EuroHockey Nations Challenge
The EuroHockey Nations Challenge is a competition run by the European Hockey Federation for European national field hockey teams. There are Challenges for outdoor and indoor hockey for both men's and women's sides. The Challenges precede the current EuroHockey Nations Trophy, which itself precedes the EuroHockey Nations Championship. Teams can gain promotion and relegation from their divisions based on their final standings.[1]
Outdoor
[edit]Men
[edit]Championship
[edit]Championship II
[edit](known as EuroHockey Nations Trophy until 2011)
Championship III
[edit](known as Challenge I until 2011)
Championship IV
[edit](known as Challenge II until 2011)
Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Host |
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Championship 2019 | Hungary | Finland | Norway | Cyprus | Slovenia | Helsinki, Finland | |||
Championship 2017 | Gibraltar | Slovenia | Hungary | Cyprus | Finland | Lipovci, Slovenia | |||
Championship 2015 | Slovakia | Denmark | Lithuania | Malta | Hungary | Finland | Cyprus | Norway | Vilnius, Lithuania |
Championship 2013 | Greece | Bulgaria | Cyprus | Athens, Greece | |||||
Championship 2011[6] | Turkey | Greece | Bulgaria | Cyprus | Georgia | Athens, Greece | |||
Challenge 2009 [7] | Gibraltar | Slovakia | Bulgaria | Greece | Bratislava, Slovakia | ||||
Challenge 2007 [8] | Slovenia | Turkey | Serbia | Lithuania | Slovakia | Bulgaria | Finland | Predanovci, Slovenia | |
Challenge 2005 [9] | Denmark | Azerbaijan | Malta | Cyprus | Kordin, Malta |
Women
[edit]Championship
[edit]Championship II
[edit]Championship III
[edit](known as Challenge I until 2011)
Indoor
[edit]Men
[edit]Championship I
[edit]See: EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship
Championship II
[edit](Known as Indoor Nations Trophy until 20??)
Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Venue |
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Challenge 2022 | Spain | Poland | Croatia | Ukraine | Portugal | Turkey | Slovakia | Paredes, Portugal | |
Challenge 2020 | Switzerland | Belarus | Portugal | Croatia | Turkey | Italy | Slovakia | Denmark | Lucerne, Switzerland |
Challenge 2018 | Netherlands | Ukraine | Sweden | Croatia | Portugal | Italy | Turkey | England | Alanya, Turkey |
Challenge 2016 | Belgium | Denmark | England | France | Portugal | Ukraine | Croatia | Scotland | Espinho, Portugal |
Challenge 2014 [19] | France | Switzerland | Ukraine | Denmark | Scotland | Belgium | Slovakia | Belarus | Bern, Switzerland |
Challenge 2012 [20] | Poland | Sweden | Ukraine | Denmark | Italy | Slovakia | Scotland | Lignano, Italy | |
Challenge 2010 [21] | England | Switzerland | Poland | Sweden | Scotland | Belgium | Slovakia | Portugal | Poznań, Poland |
Challenge 2008 [22] | Netherlands | Denmark | Slovakia | Portugal | Belgium | Scotland | Ukraine | Hungary | Copenhagen, Denmark |
Championship III
[edit](Known as Challenge I until 20??)
Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Venue |
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Challenge 2022 | Italy | Denmark | Ireland | Cyprus | Serbia | Greece | Athienou, Cyprus | ||
Challenge 2020 | Spain | Scotland | Ireland | Wales | Slovenia | Santander, Spain | |||
Challenge 2018 | Belarus | Slovakia | Scotland | Wales | Slovenia | Cyprus | Greece | Nicosia, Cyprus | |
Challenge 2016 | Italy | Turkey | Belarus | Slovakia | Wales | Finland | Vantaa, Finland | ||
Challenge 2014 [23] | Portugal | Croatia | Wales | Turkey | Hungary | Finland | Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia | ||
Challenge 2012 [24] | France | Belgium | Portugal | Croatia | Wales | Turkey | Hungary | Finland | Gondomar, Portugal |
Challenge 2010 [25] | Ukraine | Croatia | Turkey | Hungary | Greece | Alanya, Turkey | |||
Challenge 2008 [26] | Sweden | England | Croatia | Turkey | Finland | Bulgaria | Sheffield, England | ||
Challenge 2006 | Belarus | Sweden | Finland | Lithuania | Bulgaria | Sofia, Bulgaria | |||
Challenge 2003 | Italy | Belarus | Slovenia | Georgia | Brescia, Italy |
Championship IV
[edit]Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | Venue |
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Challenge 2010 [27] | France | Wales | Finland | Norway | Rouen, France |
Women
[edit]Championship I
[edit]Tournament | Gold | Silver | Bronze | 4th | 5th | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9th | 10th | Venue |
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Challenge 2024 | Germany | Poland | Austria | Spain | Czech Republic | Belgium | Ukraine | Switzerland | Turkey | Italy | Berlin, Germany |
Challenge 2022 | Germany | Netherlands | Ukraine | Austria | Czech Republic | Turkey | Hamburg, Germany | ||||
Challenge 2020 | Belarus | Netherlands | Czech Republic | Germany | Ukraine | Austria | Belgium | Switzerland | Minsk, Belarus | ||
Challenge 2018 | Germany | Netherlands | Belarus | Czech Republic | Ukraine | Switzerland | Russia | Poland | Prague, Czech Republic | ||
Challenge 2016 | Netherlands | Poland | Belarus | Germany | Ukraine |