European men's field hockey championship 2003

European men's field hockey championship 2003
2003 EuroHockey Nations Championship
Number of nations	12
European champion	Germany
Association	European Hockey Federation
venue	Barcelona , Spain
opening	September 1, 2003
Endgame	September 13, 2003
Number of games	42
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The 9th Men's Field Hockey European Championship 2003 was held from September 1st to 13th in Barcelona , where the European Championship for women and men was held together for the first time . In the final, defending champion Germany won 6-5 after a nine-meter shootout against Spain . Ireland , Italy , Russia and Switzerland relegated to "B-EM" .

game schedule

Group stage

Group A

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 1, 2003 1:00 p.m.	France	Russia	3-0
September 1, 2003 16:00	Germany	Belgium	4: 1
September 1, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Ireland	Spain	4: 6
September 3, 2003 11:30	Germany	France	2-0
September 3, 2003 4:30	Russia	Ireland	0: 3
September 3, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Spain	Belgium	3: 2
September 4, 2003 16:00	Ireland	Germany	1: 4
September 4, 2003 7:00 p.m.	France	Belgium	2: 2
September 4, 2003 8:00 p.m.	Russia	Spain	0: 5
September 6, 2003 11:00	Ireland	France	1: 4
September 6, 2003 1 p.m.	Russia	Belgium	1: 5
September 6, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Spain	Germany	2: 3
September 8, 2003 11:00	Belgium	Ireland	3: 3
September 8, 2003 1:00 p.m.	Germany	Russia	8: 2
September 8, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Spain	France	6: 2

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Germany	5	21: 6	+15	15th
2	Spain	5	22:11	+11	12
3	Franceh	5	11:11	0	7th
4th	Belgium	5	13:13	0	5
6th	Ireland	5	12:17	−5	4th
6th	Russia	5	3:24	−21	0

Legend: qualified for the 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
September 2, 2003 11:00	Scotland	Poland	3: 4
September 2, 2003 2:30 p.m.	England	Italy	2: 2
September 2, 2003 5:30 p.m.	Switzerland	Netherlands	2: 8
September 4, 2003 1:00 p.m.	Poland	Switzerland	3: 2
September 4, 2003 14:00	Netherlands	England	0: 3
September 4, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Italy	Scotland	0: 1
September 5, 2003 14:00	Netherlands	Poland	4: 3
September 5, 2003 4:00 p.m.	Switzerland	Italy	1: 2
September 5, 2003 6:00 PM	Scotland	England	2: 1
September 7, 2003 11:00	Netherlands	Scotland	5: 1
September 7, 2003 1:00 p.m.	Italy	Poland	0: 5
September 7, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Switzerland	England	2: 4
September 8, 2003 3:00 p.m.	Italy	Netherlands	0: 8
September 8, 2003 5:00 p.m.	Switzerland	Scotland	1: 3
September 8, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Poland	England	3: 4

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Netherlands	5	25: 9	+16	12
2	England	5	14: 9	+5	10
3	Poland	5	18:13	+5	9
4th	Scotland	5	10:11	−1	9
5	Italy	5	4:17	−13	4th
6th	Switzerland	5	8:18	−10	0

Legend: qualified for the 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
September 10, 2003 14:00	Ireland	Switzerland	5: 2
September 10, 2003 14:00	Italy	Russia	2: 1

Game for 11th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 12, 2003 9:00 am	Russia	Switzerland	2: 4

Play for 9th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 12, 2003 11:00	Italy	Ireland	2: 3

Play for places 5–8

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 10, 2003 4:30 p.m.	Scotland	France	2: 4 n.9m (1: 1, 1: 1, - :-)
September 10, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Poland	Belgium	4: 5

Game for 7th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 12, 2003 14:00	Scotland	Poland	1: 2

Play for 5th place

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 12, 2003 7:00 p.m.	France	Belgium	4: 3 n.V. (3: 3, - :-)

Finals

Semifinals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 11, 2003 4:30 p.m.	Germany	England	5: 1
September 11, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Spain	France	5: 2

3rd place match

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 13, 2003 4:30 p.m.	England	Netherlands	6: 5 n.9m (1: 1, - :-)

final

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
September 13, 2003 7:00 p.m.	Germany	Spain	5: 4 n.9m (1: 1, - :-)

	Semifinals				final
	Netherlands	2
	Spain	5
					Germany	6th
					Spain	5
					Game for third place
	Germany	5			Netherlands	6th
	England	1			England	7th

Final placements

Pl.	team
	Germany
	Spain
	England
4th	Netherlands
5	France
6th	Belgium
7th	Poland
8th	Scotland
9	Ireland
10	Italy
11	Switzerland
12	Russia

After this European Championship, the competition was divided. The first eight qualified for the 2005 European Championship . The other four played in the Nations Trophy 2005 for promotion.

Web links

• Men Field Hockey IX EuroHockey (European Championship) 2003 Barcelona (ESP) - 01-13.09 - Champion Germany , Todor Krastev on www.todor66.com
• European Hockey Federation