| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Poland | ||
| City | Gniezno | ||
| Dates | 15–21 August | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
| Venue(s) | Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Austria (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Scotland | ||
| Third place |  Ireland | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 20 | ||
| Goals scored | 82 (4.1 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Alan Forsyth (7 goals) | ||
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The 2021 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 15 to 21 August 2021 in Gniezno, Poland.[1][2]
The top five teams qualified for the European qualifier for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup.[3]
Austria won their first EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating Scotland 7–6 in the shoot-out following a 1–1 draw in regular time. Ireland won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts Poland 4–2.
Qualified teams
Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2019 competition.[4]
| Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers | 
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| 16–25 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship | Antwerp, Belgium | 2 |  Ireland (13)  Scotland (19) | 
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship II | Cambrai, France | 4 |  Austria (20)  Italy (23)  Poland (26)  Ukraine (29) | 
| 28 July – 3 August 2019 | 2019 EuroHockey Championship III | Gibraltar | 2 |  Croatia (39) .svg.png.webp) Switzerland (34) | 
| Total | 8 | |||
Umpires
The following 10 umpires were appointed for the tournament by the EHF:[5]
 Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
 Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
 Tim Meissner (GER) Tim Meissner (GER)
 Greig Cunningham (SCO) Greig Cunningham (SCO)
 Lukas Orzeł (POL) Lukas Orzeł (POL)
 Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR) Maksym Perepelytsya (UKR)
 Ian Strange (IRL) Ian Strange (IRL)
 Friedrich Weiland (AUT) Friedrich Weiland (AUT)
.svg.png.webp) Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
 Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Preliminary round
Pool A
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 |  Ireland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 7 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier | 
| 2 |  Poland (H) | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | |
| 3 |  Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 4 | |
| 4 |  Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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Pool B
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | 
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| 1 |  Austria | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 6 | Semi-finals and 2023 World Cup qualifier | 
| 2 |  Scotland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 6 | +5 | 4 | |
| 3 |  Ukraine | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 7 | +3 | 4 | |
| 4 | .svg.png.webp) Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 11 | −8 | 3 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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Fifth to 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 | Qualification | 
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| 5 |  Italy | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 | 2023 World Cup qualifier | 
| 6 |  Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 6 | |
| 7 | .svg.png.webp) Switzerland | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 4 | |
| 8 |  Croatia | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 13 | −9 | 0 | 
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[6]
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First to fourth place classification
Bracket
| Semi-finals | Final | |||||
| 20 August | ||||||
|  Ireland | 2 | |||||
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|  Scotland | 3 | |||||
|  Scotland | 1 (6) | |||||
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|  Austria (s.o.) | 1 (7) | |||||
|  Austria (s.o.) | 0 (3) | |||||
|  Poland | 0 (2) | |||||
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|  Ireland | 4 | |||||
|  Poland | 2 | |||||
Semi-finals
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Statistics
Final standings
| Pos | Team | Qualification | 
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| 1 |  Austria | 2023 World Cup qualifier | 
| 2 |  Scotland | |
| 3 |  Ireland | |
| 4 |  Poland (H) | |
| 5 |  Italy | |
| 6 |  Ukraine | |
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| 8 |  Croatia | 
Goalscorers
There were 82 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.1 goals per match.
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6 goals
 Mario Mucić Mario Mucić
4 goals
 Dominic Uher Dominic Uher
 Shane O'Donoghue Shane O'Donoghue
3 goals
 John McKee John McKee
 Kevin O'Dea Kevin O'Dea
 Ben Walker Ben Walker
 Struan Walker Struan Walker
.svg.png.webp) Boris Stomps Boris Stomps
 Andrii Koshelenko Andrii Koshelenko
2 goals
 Mattia Amorosini Mattia Amorosini
 Agustin Nunez Agustin Nunez
 Gragjan Jarzyński Gragjan Jarzyński
 Wojciech Rutkowski Wojciech Rutkowski
 Vitalii Kalinchuk Vitalii Kalinchuk
 Bohdan Kovalenko Bohdan Kovalenko
 Maksym Onofriiuk Maksym Onofriiuk
 Oleksandr Solomianyi Oleksandr Solomianyi
1 goal
 Benjamin Kölbl Benjamin Kölbl
 Jeremy Duncan Jeremy Duncan
 Sean Murray Sean Murray
 Fabio Blom Fabio Blom
 Thomas Keenan Thomas Keenan
 Manuel Mondo Manuel Mondo
 Francois Sior Francois Sior
 Mikolaj Gumny Mikolaj Gumny
 Mikołaj Głowacki Mikołaj Głowacki
 Jacek Kurowski Jacek Kurowski
 Robert Pawlak Robert Pawlak
 Krystian Sudoł Krystian Sudoł
 Rob Field Rob Field
 Cameron Golden Cameron Golden
 Rob Harwood Rob Harwood
 Andy McConnell Andy McConnell
 Robbie Shepherdson Robbie Shepherdson
.svg.png.webp) Jens Flück Jens Flück
.svg.png.webp) Loris Grandchamp Loris Grandchamp
.svg.png.webp) Lukas Hengartner Lukas Hengartner
.svg.png.webp) Benoit Wyss-Chodat Benoit Wyss-Chodat
.svg.png.webp) Gael Wyss-Chodat Gael Wyss-Chodat
.svg.png.webp) Matthieu Wyss-Chodat Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
 Volodymyr Kaplinskyi Volodymyr Kaplinskyi
 Viacheslav Paziuk Viacheslav Paziuk
 Oleksii Popov Oleksii Popov
 Vitalii Shevchuk Vitalii Shevchuk
Source: FIH
See also
References
- ↑ "EuroHockey Championships 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 26 March 2021. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑  "Irish men set for Gniezno, Poland for 2021 Euros". hookhockey.com. The Hook. 26 March 2020. Archived from the original on October 1, 2020. Retrieved 28 March 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
- ↑ "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
- ↑ "2019 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 August 2019. Retrieved 27 March 2020.
- ↑ "Officials List".
- 1 2 3 FIH General Tournament Regulations June 2021


