2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

For the women's tournament, see 2020 Women's Eurohockey Indoor Championship II.

2020 Indoor Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Switzerland
City	Lucerne
Dates	17-19 January 2020
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Maihof Halle
Final positions
Champions	Switzerland (1st title)
Runner-up	Belarus
Third place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	148 (7.4 per match)
Top scorer(s)	David Franco Vasco Ribeiro (10 goals)
All statistics are correct as of 23 January 2020 ← 2018 (previous) (next) 2022 →

The 2020 Eurohockey Indoor Championship II was the 7th edition of the tournament. It took take place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in Lucerne, Switzerland.

Qualified Teams

• Belarus
• Croatia
• Denmark
• Italy
• Portugal
• Slovakia
• Switzerland
• Turkey

Sweden finished 3rd in the previous tournament, but did not take part in 2020. Instead Turkey, which as 7th placed team in 2018 were originally relegated, took part.

Format

The eight teams are split into two groups of four teams. The bottom two teams from pool A and B, play in a new group, pool C, against the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The top two teams from pool A and B, will also play in a new group, pool D, where they play the teams they did not play against in the group stage to determine the winner. All points from pools A and B will be taken over in pools C and D. The top two teams will be promoted to the 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship. The last two teams will be relegated to the 2022 Eurohockey Indoor Championship III.

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	15	6	+9	7	Advance to Pool D
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	7	6	+1	4
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	10	13	−3	4	Transfer to Pool C
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	8	15	−7	1

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

17 January 2020 12:30 Croatia 2—3 Slovakia Premilovac  3', 14' Report Petráš  2' Hruska  16' Jelačič  40' Umpires: Siarhei Mishevich (BLR) Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

17 January 2020 13:45 Switzerland 7—2 Italy Stomps  1', 5', 6', 38' Greder  24' Brönnimann  29', 29' Report Lago  11' Garbaccio  32' Umpires: Kevin Roberts (WAL) Bruno Santos (POR)

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17 January 2020 18:30 Italy 5—5 Slovakia Lago  14', 16', 23', 32' Dallons  39' Report Jelačič  3', 20', 40' Petráš  33' Romanec  36' Umpires: Siarhei Mischevich (BLR) Bruno Santos (POR)

17 January 2020 19:45 Croatia 2—2 Switzerland Posavec  14' Zec  24' Report Stomps  1', 35' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

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18 January 2020 11:30 Italy 1—3 Croatia Dallons  37' Report A. Fujs  22' Posavec  26' G. Fujs  31' Umpires: Kevin Roberts (WAL) Siarhei Mischevich (BLR)

18 January 2020 12:45 Switzerland 6—2 Slovakia Marelli  2' Stomps  4', 38' Landtwing  6' Brönnimann  16' Knabenhans  26' Report Petráš  29' Kovačevič  30' Umpires: Bruno Santos (POR) Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Belarus	3	2	1	0	18	10	+8	7	Advance to Pool D
2	Portugal	3	2	0	1	17	11	+6	6
3	Turkey	3	1	1	1	15	15	0	4	Transfer to Pool C
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	7	21	−14	0

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

17 January 2020 10:00 Denmark 3—7 Turkey Giessing  32' Riisom  38' Fich  40' Report Çeker  12' Acikgoz  23', 28', 38' Aydin  27', 39' Elagöz  31' Ataş  38' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Michal Pivko (SVK)

17 January 2020 11:15 Portugal 4—5 Belarus Franco  7' Ribeiro  15', 22' Tavares  38' Report Khatyliou  9' Belavusau  13', 13' Stsepanets  23' Hancharou  40' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

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17 January 2020 16:00 Turkey 5—5 Belarus Ataş  3' Acikgoz  7' Cengiz  24' Aydin  32' Elagöz  36' Report Hancharou  2', 36', 38' Stsepanets  15' Mikheichyk  30' Umpires: Jorge Ocaña (ESP) Kamaal Khan (ITA)

17 January 2020 17:15 Portugal 6—3 Denmark Franco  5', 26', 39' Mourão  8' Ribeiro  31', 31' Report Pedersen  20+' Fich  27' Grand  30' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Michal Pivko (SVK)

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18 January 2020 09:00 Denmark 1—8 Belarus Grand  34' Report Yahoshchankau  3', 31' Hancharou  8', 12' Mikheichyk  13' Kadran  14' Belavusau  20' Korsik  27' Umpires: Kamaal Khan (ITA) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

18 January 2020 10:15 Turkey 3—7 Portugal Elagöz  1' Ataş  8' Acikgoz  39' Report Ribeiro  19', 24', 25', 32' Teixeira  26' Moreira  34' Franco  36' Umpires: Jorge Ocaña (ESP) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

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	Turkey	3	2	1	0	16	8	+8	7
2	Italy	3	1	2	0	14	11	+3	5
3	Slovakia	3	1	1	1	12	11	+1	4	Relegated to EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship III
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	6	18	−12	0

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

18 January 2020 16:45 Italy 5—2 Denmark Lago  1', 32' Amorosini  33', 37', 40+' Report Grand  17', 34' Umpires: Jorge Ocaña (ESP) Bruno Santos (POR)

18 January 2020 18:00 Slovakia 1—5 Turkey Petráš  12' Report Ekinci  16' Elagöz  21', 28', 32', 35' Umpires: Kamaal Khan (ITA) Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

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19 January 2020 10:00 Slovakia 6—1 Denmark Romanec  18', 35' Petráš  18', 27', 38' Kovačevič  37' Report Grand  17' Umpires: Siarhei Mishevich (BLR) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

19 January 2020 11:30 Turkey 4—4 Italy Ataş  22' Elagöz  30', 40' Çeker  31' Report Lago  24' Dallons  33' Amorosini  34' Melato  39' Umpires: Ivan Grgurev (CRO) Jorge Ocaña (ESP)

Pool D

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	Switzerland	3	2	1	0	7	5	+2	7	Promoted to 2022 Indoor Nations Championship
2	Belarus	3	2	0	1	10	9	+1	6
3	Portugal	3	1	0	2	11	11	0	3
4	Croatia	3	0	1	2	8	11	−3	1

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

18 January 2020 19:15 Croatia 4—6 Portugal Zec  9' G. Fujs  17', 20', 32' Report Franco  4', 16', 26', 37' Ribeiro  10+', 15' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Siarhei Mishevich (BLR)

18 January 2020 20:30 Switzerland 3—2 Belarus Brönnimann  10' Knabenhans  14' Morard  35' Report Korsik  15' Mikheichyk  16' Umpires: Kevin Roberts (WAL) Michal Pivko (SVK)

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19 January 2020 13:00 Belarus 3—2 Croatia Stsepanets  30' Belavusau  39' Kochkin  40' Report Hršak  2' Zec  28' Umpires: Maarten Boxma (NED) Hüseyin Emin (TUR)

19 January 2020 14:30 Switzerland 2—1 Portugal Knabenhans  30' Stomps  40' Report Franco  29' Umpires: Kevin Roberts (WAL) Michal Pivko (SVK)

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Switzerland
	Belarus
	Portugal
4	Croatia
5	Turkey
6	Italy
7	Slovakia
8	Denmark