# 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship III

The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship III was the sixth 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 19 until 25 July 2015 in Lisbon, Portugal. The winner and runner-up of this tournament were promoted to the 2017 EuroHockey Championship II.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
| 3–11 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship II | Vienna, Austria | 2 | Wales Italy |
| 12–18 August 2013 | 2013 EuroHockey Championship III | Lausanne, Switzerland | 4 | Belarus Gibraltar Portugal Sweden Turkey |
| 21–26 July | 2013 EuroHockey Championship IV | Athens, Greece | 0 | Greece |
| Total | Total | Total | 6 | |

## Format

The six teams were split into two groups of three teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played against each other to determine the 5th and 6th place teams.

## Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Wales | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1 | +19 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Portugal (H) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Sweden | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 26 | −25 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 19 July 2015 18:45
| Wales | 4–1 | Portugal |
| Kelly 15' Carson 34' Shipperley 47' Francis 66' | Report | Franco 59' |
* Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)
* 21 July 2015 16:30
| Sweden | 0–16 | Wales |
| | Report | Furlong 6', 11', 16' Gowman 9', 30', 56' Naughalty 18', 48', 70+' Carson 19', 37', 49' Brignull 45' Francis 47' Hutchinson 52' Kyriakides 65' |
* Umpires: Pietro Gallaigani (ITA) Andrei Kliatskov (BLR)
* 22 July 2015 18:45
| Portugal | 10–1 | Sweden |
| Moreira 6' Pereira 18' Franco 32', 43', 46', 66' Silva 48' Rodrigues 51' Santos 53' Ribeiro 56' | Report | Hellstrand 60' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Yucel Erdogan (TUR)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Italy | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belarus | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 5 | +9 | 3 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 16 | −15 | 0 | Fifth place game |
* 19 July 2015 16:30
| Italy | 5–0 | Turkey |
| Nunez 29' Julian Montone 45' Carta 60' Dussi 65' Malta 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Luis Martinez (ESP) Kevin Roberts (WAL)
* 21 July 2015 18:45
| Belarus | 3–4 | Italy |
| Radzivinovich 8' Hancharou 36', 62' | Report | Keenan 24', 29' Cioli 52' Malta 58' |
* Umpires: Pedro Santos (POR) Yucel Erdogan (TUR)
* 22 July 2015 16:30
| Turkey | 1–11 | Belarus |
| Coklu 56' | Report | Kisialevich 10', 17', 44', 51' Mikheichyk 20', 27', 56' Hancharou 24' Satsiuk 34' Radzivinovich 41' Lutsevich 55' |
* Umpires: Nicklas Stenberg (SWE) Kevin Roberts (WAL)

### Fifth to sixth place classification

* 24 July 2015 14:00
| Sweden | 2–8 | Turkey |
| Eliasson 27' Wilander 66' | Report | Özkiliç 17', 52' Acikgoz 40' Özul 42', 59' Kilinc 50' Guden 69' Demirel 70+' |
* Umpires: Pedro Santos (POR) Kevin ROberts (WAL)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 24 July | 24 July |
| Italy | 1 (0) |
| Italy | 1 (0) | 25 July | 25 July |
| Portugal (p.s.o) | 1 (2) | 25 July | 25 July |
| Portugal (p.s.o) | 1 (2) | Portugal | 0 |
| 24 July | 24 July | | Portugal | 0 |
| 24 July | 24 July | Wales | 4 |
| Wales | 5 | Wales | 4 |
| Belarus | 1 | | |
| Belarus | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 25 July | 25 July |
| | | Italy | 7 |
| | | Belarus | 3 |

#### Semi-finals

* 24 July 2015 16:15
| Italy | 1–1 | Portugal |
| Julian Montone 51' | Report | Silva 15' |
| Penalties |||
| Andrea Nunez Manes Dussi | 0–2 | Silva Tavares Santos |
* Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Andrei Kliatskov (BLR)
* 24 July 2015 18:45
| Wales | 5–1 | Belarus |
| Kyriakides 4' Hawker 26', 70' Francis 60' Naughalty 62' | Report | Lutsevich 57' |
* Umpires: Pietro Galligani (ITA) Luis Martinez (ESP)

#### Third place game

* 25 July 2015 16:15
| Italy | 7–3 | Belarus |
| Corsi 9', 39' de Vivo 30' Julian Montone 41', 62' Cioli 45' Nunez 47' | Report | Hancharou 23' Radzivinovich 61' Kisialevich |
* Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)

#### Final

* 25 July 2015 18:45
| Portugal | 0–4 | Wales |
| | Report | Furlong 12', 43' Hawker 29' Francis 40' |
* Umpires: Luis Martinez (ESP) Andrei Kliatskov (BLR)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | Wales |
| | Portugal |
| | Italy |
| 4 | Belarus |
| 5 | Turkey |
| 6 | Sweden |
Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II