2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

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2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryAustria
CityVienna
Dates3–11 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Wiener Hockeystadion
Final positions
Champions Russia (1st title)
Runner-up France
Third place Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored101 (5.05 per match)
2011 (previous) (next) 2015

The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the 5th edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from the 3rd until the 11th of August 2013 in Vienna, Austria. [1]

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship, with the finalists Russia and France qualifying.

Qualified teams

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
20–28 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship Mönchengladbach, Germany 2  France
 Russia
8–14 August 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship II Vinnytsia, Ukraine 4  Austria
 Scotland
 Ukraine
 Wales
24–30 July 2011 2011 EuroHockey Championship III Catania, Italy 2  Azerbaijan
 Italy
Total 8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the Men's EuroHockey Championship III. [2]

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 0 1 12 8 +4 6 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Azerbaijan 3 2 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3  Scotland 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4 Pool C
4  Wales 3 0 1 2 4 10 −6 1
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
5 August 2013
11:00
France  7–2  Wales
Deront field hockey ball 9'
Sánchez field hockey ball 15'
H. Genestet field hockey ball 18'41'
field hockey ball 33'
M. Genestet field hockey ball 62'
Kieffer field hockey ball 69'
Report Naughalty field hockey ball 28'58'
Umpires:
Moritz Meissner (GER)
Anton Kochin (RUS)
5 August 2013
13:00
Scotland  0–3  Azerbaijan
Report Butt Vagas field hockey ball 24'67'
Khalid Muhammad field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Florian Hösch (AUT)
Pietro Galligani (ITA)

6 August 2013
15:00
Wales  1–2  Azerbaijan
Naughalty field hockey ball 21' Report Balamiyev field hockey ball 23'
Butt Vagas field hockey ball 57'
Umpires:
Anton Kochin (RUS)
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
6 August 2013
17:00
Scotland  4–1  France
A. Forsyth field hockey ball 28'70'
Bain field hockey ball 34'47'
Report Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 27'
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

8 August 2013
11:00
France  4–2  Azerbaijan
Report
Umpires:
Anton Kochin (RUS)
Florian Hösch (AUT)
8 August 2013
13:00
Wales  1–1  Scotland
Shaw field hockey ball 3' Report Byers field hockey ball 70'
Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Russia 3 2 1 0 12 4 +8 7 Advanced to Semi-finals
2  Austria (H) 3 2 1 0 6 3 +3 7
3  Italy 3 0 1 2 6 10 −4 1 Pool C
4  Ukraine 3 0 1 2 5 12 −7 1
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
(H) Hosts
5 August 2013
15:00
Russia  6–1  Ukraine
Report
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
5 August 2013
17:00
Austria  2–1  Italy
Fröhlich field hockey ball 20'
Szmidt field hockey ball 47'
Report Murgia field hockey ball 51'
Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

7 August 2013
15:00
Ukraine  3–3  Italy
Ozerskyy field hockey ball 12'
Diachenko field hockey ball 33'
Moroz field hockey ball 38'
Report field hockey ball 18'
Murgia field hockey ball 46'56'
Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)
7 August 2013
17:00
Austria  1–1  Russia
Körper field hockey ball 64' Report field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)

8 August 2013
15:00
Russia  5–2  Italy
Report
Umpires:
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
Moritz Meissner (GER)
8 August 2013
17:00
Ukraine  1–3  Austria
field hockey ball 61' Report Podpera field hockey ball 10'
R. Bele field hockey ball 55'
Szmidt field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)
Neil McAlpine (SCO)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Points obtained in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
5  Ukraine 3 1 2 0 9 5 +4 5
6  Scotland 3 1 2 0 8 4 +4 5
7  Wales 3 1 1 1 6 8 −2 4 Relegated to 2015 EuroHockey Championship III
8  Italy 3 0 1 2 7 13 −6 1
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]
10 August 2013
11:00
Wales  0–4  Ukraine
Report Polishchuk field hockey ball 18'21'
Moroz field hockey ball 39'
Serdiuk field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Pietro Galligani (ITA)
Florian Hösch (AUT)
10 August 2013
13:00
Scotland  5–1  Italy
A. Forsyth field hockey ball 2'65'
Byers field hockey ball 19'45'
Bain field hockey ball 64'
Report Murgia field hockey ball 11'
Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)

11 August 2013
10:00
Wales  5–3  Italy
Report
Umpires:
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Elchin Qurbanov (AZE)
11 August 2013
12:00
Scotland  2–2  Ukraine
Bain field hockey ball 6'
Marshall field hockey ball 30'
Report Paziuk field hockey ball 27'
Yarovanko field hockey ball 65'
Umpires:
Florian Hösch (AUT)
Anton Kochin (RUS)

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
10 August 2013
 
 
 France5
 
11 August 2013
 
 Austria3
 
 France0 (4)
 
10 August 2013
 
 Russia (p.s.o.)0 (5)
 
 Russia6
 
 
 Azerbaijan1
 
Third Place
 
 
11 August 2013
 
 
 Austria6
 
 
 Azerbaijan1
Semi-finals
10 August 2013
15:00
Russia  6–1  Azerbaijan
Plesetskii field hockey ball 19'30'
Maiorov field hockey ball 24'
Kornilov field hockey ball 47'
Komarov field hockey ball
Azarov field hockey ball 64'
Report Tofeeg field hockey ball 44'
Umpires:
Hichem Azaiez (FRA)
Coen van Bunge (NED)

10 August 2013
17:30
France  5–3  Austria
H. Genestet field hockey ball 31'
M. Genestet field hockey ball 33'
Baumgarten field hockey ball 52'
Samson field hockey ball 67'
Martin-Brisac field hockey ball 70'
Report Schmidt field hockey ball 1'
Körper field hockey ball 11'57'
Umpires:
Moritz Meissner (GER)
Neil McAlpine (SCO)
Third and fourth place
11 August 2013
14:30
Austria  6–1  Azerbaijan
Podpera field hockey ball 8'
Körper field hockey ball 15'55'
B. Stanzl field hockey ball 37'
Fröhlich field hockey ball 54'
A. Bele field hockey ball 64'
Report field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Maksim Perepelitzka (UKR)
Moritz Meissner (GER)
Final
11 August 2013
17:00
France  0–0  Russia
Report
Penalties
4–5
Umpires:
Coen van Bunge (NED)
Will Drury (WAL)

Final standings

Rank Team
 Russia
 France
 Austria
4  Azerbaijan
5  Ukraine
6  Scotland
7  Wales
8  Italy

  Qualified for the 2015 EuroHockey Championship

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III

See also

References

  1. ^ "FIH CALENDAR -- 2015" (PDF). fih.ch. 6 October 2014.
  2. ^ "Men's Eurohockey Nations Championships II - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
  3. ^ a b c Regulations