# 2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship

The 2013 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 11th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 17 August to 24 August 2013 in Boom, Belgium.
Germany defeated England in the final to win their second title.

## Qualified teams

* Belgium
* Belarus
* England
* Germany
* Ireland
* Netherlands
* Scotland
* Spain

## 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 against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge.

## Results

The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.
All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | |
| 4 | Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 15 | −12 | 0 | |
* 17 August 2013 14:00
| Belgium | 5–1 | Belarus |
| de Groof 32' Boon 37' Coppey 41' Versavel 42' de Vos 47' | Report | Kulinkovich 67' |
* Umpires: Claire Brunekreef (NED) Asling Keogh (IRL)
* 17 August 2013 18:00
| Netherlands | 6–0 | Ireland |
| Paumen 27', 58' Hoog 52', 65' van Male 59' Dirkse van den Heuvel 62' | Report | |
* Umpires: Irene Clelland (SCO) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)
* 18 August 2013 16:00
| Ireland | 3–2 | Belarus |
| Speers 12', 50' Jacob 62' | Report | Shyntar 45' Syrayezhka 67' |
* Umpires: Christiane Hippler (GER) Claire Adenot (FRA)
* 18 August 2013 20:00
| Belgium | 0–2 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Dirkse van den Heuvel 10' Drost 11' |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Dino Willox (WAL)
* 20 August 2013 18:00
| Ireland | 0–3 | Belgium |
| | Report | Raes 22' de Scheemaeckere 57' Coppey 62' |
* Umpires: Dino Willox (WAL) Irene Clelland (SCO)
* 20 August 2013 20:00
| Netherlands | 7–0 | Belarus |
| Lammers 18', 44' Paumen 27', 53', 58' Mol 37' Drost 40' | Report | |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Aisling Keogh (IRL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | England | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 3 | |
| 4 | Scotland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | −3 | 0 | |
* 17 August 2013 10:00
| England | 3–0 | Spain |
| Macleod 4' Walsh 18' Owsley 42' | Report | |
* Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Christiane Hippler (GER)
* 17 August 2013 12:00
| Germany | 1–0 | Scotland |
| 20' | Report | |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Dino Willox (WAL)
* 18 August 2013 12:00
| Spain | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Gómez 1', 26' | Report | Kidd 26' |
* Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)
* 18 August 2013 14:00
| Germany | 2–1 | England |
| Mävers 29', 51' | Report | Ansley 35' |
* Umpires: Irene Clelland (SCO) Laurine Delforge (BEL)
* 20 August 2013 14:00
| England | 2–1 | Scotland |
| Macleod 34' Quek 53' | Report | Kidd 49' |
* Umpires: Christiane Hippler (GER) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
* 20 August 2013 16:00
| Spain | 0–2 | Germany |
| | Report | Hoffmann 66' Haase 70' |
* Umpires: Claire Adenot (FRA) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

### Fifth to eighth place classification
#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 9 | |
| 2 | Scotland | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 6 | |
| 3 | Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 3 | Relegated to EuroHockey Nations Championship II |
| 4 | Belarus | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 0 | Relegated to EuroHockey Nations Championship II |
* 22 August 2013 14:00
| Belarus | 2–3 | Scotland |
| Shyntar 43' Mikheichyk 55' | Report | Skrastin 22' Howie 26' Bunce 33' |
* Umpires: Christine Hippler (GER) Laurine Delforge (BEL)
* 22 August 2013 16:00
| Ireland | 0–1 | Spain |
| | Report | Bonastre 19' |
* Umpires: Dino Willox (WAL) Luidmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)
* 24 August 2013 09:00
| Ireland | 1–3 | Scotland |
| O'Flanagan 21' | Report | Ralph 26' Kidd 29' Cram 50' |
* Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Caroline Brunekreef (NED)
* 24 August 2013 11:00
| Spain | 4–2 | Belarus |
| Pérez 15' Comerma 33' Ybarra 37' Bonastre FG' | Report | Batura 53' Shyntar 58' |
* Umpires: Christine Hippler (GER) AIsling Keogh (IRL)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 22 August | 22 August |
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) |
| Germany (p.s.o.) | 2 (2) | 24 August | 24 August |
| Belgium | 2 (0) | 24 August | 24 August |
| Belgium | 2 (0) | Germany (p.s.o.) | 4 (2) |
| 22 August | 22 August | | Germany (p.s.o.) | 4 (2) |
| 22 August | 22 August | England | 4 (0) |
| England (p.s.o.) | 1 (3) | England | 4 (0) |
| Netherlands | 1 (2) | | |
| Netherlands | 1 (2) | Third place | Third place |
| | | 24 August | 24 August |
| | | Belgium | 1 |
| | | Netherlands | 3 |

#### Semifinals

* 22 August 2013 18:00
| Germany | 2–2 | Belgium |
| Hoffmann 19' Mävers 68' | Report | Boon 29' de Vos 40' |
| Penalties |||
| Stöckel Müller Mävers | 2–0 | de Scheemaeckere Nelen de Vos Raes |
* Umpires: Caroline Brunekreef (NED) Claire Adenot (FRA)
* 22 August 2013 20:30
| Netherlands | 1–1 | England |
| de Goede 52' | Report | Unsworth 40' |
| Penalties |||
| de Goede Paumen Hoog Drost Bos de Goede Drost | 2–3 | Walsh Danson Unsworth Twigg Richardson Richardson Danson |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Irene Clelland (SCO)

#### Third and fourth place

* 24 August 2013 13:30
| Belgium | 1–3 | Netherlands |
| de Vos 53' | Report | van Maasakker 10' Dirkse van den Heuvel 30' Hoog 68' |
* Umpires: Dino Willox (WAL) Claire Adenot (FRA)

#### Final

* 24 August 2013 16:00
| Germany | 4–4 | England |
| Hoffmann 4' Bachmann 15', 22' Krüger 34' | Report | Twigg 3' Walsh 8' Richardson 30' Gilbert 66' |
| Penalties |||
| Stöckel Müller Teschke Müller-Wieland | 2–0 | Walsh Danson Unsworth Twigg |
* Umpires: Elena Eskina (RUS) Irene Clelland (SCO)

## Awards

| Player of the Tournament | Top Goalscorer | Goalkeeper of the Tournament |
| Tina Bachmann | Maartje Paumen | Maddie Hinch |

## Statistics
### Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final Standings |
| | Germany | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 11 | Gold Medal |
| | England | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 8 | Silver Medal |
| | Netherlands | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 2 | +17 | 13 | Bronze Medal |
| 4 | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 7 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Spain | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 9 | Eliminated in pool stage |
| 6 | Scotland | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 6 | Eliminated in pool stage |
| 7 | Ireland | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 15 | −11 | 3 | Eliminated in pool stage |
| 8 | Belarus | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 22 | −15 | 0 | Eliminated in pool stage |

### Goalscorers

There were 78 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 3.9 goals per match.
5 goals
* Maartje Paumen
3 goals
* Volha Shyntar
* Charlotte de Vos
* Eileen Hoffmann
* Marie Mävers
* Carlien Dirkse van den Heuvel
* Ellen Hoog
* Nikki Kidd
2 goals
* Jill Boon
* Erica Coppey
* Hannah Macleod
* Kate Walsh
* Tina Bachmann
* Alexandra Speers
* Roos Drost
* Kim Lammers
* Holly Cram
* María Gómez
* Berta Bonastre
1 goal
* Ryta Batura
* Krestina Kulinkovich
* Yuliya Mikheichyk
* Nastatssia Syrayezhka
* Stephanie de Groof
* Anne-Sophie de Scheemaeckere
* Anouk Raes
* Louise Versavel
* Giselle Ansley
* Susie Gilbert
* Lily Owsley
* Sam Quek
* Helen Richardson
* Georgie Twigg
* Laura Unsworth
* Lydia Haase
* Hannah Krüger
* Lisa Jacob
* Anna O'Flanagan
* Eva de Goede
* Sabine Mol
* Caia van Maasakker
* Kitty van Male
* Vikki Bunce
* Alison Howie
* Nicola Skrastin
* Gloria Comerma
* Beatriz Pérez
* Rocío Ybarra
1 own goal
* Scotland (against Germany)
Source: FIH