# 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

The 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 12th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 22 to 30 August 2009.
England won the tournament for the first time after defeating Germany 5–3 in the final. The hosts and defending champions the Netherlands secured third place after defeating Spain 6–1 in the third-place playoff.

## Qualified teams

| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifier(s) |
| Host | Host | Host | 1 | Netherlands |
| 19–26 August | 2007 EuroHockey Championship | Manchester, England | 5 | Spain Belgium Germany England France |
| 9–12 September | 2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy | Lisbon, Portugal | 2 | Poland Austria |
| Total | Total | Total | 8 | |

## Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | England | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 17 | 6 | +11 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Germany | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 7 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Belgium | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 11 | −4 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Austria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 11 | −10 | 0 | Pool C |
* 23 August 2009 13:30
| England | 5–0 | Austria |
| Jackson 12' Middleton 44', 61' Tindall 60' Mackay 69' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Marc Knülle (FRA)
* 23 August 2009 17:30
| Germany | 3–2 | Belgium |
| Fürste 39', 66' Deecke 53' | Report | Luycx 33' Dekeyser 70' |
* Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Francisco Vázquez López (ESP)
* 24 August 2009 15:30
| Belgium | 3–0 | Austria |
| Dekeyser 29', 70' Luycx 67' | Report | |
* Umpires: Marc Knülle (FRA) Michiel Brüning (NED)
* 24 August 2009 17:30
| Germany | 4–4 | England |
| Zeller 32', 59' Fürste 36' Wesley 68' | Report | Jackson 4' Middleton 40', 43' Mackay 52' |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 26 August 2009 13:30
| Belgium | 2–8 | England |
| Dekeyser 5' Luycx 33' | Report | Jackson 17', 27', 37' R. Mantell 23' Clarke 30', 68' Alexander 54' Tindall 60' |
* Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 26 August 2009 15:30
| Germany | 3–1 | Austria |
| Weß 27' C. Zeller 59' P. Zeller 59' | Report | Proksch 44' |
* Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Pawel Linkowski (POL)

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | +11 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Netherlands (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 3 | +12 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | France | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | Pool C |
| 4 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 18 | −15 | 0 | Pool C |
* 22 August 2009 15:30
| Netherlands | 9–0 | Poland |
| Taekema 16', 26', 63' de Nooijer 40' Kemperman 50' Hofman 54' Hertzberger 60' Brouwer 66', 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) John Wright (RSA)
* 22 August 2009 19:30
| Spain | 3–0 | France |
| Tubau 23', 65' Arbós 43' | Report | |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Tim Pullman (AUS)
* 24 August 2009 13:30
| Poland | 2–3 | France |
| Strykowski 34' Dutkiewicz 68' | Report | Durchon 25', 42' Jean-Jean 52' |
* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) John Wright (RSA)
* 24 August 2009 19:30
| Netherlands | 0–3 | Spain |
| | Report | Tubau 4' Amat 43' Sojo 65' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
* 26 August 2009 17:30
| Spain | 6–1 | Poland |
| Enrique 8' Sojo 29', 66' Tubau 45' Fàbregas 58' Amat 62' | Report | Dutkiewicz 70' |
* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Christian Blasch (GER)
* 26 August 2009 19:30
| France | 0–6 | Netherlands |
| | Report | Taekema 12', 14', 54', 70' Weusthof 34' de Nooijer 37' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

### Fifth to eighth place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

#### Pool C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Relegation |
| 5 | Belgium | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | +15 | 9 | |
| 6 | France | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 6 | |
| 7 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 10 | −3 | 3 | EuroHockey Championship II |
| 8 | Poland | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 0 | EuroHockey Championship II |
* 28 August 2009 12:00
| Austria | 2–3 | France |
| Körper 19' Stanzl 68' | Report | Jean-Jean 5' Becuwe 66' Sevestre 70' |
* Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)
* 28 August 2009 14:00
| Belgium | 5–0 | Poland |
| Briels 29' De Saedeleer 45' Dekeyser 54' Charlier 56' Thys 68' | Report | |
* Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Marc Knülle (FRA)
* 30 August 2009 08:30
| Austria | 5–4 | Poland |
| Jelinek 3' Proksch 6' Monghy 14' Körper 31', 43' | Report | Dutkiewicz 24', 28', 32', 53' |
* Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Marc Knülle (FRA)
* 30 August 2009 10:30
| Belgium | 7–0 | France |
| Dekeyser 1', 15', 50', 66' De Saedeleer 46' Thys 48' Briels 58' | Report | |
* Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Francisco Vázquez López (ESP)

### First to fourth place classification

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 28 August | 28 August |
| England (a.e.t.) | 2 |
| England (a.e.t.) | 2 | 30 August | 30 August |
| Netherlands | 1 | 30 August | 30 August |
| Netherlands | 1 | England | 5 |
| 28 August | 28 August | | England | 5 |
| 28 August | 28 August | Germany | 3 |
| Germany | 2 | Germany | 3 |
| Spain | 1 | | |
| Spain | 1 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 30 August | 30 August |
| | | Netherlands | 6 |
| | | Spain | 1 |

#### Semi-finals

* 28 August 2009 16:00
| England | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
| Tindall 22' Jackson 87' | Report | Taekema 49' |
* Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) John Wright (RSA)
* 28 August 2009 19:00
| Germany | 2–1 | Spain |
| Menke 48' Zeller 61' | Report | Tubau 58' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

#### Third and fourth place

* 30 August 2009 13:00
| Netherlands | 6–1 | Spain |
| Weusthof 18', 24' Kemperman 54' Hertzberger 63' Brouwer 65' Taekema 69' | Report | Garza 26' |
* Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Christian Blasch (GER)

#### Final

* 30 August 2009 15:30
| England | 5–3 | Germany |
| Jackson 9', 62' Middleton 14' R. Mantell 54', 57' | Report | Zeller 10', 26' Montag 31' |
* Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

## Final standings

| Rank | Team |
| | England |
| | Germany |
| | Netherlands |
| 4 | Spain |
| 5 | Belgium |
| 6 | France |
| 7 | Austria |
| 8 | Poland |
Qualified for the 2010 World Cup
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II