2023 Girls' EuroHockey U18 Championship

2023 Girls' EuroHockey U18 Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Krefeld
Dates	8–16 July
Teams	9 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Crefelder Hockey and Tennis Club 1890
Final positions
Champions	Germany (4th title)
Runner-up	Belgium
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	23
Goals scored	85 (3.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Anouk Brouwer (4 goals)
Best player	Lisa Moors
Best goalkeeper	Klara Batschko
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The 2023 Girl's EuroHockey U18 Championship was the 12th edition of the Girls' EuroHockey U18 Championship. It will be held from 8 to 16 July 2023 in Krefeld, Germany at the Crefelder Hockey and Tennis Club 1890.^[1]^[2]

Germany is the current champion.

Qualified teams[edit]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
19–24 July 2021	2021 EuroHockey U18 Championship	Valencia, Spain	7	Belgium England Germany Ireland Netherlands ~~Russia~~^[a] Scotland Spain
18–24 July 2021	2021 EuroHockey U18 Championship II	Zürich, Switzerland	2	Austria France
Total			9

Format[edit]

The nine teams will be split into two groups of five and four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams of each pool will compete for a spot in the 7th place game, whilst the fourth-placed team in pool A will automatically move onto this game. The third placed teams in each pool will compete for the 5th place. The last two teams will be relegated to the Youth Championship II.

Preliminary round[edit]

All times are local (UTC+2).^[3]

Pool A[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belgium	4	3	1	0	13	2	+11	10	Qualification for the semi-finals
2	Germany (H)	4	3	1	0	11	1	+10	10	Qualification for the semi-finals
3	France	4	1	1	2	4	12	−8	4
4	Ireland (R)	4	1	0	3	5	11	−6	3	Relegation to the U18 Championship II
5	Scotland (R)	4	0	1	3	3	10	−7	1	Relegation to the U18 Championship II

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[4]
(H) Hosts; (R) Relegated

8 July 2023
12:15

Belgium	3–1	Scotland
Delva 21' Bertram 49' Moors 56'	Report	Nelli 4'

Umpires:
Francesc Tormo (ESP)
Miriam Gerö (AUT)

8 July 2023
16:45

France	3–1	Ireland
Delemazure 10' Le Nindre 54' Samaté 60'	Report	Fulton 60'

Umpires:
Lewis White (SCO)
Zoe Hall (ENG)

9 July 2023
13:45

Belgium	5–1	Ireland
Palfliet 7' Delva 24' van Hecke 40' Denef 44' Dewaet 52'	Report	Carthy 5'

Umpires:
Amar Chudasama (ENG)
Clare Barwood (WAL)

9 July 2023
18:30

Germany	4–0	Scotland
Keller 14', 17' Boehringer 19' Heusgen 49'	Report

Umpires:
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
Gary O'Connor (IRL)

10 July 2023
15:30

France	0–5	Germany
	Report	Seifert 21' Boehringer 32' Funkel 34' Hachenberg 50' Seidel 58'

Umpires:
Bernhard Hajos (AUT)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

11 July 2023
13:30

Ireland	2–1	Scotland
Power 28' Jerman 29'	Report	Le. MacMillan 33'

Umpires:
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Alexandra Pollex (GER)

12 July 2023
13:15

Scotland	1–1	France
Le. Macmillan 53'	Report	Le Nindre 24'

Umpires:
Amy Jones (IRL)
Raphaël Adrien (GER)

12 July 2023
15:30

Belgium	0–0	Germany
	Report

Umpires:
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Francesc Tormo (ESP)

13 July 2023
17:45

Germany	2–1	Ireland
Krings 28' Becker 59'	Report	Power 59'

Umpires:
Amar Chudasama (ENG)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

13 July 2023
18:00

France	0–5	Belgium
	Report	Delva 5' Denef 25', 57' de Clerck 29' Delhalle 59'

Umpires:
Alexandra Pollex (GER)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

Pool B[edit]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Spain	3	2	1	12	2	+10	6	Qualification for the semi-finals
2	England	3	2	1	11	2	+9	6	Qualification for the semi-finals
3	Netherlands	3	2	1	6	1	+5	6
4	Austria (R)	3	0	3	0	24	−24	0	Relegation to the U18 Championship II

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.^[4]
(R) Relegated

10 July 2023
11:00

Netherlands	1–0	England
Luttge 42'	Report

Umpires:
Ana Ortega (ESP)
Lucien van der Borght (BEL)

10 July 2023
13:30

Spain	10–0	Austria
Vilanova 4', 47' Fernandez 12' Armenteras 26' Marti 33' Monterrubio 41' Garcia 51' Zubizarreta 52', 54' Perez 57'	Report

Umpires:
Amy Jones (IRL)
Daniël van der Nat (NED)

11 July 2023
11:00

Austria	0–9	England
	Report	Dunn 4', 50' Cogdell 24' Bingham 30' Alexander 33' Hippe 53' Rees 56' Beer 58' Horlock 58'

Umpires:
Daniël van der Nat (NED)
Ana Ortega (ESP)

11 July 2023
13:15

Netherlands	0–1	Spain
	Report	Fernandez 35'

Umpires:
Kevin Roberts (WAL)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

13 July 2023
13:15

Spain	1–2	England
Saenz 40'	Report	Rees 7' Beer 57'

Umpires:
Clare Barwood (WAL)
Miriam Gerö (AUT)

13 July 2023
13:30

Austria	0–5	Netherlands
	Report	de Kemp 2', 28' Rodenburg 34' Luttge 42' Dominicus 43'

Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Lucien van der Borght (BEL)

Seventh to ninth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Cross-over		seventh place




		16 July

		Ireland	0
15 July
		Scotland	2
Scotland (p.s.o.)	1 (3)

Austria	1 (2)

Cross-over[edit]

15 July 2023
12:30

Scotland	1–1	Austria
Le. MacMillan 57'	Report	P. Proksch 53'
Penalties
Nelli Le. MacMillan Littlefield Lu. MacMillan Wadsworth	3–2	P. Proksch K. Proksch Cartellieri Damm Heindl

Umpires:
Gary O'Connor (IRL)
Alexandra Pollex (GER)

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

16 July 2023
13:30

Ireland	0–2	Scotland
	Report	Lu. MacMillan 19' Falconer 40'

Umpires:
Ana Ortega (ESP)
Alexandra Pollex (GER)

Fifth and sixth place game[edit]

16 July 2023
14:45

France	0–8	Netherlands
	Report	van den Heuvel 1' Smorenburg 12' van den Broek 13' Brouwer 26', 31', 39', 48' Knoop 35'

Umpires:
Clare Barwood (WAL)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals		Final

15 July

Belgium	3
		14 July
England	1
		Belgium	0 (2)
15 July
		Germany (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
Spain	1

Germany	2
		Third place

		14 July

		England	0

		Spain	1

Semi-finals[edit]

15 July 2023
14:00

Belgium	3–1	England
Bertram 18' de Clerck 32', 41'	Report	Moore 35'

Umpires:
Francsec Tormo (ESP)
Ana Ortega (ESP)

15 July 2023
16:15

Spain	1–2	Germany
Saenz 53'	Report	Montag 21' Krings 55'

Umpires:
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
Zoe Hall (ENG)

Third place game[edit]

16 July 2023
12:15

England	0–1	Spain
	Report	Armenteras 44'

Umpires:
Amy Jones (IRL)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

Final[edit]

16 July 2023
16:45

Belgium	0–0	Germany
	Report
Penalties
Dewaet Delva Balon-Perin Verschuere Delhalle	2–3	Boehringer Funkel Heusgen Hendrix

Umpires:
Miriam Gerö (AUT)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)

Final standings[edit]

Pos	Team	Relegation
1	Germany (C, H)
2	Belgium
3	Spain
4	England
5	Netherlands
6	France
7	Scotland (R)	U18 Championship II
8	Ireland (R)
9	Austria (R)

Source: EHF
(C) Champion; (H) Host; (R) Relegated

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 85 goals scored in 23 matches, for an average of 3.7 goals per match.

4 goals

Anouk Brouwer

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: EHF

Notes[edit]

^ Russia were excluded from the tournament due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References[edit]

^ "EuroHockey U18 Championship 2023 Boys". eurohockey.org. 8 July 2023.
^ "EHF: EUROHOCKEY U18 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ALL SET FOR KREFELD". www.hockeywrldnws.com. 8 July 2023.
^ "Groups and match schedules published". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.
^ ^a ^b "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

[UKR-3] Russia were excluded from the tournament due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[1] "EuroHockey U18 Championship 2023 Boys". eurohockey.org. 8 July 2023.

[2] "EHF: EUROHOCKEY U18 CHAMPIONSHIP FOR BOYS AND GIRLS ALL SET FOR KREFELD". www.hockeywrldnws.com. 8 July 2023.

[4] "Groups and match schedules published". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 November 2022. Retrieved 11 November 2022.

[Regulations-5] "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.

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v t e EuroHockey Youth Championship
Boys'	2002 Rotterdam 2003 Barcelona 2005 Gniezno 2007 Edinburgh 2009 Nivelles 2011 Utrecht 2013 Vienna 2015 Santander 2016 Cork 2018 Santander ~~2020 Kazan~~ 2021 Valencia 2023 Krefeld
Girls'	2002 Rotterdam 2003 Dublin 2005 Siemianowice Śląskie 2007 Edinburgh 2009 Nivelles 2011 Utrecht 2013 Dublin 2015 Santander 2016 Cork 2018 Santander ~~2020 Kazan~~ 2021 Valencia 2023 Krefeld

Qualified teams[edit]

Format[edit]

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pool B[edit]

Seventh to ninth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Cross-over[edit]

Seventh and eighth place[edit]

Fifth and sixth place game[edit]

First to fourth place classification[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Semi-finals[edit]

Third place game[edit]

Final[edit]

Final standings[edit]

Goalscorers[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]