Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship

Most recent season or competition: 2022 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Formerly	Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1977 (1977)
Inaugural season	1977
No. of teams	8
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Germany (9th title) (2022)
Most titles	Netherlands (10 titles)
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	EuroHockey 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

Results

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1977 Details	Vienna, Austria		West Germany		Netherlands		France		Austria		6
1978 Details	Celle, West Germany		Netherlands	Round-robin	West Germany		Spain	Round-robin	Austria		5
1979 Details	Düsseldorf, West Germany		West Germany		Netherlands		Belgium		Spain		5
1981 Details	Barcelona, Spain		Netherlands	2–1	Germany		Spain	1–0	Belgium		8
1984 Details	Dundee, Scotland		Netherlands	2–1	West Germany		Ireland	4–1	Spain		8
1988 Details	Paris, France		West Germany	3–1	England		Netherlands	4–1	Soviet Union		8
1992 Details	Edinburgh, Scotland		Germany	2–1	Netherlands		Spain	3–1	England		8
1996 Details	Cardiff, Wales		Germany	2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–5 p.s.)	Ukraine		Netherlands	3–0	England		8
1998 Details	Belfast, Northern Ireland		Germany	4–2	Netherlands		Ukraine	4–3	Spain		8
2000 Details	Leipzig, Germany		Netherlands		England		Ukraine		Germany		8
2002 Details	Alcalá la Real, Spain		Netherlands	2–1	England		Germany	2–0	Scotland		8
2004 Details	Dublin, Ireland		Netherlands	1–1 (6–5 pen.)	Germany		England	5–1	Scotland		8
2006 Details	Catania, Italy		Germany	1–0	England		Italy	1–1 (3–2 pen.)	Spain		8
2008 Details	Valencia, Spain		Germany	2–1	Netherlands		England	5–2	Belarus		8
2010 Details	Lille, France		Netherlands	4–1	England		Spain	2–1	Germany		8
2012 Details	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands		Netherlands	9–1	Spain		England	3–2	Germany		8
2014 Details	Waterloo, Belgium		Netherlands	2–0	Germany		England	2–0	Spain		8
2017 Details	Valencia, Spain		Netherlands	6–0	Belgium		England	3–2	Germany		7
2019 Details	Valencia, Spain		Spain	1–1 (4–3 s.o.)	Netherlands		Germany	1–1 (3–2 s.o.)	Belgium		9
2022 Details	Ghent, Belgium		Germany	1–1 (4–3 s.o.)	Belgium		Netherlands	2–1	England		8
2024 Details	Terrassa, Spain										8

Summary

Team	Titles	Runners-up	Third places	Fourth places
Netherlands	10 (1978, 1981, 1984, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012*, 2014, 2017)	6 (1977, 1979, 1992, 1998, 2008, 2019)	3 (1988, 1996, 2022)
Germany[lower-alpha 1]	9 (1977, 1979*, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2022)	5 (1978*, 1981, 1984, 2004, 2014)	2 (2002, 2019)	4 (2000*, 2010, 2012, 2017)
Spain	1 (2019*)	1 (2012)	4 (1978, 1981*, 1992, 2010)	5 (1979, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2014)
England		5 (1988, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010)	5 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017)	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

Team	1977	1978	1979	1981	1984	1988	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	2022	2024	Total
Austria	4th	4th	–	6th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	Q	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	Q	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	Q	17
France	3rd	5th	5th	5th	–	8th	8th	–	–	8th	–	8th	–	–	6th	6th	6th	5th	8th	–	Q	14
Germany[lower-alpha 1]	1st	2nd	1st	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	4th	3rd	2nd	1st	1st	4th	4th	2nd	4th	3rd	1st	Q	21
Ireland	–	–	–	–	3rd	7th	6th	–	7th	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	5th	7th	6th	Q	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	Q	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	Q	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	[4]

Championship II

Results

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										4
	Konya, Turkey										4

Summary

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

* = hosts

Team appearances

Team	1998	2000	2003	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	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	[5]

Championship III

Results

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

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

Team	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2012	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	[5]

See also

• Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
• Women's EuroHockey Championship

Notes

References