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2018 Rink Hockey European Championship
The 2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, also named as EuroHockey 2018, was the 53rd edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, which took place between 14 and 22 July in A Coruña, Spain.[1]
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Spain |
| City | A Coruña |
| Dates | 14–22 July 2018 |
| Teams | 11 |
| Venue(s) | 1 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Spain (17th title) |
| Runners-up | Portugal |
| Third place | Italy |
| Fourth place | France |
← 2016 2021 → | |
Spain won the tournament and took its seventeenth title overall.
Teams edit
Eleven teams joined the tournament. Andorra, Belgium and Netherlands joined the other eight teams from the previous edition.[2]
This had the highest number of participants since 1994.
| Team | Appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andorra | 4th | 2006 | Eighth place (1992, 2006) |
| Austria | 8th | 2016 | Eighth place (2010, 2016) |
| Belgium | 39th | 1996 | Runners-up (1947) |
| England | 52nd | 2016 | Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939) |
| France | 52nd | 2016 | Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931) |
| Germany | 49th | 2016 | Runners-up (1932, 1934) |
| Italy | 51st | 2016 | Champions (1953, 1990, 2014) |
| Netherlands | 33rd | 2008 | Third place (1963, 1967, 1969) |
| Portugal | 48th | 2016 | Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2016) |
| Spain | 40th | 2016 | Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012) |
| Switzerland | 53rd | 2016 | Runners-up (1937, 2006) |
Venue edit
All the games of the tournament took place at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portugal | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 6 | +32 | 12 | Advance to play-off stage | — | 5–4 | — | 7–1 | — | |
| 2 | France | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 10 | +19 | 9 | — | — | 6–0 | 5–2 | — | ||
| 3 | Andorra | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 19 | −10 | 6 | 0–11 | — | — | — | 6–0 | ||
| 4 | Switzerland | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 3 | — | — | 2–3 | — | 5–1 | ||
| 5 | Austria | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 40 | −35 | 0 | Advance to classification group | 1–15 | 3–14 | — | — | — |
Source: EuroHockey 2018
Group B edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spain (H) | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 4 | +51 | 15 | Advance to play-off stage | — | 2–0 | 7–1 | 10–1 | — | — | |
| 2 | Italy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 15 | +44 | 12 | — | — | 11–5 | 9–4 | — | — | ||
| 3 | Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 34 | 23 | +11 | 9 | — | — | — | 8–4 | 5–1 | — | ||
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 29 | 33 | −4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6–4 | 14–2 | ||
| 5 | Netherlands | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 45 | −24 | 3 | Advance to classification group | 2–14 | 4–15 | — | — | — | 10–5 | |
| 6 | Belgium | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 85 | −78 | 0 | 0–22 | 0–24 | 0–15 | — | — | — |
Source: EuroHockey 2018
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
Classification group edit
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 4 | — | — | 4–4 | |
| 2 | Netherlands | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 3 | 4–5 | — | — | |
| 3 | Belgium | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 19 | −12 | 1 | — | 3–15 | — |
Source: zerozero.pt
Play-off stage edit
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||
| 20 July | ||||||||||
| Germany | 2 | |||||||||
| 21 July | ||||||||||
| France | 5 | |||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 July | ||||||||||
| Spain | 8 | |||||||||
| Switzerland | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 July | ||||||||||
| Spain | 10 | |||||||||
| Spain | 6 | |||||||||
| 20 July | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 3 | |||||||||
| Andorra | 2 | |||||||||
| 21 July | ||||||||||
| Italy | 6 | |||||||||
| Italy | 2 | |||||||||
| 20 July | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 4 | Third place game | ||||||||
| England | 2 | |||||||||
| 22 July | ||||||||||
| Portugal | 14 | |||||||||
| France | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 5 | |||||||||
5th to 8th place edit
| Semifinals | Fifth place game | |||||
| 21 July | ||||||
| England | 2 | |||||
| 22 July | ||||||
| Andorra | 8 | |||||
| Andorra | 3 | |||||
| 21 July | ||||||
| Switzerland | 5 | |||||
| Switzerland | 7 | |||||
| Germany | 6 | |||||
| Seventh place game | ||||||
| 22 July | ||||||
| England | 6 | |||||
| Germany | 12 | |||||
Final standings edit
| Pos | Grp | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Spain (H) | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 79 | 11 | +68 | 24 | Champions |
| 2 | A | Portugal | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 59 | 16 | +43 | 18 | Runners-up |
| 3 | B | Italy | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 72 | 23 | +49 | 18 | Third place |
| 4 | A | France | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 25 | +13 | 12 | |
| 5 | A | Switzerland | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 35 | −11 | 9 | |
| 6 | A | Andorra | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 22 | 32 | −10 | 9 | |
| 7 | B | Germany | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 54 | 41 | +13 | 12 | |
| 8 | B | England | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 39 | 67 | −28 | 6 | |
| 9 | A | Austria | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 48 | −34 | 4 | |
| 10 | B | Netherlands | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 53 | −13 | 6 | |
| 11 | B | Belgium | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 104 | −90 | 1 |
Source: WSE
(H) Hosts
(H) Hosts
References edit
- ^ . CERS-rinkhockey.eu. Comité Européen de Rink Hockey (CERH). 27 February 2018. Archived from the original on 12 March 2018. Retrieved 11 March 2018.
- ^ "53rd European Championship 2018 with 11 participating teams". CERS Rink Hockey. 24 May 2018. Retrieved 26 May 2018.[permanent dead link]