Men's field hockey championship 1974

Men's field hockey championship 1974
Number of nations	18th
European champion	Spain
Association	European Hockey Federation
venue	Madrid , Spain
opening	May 2nd 1974
Endgame	May 12, 1974
Number of games	57
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The 1974 men's European field hockey championship was the second edition of the men's European field hockey championship . It took place from May 2nd to May 12th in Madrid . The defending champions Germany had to admit defeat to hosts Spain 1-0 in the final.

18 teams took part, initially playing in two groups of four and two groups of five.

Preliminary round

Group A

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 2, 1974 12:30 pm	Germany	Switzerland	6: 1 (3: 0)
May 2, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Scotland	Denmark	5-0
May 3, 1974 12:30 pm	Scotland	Czechoslovakia	3: 1
May 3, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Denmark	Switzerland	2: 1
May 4, 1974 2:30 p.m.	Germany	Denmark	4-0
May 4, 1974 5:30 pm	Switzerland	Czechoslovakia	0: 1
May 5, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Germany	Czechoslovakia	6-0
May 5, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Switzerland	Scotland	0: 3
May 6, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Germany	Scotland	6-0
May 6, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Denmark	Czechoslovakia	0-0

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Germany	4th	22: 1	+21	8-0
2	Scotland	4th	11: 7	+4	6: 2
3	Denmark	4th	2:10	−8	3: 5
4th	Czechoslovakia	4th	2: 9	−7	2: 6
5	Switzerland	4th	2:12	−10	0: 8

Legend: qualified for the quarter-finals , qualified for the games for places 9–16 , qualified for the games for places 17–18

Group B

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 2, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Netherlands	Portugal	6-0
May 3, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Netherlands	Ireland	2-0
May 3, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Poland	Portugal	4-0
May 5, 1974 12:30 pm	Ireland	Portugal	3-0
May 5, 1974 3:30 pm	Netherlands	Poland	4: 2
May 6, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Ireland	Poland	0: 2

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Netherlands	3	12: 2	+10	6-0
2	Poland	3	8: 4	+4	6: 2
3	Ireland	3	3: 4	−1	2: 4
4th	Portugal	3	0:13	−13	0: 6

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

Group C

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 2, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Italy	France	0: 2
May 2, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Finland	England	0: 2
May 3, 1974 12:30 pm	Austria	France	1: 5
May 3, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Finland	Italy	0: 1
May 4, 1974 2:30 p.m.	Finland	Austria	0: 4
May 4, 1974 5:30 pm	England	Italy	4-0
May 5, 1974 12:30 pm	France	Finland	5-0
May 5, 1974 3:30 pm	Austria	England	0: 1
May 6, 1974 3:30 p.m.	France	England	0: 2
May 6, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Austria	Italy	0: 2

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	England	4th	9-0	+9	8-0
2	France	4th	12: 3	+9	6: 2
3	Italy	4th	3: 6	+3	4: 4
4th	Austria	4th	5: 8	−3	2: 6
5	Finland	4th	0:12	−12	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
May 2, 1974 12:30 pm	Spain	Yugoslavia	6: 0 (4: 0)
May 2, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Belgium	Wales	1: 3
May 3, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Wales	Yugoslavia	1-0
May 4, 1974 5:30 pm	Belgium	Spain	0: 2
May 5, 1974 3:30 pm	Belgium	Yugoslavia	1: 1
May 5, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Spain	Wales	0-0

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Spain	3	8-0	+7	5: 1
2	Wales	3	4: 1	+3	5: 1
3	Belgium	3	2: 6	−3	1: 5
4th	Yugoslavia	3	1: 8	−7	1: 5

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

Placement games

Game for 17th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 8, 1974 12:00	Switzerland	Finland	2: 1

Play for places 9–16

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 8, 1974 12:00	Yugoslavia	Italy	1: 2
May 8, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Czechoslovakia	Portugal	2: 1
May 8, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Ireland	Denmark	1-0
May 8, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Belgium	Austria	3: 2 a.d.

Play for places 13–16

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 10, 1974 12:00	Yugoslavia	Portugal	4-0
	Denmark	Austria	1-0

Play for 15th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Portugal	Austria	0: 3

Game for 13th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Yugoslavia	Denmark	3-0

Play for places 9–12

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 10, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Ireland	Belgium	0: 1 a.d.
May 10, 1974 5:30 pm	Czechoslovakia	Italy	2-0

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Italy	Ireland	0: 1

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 12:00	Belgium	Czechoslovakia	1: 2

Quarter finals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 8, 1974 12:00	England	Wales	2: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)
May 8, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Germany	Poland	5: 1
May 8, 1974 6:30 p.m.	France	Spain	1: 2
May 8, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Netherlands	Scotland	6-0

Play for places 5–8

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 10, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Scotland	France	1: 2
May 10, 1974 5:30 pm	Wales	Poland	3: 4 a.d.

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 12:00	Scotland	Wales	1-0

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 12:00	France	Poland	1: 2

Semifinals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 10, 1974 4:30 p.m.	Spain	Netherlands	1-0
May 10, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Germany	England	5-0

3rd place match

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 3:30 p.m.	Netherlands	England	4: 1

final

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
May 11, 1974 6:30 p.m.	Germany	Spain	0: 1

Final placements

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

Web links

• FIH Archive (English)
• Results on EuroHockey.org