European Hockey Championship

The European continental title fights in field and indoor hockey are called European Hockey Championships . European field hockey championships have been held for men since 1970 and for women since 1984. They have been held every two years since 2003, between the Summer Olympics and the World Championships . Indoor hockey European championships have been held for women and men since 1974.

Below the European Championships there is a EuroHockey Nations Trophy and a EuroHockey Nations Challenge for weaker national teams.

Men's field hockey championship

Previous tournaments

	competition	gold	silver	bronze	venue
1	EM 1970	BR Germany	Netherlands	Spain	Brussels , Belgium
2	Euro 1974	Spain	BR Germany	Netherlands	Madrid , Spain
3	EM 1978	BR Germany	Netherlands	England	Hanover , Federal Republic of Germany
4th	EM 1983	Netherlands	Soviet Union	BR Germany	Amsterdam , Netherlands
5	EM 1987	Netherlands	England	BR Germany	Moscow , Soviet Union
6th	EM 1991	Germany	Netherlands	England	Paris , France
7th	EM 1995	Germany	Netherlands	England	Dublin , Ireland
8th	EM 1999	Germany	Netherlands	England	Padua , Italy
9	EM 2003	Germany	Spain	England	Barcelona , Spain
10	EM 2005	Spain	Netherlands	Germany	Leipzig , Germany
11	EM 2007	Netherlands	Spain	Belgium	Manchester , England
12	EM 2009	England	Germany	Netherlands	Amsterdam , Netherlands
13	EM 2011	Germany	Netherlands	England	Mönchengladbach , Germany
14th	EM 2013	Germany	Belgium	Netherlands	Boom , Belgium
15th	EM 2015	Netherlands	Germany	Ireland	London , England
16	EM 2017	Netherlands	Belgium	England	Amsterdam , Netherlands
17th	EM 2019	Belgium	Spain	Netherlands	Antwerp , Belgium
18th	EM 2021				Amsterdam , Netherlands

Medal table

RF	country	G	S.	B.
1	Germany 1	8th	3	3
2	Netherlands	5	7th	4th
3	Spain	2	3	1
4th	Belgium	1	2	1
5	England	1	1	7th
6th	Russia 2	0	1	0
7th	Ireland	0	0	1
1 1970 to 1987 Federal Republic of Germany 2 1970 to 1991 Soviet Union

Status: after EM 2017

Eternal table

The perpetual table contains all the results of the European championships since 1970. The perpetual table is calculated on the basis of the 3-point rule. Basically the result after 70 minutes was assessed.

rank	country	Games	Gates	Goals conceded	Points	Participation
1.	Germany	86	319	97	213	14th
2.	Netherlands	86	340	118	202	14th
3.	England	87	235	125	166	14th
4th	Spain	87	244	136	159	14th
5.	Belgium	79	181	190	118	13
6th	Ireland	77	142	152	104	12
7th	France	83	140	218	96	13
8th.	Poland	76	147	199	92	12
9.	Russia	54	99	135	70	8th
10.	Scotland	54	79	117	57	8th
11.	Wales	54	65	118	43	8th
12.	Switzerland	40	56	121	30th	6th
13.	Italy	41	39	127	28	6th
14th	Czech Republic	31	26th	88	25th	5
15th	Austria	26th	28	79	22nd	4th
16.	Denmark	13	13	19th	11	2
17th	Belarus	7th	15th	22nd	9	1
18th	Finland	12	4th	22nd	8th	2
19th	Yugoslavia	6th	8th	10	7th	1
20th	Hungary	6th	3	8th	6th	1
21st	Gibraltar	7th	4th	27	1	1
22nd	Portugal	6th	1	22nd	0	1
23.	Malta	6th	0	38	0	1

Status: after the EM 2013

European field hockey championships for women

Previous tournaments

	competition	gold	silver	bronze	venue
1	EM 1984	Netherlands	Soviet Union	BR Germany	Lille , France
2	EM 1987	Netherlands	England	Soviet Union	London , England
3	EM 1991	England	Germany	Soviet Union	Brussels , Belgium
4th	EM 1995	Netherlands	Spain	Germany	Amstelveen , Netherlands
5	EM 1999	Netherlands	Germany	England	Cologne , Germany
6th	EM 2003	Netherlands	Spain	Germany	Barcelona , Spain
7th	EM 2005	Netherlands	Germany	England	Dublin , Ireland
8th	EM 2007	Germany	Netherlands	England	Manchester , England
9	EM 2009	Netherlands	Germany	England	Amsterdam , Netherlands
10	EM 2011	Netherlands	Germany	England	Mönchengladbach , Germany
11	EM 2013	Germany	England	Netherlands	Boom , Belgium
12	EM 2015	England	Netherlands	Germany	London , England
13	EM 2017	Netherlands	Belgium	England	Amsterdam , Netherlands
14th	EM 2019	Netherlands	Germany	Spain	Antwerp , Belgium
15th	EM 2021				Amsterdam , Netherlands

Medal table

RF	country	G	S.	B.
1	Netherlands	10	2	1
2	Germany 1	2	6th	4th
3	England	2	2	6th
4th	Spain	0	2	1
5	Russia 2	0	1	2
6th	Belgium	0	1	0
1 1984 to 1987 Federal Republic of Germany 2 1984 to 1991 Soviet Union

Status: after the EM 2019

Eternal table

The perpetual table contains all the results of the European championships since 1984. The perpetual table is calculated on the basis of the 3-point rule. Basically the result after 70 minutes was assessed.

rank	country	Games	Gates	Goals conceded	Points	Participation
1.	Netherlands	72	331	38	180	12
2.	Germany	72	206	83	158	12
3.	England	72	198	66	152	12
4th	Spain	72	123	107	106	12
5.	Ireland	72	86	128	91	12
6th	Scotland	62	108	111	87	10
7th	Soviet Union / Russia	47	137	104	72	7th
8th.	Belgium	50	58	146	49	8th
9.	Soviet Union	21st	83	25th	42	3
9.	France	47	58	121	41	7th
10.	Italy	57	44	154	29	9
11.	Azerbaijan	22nd	35	68	28	4th
12.	Russia	21st	50	62	26th	3
12.	Ukraine	24	34	58	22nd	4th
13.	Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic	21st	11	40	13	3
14th	Wales	21st	20th	58	12	3
15th	Czechoslovakia	7th	8th	9	9	1
15th	Lithuania	7th	12	20th	7th	1
16.	Czech Republic	14th	3	31	4th	2
16.	Belarus	5	6th	22nd	0	1
17th	Poland	5	2	26th	1	1
18th	Sweden	7th	0	40	0	1

Status: after the EM 2015

Men's European Indoor Hockey Championships

Previous tournaments

	competition	gold	silver	bronze	venue
1	Euro 1974	BR Germany	Netherlands	Switzerland	Berlin , FR Germany
2	EM 1976	BR Germany	Belgium	Netherlands	Arnhem , the Netherlands
3	EM 1980	BR Germany	Netherlands	Scotland	Zurich , Switzerland
4th	EM 1984	BR Germany	England	Netherlands	Edinburgh , Scotland
5	EM 1988	BR Germany	France	Austria	Vienna , Austria
6th	EM 1991	Germany	England	Scotland	Birmingham , England
7th	EM 1994	Germany	England	Czech Republic	Bonn , Germany
8th	European Championship 1997	Germany	Czech Republic	Denmark	Liévin , France
9	EM 1999	Germany	Poland	Switzerland	Slagelse , Denmark
10	EM 2001	Germany	Spain	Poland	Lucerne , Switzerland
11	EM 2003	Germany	Spain	Switzerland	Santander , Spain
12	EM 2006	Germany	Poland	Spain	Eindhoven , Netherlands
13	EM 2008	Russia	Germany	Austria	Yekaterinburg , Russia
14th	EM 2010	Austria	Russia	Netherlands	Almere , Netherlands
15th	EM 2012	Germany	Czech Republic	Austria	Leipzig , Germany
16	EM 2014	Germany	Austria	Russia	Vienna , Austria
17th	EM 2016	Germany	Austria	Russia	Prague , Czech Republic
18th	EM 2018	Austria	Belgium	Germany	Antwerp , Belgium
19th	EM 2020	Germany	Austria	Netherlands	Berlin , Germany

Medal table

RF	country	G	S.	B.
1	Germany	16	1	1
2	Austria	2	3	3
3	Russia	1	1	2
4th	England	0	3	0
5	Netherlands	0	2	4th
6th	Spain	0	2	1
	Poland	0	2	1
8th	Czech Republic	0	2	1
9	Belgium	0	2	0
10	France	0	1	0
11	Switzerland	0	0	3
12	Scotland	0	0	2
13	Denmark	0	0	1

Status: after the EM 2020

Eternal table

The perpetual table contains all the results of the European championships since 1980. The perpetual table is calculated on the basis of the 3-point rule. Basically the result after 40 minutes was assessed.

rank	country	Games	Gates	Goals conceded	Points	Participation
1.	Germany	41	360	114	106	8th
2.	Spain	36	166	210	44	7th
3.	Czech Republic	30th	142	178	36	6th
4th	Austria	31	144	174	33	6th
5.	Switzerland	26th	107	161	31	5
6th	Russia	25th	125	162	28	5
7th	England	16	102	94	27	3
8th.	Poland	20th	120	123	23	4th
9.	Netherlands	21st	130	133	22nd	4th
10.	Denmark	20th	92	116	21st	4th
11.	France	20th	73	94	13	4th
12.	Scotland	16	77	106	13	3
13.	Italy	5	38	57	1	1

Status: after the EM 2008

European indoor hockey championships for women

Previous tournaments

	competition	gold	silver	bronze	venue
1	EM 1975	BR Germany	Netherlands	Belgium	Arras , France
2	EM 1977	BR Germany	Netherlands	Belgium	Brussels , Belgium
3	EM 1981	BR Germany	Scotland	Canada	Berlin , FR Germany
4th	EM 1985	BR Germany	Netherlands	England	London , England
5	EM 1987	BR Germany	Netherlands	England	Bad Neuenahr , BR Germany
6th	EM 1990	BR Germany	Spain	Scotland	Elmshorn , Germany
7th	EM 1993	Germany	England	Spain	London , England
8th	EM 1996	England	Germany	Spain	Glasgow , Scotland
9	EM 1998	Germany	England	Austria	Ourense , Spain
10	EM 2000	Germany	Russia	Czech Republic	Vienna , Austria
11	EM 2002	Germany	Lithuania	France	Les Ponts-de-Cé , France
12	EM 2004	Germany	Netherlands	Belarus	Eindhoven , Netherlands
13	EM 2006	Germany	Netherlands	Belarus	Eindhoven , Netherlands
14th	EM 2008	Germany	Belarus	Netherlands	Almeria , Spain
15th	EM 2010	Ukraine	Spain	Germany	Duisburg , Germany
16	EM 2012	Germany	Belarus	Poland	Leipzig , Germany
17th	EM 2014	Netherlands	Germany	Poland	Prague , Czech Republic
18th	EM 2016	Netherlands	Poland	Belarus	Minsk , Belarus
19th	EM 2018	Germany	Netherlands	Belarus	Prague , Czech Republic
20th	EM 2020	Belarus	Netherlands	Czech Republic	Minsk , Belarus

Medal table

RF	country	G	S.	B.
1	Germany	15th	2	1
2	Netherlands	2	8th	1
3	Belarus	1	2	4th
4th	England	1	2	2
5	Ukraine	1	0	0
6th	Spain	0	2	2
7th	Poland	0	1	2
8th	Scotland	0	1	1
9	Russia	0	1	0
	Lithuania	0	1	0
11	Belgium	0	0	2
	Czech Republic	0	0	2
13	France	0	0	1
	Austria	0	0	1
	Canada	0	0	1

Status: after the EM 2018

Eternal table

The perpetual table contains all the results of the European championships since 1998. The perpetual table is calculated on the basis of the 3-point rule. Basically the result after 40 minutes was assessed.

rank	country	Games	Gates	Goals conceded	Points	Participation
1.	Germany	35	267	64	97	7th
2.	Belarus	26th	92	86	46	5
3.	Netherlands	21st	92	52	39	4th
4th	Austria	30th	99	171	31	6th
5.	Ukraine	16	65	53	27	3
6th	Spain	16	59	60	22nd	3
7th	Scotland	30th	67	111	21st	6th
8th.	Lithuania	20th	45	79	20th	4th
9.	Czech Republic	20th	57	82	17th	4th
10.	Slovakia	15th	42	75	17th	3
11.	Russia	19th	73	103	16	4th
12.	France	10	29	24	12	2
13.	England	10	25th	34	11	2
14th	Italy	5	16	21st	9	1
15th	Poland	6th	15th	11	4th	1

Status: after the EM 2010

Most successful European hockey nation

Medal table

RF	country	G	S.	B.	total
1	Germany	41	12	9	62
2	Netherlands	17th	19th	10	46
3	England	4th	8th	15th	27
4th	Spain	2	9	5	16
5	Austria	2	3	4th	9
6th	Belgium	1	5	3	9
7th	Russia	1	4th	4th	9
8th	Belarus	1	2	4th	7th
9	Ukraine	1	0	0	1
10	Poland	0	3	3	6th
11	Czech Republic	0	2	3	5
12	Scotland	0	1	3	4th
13	France	0	1	1	2
14th	Lithuania	0	1	0	1
15th	Switzerland	0	0	3	3
16	Denmark	0	0	1	1
	Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Canada	0	0	1	1

Status: after the men's European Championship 2020

Web links

• European Hockey Federation; EHF
• German Hockey Association; DHB

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Own calculation based on data from the EHF website .
2. ↑ own calculation on the basis of the data of the EHF website and the FIH website ( Memento from 1 February 2010 at the Internet Archive ).
3. ↑ ^{a b} Own calculation based on data from the EHF website .
4. ↑ ^{a b c} The EHF only published the ranking list for the 1974, 1976, 1988, 1991 and 2001 EMs, these EMs are therefore missing in the table.
5. ↑ ^{a b c} The EHF only published the ranking list for the 1974–1996 EMs, these EMs are therefore missing in the table.