2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Dates	19–27 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Sk Slavia Prague
Final positions
Champions	Ireland (1st title)
Runner-up	Czech Republic
Third place	Belarus
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	84 (4.2 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Khatira Aliyeva; Krestina Papkova (6 goals)
Best player	Megan Frazer
← 2013 (previous)	(next) 2017 →

The 2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the 6th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, a field hockey championship for women. It was held from the 19th until the 27th of July 2015 in Prague, Czech Republic. ^[1]

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
17–24 August 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship	Boom, Belgium	2	Belarus Ireland
22–28 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship II	Cambrai, France	4	Austria Azerbaijan France Ukraine
21–26 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Championship III	Athens, Greece	2	Czech Republic Wales
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge. ^[2]

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland	3	3	0	13	1	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Czech Republic (H)	3	2	1	6	7	−1	6	Semi-finals
3	France	3	1	2	7	13	−6	3
4	Ukraine	3	0	3	5	10	−5	0

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

18 July 2015
13:30

Ireland	7–1	France
Mullan 6' Carroll 9', 49' Daly 13' Frazer 38', 70' Duke 56'	Report	Berly 7'

Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Violeta Eismayer (AUT)

18 July 2015
15:45

Ukraine	2–3	Czech Republic
Khilko 15' Kernoz 67'	Report	Bizová 26' Haklová 39' Mejzlíková 59'

Umpires:
Kerri Targett (SCO)
Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

19 July 2015
18:00

France	2–3	Czech Republic
Billore 3' Berly 65'	Report	Haklová 21', 51' Laciná 44'

Umpires:
Kerri Targett (SCO)
Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

19 July 2015
20:15

Ukraine	0–3	Ireland
	Report	O'Byrne 13' Carroll 38' Brown 70+'

Umpires:
Violeta Eismayer (AUT)
Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

21 July 2015
15:30

France	4–3	Ukraine
Perrocheau 9' Billore 16', 41' Rogeau 21'	Report	Vorushylo 6' Khilko 32' Kaliuzhna 64'

Umpires:
Violeta Eismayer (AUT)
Kerri Targett (SCO)

21 July 2015
17:45

Ireland	3–0	Czech Republic
Brown 4' O'Byrne 31' Beatty 55'	Report

Umpires:
Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)
Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	3	2	1	0	9	6	+3	7	Semi-finals
2	Belarus	3	1	2	0	11	6	+5	5	Semi-finals
3	Wales	3	1	1	1	5	5	0	4
4	Austria	3	0	0	3	2	10	−8	0

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

18 July 2015
09:00

Azerbaijan	3–1	Austria
Aliyeva 5', 31' Tsyganska 43'	Report	Tarnozci 66'

Umpires:
Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)
Alison Keogh (IRE)

18 July 2015
11:15

Belarus	2–2	Wales
Bahushevich 28' Papkova 69'	Report	Daley 8' Wilkinson 39'

Umpires:
Helena Babicka (CZE)
Karine Alves (FRA)

19 July 2015
13:30

Belarus	4–4	Azerbaijan
Batura 10' Papkova 31', 57' Syrayezhka 42'	Report	Aliyeva 6' Tsyganska 28' Mailova 40' Druzhinina 47'

Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Karine Alves (FRA)

19 July 2015
15:45

Austria	1–2	Wales
Dvorak 23'	Report	Clayton 49' Wilkinson 70'

Umpires:
Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)
Helena Babicka (CZE)

21 July 2015
11:00

Azerbaijan	2–1	Wales
Aliyeva 15' Tsyganska 67'	Report	Wilkinson 67'

Umpires:
Karine Alves (FRA)
Alison Keogh (IRE)

21 July 2015
13:15

Austria	0–5	Belarus
	Report	Bahushevich 3', 64' Papkova 24' Halinouskaya 51' Kurhanskaya 70+'

Umpires:
Helena Babicka (CZE)
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)

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	Relegation
1	Wales	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
2	France	3	1	1	1	4	6	−2	4
3	Austria	3	1	0	2	5	4	+1	3
4	Ukraine	3	1	0	2	5	7	−2	3	Relegated to EuroHockey Championship III

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

23 July 2015
11:00

Ukraine	2–1	Austria
Kernoz 6' Derkach 60'	Report	Keil 43'

Umpires:
Aleisha Neumann (AUS)
Keri Targett (AUS)

23 July 2015
13:15

France	0–0	Wales
	Report

Umpires:
Helena Babicka (CZE)
Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

25 July 2015
08:00

France	0–3	Austria
	Report	Zerbs 31' Keil 45' Stöckl

Umpires:
Alison Keogh (IRE)
Liudmila Aleinikoviene (BLR)

25 July 2015
10:15

Wales	2–0	Ukraine
Jones 10', 60'	Report

Umpires:
Violeta Eismayer (AUT)
Saadat Zakiyeva (AZE)

First to fourth place classification

Crossover		Ninth Place

1 December 2016

Azerbaijan	1
		3 December 2016
Czech Republic	2
		Czech Republic	0
1 December 2016
		Ireland	5
Ireland	4

Belarus	0
		Eleventh Place

		3 December 2016

		Azerbaijan	2

		Belarus	4

Semifinals

23 July 2015
15:30

Ireland	4–0	Belarus
Carroll 8' Frazer 22' McCay 28' Brown 64'	Report

Umpires:
Violeta Eismayer (AUT)
Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

23 July 2015
17:45

Azerbaijan	1–2	Czech Republic
Mammadova 49'	Report	Kolářová 48' Decsoyová 61'

Umpires:
Alison Keogh (IRE)
Karine Alves (FRA)

Third and fourth place

25 July 2015
12:45

Azerbaijan	2–4	Belarus
Aliyeva 20', 58'	Report	Papkova 9', 24' Lupach 44' Bahushevich 66'

Umpires:
Kerri Targett (SCO)
Tatyana Kaltypan (UKR)

Final

25 July 2015
15:15

Czech Republic	0–5	Ireland ^[4]
	Report	Mullan 8' Frazer 32' Brown 38' Carroll 43' Beatty 54'