2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship
Tournament details | |||
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Host country | Germany | ||
City | Mönchengladbach | ||
Dates | 8–17 August | ||
Teams | 8 (from 1 confederation) | ||
Venue(s) | Warsteiner HockeyPark | ||
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The 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship will be the 17th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international women's field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation.
The tournament will be held alongside the men's tournament at the Warsteiner HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach, Germany from 8 to 17 August 2025.[1][2] It will be the third time Mönchengladbach will host the event.
The winner will qualify for the 2026 Women's FIH Hockey World Cup to be held in Wavre, Belgium and Amstelveen, Netherlands.[3] The Netherlands are the four-time defending champions.[4] If Belgium, the Netherlands or Germany win this tournament or if these three countries reach the semifinals, the highest ranked team will qualify.
Qualification
[edit]The top six team from the 2023 edition have qualified directly for this edition of the tournament.[5] The last two teams will be the winners of the two sets of EuroHockey Qualifiers taking place in Glasgow, Scotland and Douai, France in August 2024.[6][7]
Qualified teams
[edit]Dates | Event | Location | Quotas | Qualifiers |
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18–26 August 2023 | 2023 EuroHockey Championship | Mönchengladbach, Germany | 6 | Netherlands Belgium Germany England Ireland Spain |
22–25 August 2024 | EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers | Douai, France | 1 | France |
Glasgow, Scotland | 1 | Scotland | ||
Total | 8 |
Draw
[edit]The draw will be held shortly after the EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers events are played.[8]
Seeding
[edit]Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Preliminary round
[edit]The pools were announced on 12 September 2024.[9]
Pool A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | Germany (H) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Ireland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[10]
(H) Hosts
Pool B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | Semi-finals |
2 | England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
4 | Scotland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[10]
Fifth to eighth place classification
[edit]The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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5 | A3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | B3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | A4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | B4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[10]
First to fourth place classification
[edit]Bracket
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
15 August | ||||||
A1 | ||||||
17 August | ||||||
B2 | ||||||
15 August | ||||||
B1 | ||||||
A2 | ||||||
Third place | ||||||
17 August | ||||||
Statistics and awards
[edit]Final standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Qualification |
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1 | 2026 FIH World Cup | |
2 | 2026 World Cup Qualifiers | |
3 | ||
4 | 4 | |
5 | 5 | |
6 | 6 | |
7 | 7 | |
8 | 8 |
Goalscorers
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Mönchengladbach to welcome 2025 EuroHockey Championships". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "EK hockey in 2025 opnieuw in Mönchengladbach". nieuws.nl (in Dutch). 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
- ^ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation.
- ^ "Hockeysters voor vierde keer op rij Europees kampioen: winst op getergd België". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 26 August 2023. Retrieved 5 December 2023.
- ^ "Ireland's women and Spain's men preserve top level status for 2025".
- ^ "EURO B : les poules des qualificatifs". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 28 September 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "EuroHockey Qualifiers 2024 venues announced". Retrieved 28 September 2023.
- ^ "REGULATIONS FOR EUROHOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS (OUTDOOR) SENIOR AND U21 CHAMPIONSHIPS (MEN AND WOMEN)" (PDF). eurohockey.org. EHF. March 2024.
- ^ "EHC2025 set for huge battles as group stages confirmed". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 12 September 2024. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
- ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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