# 1974 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

The 1974 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the second edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held at Club de Campo Villa de Madrid in Madrid, Spain from 2 to 11 May 1974.
The hosts Spain won their first European title by defeating the defending champions West Germany 1–0 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal by defeating England 4–1.

## Preliminary round
### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | West Germany | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 1 | +21 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Scotland | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Czechoslovakia | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 9 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Denmark | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | −8 | 3 | |
| 5 | Switzerland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | −10 | 0 | |
* 2 May 1974 12:30
| West Germany | 6–1 | Switzerland |
* 2 May 1974 18:30
| Scotland | 5–0 | Denmark |
* 3 May 1974 12:30
| Scotland | 3–1 | Czechoslovakia |
* 3 May 1974 18:30
| Denmark | 2–1 | Switzerland |
* 4 May 1974 14:30
| West Germany | 4–0 | Denmark |
* 4 May 1974 17:30
| Czechoslovakia | 1–0 | Switzerland |
* 5 May 1974 18:30
| West Germany | 6–0 | Czechoslovakia |
* 5 May 1974 18:30
| Scotland | 3–0 | Switzerland |
* 6 May 1974 15:30
| West Germany | 6–0 | Scotland |
* 6 May 1974 15:30
| Czechoslovakia | 0–0 | Denmark |

### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Poland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 2 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 13 | −13 | 0 | |
* 2 May 1974 15:30
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Portugal |
* 3 May 1974 18:30
| Netherlands | 2–0 | Ireland |
* 3 May 1974 18:30
| Poland | 4–0 | Portugal |
* 5 May 1974 12:30
| Ireland | 3–0 | Portugal |
* 5 May 1974 15:30
| Netherlands | 4–2 | Poland |
* 6 May 1974 18:30
| Poland | 2–0 | Ireland |

### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 8 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 3 | +9 | 6 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Italy | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 4 | |
| 4 | Austria | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | −3 | 2 | |
| 5 | Finland | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 12 | −12 | 0 | |
* 2 May 1974 15:30
| France | 2–0 | Italy |
* 2 May 1974 18:30
| England | 2–0 | Finland |
* 3 May 1974 12:30
| France | 5–1 | Austria |
* 3 May 1974 15:30
| Italy | 1–0 | Finland |
* 4 May 1974 14:30
| Austria | 4–0 | Finland |
* 4 May 1974 17:30
| England | 4–0 | Italy |
* 5 May 1974 12:30
| France | 5–0 | Finland |
* 5 May 1974 15:30
| England | 1–0 | Austria |
* 6 May 1974 15:30
| England | 2–0 | France |
* 6 May 1974 18:30
| Italy | 2–0 | Austria |

### Pool D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | +8 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 2 | Wales | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 | Quarter-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 1 | |
| 4 | Yugoslavia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | −7 | 1 | |
* 2 May 1974 12:30
| Spain | 6–0 | Yugoslavia |
* 2 May 1974 18:30
| Wales | 3–1 | Belgium |
* 3 May 1974 15:30
| Wales | 1–0 | Yugoslavia |
* 4 May 1974 17:30
| Spain | 2–0 | Belgium |
* 5 May 1974 15:30
| Belgium | 1–1 | Yugoslavia |
* 5 May 1974 18:30
| Spain | 0–0 | Wales |

## Classification round
### 17th place game

* 8 May 1974 12:00
| Switzerland | 2–1 | Finland |

### Ninth to 16th place classification

| 9–16th place quarter-finals | 9–16th place quarter-finals | 9–12th place semi-finals | 9–12th place semi-finals | | Ninth place | Ninth place |
| 8 May | 8 May | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | | | |
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 10 May | 10 May | | |
| Portugal | 1 | 10 May | 10 May | |
| Portugal | 1 | Czechoslovakia | 2 | |
| 8 May | 8 May | | Czechoslovakia | 2 | |
| 8 May | 8 May | Italy | 0 | |
| Italy | 2 | Italy | 0 | |
| Italy | 2 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Yugoslavia | 1 | | | | Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| 8 May | 8 May | | | | | Czechoslovakia | 2 |
| 8 May | 8 May | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| Belgium | 3 | | | | Belgium | 1 |
| Belgium | 3 | 10 May | 10 May | | | |
| Austria | 2 | 10 May | 10 May | | | |
| Austria | 2 | Belgium | 1 | | | |
| 8 May | 8 May | | Belgium | 1 | | | |
| 8 May | 8 May | Ireland | 0 | | 11th place | 11th place |
| Ireland | 1 | Ireland | 0 | | 11th place | 11th place |
| Ireland | 1 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Denmark | 0 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Denmark | 0 | | | | Ireland | 1 |
| | | | | | Italy | 0 |

### 9–16th place quarter-finals

* 8 May 1974 12:00
| Italy | 2–1 | Yugoslavia |
* 8 May 1974 15:30
| Ireland | 1–0 | Denmark |
* 8 May 1974 15:30
| Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | Portugal |
* 8 May 1974 18:30
| Belgium | 3–2 | Austria |

#### 9–12th place semi-finals

* 10 May 1974 15:30
| Czechoslovakia | 2–0 | Italy |
* 10 May 1974 17:30
| Belgium | 1–0 | Ireland |

#### 11th place game

* 11 May 1974 15:30
| Ireland | 1–0 | Italy |

#### Ninth place game

* 11 May 1974 12:00
| Czechoslovakia | 2–1 | Belgium |

#### 13th to 16th place classification

| 13–16th place semi-finals | 13–16th place semi-finals | 13th place | 13th place |
| 10 May | 10 May |
| Yugoslavia | 4 |
| Yugoslavia | 4 | 11 May | 11 May |
| Portugal | 0 | 11 May | 11 May |
| Portugal | 0 | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 10 May | 10 May | | Yugoslavia | 3 |
| 10 May | 10 May | Denmark | 0 |
| Denmark | 1 | Denmark | 0 |
| Austria | 0 | | |
| Austria | 0 | 15th place | 15th place |
| | | 11 May | 11 May |
| | | Austria | 3 |
| | | Portugal | 0 |

##### 13–16th place semi-finals

* 10 May 1974 12:00
| Yugoslavia | 4–0 | Portugal |
* 10 May 1974 12:00
| Denmark | 1–0 | Austria |

##### 15th place game

* 11 May 1974 15:30
| Austria | 3–0 | Portugal |

##### 13th place game

* 11 May 1974 15:30
| Yugoslavia | 3–0 | Denmark |

### First to eighth place classification

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 8 May | 8 May | | | |
| Spain | 2 | | | |
| Spain | 2 | 10 May | 10 May | | |
| France | 1 | 10 May | 10 May | |
| France | 1 | Spain | 1 | |
| 8 May | 8 May | | Spain | 1 | |
| 8 May | 8 May | Netherlands | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 6 | Netherlands | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 6 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Scotland | 0 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Scotland | 0 | | | | Spain | 1 |
| 8 May | 8 May | | | | | Spain | 1 |
| 8 May | 8 May | | | | West Germany | 0 |
| West Germany | 5 | | | | West Germany | 0 |
| West Germany | 5 | 10 May | 10 May | | | |
| Poland | 1 | 10 May | 10 May | | | |
| Poland | 1 | West Germany | 5 | | | |
| 8 May | 8 May | | West Germany | 5 | | | |
| 8 May | 8 May | England | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| England (a.e.t.) | 2 | England | 0 | | Third place | Third place |
| England (a.e.t.) | 2 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Wales | 1 | | | | 11 May | 11 May |
| Wales | 1 | | | | Netherlands | 4 |
| | | | | | England | 1 |

#### Quarter-finals

* 8 May 1974 12:00
| England | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Wales |
* 8 May 1974 15:30
| West Germany | 5–1 | Poland |
* 8 May 1974 18:30
| Spain | 2–1 | France |
* 8 May 1974 18:30
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Scotland |

#### Semi-finals

* 10 May 1974 16:30
| Spain | 1–0 | Netherlands |
* 10 May 1974 18:30
| West Germany | 5–0 | England |

#### Third place game

* 11 May 1974 15:30
| Netherlands | 4–1 | England |

#### Final

* 11 May 1974 18:30
| Spain | 1–0 | West Germany |

#### Fifth to eighth place classification

| 5–8th place semi-finals | 5–8th place semi-finals | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| 10 May | 10 May |
| Poland | 4 |
| Poland | 4 | 11 May | 11 May |
| Wales | 3 | 11 May | 11 May |
| Wales | 3 | Poland | 2 |
| 10 May | 10 May | | Poland | 2 |
| 10 May | 10 May | France | 1 |
| France | 2 | France | 1 |
| Scotland | 1 | | |
| Scotland | 1 | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 11 May | 11 May |
| | | Scotland | 1 |
| | | Wales | 0 |

##### 5–8th place semi-finals

* 10 May 1974 15:30
| France | 2–1 | Scotland |
* 10 May 1974 17:30
| Poland | 4–3 | Wales |

##### Seventh place game

* 11 May 1974 12:00
| Scotland | 1–0 | Wales |

##### Fifth place game

* 11 May 1974 12:00
| Poland | 2–1 | France |

## Final standings

* Spain
* West Germany
* Netherlands
* England
* Poland
* France
* Scotland
* Wales
* Czechoslovakia
* Belgium
* Ireland
* Italy
* Yugoslavia
* Denmark
* Austria
* Portugal
* Switzerland
* Finland