2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

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2018 Women's EuroHockey
Indoor Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryBelgium
CityBrussels
Dates19–21 January 2018
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up Austria
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored111 (5.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belgium Laurine Delforge (8 goals)
Best playerBelgium Laurine Delforge
2016 (previous) (next) 2020

The 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II was the 12th edition of the tournament. It was held from 19 to 21 January 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.[1]

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after topping the pool. Along with Belgium, Austria qualified to the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship as the two highest ranked teams.[2]

Qualified Teams[edit]

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II.[3]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifier(s)
Host 1  Belgium (9)
22–24 January 2016 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Minsk, Belarus 1  Austria (6)
22–24 January 2016 2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Cambrai, France 5  Croatia (23)
 England (21)
 Lithuania (22)
 Scotland (16)
 Wales (24)
Invitational team 1  Sweden (28)
Total 8

Results[edit]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round[edit]

Pool A[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Austria 3 3 0 0 15 5 +10 9 Advanced to Pool D
2  England 3 2 0 1 13 9 +4 6
3  Sweden 3 1 0 2 5 13 −8 3 Pool C
4  Lithuania 3 0 0 3 7 13 −6 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
19 January 2018
10:00
England  5–1  Sweden
Sanders field hockey ball 10'21'32'38'
Crowson field hockey ball 26'
Report Fantini field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Fanneke ALkemade (NED)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
19 January 2018
11:10
Austria  4–2  Lithuania
Sandner field hockey ball 2'
Buchta field hockey ball 21'
Zerbs field hockey ball 24'
Pulter field hockey ball 32'
Report Juodyte field hockey ball 20+'
Kukliene field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Abby MacArthur (WAL)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

19 January 2018
16:00
Lithuania  2–4  Sweden
Nomeikaite field hockey ball 30'
Kukliene field hockey ball 25'
Report Fantini field hockey ball 21'23'
Hernvall field hockey ball 25'
Zulfiyeva field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
19 January 2018
17:10
England  3–5  Austria
Sanders field hockey ball 30'
MacDonell field hockey ball 32'
Wills field hockey ball 38'
Report Podpera field hockey ball 13'
Buchta field hockey ball 14'
Hefter field hockey ball 16'36'
Laginja field hockey ball 25'
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)

20 January 2018
09:00
Austria  6–0  Sweden
Steyrer field hockey ball 11'
Zerbs field hockey ball 25'
Pulter field hockey ball 35'
Sandner field hockey ball 39'40'
Buchta field hockey ball 40'
Report
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
20 January 2018
10:10
Lithuania  3–5  England
Juriate field hockey ball 15'
Kartanovic field hockey ball 16'
Juodyte field hockey ball 36'
Report Crowson field hockey ball 9'26'
Burge field hockey ball 13'22'
Sanders field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Pool B[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 16 0 +16 9 Advanced to Pool D
2  Croatia 3 1 1 1 6 5 +1 4
3  Scotland 3 1 1 1 6 6 0 4 Pool C
4  Wales 3 0 0 3 0 17 −17 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
19 January 2018
12:20
Scotland  5–0  Wales
Dark field hockey ball 4'5'
Campbell field hockey ball 21'
Bunce field hockey ball 23'25'
Report
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)
19 January 2018
13:30
Belgium  4–0  Croatia
Delforge field hockey ball 16'23'36'
Rasir field hockey ball 20'
Report
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

19 January 2018
18:20
Croatia  5–0  Wales
Franić field hockey ball 4'
Peranic field hockey ball 19'26'
V. Šomin field hockey ball 33'
Litvic field hockey ball 40+'
Report
Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Claire Druijts (NED)
19 January 2018
19:30
Scotland  0–5  Belgium
Report Rasir field hockey ball 13'
Ronquetti field hockey ball 18'
Delforge field hockey ball 31'40'
Breyne field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

20 January 2018
11:20
Croatia  1–1  Scotland
A. Šomin field hockey ball 36' Report Bunce field hockey ball 24'
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Rachel Williams (ENG)
20 January 2018
12:30
Belgium  7–0  Wales
Rasir field hockey ball 3'
Delforge field hockey ball 15'36'
Englebert field hockey ball 17'
Ronquetti field hockey ball 23'25'
Massart field hockey ball 27'
Report
Umpires:
Lena McCrae (SCO)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

Classification round[edit]

Pool C[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Lithuania 3 2 0 1 16 7 +9 6
2  Sweden 3 2 0 1 8 6 +2 6
3  Scotland 3 1 0 2 9 7 +2 3
4  Wales 3 1 0 2 3 16 −13 3
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
20 January 2018
16:30
Lithuania  9–0  Wales
Kartanovic field hockey ball 3'
Juodyte field hockey ball 4'22'26'
Kukliene field hockey ball 6'15'
Caikauskaite field hockey ball 23'
Juraite field hockey ball 31'
Adomaviciute field hockey ball 32'
Report
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
20 January 2018
17:40
Sweden  2–1  Scotland
Fantini field hockey ball 11'
Moberg field hockey ball 31'
Report Dark field hockey ball 36'
Umpires:
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

21 January 2018
10:00
Scotland  3–5  Lithuania
Dark field hockey ball 5'17'
Bunce field hockey ball 37'
Report Chmeliauskaite field hockey ball 4'12'23'
Adomaviciute field hockey ball 10'
Nomeikaite field hockey ball 18'
Umpires:
Montserrat Solórzano (ESP)
Cristina Pérez (ESP)
21 January 2018
11:10
Sweden  2–3  Wales
Lindström field hockey ball 22'38' Report Francis field hockey ball 7'38'
Lewis-Williams field hockey ball 29'
Umpires:
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Lena McCrae (SCO)

Pool D[edit]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion
1  Belgium 3 3 0 0 10 0 +10 9 Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2  Austria 3 2 0 1 12 6 +6 6
3  England 3 1 0 2 7 9 −2 3
4  Croatia 3 0 0 3 1 15 −14 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[4]
20 January 2018
18:50
England  4–1  Croatia
Crowson field hockey ball 4'23'39'
Sanders field hockey ball 20'
Report V. Šomin field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
20 January 2018
20:00
Austria  0–3  Belgium
Report Delforge field hockey ball 22'
De Mot field hockey ball 24'
Rasir field hockey ball 32'
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Rachel Williams (ENG)

21 January 2018
13:00
Belgium  3–0  England
Englebert field hockey ball 5'
Rasir field hockey ball 15'39'
Report
Umpires:
Claire Druijts (NED)
Fanneke Alkemade (NED)
21 January 2018
14:10
Austria  7–0  Croatia
Zerbs field hockey ball 2'
Buchta field hockey ball 10'14'20'29'
Steyrer field hockey ball 15'17'
Report
Umpires:
Rachel Williams (ENG)
Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Awards[edit]

Player of the Tournament Top Goalscorer Goalkeeper of the Tournament Young Player of the Tournament
Belgium Laurine Delforge Belgium Laurine Delforge Belgium Elodie Picard Austria Daria Buchta

Statistics[edit]

Final standings[edit]

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Belgium 5 5 0 0 22 0 +22 15 Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Austria 5 4 0 1 22 8 +14 12
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  England 5 3 0 2 17 13 +4 9
4  Croatia 5 1 1 3 7 16 −9 4
5  Lithuania 5 2 0 3 21 16 +5 6
6  Sweden 5 2 0 3 9 17 −8 6
7  Scotland 5 1 1 3 10 13 −3 4
8  Wales 5 1 0 4 3 28 −25 3
Source: FIH

Goalscorers[edit]

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  2. ^ "Brilliant Belgium promoted along with Austria from Championship II". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Teams". 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d Regulations