Men's field hockey championship 1983

Men's field hockey championship 1983
Number of nations	12
European champion	Netherlands
Association	European Hockey Federation
venue	Amsterdam , Netherlands
opening	August 18, 1983
Endgame	August 28, 1983
Number of games	42
← 3rd EM 1978 5th EM 1987 →

The 4th Men's Field Hockey European Championship 1983 was held from August 18 to 28, 1983 in Amsterdam , Netherlands. Defending champion Germany finished the tournament in third place. Host Netherlands secured their first title with a 12:10 shoot-out against the Soviet Union .

Participant and mode

Twelve teams competed. The Netherlands were set as hosts, but were among the six best of the 1978 European Championship , along with Germany, England, Spain, Poland and Wales , who were also qualified. In addition, there were the six teams Belgium, Scotland, the Soviet Union, France, Ireland and Austria, who reached the European Championship through five qualifying tournaments or comparisons. After the group stage, which was played in two groups, the placement games took place. The first two of the groups played in the semifinals, the third and fourth for places 5 to 8 and the fifth and sixth for places 9 to 12.

game schedule

Group stage

Group A

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 18, 1983	BR Germany	Austria	8-0
	England	Spain	2: 3
	France	Wales	1: 1
August 19, 1983	Spain	Austria	10-0
	Wales	England	0: 2
	France	BR Germany	1: 3
August 21, 1983	England	BR Germany	3: 4 (1: 2)
	Austria	France	1: 4 (1: 4)
	Spain	Wales	4: 0 (2: 0)
22nd August 1983	England	Austria	8: 1
	France	Spain	1: 3
	Wales	BR Germany	0: 6
August 24, 1983	Wales	Austria	6: 1
	France	England	1: 1
	Spain	BR Germany	4: 2 (1: 0)

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Spain	5	24: 5	+18	10
2	BR Germany	5	23: 8	+15	8th
3	England	5	16: 9	+7	5
4th	France	5	8: 9	−1	4th
5	Wales	5	7:14	−7	3
6th	Austria	5	3:36	−33	0

Legend: qualified for the semi-finals , qualified for the games for places 5–8 , qualified for the games for places 9–12

Group B

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 1983	Scotland	Belgium	2: 4
	Netherlands	Ireland	9-0
	Soviet Union	Poland	4-0
20th August 1983	Belgium	Soviet Union	0: 3 (0: 0)
	Poland	Ireland	1: 2 (0: 1)
	Scotland	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 1)
August 21, 1983	Netherlands	Soviet Union	2: 2 (1: 1)
	Scotland	Ireland	3: 2 (2: 1)
	Belgium	Poland	2: 1 (2: 0)
23rd August 1983	Netherlands	Poland	5: 1 (0: 1)
	Belgium	Ireland	0-0
	Scotland	Soviet Union	1: 4 (1: 1)
August 24, 1983	Netherlands	Belgium	7: 1
	Soviet Union	Ireland	5-0
	Scotland	Poland	1: 1

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Netherlands	5	25: 5	+20	9
2	Soviet Union	5	18: 3	+15	9
3	Belgium	5	7:13	−6	5
4th	Scotland	5	8:13	−5	3
5	Ireland	5	4:18	−14	3
6th	Poland	5	4:14	−10	1

Legend: qualified for the semi-finals , qualified for the games for places 5–8 , qualified for the games for places 9–12

Placement games

Play for places 9–12

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 26, 1993	Austria	Ireland	0: 4
	Wales	Poland	0: 1

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 27, 1995	Austria	Wales	1-0

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 27, 1995	Poland	Ireland	2-0

Play for places 5–8

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 26, 1993	England	Scotland	2: 1 after 7m
	France	Belgium	2: 1 (1: 1)

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 27, 1995	Scotland	Belgium	2-0

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 27, 1995	England	France	3: 0 (1: 0)

Semifinals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 26, 1993	Spain	Soviet Union	2: 4 (0: 2)
	Netherlands	BR Germany	4: 1 n.V. (1: 1)

3rd place match

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 28, 1983	BR Germany	Spain	3: 1 (1: 0)

final

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 28, 1983	Netherlands	Soviet Union	12:10 n.7m ( 4: 4 , 2: 2 , 1: 1 )

	Semifinals				final
	31
	Netherlands	4 (1)
	BR Germany	1 (1)
					40
					Netherlands	12 (2)
					Soviet Union	10 (2)
					Game for third place
	32				39
	Soviet Union	4th			BR Germany	3
	Spain	2			Spain	1

Final placements

Pl.	team
	Netherlands
	Soviet Union
	BR Germany
4th	Spain
5	England
6th	France
7th	Scotland
8th	Belgium
9	Poland
10	Ireland
11	Austria
12	Wales

The first six (including the Soviet Union as hosts) had qualified for the 1987 European Championship .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Men Field Hockey 4th European Championship 1983 Qualification played 1982 , Todor Krastev on www.todor66.com

Web links

• Men Field Hockey IV EuroHockey (European Championship) 1983 Amsterdam (NED) 18-28.08 - Winner Netherlands , Todor Krastev on www.todor66.com
• EHF archive (PDF)