MLT)
* 28 July 2019 18:00
| Turkey | 1–5 | Gibraltar |
| Elagöz 43' | Report | Casciaro 11' Ramagge 38' Hernandez 41', 55' Lopez 57' |
* Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
* 30 July 2019 15:45
| Turkey | 0–2 | Switzerland |
| | Report | Brönnimann 39' Greder 42' |
* Umpires: Malcolm Coombes (IRL) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
* 30 July 2019 18:00
| Lithuania | 1–1 | Gibraltar |
| Bubnelis 31' | Report | Lopez 20' |
* Umpires: Lubos Kamendy (SVK) Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)
* 31 July 2019 15:45
| Lithuania | 2–4 | Turkey |
| Balsiukas 49', 53' | Report | Poyraz 10', 58' Yilmaz 24' Bakar 40' |
* Umpires: Nathan Galea (MLT) Nick Bennett (ENG)
* 31 July 2019 18:00
| Switzerland | 3–0 | Gibraltar |
| Greder 17' Brönnimann 55' Hug 57' | Report | |
* Umpires: Malcolm Coombes (IRL) Joe Kodde (POR)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Croatia | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Portugal | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 16 | −8 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Malta | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | Pool C |
* 28 July 2019 09:00
| Croatia | 7–0 | Slovakia |
| L. Bachmann 14' Zlimen 25' A. Fujs 32' Marković 32' P. Hršak 36' Krleža 59' Vuk 59' | Report | |
* Umpires: Malcolm Coombes (IRL) Adrian Bucher (SUI)
* 28 July 2019 11:15
| Portugal | 6–0 | Malta |
| Tavares 2' Rodrigues 9', 43' Castro 16' Santos 52' Ribeiro 56' | Report | |
* Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)
* 29 July 2019 15:45
| Malta | 1–3 | Slovakia |
| Cuschieri 49' | Report | Hruska 7' Kovačevič 14' Petraš 56' |
* Umpires: Joe Kodde (POR) Adrian Bucher (SUI)
* 29 July 2019 18:00
| Croatia | 5–0 | Portugal |
| Mucić 3', 57' Mucic 30' Premilovac 34' L. Bachmann 60' | Report | |
* Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
* 31 July 2019 09:00
| Portugal | 8–5 | Slovakia |
| Castro 14', 59' Tavares 15', 28' Rodrigues 44' Caramalho 47', 60' Ribeiro 60+' | Report | Romanec 5', 56' Petráš 30' Bitter 42' Krampl 45' |
* Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Adrian Bucher (SUI)
* 31 July 2019 11:15
| Malta | 2–5 | Croatia |
| K. Bajada 46' Sarcia 58' | Report | Bagur 9', 43' A. Fujs 14' Marković 29' Zlimen 36' |
* Umpires: Lubos Kamendy (SVK) Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

### 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 | Turkey | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 7 | |
| 6 | Slovakia | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 6 | |
| 7 | Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | −1 | 3 | |
| 8 | Malta (R) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 1 | EuroHockey Championship IV |
* 2 August 2019 09:00
| Lithuania | 5–3 | Malta |
| Bubnelis 20', 52' Balsiukas 34' Galkus 37', 39' | Report | Borg 45' K. Bajada 48' Agius 49' |
* Umpires: Malcolm Coombes (IRL) Mahmut Çilkiz (TUR)
* 2 August 2019 11:15
| Turkey | 1–0 | Slovakia |
| Kilinc 45' | Report | |
* Umpires: Joe Kodde (POR) Nathan Galea (MLT)
* 3 August 2019 09:00
| Turkey | 1–1 | Malta |
| Acikgoz 13' | Report | Calleja 38' |
* Umpires: Adrian Bucher (SUI) Lubos Kamendy (SVK)
* 3 August 2019 11:15
| Slovakia | 2–1 | Lithuania |
| Jelačič 32' Vacha 33' | Report | Balsiukas 23' |
* Umpires: Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Joe Kodde (POR)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 2 August | 2 August |
| Switzerland | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 3 August | 3 August |
| Portugal | 2 | 3 August | 3 August |
| Portugal | 2 | Switzerland | 4 |
| 2 August | 2 August | | Switzerland | 4 |
| 2 August | 2 August | Croatia | 5 |
| Croatia | 1 (4) | Croatia | 5 |
| Gibraltar | 1 (1) | | |
| Gibraltar | 1 (1) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 3 August | 3 August |
| | | Portugal | 2 |
| | | Gibraltar | 7 |

#### Semi-finals

* 2 August 2019 15:45
| Switzerland | 3–2 | Portugal |
| Wyss-Chodat 14' Brönnimann 38' Knabenhans 60' | Report | Ribeiro 23' Ferreira 29' |
* Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
* 2 August 2019 18:00
| Croatia | 1–1 | Gibraltar |
| A. Fujs 42' | Report | Lopez 28' |
| Penalties |||
| Vuk Mucić A. Fujs Bachmann | 4–1 | Silva Rodriguez Henwood |
* Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)

#### Third and fourth place

* 3 August 2019 15:45
| Portugal | 2–7 | Gibraltar |
| Tavares 35' Rodrigues 40' | Report | S. Ramagge 13' Lopez 18', 22' C. Ramagge 20' Hernandez 38' Henwood 45+' Stagno 60' |
* Umpires: Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL) Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU)

#### Final

* 3 August 2019 18:00
| Switzerland | 4–5 | Croatia |
| Schneider 24' Stomps 56', 60', 60' | Report | Bachmann 23', 58' Premilovac 50' A. Fujs 51' Zlimen 53' |
* Umpires: Malcolm Coombes (IRL) Nick Bennett (ENG)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Croatia |
| | Switzerland |
| | Gibraltar |
| 4 | Portugal |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Slovakia |
| 7 | Lithuania |
| 8 | Malta |
Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship IV

### Goalscorers

There have been 110 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.5 goals per match.
6 goals
* Martin Greder
5 goals
* Julian Lopez
4 goals
* Lucas Bachmann
* Anže Fujs
* Žygimantas Balsiukas
* Miguel Rodrigues
* Luis Tavares
* Elias Brönnimann
* Boris Stomps
3 goals
* Filip Zlimen
* Julian Hernandez
* Rodrigo Castro
* Vasco Ribeiro
* Pascal Knabenhans
2 goals
* Ivan Bagur
* Pavel Marković
* Mario Mucić
* Toni Premilovac
* Shane Ramagge
* Kristis Bubnelis
* Rokas Galkus
* Keith Bajada
* Afonso Caramalho
* Daniel Petraš
* Tomáš Romanec
* Gael Wyss-Chodat
* Numan Poyraz
1 goal
* Petar Hršak
* Josip Krleža
* Marko Mucic
* Zvonimir Vuk
* Eric Casciaro
* Gareth Henwood
* Carl Ramagge
* Kayron Stagno
* Christ Agius
* Jonathan Borg
* Keith Calleja
* Joseph Cuschieri
* Juan Sarcia
* Joao Ferreira
* José Santos
* Ondrej Bitter
* Matej Hruska
* Matej Jelačič
* Zdenko Kovačevič
* Matej Krampl
* Tomáš Vacha
* Nicolas Bergler
* Lorenz Gassner
* Mirko Hug
* Sebastian Schneider
* Onur Acikgoz
* Isa Bakar
* Müslüm Elagöz
* Vakif Kilinc
* Yaşar Yilmaz
Source: FIH