# 2015 Men's Hockey Under-21 Invitational Tournament

The 2015 Men's Hockey Under–21 Invitational Tournament was an invitational women's under–21 field hockey competition, hosted by Hockey Netherlands. The tournament took place between 18 and 25 July 2015 in Breda, Netherlands. A total of six teams competed for the title. It was held alongside a women's tournament.
Belgium won the tournament, defeating Germany 2–1 in the final. England defeated India 3–0 in the third place match.

## Teams

Including the Netherlands, 5 teams were invited by Hockey Netherlands to participate in the tournament. The team from England however, comprised players up to 23 years of age.
* Belgium
* England
* Germany
* India
* Netherlands (host nation)
* New Zealand

## Officials

The following umpires were appointed by the International Hockey Federation to officiate the tournament:
* Fraser Bell (SCO)
* Jens Brieschke (GER)
* Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
* Sherif El-Amari (EGY)
* Deepak Joshi (IND)
* Jasper Nagtzaam (NED)
* Bevan Nichol (NZL)
* Paul Walker (ENG)

## Results
### Preliminary round

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Belgium | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 10 | Advanced to Final |
| 2 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 13 | 11 | +2 | 9 | Advanced to Final |
| 3 | India | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | +3 | 7 | |
| 4 | England | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | +3 | 6 | |
| 5 | Netherlands (H) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 6 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 15 | −8 | 2 | |

#### Fixtures

* 18 July 2015 15:00
| Germany | 0–3 | India |
| | Report | Armaan 29' Harjeet 46' Harmanpreet 52' |
* Umpires: Sherif El-Amari (EGY) Jasper Nagtzaam (NED)
* 18 July 2015 15:15
| Belgium | 0–4 | England |
| | Report | Taylor 37', 65', 70' Albery 45' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Fraser Bell (SCO)
* 18 July 2015 17:00
| Netherlands | 0–0 | New Zealand |
| | Report | |
* Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 19 July 2015 15:00
| Belgium | 3–3 | Netherlands |
| Kina 18' Van Lierde 59' Daelemans 62' | Report | Luijkx 5' Pieters 28' Schoenaker 34' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Sherif El-Amari (EGY)
* 19 July 2015 17:15
| New Zealand | 0–3 | India |
| | Report | Harmanpreet 6', 41' Simranjeet 29' |
* Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Jens Brieschke (GER)
* 19 July 2015 19:00
| England | 2–3 | Germany |
| Taylor 10' Calnan 21' | Report | Grünenwald 31' Nguyen 34' Godau 37' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Bevan Nichol (NZL)
* 21 July 2015 13:00
| Germany | 5–3 | New Zealand |
| Willemsen 8' Böckel 14' Weinke 15' Proske 39', 40' | Report | Lane 47' Brydon 59' Read 65' |
* Umpires: Jasper Nagtzaam (NED) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
* 21 July 2015 15:00
| Netherlands | 1–1 | England |
| Van Groesen 15' | Report | Taylor 3' |
* Umpires: Jens Brieschke (GER) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 21 July 2015 17:00
| Belgium | 3–1 | India |
| Degroote 42' Zimmer 55' Deruyttere 62' | Report | Harmanpreet 48' |
* Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Paul Walker (ENG)
* 22 July 2015 11:00
| England | 3–3 | New Zealand |
| Goodfield 10' Clee 46' Horler 50' | Report | Read 5' Lane 27' Thomas 55' |
* Umpires: Sherif El-Amari (EGY) Jens Brieschke (GER)
* 22 July 2015 13:00
| India | 1–2 | Netherlands |
| Armaan 59' | Report | Van Groesen 18', 57' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
* 22 July 2015 15:00
| Germany | 2–3 | Belgium |
| Willemsen 52' Grambusch 65' | Report | Kina 10', 55' Degroote 60' |
* Umpires: Bevan Nichol (NZL) Jasper Nagtzaam (NED)
* 24 July 2015 15:00
| New Zealand | 1–4 | Belgium |
| Lane 42' | Report | Van Linthoudt 8' Daelemans 19', 62' Van Lierde 68' |
* Umpires: Jasper Nagtzaam (NED) Deepak Joshi (IND)
* 24 July 2015 17:00
| India | 1–1 | England |
| Nilakanta 11' | Report | Taylor 11' |
* Umpires: Jens Brieschke (GER) Fraser Bell (SCO)
* 24 July 2015 19:00
| Netherlands | 0–3 | Germany |
| | Report | Grambusch 8' Schmid 9' Hüttermann 52' |
* Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Sherif El-Amari (EGY)

### Classification matches
#### Fifth and sixth place

* 25 July 2015 13:00
| Netherlands | 4–2 | New Zealand |
| Burkhardt 16', 51' Pieters 33' Warmerdam 66' | Report | Wilcox 29', 58' |
* Umpires: Deepak Joshi (IND) Paul Walker (ENG)

#### Third and fourth place

* 25 July 2015 15:15
| India | 0–3 | England |
| | Report | Horler 7', 47' Hatherley 68' |
* Umpires: Michael Detrieux (BEL) Bevan Nichol (NZL)

#### Final

* 25 July 2015 17:30
| Belgium | 2–1 | Germany |
| Cuvelier 33' Zimmer 49' | Report | Willemsen 14' |
* Umpires: Sherif El-Amari (EGY) Fraser Bell (SCO)

## Statistics
### Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Result |
| | Belgium | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 12 | +3 | 13 | Tournament Champion |
| | Germany | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 13 | +1 | 9 | |
| | England | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 9 | |
| 4 | India | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 7 | |
| 5 | Netherlands (H) | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 9 | |
| 6 | New Zealand | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 2 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 71 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 3.94 goals per match.
6 goals
* Luke Taylor
4 goals
* Harmanpreet Singh
3 goals
* Alexander Daelemans
* Antoine Kina
* Edward Horler
* Leon Willemsen
* Bram van Groesen
* Samuel Lane
2 goals
* Tom Degroote
* Quentin van Lierde
* Tanguy Zimmer
* Tom Grambusch
* Nicolas Proske
* Armaan Qureshi
* Boris Burkhardt
* Terrance Pieters
* Bradley Read
* Mackenzie Wilcox
1 goal
* Dimitri Cuvelier
* Xavier Deruyttere
* Alexandre van Linthoudt
* James Albery
* William Calnan
* Jonathan Clee
* David Goodfield
* Samuel Hatherley
* Anton Böckel
* Nils Grünenwald
* Maximilan Godau
* Henning Hüttermann
* Tino Nguyen
* Philip Schmid
* Ferdinand Weinke
* Nilakanta Sharma
* Harjeet Singh
* Simranjeet Singh
* Jasper Luijkx
* Noud Schoenaker
* Dennis Warmerdam
* David Brydon
* Dylan Thomas