2016 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2016 Girls' EuroHockey Youth Championships.

2016 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Cork
Dates	24–30 July
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Mardyke Arena
Final positions
Champions	Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	131 (6.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Jan Schiffer (9 goals)
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The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 9th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships. It was held from 24 to 30 July 2016 in Cork, Ireland at the Mardyke Arena.

Germany were the defending champions. The Czech Republic and Italy have been promoted from the Youth Championship II.

Qualified teams

• Belgium
• England
• Germany
• Ireland
• Italy
• Netherlands
• Czech Republic
• Spain

Format

The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the Youth Championship II.

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	2	1	0	17	2	+15	7	Semifinals
2	Belgium	3	2	1	0	13	3	+10	7
3	Ireland (H)	3	1	0	2	12	9	+3	3
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	1	29	−28	0

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

24 July 2016 09:45 Belgium 8–0 Czech Republic Freyling  4', 45' De Chaffoy  29', 38' Gougnard  35', 53' Ghislain  57' Sidler  61' Report Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA)

24 July 2016 12:00 Germany 5–0 Ireland Bock  13' Schiffer  25', 60' Knobling  45' Hinrichs  63' Report Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

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26 July 2016 12:15 Belgium 2–2 Germany Freyling  26' Weyers  54' Report Schiffer  28' Dösch  70' Umpires: Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO) Sean Edwards (ENG)

26 July 2016 16:45 Ireland 11–1 Czech Republic Nelson  2' Sarratt  10', 58', 64' Walker  15' MacMahon  32' Crookshanks  33' Marshall  42', 53' Empey  60' Jennings  69' Report Urbanec  68' Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Paul van den Assum (NED)

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27 July 2016 15:30 Germany 10–0 Czech Republic Blumensaat  4' Harms  8', 63' Knobling  10' Schiffer  18', 26', 32', 39', 53' Hartkopf  58' Report Umpires: Vincenzo Ilgrande (ITA) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

27 July 2016 17:45 Ireland 1–3 Belgium Sarratt  21' Report Freyling  28' Devis  59' Gougnard  67' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	19	5	+14	7	Semifinals
2	England	3	2	1	0	12	4	+8	7
3	Spain	3	1	0	2	9	12	−3	3
4	Italy	3	0	0	3	3	22	−19	0

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

24 July 2016 15:30 Netherlands 2–2 England De Haan  8' Dekker  58' Report Way  17' Kimber  31' Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRE) Nathan Stenier (BEL)

24 July 2016 17:45 Spain 5–2 Italy Recasens  41' Cortés  48' Tello  63', 70' Quijano  70' Report Malucchi  13' Lago  46' Umpires: Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO) Tomáš Holek (CZE)

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25 July 2016 15:30 England 6–0 Italy Way  27', 60' Crowson  46' Ramshaw  64' Oates  66' Kimber  70' Report Umpires: Tomáš Holek (CZE) Shane O'Donnell (IRE)

25 July 2016 17:45 Spain 2–6 Netherlands Recasens  21' Gispert  66' Report De Haan  8', 60' Kuijpers  15' Van Huiden  33' Schols  62' Martens  69' Umpires: Nathan Stenier (BEL) Tim Meissner (GER)

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27 July 2016 09:45 Netherlands 11–1 Italy De Haan  10', 15', 35' De Vilder  13', 40', 70' Beins  18', 23', 52' De Geus  26', 56' Report Missaglia  11' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)

27 July 2016 12:00 England 4–2 Spain Gilmour  23', 47' Oates  43' Kimber  53' Report Curiel  5' Álvarez  45' Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRE) Tomáš Holek (CZE)

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Spain	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12	9
2	Ireland (H)	3	1	1	1	13	8	+5	4
3	Italy	3	1	1	1	9	8	+1	4	Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
4	Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	4	22	−18	0

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

29 July 2016 09:45 Czech Republic 1–5 Italy Tomes  63' Report Lago  14', 51' Foerster  59' Malucchi  60' Paolacci  65' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Nathan Stenier (BEL)

29 July 2016 12:00 Ireland 0–5 Spain Report Álvarez  9' Zorita  13', 63' Tello  17' Cortés  30' Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Gavin Cruickshanks (SCO)

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30 July 2016 09:00 Ireland 2–2 Italy Crookshanks  20' Nelson  63' Report Malucchi  21' Rubin  53' Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)

30 July 2016 11:15 Spain 6–2 Czech Republic Tello  21', 59' Cortés  52' Torras  51', 60' Recasens  66' Report Griebl  33' Bodnár  56' Umpires: Nathan Stenier (BEL) Tim Meissner (GER)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	29 July 2016
	Germany	5
					30 July 2016
	England	0
					Germany	4
	29 July 2016
					Netherlands	3
	Netherlands (pen.)	3 (4)
	Belgium	3 (3)
					Third place
					30 July 2016
					England	2 (1)
					Belgium (pen.)	2 (2)

Semi-finals

29 July 2016 15:30 Netherlands 3–3 Belgium De Vilder  8' Schoenaker  51' De Geus  63' Report Sidler  4' Devis  25' Gougnard  54' Penalties Schoenaker Schols De Geus De Vilder Steenmetser 4–3 Freyling Caytan Esquelin Luyten DeLavignette Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRE) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

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29 July 2016 18:00 Germany 5–0 England Knobling  19', 26' Harms  51' Hartkopf  62', 63' Report Umpires: Paul van den Assum (NED) Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

Third and fourth place

30 July 2016 12:30 England 2–2 Belgium Gilmour  10' Ward  62' Report Freyling  15' Gougnard  39' Penalties Gilmour Rogerson Ramshaw Scott Crowson 1–2 Esquelin Caytan Sidler Luyten DeLavignette Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Tomáš Holek (CZE)

Final

29 July 2016 17:30 Germany 4–3 Netherlands Harms  16' Hartkopf  20', 49' Schiffer  30' Report Schoenaker  24' De Vilder  59', 70' Umpires: Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRE)

Statistics

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Status
	Germany	5	4	1	0	26	5	+21	13	Tournament Champion
	Netherlands	5	2	2	1	25	12	+13	8
	Belgium	5	2	3	0	18	8	+10	9
4	England	5	2	2	1	14	11	+3	8
5	Spain	5	3	0	2	20	14	+6	9
6	Ireland (H)	5	1	1	3	14	16	−2	4
7	Italy	5	1	1	3	10	25	−15	4	Relegated to 2018 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8	Czech Republic	5	0	0	5	4	40	−36	0

Source: EHF
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 131 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.55 goals per match.

9 goals

• Jan Schiffer

6 goals

• Daniel de Haan
• Derck de Vilder

5 goals

• Cyril Freyling
• Boris Gougnard
• Raphael Hartkopf
• Álvaro Tello

4 goals

• Leopold Harms
• Eric Knobling
• Guy Sarratt

3 goals

• Euan Gilmour
• Evan Kimber
• Edward Way
• Pietro Lago
• Matthias Malucchi
• Teun Beins
• Jonas de Geus
• Sam Cortés
• Marc Recasens

2 goals

• Achille de Chaffoy
• Emil Devis
• Loïc Sidler
• James Oates
• Matthew Crookshanks
• Kyle Marshall
• Matthew Nelson
• Siem Schoenaker
• Alejandro Álvarez
• Jaume Torras
• Enrique Zorita

1 goal

• William Ghislain
• Mathieu Weyers
• Kryštof Bodnár
• Jakub Griebl
• Denis Tomes
• Jan Urbanec
• Thomas Crowson
• Matthew Ramshaw
• Lucas Ward
• Carl Blumensaat
• Fedor Bock
• Paul Dösch
• Teo Hinrichs
• Conor Empey
• David Jennings
• Harrison MacMahon
• Benjamin Walker
• Henry Foerster
• Nicola Missaglia
• Davide Paolacci
• Filippo Rubin
• Daan Dekker
• Samuel van Huiden
• Max Kuijpers
• Sam Martens
• Louis Schols
• César Curiel
• Xavier Gispert
• Gonzalo Quijano

Source: EHF

External links

• European Hockey Federation
• Official website