European men's field hockey championship 2015

European men's field hockey championship 2015
2015 EuroHockey Nations Championship
Number of nations	8th
European champion	Netherlands
Association	European Hockey Federation
venue	London , UK
opening	August 21, 2015
Endgame	29th August 2015
Number of games	20th
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The 2015 men's European field hockey championship was the 15th edition of the men 's European field hockey championship . It took place from August 21 to 29 in London together with the European Women's Championship. The venue was the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park . The Netherlands became European champions, defeating defending champions Germany 6-1 in the final; Ireland took third place ahead of hosts England .

Attendees

•  Belgium
•  Germany (defending champion)
•  England (hosts)
•  Ireland
•  Netherlands
•  Spain
•  France (promoted)
•  Russia (promoted)

game schedule

Preliminary round

Times in Central European Summer Time (CEST)

Group A

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 21, 2015 4:15 pm	Netherlands	Spain	2: 0 (2: 0)
August 21, 2015 6:30 p.m.	England	Russia	10: 1 (6: 1)
23 August 2015 7:30	Spain	Russia	9: 0 (6: 0)
23 August 2015 5:15 pm	Netherlands	England	2: 0 (1: 0)
August 25, 2015 4:15 pm	Russia	Netherlands	0: 8 (0: 4)
August 25, 2015 6:30 p.m.	England	Spain	4: 0 (2: 0)

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Netherlands	3	12: 0	+12	9
2	England	3	14: 3	+11	6th
3	Spain	3	9: 6	+3	3
4th	Russia	3	1:27	−26	0

Group B

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 22, 2015 7:30 am	Ireland	France	4: 3 (1: 1)
August 22, 2015 3:00 p.m.	Germany	Belgium	4: 0 (0: 0)
23 August 2015 15:00	France	Belgium	3: 4 (2: 2)
23 August 2015 7:30 p.m.	Ireland	Germany	0: 2 (0: 0)
August 25, 2015 10:00	Germany	France	7: 2 (3: 0)
August 25, 2015 12:15 pm	Belgium	Ireland	2: 2 (0: 1)

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
1	Germany	3	13: 2	+11	9
2	Ireland	3	6: 7	−1	4th
3	Belgium	3	6: 9	−3	4th
4th	France	3	8:15	−7	0

Placement games

Relegation games

The third and fourth of both groups formed a relegation group. The games of the third against the fourth were taken over from the preliminary group. The last two were relegated to the Nations Trophy.

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
23 August 2015 7:30	Spain	Russia	9: 0 (6: 0)
23 August 2015 15:00	France	Belgium	3: 4 (2: 2)
August 27, 2015 10:00	Russia	France	2: 4 (1: 2)
August 27, 2015 4:15 pm	Spain	Belgium	0: 3 (0: 0)
August 29, 2015 8:30 am	Belgium	Russia	11: 4 (6: 3)
August 29, 2015 10:45 am	Spain	France	4: 3 (2: 0)

table

rank	country	Games	Gates	difference	Points
5	Belgium	3	18: 7	+11	9
6th	Spain	3	13: 6	+7	6th
7th	France	3	10:10	± 0	3
8th	Russia	3	6:24	−18	0

Finals

The first three teams and the host had qualified for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. Since England, which represented Great Britain, was qualified as host, all teams in the final round had made the Olympic qualification.

Semifinals

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 27, 2015 12:15 pm	Netherlands	Ireland	1: 0 (1: 0)
August 27, 2015 6:30 p.m.	Germany	England	3: 2 (2: 2, 1: 1)

3rd place match

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
August 29, 2015 1:00 p.m.	Ireland	England	4: 2 (2: 2)

final

date	Team 1	Team 2	Result
29 August 2015 3:30 p.m.	Germany	Netherlands	1: 6 (0: 5)

	Semifinals				final
	August 27 - 12:15
	Netherlands	1
	Ireland	0
					August 29th - 3:30 pm
					Netherlands	6th
					Germany	1
					Game for third place
	August 27th - 6:30 pm				August 29th - 1pm
	Germany	1 2 (3) 1			Ireland	4th
	England	2 (2)			England	2

¹ Victory in penalty shootout

Final placements

Pl.	team
	Netherlands
	Germany
	Ireland
4th	England
5	Belgium
6th	Spain
7th	France
8th	Russia

Web links

• Official website of the European Championship
• Men Field Hockey 15th EuroHockey Championship 2015 London (GBR) 21-29.08 - Winner Netherlands Todor Krastev on todor66.com