Men's_EuroHockey_Junior_Championship
Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
EHF international field hockey competition
The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1]
Quick Facts Formerly, Sport ...
Current season, competition or edition: 2024 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship | |
| Formerly | Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 1976; 48 years ago (1976) |
| First season | 1976 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Netherlands (10th title) (2022) |
| Most titles | Netherlands (10 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | EuroHockey U21 Championship II |
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In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship.[2]
The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.
Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.
Results
More information Year, Host ...
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1976 Details |
Hamburg, West Germany |  Netherlands |
2–0 |  Spain |
 West Germany |
2–1 |  Poland |
8 | |||
| 1977 Details |
Folkestone, England | West Germany |
4–3 | Netherlands |
Spain |
1–0 |  England |
8 | |||
| 1978 Details |
Dublin, Ireland | Netherlands |
6–2 |  Ireland |
West Germany |
 France |
8 | ||||
| 1981 Details |
Barcelona, Spain | West Germany |
2–1 |  Belgium |
Netherlands |
4–2 |  Spain |
8 | |||
| 1984 Details |
Rome, Italy | West Germany |
3–2 | Netherlands |
France |
2–1 | Belgium |
8 | |||
| 1988 Details |
Santander, Spain | West Germany |
3–0 | England |
Netherlands |
2–1 |  Spain |
8 | |||
| 1992 Details |
Vught, Netherlands | Netherlands |
Spain |
Germany |
England |
8 | |||||
| 1996 Details |
Vejle, Denmark | Netherlands |
3–2 | Germany |
England |
2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–4 p.s.) |
Spain |
8 | |||
| 1998 Details |
Poznań, Poland | Germany |
3–2 | England |
Netherlands |
3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.) |
Spain |
8 | |||
| 2000 Details |
Madrid, Spain | Spain |
4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.) |
Germany |
Netherlands |
7–2 | England |
8 | |||
| 2002 Details |
Lausanne, Switzerland | Netherlands |
Germany |
Spain |
England |
8 | |||||
| 2004 Details |
Nivelles, Belgium | Spain |
Germany |
Netherlands |
England |
8 | |||||
| 2006 Details |
Prague, Czech Republic | Netherlands |
Germany |
Belgium |
Spain |
8 | |||||
| 2008 Details |
San Sebastián, Spain | Spain |
1–0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
Germany |
4–3 | Belgium |
8 | |||
| 2010 Details |
Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland | Netherlands |
4–1 | Belgium |
Germany |
4–3 | England |
8 | |||
| 2012 Details |
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands | Belgium |
2–2 (3–2 s.o.) |
Netherlands |
Germany |
8–0 | France |
8 | |||
| 2014 Details |
Waterloo, Belgium | Netherlands |
5–2 | Germany |
England |
1–1 (4–3 s.o.) |
Belgium |
8 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Valencia, Spain | Netherlands |
2–2 (5–3 s.o.) |
Belgium |
Germany |
Match cancelled | Spain |
8 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Valencia, Spain | Germany |
5–3 | England |
Netherlands |
3–1 | Spain |
8 | |||
| 2022 Details |
Ghent, Belgium | Netherlands |
3–1 | Germany |
Belgium |
3–1 | Spain |
8 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Terrassa, Spain | 8 | |||||||||
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Summary
More information Team, Winners ...
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands |
10 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022) | 4 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*) | 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019) | |
 Germany[lower-alpha 1] |
6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019) | 7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2022) | 7 (1976*, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017) | |
 Spain |
3 (2000*, 2004, 2008*) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1977, 2002) | 8 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*, 2022) |
 Belgium |
1 (2012) | 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) | 2 (2006, 2022*) | 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*) |
 England |
3 (1988, 1998, 2019) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010) | |
 Ireland |
1 (1978*) | |||
 France |
1 (1984) | 2 (1978, 2012) | ||
 Poland |
1 (1976) |
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- * = hosts
Team appearances
More information Team, Total ...
| Team | 1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1981 |
 1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
 1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
 2002 |
2004 |
 2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2024 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria |
– | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | – | 7 |
| Belgium |
5th | – | 6th | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | Q | 17 |
| Czech Republic |
Part of Czechoslovakia | 8th | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||||
| Denmark |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| England |
– | 4th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | Q | 20 |
| France |
7th | – | 4th | 8th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 5th | Q | 11 |
| Germany[lower-alpha 1] |
3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 21 |
 Gibraltar |
– | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Italy |
– | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Ireland |
6th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | Q | 9 |
| Netherlands |
1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | Q | 21 |
| Poland |
4th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | 9 |
 Portugal |
– | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 2 |
 Russia |
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – | 2 | ||||||
 Scotland |
– | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | 10 |
 Soviet Union |
– | 5th | 8th | 6th | – | 5th | – | Defunct | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Spain |
2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | Q | 20 |
| Switzerland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 Turkey |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 1 |
 Wales |
8th | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
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Results
More information Year, Host ...
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1998 Details |
Padua, Italy | Ireland |
France |
 Italy |
 Wales |
8 | |||||
| 2000 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Belgium |
 Czech Republic |
 Switzerland |
 Austria |
8 | |||||
| 2002 Details |
Cagliari, Italy | Poland |
Ireland |
France |
Italy |
7 | |||||
| 2004 Details |
Lousada, Portugal | Czech Republic |
 Russia |
France |
Switzerland |
8 | |||||
| 2006 Details |
Gibraltar |  Scotland |
Austria |
France |
Wales |
8 | |||||
| 2008 Details |
Bra, Italy | Russia |
France |
 Belarus |
Italy |
10 | |||||
| 2010 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Scotland |
Wales |
Austria |
Czech Republic |
8 | |||||
| 2012 Details |
Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy | Austria |
4–2 | Poland |
Russia |
6–1 |  Ukraine |
8 | |||
| 2014 Details |
Lousada, Portugal | Ireland |
Round-robin |  Portugal |
Scotland |
Round-robin | Italy |
7 | |||
| 2017 Details |
Saint Petersburg, Russia | France |
3–0 | Poland |
Scotland |
4–3 | Czech Republic |
8 | |||
| 2019 Details |
Plzeň, Czech Republic | Scotland |
9–0 | Russia |
Ireland |
4–1 |  Turkey |
8 | |||
| 2022 Details |
Plzeň, Czech Republic | Ireland |
Round-robin | Turkey |
Wales |
Round-robin | Poland |
6 | |||
| 2024 Details |
Walcz, Poland | 6 | |||||||||
| Lausanne, Switzerland | 5 | ||||||||||
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Summary
More information Team, Winners ...
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland |
3 (1998, 2014, 2022) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2019) | |
| Scotland |
3 (2006, 2010, 2019) | 2 (2014, 2017) | ||
| France |
1 (2017) | 2 (1998, 2008) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) | |
| Russia |
1 (2008) | 2 (2004, 2019) | 1 (2012) | |
| Poland |
1 (2002) | 2 (2012, 2017) | 1 (2022) | |
| Austria |
1 (2012) | 1 (2006) | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2000*) |
| Czech Republic |
1 (2004) | 1 (2000) | 2 (2010, 2017) | |
| Belgium |
1 (2000) | |||
| Wales |
1 (2010) | 1 (2022) | 2 (1998, 2006) | |
| Turkey |
1 (2022) | 1 (2019) | ||
| Portugal |
1 (2014*) | |||
| Italy |
1 (1998*) | 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014) | ||
| Switzerland |
1 (2000) | 1 (2004) | ||
 Belarus |
1 (2008) | |||
 Ukraine |
1 (2012) |
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- * = hosts
Team appearances
More information Team, Total ...
| Team | 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
– | 4th | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 4 |
 Azerbaijan |
– | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Belarus |
– | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 7th | – | 6th | DSQ | 5 |
| Belgium |
– | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Croatia |
– | – | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic |
5th | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 7th | 6th | 9 |
| Denmark |
6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| France |
2nd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | 6 |
| Gibraltar |
8th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ireland |
1st | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 1st | 5 |
| Italy |
3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 11 |
| Poland |
– | 6th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 4th | 5 |
| Portugal |
7th | – | 7th | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 8th | – | 6 |
| Russia |
– | 8th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | – | 7 |
| Scotland |
– | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | 5 |
| Switzerland |
– | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Turkey |
– | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 2nd | 4 |
| Ukraine |
– | 7th | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 6 |
| Wales |
4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 8 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 |
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Results
More information Year, Host ...
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1998 Details |
Moscow, Russia | Russia |
Switzerland |
Ukraine |
Belarus |
6 | |||||
| 2000 Details |
Porto, Portugal | Portugal |
 Croatia |
 Denmark |
 Gibraltar |
5 | |||||
| 2002 Details |
Elektrostal, Russia | Russia |
Belarus |
Ukraine |
 Azerbaijan |
5 | |||||
| 2004 Details |
Brest, Belarus | Austria |
Gibraltar |
Ukraine |
Azerbaijan |
6 | |||||
| 2006 Details |
Bratislava, Slovakia | Ukraine |
Belarus |
Azerbaijan |
 Greece |
10 | |||||
| 2010 Details |
Athens, Greece | Switzerland |
Greece |
 Slovakia |
 Bulgaria |
4 | |||||
| 2012 Details |
Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal |
Round-robin | Turkey |
Greece |
Round-robin | Gibraltar |
6 | |||
| Bratislava, Slovakia | Ireland |
14–0 | Slovakia |
 Lithuania |
3–2 | Bulgaria |
4 | ||||
| 2014 Details |
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Turkey |
Round-robin | Czech Republic |
Slovakia |
Round-robin | Azerbaijan |
6 | |||
| 2017 | Lucerne, Switzerland | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2019 Details |
Vilnius, Lithuania | Wales |
4–3 | Ukraine |
Lithuania |
Only three teams | 3 | ||||
| 2022 Details |
Helsinki, Finland | Switzerland |
3–2 | Ukraine |
Lithuania |
12–2 |  Finland |
4 | |||
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Summary
More information Team, Winners ...
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland |
2 (2010, 2022) | 1 (1998) | ||
| Portugal |
2 (2000*, 2012 A*) | |||
| Russia |
2 (1998*, 2002*) | |||
| Ukraine |
1 (2006) | 2 (2019, 2022) | 3 (1998, 2002, 2004) | |
| Turkey |
1 (2014) | 1 (2012 A) | ||
| Austria |
1 (2004) | |||
| Ireland |
1 (2012 B) | |||
| Wales |
1 (2019) | |||
| Belarus |
2 (2002, 2006) | 1 (1998) | ||
 Slovakia |
1 (2012 B*) | 2 (2010, 2014) | ||
 Greece |
1 (2010*) | 1 (2012 A) | 1 (2006) | |
| Gibraltar |
1 (2004) | 2 (2000, 2012 A) | ||
| Croatia |
1 (2000) | |||
| Czech Republic |
1 (2014*) | |||
 Lithuania |
3 (2012 B, 2019*, 2022) | |||
| Azerbaijan |
1 (2006) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2014) | ||
| Denmark |
1 (2000) | |||
 Bulgaria |
2 (2010, 2012 B) | |||
 Finland |
1 (2022*) |
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Team appearances
More information Team, 2012 A ...
| Team | 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2010 |
2012 A |
2012 B |
2014 |
2019 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria |
– | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Azerbaijan |
– | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | – | 5th | – | 4th | – | – | 5 |
| Belarus |
4th | – | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Bulgaria |
5th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | – | – | – | 4 |
| Croatia |
– | 2nd | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 Cyprus |
– | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Czech Republic |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 1 |
| Denmark |
– | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Finland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
 Georgia |
6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Gibraltar |
– | 4th | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | – | 5th | – | WD | 4 |
| Greece |
– | 5th | 5th | – | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Ireland |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| Lithuania |
– | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
| Portugal |
– | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | WD | 2 |
 Romania |
– | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Russia |
1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Slovakia |
– | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | – | 2nd | 3rd | – | WD | 4 |
| Switzerland |
2nd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | 3 |
| Turkey |
– | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | – | 4 |
| Ukraine |
3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 6 |
| Wales |
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
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