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Men's EuroHockey Championship III

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Men's EuroHockey Championship III
Most recent season or competition:
2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship III
FormerlyMen's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
SportField hockey
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
First season2005
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Poland (1st title)
(2023)
Most titles Belarus
 Ukraine (2 titles)
Level on pyramid3

The Men's EuroHockey Championship III, formerly known as the Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, is a competition for European national field hockey teams. It is the third level of European field hockey Championships for national teams.

Underneath the Championship III there exists at least one division of the EuroHockey Nations Challenge, like EuroHockey Championship IV. There is promotion and relegation.[1] The two first ranked teams qualify for the next EuroHockey Championship II and are replaced by the two lowest-ranked teams from that tournament. The teams finishing in seventh and eighth positions are relegated to the EuroHockey Championship IV and replaced by the first or two highest-ranked from that tournament.

The tournament has been won by seven different teams: Belarus and Ukraine have the most titles with two and Azerbaijan, Croatia, Russia, Switzerland and Wales have all won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Lousada, Portugal and was won by Belarus.

Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2005
Details
Vinnytsia, Ukraine
Ukraine
2–0
Portugal

Gibraltar
5–3
Croatia
7
2007
Details
Kazan, Russia
Russia
Round-robin
Belarus

Croatia
Round-robin
Azerbaijan
6
2009
Details
Zagreb, Croatia
Ukraine
3–0
Sweden

Portugal
2–1
Azerbaijan
7
2011
Details
Catania, Italy
Azerbaijan
3–2
Italy

Gibraltar
5–4
Switzerland
7
2013
Details
Lausanne, Switzerland
Switzerland
7–1
Croatia

Belarus
7–6
Portugal
8
2015
Details
Lisbon, Portugal
Wales
1–1
(2–0 s.o.)

Portugal

Italy
7–3
Belarus
6
2017
Details
Sveti Ivan Zelina, Croatia
Belarus
1–1
(3–2 s.o.)

Italy

Croatia
3–1
Turkey
7
2019
Details
Gibraltar
Croatia
5–4
Switzerland

Gibraltar
7–2
Portugal
8
2021
Details
Lousada, Portugal
Belarus
4–0
Czech Republic

Turkey
3–3
(4–3 s.o.)

Portugal
7
2023
Details
Skierniewice, Poland
Poland
Round-robin
Croatia

Gibraltar
Round-robin
Malta
6
2025
Details
8

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
 Belarus 2 (2017, 2021) 1 (2007) 1 (2013) 1 (2015)
 Ukraine 2 (2005*, 2009)
 Croatia 1 (2019) 2 (2013, 2023) 2 (2007, 2017*) 1 (2005)
  Switzerland 1 (2013*) 1 (2019) 1 (2011)
 Azerbaijan 1 (2011) 2 (2007, 2009)
 Poland 1 (2023*)
 Russia 1 (2007*)
 Wales 1 (2015)
 Portugal 2 (2005, 2015*) 1 (2009) 3 (2013, 2019, 2021*)
 Italy 2 (2011*, 2017) 1 (2015)
 Sweden 1 (2009)
 Czech Republic 1 (2021)
 Gibraltar 4 (2005, 2011, 2019*, 2023)
 Turkey 1 (2021) 1 (2017)
 Malta 1 (2023)
* = host nation

Team appearances

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Team Ukraine
2005
Russia
2007
Croatia
2009
Italy
2011
Switzerland
2013
Portugal
2015
Croatia
2017
Gibraltar
2019
Portugal
2021
Poland
2023

2025
Total
 Azerbaijan 4th 4th 1st 3
 Belarus 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 1st 5
 Croatia 4th 3rd 5th 5th 2nd 3rd 1st 2nd Q 9
 Czech Republic 2nd 1
 Denmark 5th 7th 2
 Finland Q 1
 Gibraltar 3rd 3rd 5th 3rd WD 3rd Q 6
 Greece 5th 1
 Hungary 7th WD Q 2
 Italy 2nd 3rd 2nd 3
 Lithuania 6th 7th 6th 5th Q 5
 Luxembourg Q 1
 Malta 5th 8th 7th 4th Q 5
 Poland 1st 1
 Portugal 2nd 3rd 6th 4th 2nd 4th 4th 7
 Russia 1st 1
 Serbia 6th 1
 Slovakia 7th 8th 7th 6th 5th 5
 Slovenia 6th 1
 Sweden 6th 6th 2nd 6th 6th 5
  Switzerland 4th 1st 2nd 3
 Turkey 7th 5th 4th 5th 3rd Q 6
 Ukraine 1st 1st 2
 Wales 1st 1
Total 7 6 7 7 8 6 7 8 7 6 8 [2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ http://www.eurohockey.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=17&Itemid=26 EHF website
  2. ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. p. 20. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
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