Women's EuroHockey Championship

This article is about the women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. For the men's tournament, see EuroHockey Nations Championship.

The Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is an international women's field hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Championships. The inaugural tournament took place in 1984. When the tournament is held close to the Summer Olympic games or the Women's Hockey World Cup, the winner of the tournament is awarded a place in those competitions.

Women's EuroHockey Championship

Current season, competition or edition: 2023 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1984; 39 years ago (1984)
Inaugural season	1984
No. of teams	8
Continent	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Netherlands (12th title) (2023)
Most titles	Netherlands (12 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	EuroHockey Championship II

Format

The tournament is played in Divisions normally consisting of eight teams. The top division, containing the eight best national teams, is called the EuroHockey Nations Championship, below which there is the EuroHockey Championship II, then the EuroHockey Championship III, then the EuroHockey Championship IV, and so on.

Qualification

National teams qualify for a division based on their performance in the previous competition. Each time the competition is held, it is with each division's previous top two teams promoted (assuming there is a higher division), and its previous bottom two teams demoted (assuming there is a lower division).

1. 1984-2003 + 2023: Qualification Tournament
2. 2005-Ongoing: Via Women's EuroHockey Championship II and Women's EuroHockey Championship III

Summary

Assuming divisions consisting of the standard 8 teams, the teams are separated into two pools of four teams. In each pool (pool A and B) the teams play one match against each of the other teams in their pool (three in total). The teams then go on to play classification matches based on their relative ranking from these pool matches to determine their final tournament position.

Details

In each pool, A and B, all the teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows:

• 3 points for a win
• 1 point for a draw
• 0 points for a loss

Upon completion of these matches, each team in the pool is ranked according to the number of points each has accumulated. If any teams in the pool have the same rank, then these teams are ranked:

• According to the number of matches they won, or else, if equal
• According to respective goal difference ('goals for' less 'goals against'), or else
• According to 'goals for', or else
• If only two teams are involved, according to the result of the match played between those teams, or else
• According to the results of a penalty stroke competition between those teams, or else
• This procedure is repeated using the penalty stroke result until the teams can be ranked

Once the relative ranking of the teams in pools A and B is settled, the semi-finals proceed with two games as follows:

• Second Pool A v First Pool B
• First Pool A v Second Pool B

The winners of these matches then play a match against each other for 1st and 2nd places (the final) and the losing teams play a match against each other for 3rd and 4th places (Bronze medal match).

The third and fourth placed teams in each pool are placed in Pool C (the Relegation Pool) in order to determine fifth to eighth places. Each team plays one match against the two teams that they did not previously play. The results from those games and from the game that was previously played against the other team in their original pool are used to rank each team according to the ranking procedure used in Pool A and B.

Results

Summaries

Year	Host		Final				Third place playoff
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1984 Details	Lille, France		Netherlands	2–0	Soviet Union		West Germany	1–0	England
1987 Details	London, England		Netherlands	2–2 (3–1) Penalty strokes	England		Soviet Union	2–1	West Germany
1991 Details	Brussels, Belgium		England	2–1	Germany		Soviet Union	3–2	Netherlands
1995 Details	Amsterdam, Netherlands		Netherlands	2–2 (4–1) Penalty strokes	Spain		Germany	1–0	England
1999 Details	Cologne, Germany		Netherlands	2–1	Germany		England	5–0	Russia
2003 Details	Barcelona, Spain		Netherlands	5–0	Spain		Germany	3–1	England
2005 Details	Dublin, Ireland		Netherlands	2–1	Germany		England	4–0	Spain
2007 Details	Manchester, England		Germany	2–0	Netherlands		England	3–2	Spain
2009 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	3–2	Germany		England	2–1	Spain
2011 Details	Mönchengladbach, Germany		Netherlands	3–0	Germany		England	2–1	Spain
2013 Details	Boom, Belgium		Germany	4–4 (2–0) Penalty shootout	England		Netherlands	3–1	Belgium
2015 Details	London, England		England	2–2 (3–1) Penalty shootout	Netherlands		Germany	5–1	Spain
2017 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	3–0	Belgium		England	2–0	Germany
2019 Details	Antwerp, Belgium		Netherlands	2–0	Germany		Spain	1–1 (3–2) Penalty shootout	England
2021 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands		Netherlands	2–0	Germany		Belgium	3–1	Spain
2023 Details	Mönchengladbach, Germany		Netherlands	3–1	Belgium		Germany	3–0	England

Top four statistics

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Netherlands	12 (1984, 1987, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2005, 2009*, 2011, 2017*, 2019, 2021*, 2023)	2 (2007, 2015)	1 (2013)	1 (1991)
Germany^[a]	2 (2007, 2013)	7 (1991, 1999*, 2005, 2009, 2011*, 2019, 2021)	5 (1984, 1995, 2003, 2015, 2023*)	2 (1987, 2017)
England	2 (1991, 2015*)	2 (1987*, 2013)	6 (1999, 2005, 2007*, 2009, 2011, 2017)	5 (1984, 1995, 2003, 2019, 2023)
Spain		2 (1995, 2003*)	1 (2019)	6 (2005, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2015, 2021)
Belgium		2 (2017, 2023)	1 (2021)	1 (2013*)
Soviet Union		1 (1984)	2 (1987, 1991)
Russia				1 (1999)

* = host

Team appearances

Team	1984	1987	1991	1995	1999	2003	2005	2007	2009	2011	2013	2015	2017	2019	2021	2023	Total
Austria	11th	12th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
Azerbaijan	–	–	–	–	–	9th	–	5th	6th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Belarus	Part of the Soviet Union			–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	8th	–	–	2
Belgium	8th	9th	7th	11th	11th	–	–	–	–	5th	4th	5th	2nd	6th	3rd	2nd	12
Czech Republic	Part of Czechoslovakia			10th	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	3
Czechoslovakia	9th	–	–	Defunct													1
England	4th	2nd	1st	4th	3rd	4th	3rd	3rd	3rd	3rd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	5th	4th	16
France	10th	10th	10th	7th	10th	8th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	7
Germany^[a]	3rd	4th	2nd	3rd	2nd	3rd	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	3rd	4th	2nd	2nd	3rd	16
Ireland	5th	7th	8th	8th	9th	6th	5th	6th	5th	6th	7th	–	6th	5th	6th	5th	15
Italy	12th	11th	11th	9th	–	11th	–	7th	–	8th	–	7th	–	–	8th	8th	10
Lithuania	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Netherlands	1st	1st	4th	1st	1st	1st	1st	2nd	1st	1st	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	16
Poland	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	1
Russia	Part of the Soviet Union			5th	4th	10th	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	5
Scotland	6th	6th	5th	6th	6th	7th	7th	–	8th	–	6th	6th	8th	–	7th	7th	13
Soviet Union	2nd	3rd	3rd	Defunct													3
Spain	7th	5th	6th	2nd	5th	2nd	4th	4th	4th	4th	5th	4th	5th	3rd	4th	6th	16
Sweden	–	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
Ukraine	Part of the Soviet Union			–	7th	5th	6th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
Wales	–	8th	9th	–	–	12th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–		3
Total	12	12	12	12	12	12	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	^[1]

See also

• EuroHockey Nations Championship
• Women's EuroHockey Championship II
• Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
• Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Notes

1. Includes results representing West Germany between 1970 and 1990

References

1. "Competitions Archive". p. 20. Retrieved 25 August 2018.