# 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the 4th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship III, the third level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 23 to 30 July 2011 in Catania, Italy.
The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the champions and runners-up, Azerbaijan and Italy, respectively, qualifying.

## Qualified teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 1—8 August 2009 | 2009 EuroHockey Nations Trophy | Wrexham, Wales | 2 | Italy (28) Switzerland (36) |
| 25–31 July 2009 | 2009 EuroHockey Challenge I | Zagreb, Croatia | 3 | Portugal (50) Azerbaijan (37) Croatia (48) |
| 25–31 July 2009 | 2009 EuroHockey Challenge II | Bratislava, Slovakia | 2 | Gibraltar (44) Slovakia (51) |
| Total | Total | Total | 7 | |

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Azerbaijan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Italy (H) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Croatia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 1 | Pool C |
* 24 July 2011
| Italy | 2–2 | Croatia |
* 26 July 2011
| Croatia | 2–6 | Azerbaijan |
* 27 July 2011
| Azerbaijan | 2–2 | Italy |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Switzerland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Gibraltar | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 4 | Pool C |
| 4 | Slovakia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 0 | Pool C |
* 24 July 2011
| Switzerland | 3–1 | Gibraltar |
* 24 July 2011
| Portugal | 5–2 | Slovakia |
* 25 July 2011
| Portugal | 2–2 | Switzerland |
* 25 July 2011
| Gibraltar | 4–3 | Slovakia |
* 27 July 2011
| Slovakia | 0–5 | Switzerland |
* 27 July 2011
| Gibraltar | 5–3 | Portugal |

### Fifth to seventh 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 |
| 5 | Croatia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | +6 | 6 |
| 6 | Portugal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 7 | Slovakia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | −5 | 0 |
* 29 July 2011
| Croatia | 5–1 | Portugal |
* 30 July 2011
| Croatia | 3–1 | Slovakia |

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 29 July | 29 July |
| Italy | 3 |
| Italy | 3 | 30 July | 30 July |
| Switzerland | 2 | 30 July | 30 July |
| Switzerland | 2 | Italy | 2 |
| 29 July | 29 July | | Italy | 2 |
| 29 July | 29 July | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | Azerbaijan | 3 |
| Gibraltar | 2 | | |
| Gibraltar | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 July | 30 July |
| | | Switzerland | 4 |
| | | Gibraltar | 5 |

#### Semi-finals

* 29 July 2011
| Italy | 3–2 | Switzerland |
* 29 July 2011
| Azerbaijan | 4–2 | Gibraltar |

#### Third place game

* 30 July 2011
| Switzerland | 4–5 | Gibraltar |

#### Final

* 30 July 2011
| Italy | 2–3 | Azerbaijan |

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Azerbaijan |
| | Italy |
| | Gibraltar |
| 4 | Switzerland |
| 5 | Croatia |
| 6 | Portugal |
| 7 | Slovakia |
Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II