Men's field hockey championship 1970

Men's field hockey championship 1970
Number of nations	19th
European champion	BR Germany
Association	European Hockey Federation
venue	Brussels , Belgium
opening	September 18, 1970
Endgame	September 27, 1970
Number of games	62
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The men's field hockey championship in 1970 was the first men's field hockey championship . It took place in Brussels from September 18-27 . (West) Germany became the first European champion with a 3-1 final victory over the Netherlands. The top four teams qualified for the 1971 World Cup .

mode

The group stage of the tournament was played in groups of four and three groups of five. The first and second placed in each group reached the quarter-finals. The third and fourth placed fought for places 9 to 16. The last placed of the three groups of five played the places 17 to 19.

Preliminary round

Group A

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
19th September 1970	Germany	Wales	2-0
	Poland	Italy	1-0
20th September 1970	Germany	Poland	0-0
	Wales	Italy	0-0
September 21, 1970	Wales	Poland	1: 1
	Italy	Germany	0: 6

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Germany	3	8-0	+8	5: 1
2	Poland	3	2: 1	+1	4: 2
3	Wales	3	1: 3	−2	2: 4
4th	Italy	3	0: 7	−7	1: 5

Legend: qualified for the quarter-finals , qualified for the games for places 9–16

Group B

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 18, 1970	England	Soviet Union	3: 1
	Netherlands	Austria	2-0
19th September 1970	Soviet Union	Denmark	1-0
	Netherlands	England	1-0
20th September 1970	Austria	Denmark	1-0
	Soviet Union	Netherlands	2: 5
September 21, 1970	Netherlands	Denmark	0-0
	England	Austria	2: 1
September 22, 1970	England	Denmark	2-0
	Soviet Union	Austria	1: 1

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Netherlands	4th	8: 2	+6	7: 1
2	England	4th	7: 3	+4	6: 2
3	Austria	4th	3: 5	−2	3: 5
4th	Soviet Union	4th	4:11	−7	3: 5
5	Denmark	4th	0: 4	−4	1: 7

Legend: qualified for the quarter-finals , qualified for the games for places 9–16 , qualified for the games for places 17–19

Group C

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 18, 1970	Czechoslovakia	France	0: 1
	Spain	Ireland	1: 1
19th September 1970	Spain	Czechoslovakia	6-0
	France	Malta	7-0
20th September 1970	France	Spain	1: 1
	Ireland	Malta	5-0
September 21, 1970	Ireland	Czechoslovakia	2-0
	Spain	Malta	13: 0
September 22, 1970	Czechoslovakia	Malta	1-0
	France	Ireland	1-0

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	France	4th	10: 1	+9	7: 1
2	Spain	4th	21: 2	+19	6: 2
3	Ireland	4th	8: 2	+6	5: 3
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	3: 9	−6	2: 6
5	Malta	4th	0:26	−26	0: 8

Legend: qualified for the quarter-finals , qualified for the games for places 9–16 , qualified for the games for places 17–19

Group D

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 18, 1970	Belgium	Finland	1-0
	Scotland	Switzerland	0: 1
19th September 1970	Hungary	Switzerland	0: 1
	Belgium	Scotland	3-0
20th September 1970	Belgium	Hungary	5-0
	Scotland	Finland	0: 1
September 21, 1970	Scotland	Hungary	1-0
	Switzerland	Finland	0-0
September 22, 1970	Hungary	Finland	0: 1
	Belgium	Switzerland	3-0

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Belgium	4th	12: 0	+12	8-0
2	Switzerland 1	4th	2: 3	−1	5: 3
3	Finland 1	4th	2: 1	+1	5: 3
4th	Scotland	4th	1: 5	−4	2: 6
5	Hungary	4th	0: 8	−8	0: 8

Legend: qualified for the quarter-finals , qualified for the games for places 9–16 , qualified for the games for places 17–19

¹ The placement resulted from a play-off comparison between Switzerland and Finland

Placement games

Play for 17th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 24, 1970	Denmark	Malta	10-0
September 26, 1970	Hungary	Malta	2-0
September 27, 1970	Hungary	Denmark	1-0

Play for places 9–16

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Ireland	Scotland	2: 1
September 1970	Wales	Soviet Union	0: 0, 5: 3 after 7 m
September 1970	Austria	Italy	1-0
September 1970	Finland	Czechoslovakia	0: 0, 1: 3 after 7 m

Play for places 13–16

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Soviet Union	Scotland	1-0
September 1970	Italy	Finland	3-0

Play for places 9–12

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Ireland	Wales	1-0
September 1970	Czechoslovakia	Austria	3-0

Play for places 5–8

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Switzerland	England	0: 2
September 1970	Belgium	Poland	4: 2

Quarter finals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	France	Switzerland	2-0
September 1970	Germany	England	1-0
September 1970	Belgium	Spain	1: 2
September 1970	Netherlands	Poland	1-0

Semifinals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Spain	Netherlands	0: 2

Final for 15th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Scotland	Finland	4: 1

Final for 13th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Soviet Union	Italy	0: 2

Final for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Austria	Wales	2: 1

Final for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Ireland	Czechoslovakia	1-0

Final for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Switzerland	Poland	1: 3

Final for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	England	Belgium	1: 2

Final for 3rd place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1970	Spain	France	2: 1

final

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 27, 1970	Germany	Netherlands	3: 1

Final placements

Pl.	team
	BR Germany
	Netherlands
	Spain
4th	France
5	Belgium
6th	England
7th	Poland
8th	Switzerland
9	Ireland
10	Czechoslovakia
11	Austria
12	Wales
13	Italy
14th	Soviet Union
15th	Scotland
16	Finland
17th	Hungary
18th	Denmark
19th	Malta

Web links

• Men Field Hockey I EuroHockey (European Championship) 1970 Brussels (BEL) - Champion West Germany , Todor Kratev on www.todor66.com
• FIH Archive (English)