Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship

Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2022 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
FormerlyWomen's EuroHockey Junior Championship
SportField hockey
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
First season1977
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Netherlands (11th title)
(2024)
Most titles Netherlands (11 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toEuroHockey U21 Championship II

The Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a women'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 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship.[2]

The Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships consists of three levels. There is promotion and relegation between the three levels. The top two placed teams in the Championship II are promoted to the following year's Championship while the two lowest placed teams in the Championship are relegated to the following year's Championship II.

The highest level has been won by three different teams: the Netherlands has the most titles with ten, Germany has nine titles and Spain won their first and only title at the 2019 edition in Valencia, Spain.[3]

Championship I

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Results

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# Year Host Final Third place match Teams Results
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1977
Details
Vienna, Austria
West Germany

Netherlands

France

Austria
6 [4]
2 1978
Details
Celle, West Germany
Netherlands
Round-robin
West Germany

Spain
Round-robin
Austria
5 [5]
3 1979
Details
Düsseldorf, West Germany
West Germany

Netherlands

Belgium

Spain
5 [6]
4 1981
Details
Barcelona, Spain
Netherlands
2–1
Germany

Spain
1–0
Belgium
8 [7]
5 1984
Details
Dundee, Scotland
Netherlands
2–1
West Germany

Ireland
4–1
Spain
8 [8]
6 1988
Details
Paris, France
West Germany
3–1
England

Netherlands
4–1
Soviet Union
8 [9]
7 1992
Details
Edinburgh, Scotland
Germany
2–1
Netherlands

Spain
3–1
England
8 [10]
8 1996
Details
Cardiff, Wales
Germany
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p.s.)

Ukraine

Netherlands
3–0
England
8 [11]
9 1998
Details
Belfast, Northern Ireland
Germany
4–2
Netherlands

Ukraine
4–3
Spain
8 [12]
10 2000
Details
Leipzig, Germany
Netherlands

England

Ukraine

Germany
8 [13]
11 2002
Details
Alcalá la Real, Spain
Netherlands
2–1
England

Germany
2–0
Scotland
8 [14]
12 2004
Details
Dublin, Ireland
Netherlands
1–1
(6–5 pen.)

Germany

England
5–1
Scotland
8 [15]
13 2006
Details
Catania, Italy
Germany
1–0
England

Italy
1–1
(3–2 pen.)

Spain
8 [16]
14 2008
Details
Valencia, Spain
Germany
2–1
Netherlands

England
5–2
Belarus
8 [17]
15 2010
Details
Lille, France
Netherlands
4–1
England

Spain
2–1
Germany
8 [18]
16 2012
Details
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands
Netherlands
9–1
Spain

England
3–2
Germany
8
17 2014
Details
Waterloo, Belgium
Netherlands
2–0
Germany

England
2–0
Spain
8
18 2017
Details
Valencia, Spain
Netherlands
6–0
Belgium

England
3–2
Germany
7
19 2019
Details
Valencia, Spain
Spain
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)

Netherlands

Germany
1–1
(3–2 s.o.)

Belgium
9
20 2022
Details
Ghent, Belgium
Germany
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)

Belgium

Netherlands
2–1
England
8
21 2024
Details
Terrassa, Spain
Netherlands
5–3
Spain

England
1–0
Germany
8

Summary

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Team Titles Runners-up Third places Fourth places
 Netherlands 11 (1978, 1981, 1984, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012*, 2014, 2017, 2024) 6 (1977, 1979, 1992, 1998, 2008, 2019) 3 (1988, 1996, 2022)
 Germany[a] 9 (1977, 1979*, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2022) 5 (1978*, 1981, 1984, 2004, 2014) 2 (2002, 2019) 5 (2000*, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2024)
 Spain 1 (2019*) 2 (2012, 2024) 4 (1978, 1981*, 1992, 2010) 5 (1979, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2014)
 England 5 (1988, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010) 6 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2024) 3 (1992, 1996, 2022)
 Belgium 2 (2017, 2022*) 1 (1979) 2 (1981, 2019)
 Ukraine 1 (1996) 2 (1998, 2000)
 France 1 (1977)
 Ireland 1 (1984)
 Italy 1 (2006*)
 Austria 2 (1977*, 1978)
 Scotland 2 (2002, 2004*)
 Soviet Union 1 (1988)
 Belarus 1 (2008)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team Austria
1977
West Germany
1978
West Germany
1979
Spain
1981
Scotland
1984
France
1988
Scotland
1992
Wales
1996
Ireland
1998
Germany
2000
Spain
2002
Ireland
2004
Italy
2006
Spain
2008
France
2010
Netherlands
2012
Belgium
2014
Spain
2017
Spain
2019
Belgium
2022
Spain
2024
Total
 Austria 4th 4th 6th 8th 8th 5
 Belarus Part of the Soviet Union 8th 6th 6th 6th 4th 5th 8th 9th 8
 Belgium 3rd 4th 6th 7th 5th 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 10
 Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia 6th 6th 7th 3
 England 5th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 17
 France 3rd 5th 5th 5th 8th 8th 8th 8th 6th 6th 6th 5th 8th 7th 14
 Germany[a] 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 4th 21
 Ireland 3rd 7th 6th 7th 7th 5th 7th 6th 6th 9
 Italy 5th 8th 3rd 8th 4
 Lithuania Part of the Soviet Union 8th 6th 7th 3
 Netherlands 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 21
 Poland 7th 1
 Russia Part of the Soviet Union 7th 6th 8th 5th DSQ 4
 Scotland 7th 6th 5th 4th 4th 8th 8th 8th 8
 Soviet Union 4th 7th Defunct 2
 Spain 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 5th 5th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 4th 5th 1st 5th 2nd 21
  Switzerland 7th 1
 Ukraine Part of the Soviet Union 2nd 3rd 3rd 7th 4
 Wales 8th 7th 7th 7th 4
Total 6 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 9 8 8 [19]

Championship II

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia
France

Wales

Russia

Poland
8
2000
Details
Prague, Czech Republic
Scotland

Belarus

Lithuania

Czech Republic
8
2003
Details
Prague, Czech Republic
France

Ireland

Italy

Russia
8
2004
Details
Swansea, Wales
Wales

Italy

Ukraine

Lithuania
8
2006
Details
Vilnius, Lithuania
Lithuania

Belgium

Russia

Poland
8
2008
Details
Prague, Czech Republic
France

Scotland

Ukraine

Poland
7
2010
Details
Bra, Italy
Belgium

Poland

Russia

Ukraine
10
2012
Details
Aleksin, Russia
Russia
Round-robin
Czech Republic

Scotland
Round-robin
Lithuania
6
2014
Details
Vienna, Austria
Italy
Round-robin
Ireland

Ukraine
Round-robin
Scotland
9
2017
Details
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic
Russia
3–0
Belarus

Czech Republic
3–2
Austria
8
2019
Details
Alanya, Turkey
Scotland
4–1
Italy

Wales
3–1
Ukraine
8
2022
Details
Vienna, Austria
Austria
Round-robin
France

Poland
Round-robin
Italy
6
2024
Details
Rakovník, Czech Republic
Wales
3–2
Czech Republic

Italy
7–0
Lithuania
4
Konya, Turkey
Scotland
1–0
Ukraine

Poland
4–1
Turkey
4

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Scotland 3 (2000, 2019, 2024) 1 (2008) 1 (2012) 1 (2014)
 France 3 (1998, 2003, 2008) 1 (2022)
 Wales 2 (2004*, 2024) 1 (1998) 1 (2019)
 Russia 2 (2012*, 2017) 3 (1998, 2006, 2010) 1 (2003)
 Italy 1 (2014) 2 (2004, 2019) 2 (2003, 2024) 1 (2022)
 Belgium 1 (2010) 1 (2006)
 Lithuania 1 (2006*) 1 (2000) 3 (2004, 2012, 2024)
 Austria 1 (2022*) 1 (2017)
 Czech Republic 2 (2012, 2024*) 1 (2017*) 1 (2000*)
 Belarus 2 (2000, 2017)
 Ireland 2 (2003, 2014)
 Ukraine 1 (2024) 3 (2004, 2008, 2014) 2 (2010, 2019)
 Poland 1 (2010) 2 (2022, 2024) 3 (1998, 2006, 2008)
 Turkey 1 (2024*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team Slovakia
1998
Czech Republic
2000
Czech Republic
2003
Wales
2004
Lithuania
2006
Czech Republic
2008
Italy
2010
Russia
2012
Austria
2014
Czech Republic
2017
Turkey
2019
Austria
2022
Total
 Austria 8th 8th 6th 7th 4th 7th 1st 7
 Azerbaijan 8th 8th 9th 3
 Belarus 2nd 6th 2nd DSQ 4
 Belgium 6th 2nd 1st 3
 Czech Republic 4th 7th 8th 5th 6th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 9
 France 1st 1st 5th 1st 2nd 5
 Ireland 5th 2nd 2nd 4
 Italy 7th 3rd 2nd 5th 1st 2nd 4th 7
 Lithuania 5th 3rd 4th 1st 4th 9th 6
 Poland 4th 7th 5th 4th 4th 2nd 5th 8th 6th 3rd 10
 Russia 3rd 4th 7th 3rd 7th 3rd 1st 1st 8
 Scotland 6th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1st 7
 Slovakia 8th 10th 2
  Switzerland 6th 6th 7th 3
 Turkey 8th 7th 8th 3
 Ukraine 3rd 6th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 9
 Wales 2nd 5th 1st 6th 7th 3rd 6
Total 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 6 9 8 8 6 [20]

Championship III

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2000
Details
Catania, Italy
Italy

Austria

Switzerland

Greece
4
2002
Details
Poznań, Poland
Poland

Azerbaijan

Croatia

Greece
4
2004
Details
Predanovci, Slovenia
Croatia

Slovenia

Belgium

Azerbaijan
6
2006
Details
Albena, Bulgaria
Czech Republic

Croatia

Slovakia

Austria
6
2008
Details
Vienna, Austria
Azerbaijan

Austria

Slovakia

Turkey
4
2012
Details
Lisbon, Portugal
Ireland
8–0
Turkey

Azerbaijan
4–0
Portugal
4
2022
Details
Alanya, Turkey
Turkey
2–0
Lithuania

Switzerland
Only three teams 3

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Azerbaijan 1 (2008) 1 (2002) 1 (2012) 1 (2004)
 Croatia 1 (2004) 1 (2006) 1 (2002)
 Turkey 1 (2022*) 1 (2012) 1 (2008)
 Czech Republic 1 (2006)
 Ireland 1 (2012)
 Italy 1 (2000*)
 Poland 1 (2002*)
 Austria 2 (2000, 2008*) 1 (2006)
 Slovenia 1 (2004*)
 Lithuania 1 (2022)
  Switzerland 2 (2000, 2022)
 Slovakia 2 (2006, 2008)
 Belgium 1 (2004)
 Greece 2 (2000, 2002)
 Portugal 1 (2012*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team Italy
2000
Poland
2002
Slovenia
2004
Bulgaria
2006
Austria
2008
Portugal
2012
Turkey
2022
Total
 Austria 2nd 5th 4th 2nd 4
 Azerbaijan 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 4
 Belgium 3rd 1
 Bulgaria 6th 5th 2
 Croatia 3rd 1st 2nd 3
 Czech Republic 1st 1
 Greece 4th 4th 2
 Ireland 1st 1
 Italy 1st 1
 Lithuania 2nd 1
 Poland 1st 1
 Portugal 4th 1
 Slovakia 3rd 3rd 2
 Slovenia 2nd 1
  Switzerland 3rd 3rd 2
 Turkey 6th 4th 2nd 1st 5
Total 4 4 6 6 4 4 3 [20]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Includes results representing West Germany between 1976 and 1988

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Update regulations June 2023". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
  3. ^ "2019 Eurohockey Junior Championships – Updated". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 12 April 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  4. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 1st European Championship 1977 Wien (AUT)". todor66.com.
  5. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 2nd European Championship 1978 Celle 28.06-02.07 - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  6. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd European Championship 1979 Dusseldorf (GER)". todor66.com.
  7. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 4th European Championship 1981 Barcelona (ESP)". todor66.com.
  8. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 5th European Championship 1984 Dundee (SCO) 27-30.09 - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  9. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 6th European Championship 1988 Paris (FRA) 28.08 - 04.09 - Winner West Germany". todor66.com.
  10. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 7th European Championship 1992 Edinburgh (SCO) 30.08-05.09". todor66.com.
  11. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 8th European Championship 1996 Cardiff (WAL) 26.08-01.09 - Winner Germany". todor66.com.
  12. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 9th European Championship 1998 Belfast (IRL) - Winner Germany". todor66.com.
  13. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 10th European Championship 2000 Leipzig (GER) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  14. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 11th European Championship 2002 Alacala la Real (ESP) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  15. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 12th European Championship 2004 Dublin (IRL) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  16. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 13th European Championship 2006 Catania (ITA)". todor66.com.
  17. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 14th European Championship 2008 Valencia (ESP) - Winner Germany". todor66.com.
  18. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 15th European Championship 2010 Lille (FRA) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  19. ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. pp. 24–25. Retrieved 10 April 2020.
  20. ^ a b "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. p. 25. Retrieved 10 April 2020.