2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV

2015 EuroHockey Championship IV

Tournament details

Host country

Lithuania

City

Vilnius

Dates

19–25 July

Teams

8 (from 1 confederation)

Final positions

Champions

Slovakia (1st title)

Runner-up

Denmark

Third place

Lithuania

Tournament statistics

Matches played

Goals scored

100 (5 per match)

Top scorer(s)

Tobias Grand (7 goals)

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The 2015 Men's EuroHockey Championship IV was the sixth edition of the EuroHockey Championship IV, the fourth tier of the European field hockey championships. It was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2017 EuroHockey Championship III with the winner, Slovakia and the runner-up, Denmark qualifying.

Teams

The following eight teams competed in the tournament:

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Denmark	3	2	1	0	17	5	+12	7	Semi-finals
2	Slovakia	3	2	1	0	16	7	+9	7	Semi-finals
3	Norway	3	1	0	2	3	19	−16	3	Pool C
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	2	7	−5	0	Pool C

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

19 July 2015
10:15

Denmark	11–0	Norway
Dahl 5', 26' Grand 13', 47', 53', 62' Trepacz 16', 24' T. Christensen 46', 67' Hansen 60'	Report

Umpires:
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

19 July 2015
12:30

Slovakia	4–1	Hungary
Petrakovic 30', 35+' Romanec 45' Michalovic 52'	Report	Kovacs 4'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)

20 July 2015
10:15

Hungary	0–1	Norway
	Report	Singh 32'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Christian Gibson (FIN)

20 July 2015
12:30

Denmark	4–4	Slovakia
L. Christensen 23', 53', 54' Grand 61'	Report	Romanec 5' Hruska 38' Michalovic 50' Cernansky 67'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)

22 July 2015
10:15

Hungary	1–2	Denmark
Botka 43'	Report	Grand 5' L. Christensen 49'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

22 July 2015
12:30

Slovakia	8–2	Norway
Jelačič 1', 9', 33', 70', 70+' Kovačevič 20' Romanec 30' Petrakovic 31'	Report	Zia 22' Garcha 28'

Umpires:
Christian Gibson (FIN)
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Lithuania (H)	3	3	0	12	3	+9	9	Semi-finals
2	Malta	3	2	1	10	6	+4	6	Semi-finals
3	Cyprus	3	1	2	4	7	−3	3	Pool C
4	Finland	3	0	3	3	13	−10	0	Pool C

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
(H) Hosts

19 July 2015
14:45

Cyprus	3–1	Finland
Weare 17' Efthymiou 27' Michael 37'	Report	Jalonen 39'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Tamas Hermann (HUN)

19 July 2015
17:00

Lithuania	4–2	Malta
Balsiukas 37', 42' Jackevicius 55' Bandziulis	Report	Williams 26' Sarcia 70'

Umpires:
Michal Margolien (SVK)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

20 July 2015
14:45

Finland	1–5	Malta
Fiskaali 11'	Report	Williams 16' Borg 26' Sarcia 33' Grima 64' Tanti 68'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

20 July 2015
17:00

Lithuania	3–0	Cyprus
Balsiukas 8', 50' Kringelis 55'	Report

Umpires:
Michal Margolien (SVK)
Tamas Hermann (HUN)

22 July 2015
14:45

Cyprus	1–3	Malta
Ilgin 26'	Report	Borg Costanzi 35+' Calleja 50' Borg 59'

Umpires:
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)
Tamas Hermann (HUN)

22 July 2015
17:00

Finland	1–5	Lithuania
Danhieux 2'	Report	Lekys 6' Jackevicius 9', 64' Balsiukas 23' Suchocki 59'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

Fifth tot eighth place classification

Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Hungary	3	1	1	1	4	2	+2	4
6	Finland	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
7	Cyprus	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
8	Norway	3	1	1	1	4	5	−1	4

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.

24 July 2015
09:45

Hungary	1–1	Finland
Leber 7'	Report	Äärelä 17'

Umpires:
Luke Busuttil Leaver (MLT)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

24 July 2015
12:00

Norway	2–2	Cyprus
Kiyani 43' Singh 47'	Report	Weare 20' Efthymiou 28'

Umpires:
Tamas Hermann (HUN)
Christian Gibson (FIN)

25 July 2015
08:30

Norway	1–3	Finland
Kiyani 52'	Report	Jalonen 12', 65' Fiskaali 44'

Umpires:
Vitas Guziejus (LTU)
Christos Georghiades (CYP)

25 July 2015
10:45

Cyprus	0–3	Hungary
	Report	Kovacs 15', 61' Wesselenyi 65'

Umpires:
Christian Gibson (FIN)
Shabbir Mohammed (NOR)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

24 July

Lithuania	2
		25 July
Slovakia	3
		Slovakia	3
24 July
		Denmark	1
Denmark	5

Malta	1
		Third place

		25 July

		Lithuania	4

		Malta	1

Semi-finals

24 July 2015
14:15

Denmark	5–1	Malta
Trepacz 33' L. Christensen 39' Buur 61' Dahl 62' Grand 66'	Report	Sarcia 39'

Umpires:
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)
Michal Margolien (SVK)

24 July 2015
16:45

Lithuania	2–3	Slovakia
Gridziuška 23', 63'	Report	Petrakovic 5' Romanec 18', 45'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Michiel Otten (NED)

Third and fourth place

25 July 2015
13:15

Lithuania	4–1	Malta
Balsiukas 16' Asanavicius 42', 55' Jackevicius 61'	Report	Williams 60'

Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Michal Margolien (SVK)

Final

25 July 2015
15:45

Slovakia	3–1	Denmark
Petrakovic 35+' Hruska 55' Romanec 69'	Report	Kjellerup 29'

Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Dimitry Zhabin (RUS)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Slovakia
	Denmark
	Lithuania
4	Malta
5	Hungary
6	Finland
7	Cyprus
8	Norway

Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship III

References

^ "2015 EuroHockey Championships, Final Positions". eurohockey.org. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
"Teams". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 20 October 2018.
^ Regulations

External links

FIH page

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