Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship explained

The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a men's international under-21 field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The tournament has been held since 1977 and serves as a qualification tournament for the Men's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.^[1]

In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship.^[2]

Competition format

The tournament usually comprises 8 teams, while some editions have featured more and less.

Teams are split into two pools, playing in a round-robin format. The top two teams in each pool move forward to contest the medal matches, while the bottom two (or more) teams playoff to avoid relegation to the EuroHockey Junior Championship II.

Championship I

Results

Source:^[3]

	Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=23		Final			width=1% rowspan=23		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=23		width=5% rowspan=2	Teams	Results
width=14%	Winner	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runner-up	width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place
1	1976 Details	Hamburg, West Germany		2–0			2–1		8	[4]
2	1977 Details	Folkestone, England		4–3			1–0		8	[5]
3	1978 Details	Dublin, Ireland		6–2					8	[6]
4	1981 Details	Barcelona, Spain		2–1			4–2		8	[7]
5	1984 Details	Rome, Italy		3–2			2–1		8	[8]
6	1988 Details	Santander, Spain		3–0			2–1		8	[9]
7	1992 Details	Vught, Netherlands							8	[10]
8	1996 Details	Vejle, Denmark		3–2			2–2 (a.e.t.) (6–4 p.s.)		8	[11]
9	1998 Details	Poznań, Poland		3–2			3–3 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p.s.)		8	[12]
10	2000 Details	Madrid, Spain		4–4 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p.s.)			7–2		8	[13]
11	2002 Details	Lausanne, Switzerland							8	[14]
12	2004 Details	Nivelles, Belgium							8	[15]
13	2006 Details	Prague, Czech Republic							8	[16]
14	2008 Details	San Sebastián, Spain		1–0 (a.e.t.)			4–3		8
15	2010 Details	Siemianowice Śląskie, Poland		4–1			4–3		8
16	2012 Details	's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands		2–2 (3–2 s.o.)			8–0		8
17	2014 Details	Waterloo, Belgium		5–2			1–1 (4–3 s.o.)		8
18	2017 Details	Valencia, Spain		2–2 (5–3 s.o.)			Match cancelled		8
19	2019 Details	Valencia, Spain		5–3			3–1		8
20	2022 Details	Ghent, Belgium		3–1			3–1		8
21	2024 Details	Terrassa, Spain		3–1			4–3		8

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	10 (1976, 1978, 1992, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022)	5 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012, 2024)	6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	6 (1977, 1981, 1984, 1988, 1998, 2019)	7 (1996, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2014, 2022)	7 (1976, 1978, 1992, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2017)	1 (2024)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	4 (2000, 2004, 2008, 2024)	2 (1976, 1992)	2 (1977, 2002)	8 (1981, 1988, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017, 2019, 2022)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2012)	3 (1981, 2010, 2017)	3 (2006, 2022, 2024)	3 (1984, 2008, 2014)
		3 (1988, 1998, 2019)	2 (1996, 2014)	6 (1977, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010)
		1 (1978)
			1 (1984)	2 (1978, 2012)
				1 (1976)

* = hosts

Team appearances

Team	1976	1977	1978	1981	1984	1988	1992	1996	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	2022	2024	Total
	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	6th	6th	8th	7th	–	7
	5th	–	6th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	–	–	5th	6th	–	6th	5th	3rd	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	3rd	3rd	17
	Part of Czechoslovakia						8th	7th	–	–	7th	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	4th	7th	7th	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	4th	4th	5th	5th	4th	5th	3rd	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	6th	5th	20
	7th	–	4th	8th	3rd	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	5th	4th	7th	–	6th	5th	6th	11
	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	21
	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	6th	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	3
	6th	8th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	7th	–	–	–	–	7th	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	7th	9
	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	bgcolor=silver	2nd	21
	4th	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	7th	–	–	6th	6th	6th	8th	–	8th	–	7th	–	–	9
	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	2
	Part of the Soviet Union							–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	7th	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–	2
	–	7th	–	–	–	8th	5th	–	5th	5th	5th	7th	–	7th	–	7th	–	–	–	8th	–	10
	–	5th	8th	6th	–	5th	–	Defunct														4
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	5th	4th	–	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4th	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	6th	6th	5th	4th	4th	4th	bgcolor=gold	1st	20
	–	–	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	1
	8th	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	3
Total	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8

Championship II

Results

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=16		Final			width=1% rowspan=16		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=16		width=5% rowspan=2	Number of teams
width=14%	Winner	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runner-up	width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place
1998 Details	Padua, Italy							8
2000 Details	Vienna, Austria							8
2002 Details	Cagliari, Italy							7
2004 Details	Lousada, Portugal							8
2006 Details	Gibraltar							8
2008 Details	Bra, Italy							10
2010 Details	Vienna, Austria							8
2012 Details	Cernusco sul Naviglio, Italy		4–2			6–1		8
2014 Details	Lousada, Portugal		Round-robin			Round-robin		7
2017 Details	Saint Petersburg, Russia		3–0			4–3		8
2019 Details	Plzeň, Czech Republic		9–0			4–1		8
2022 Details	Plzeň, Czech Republic		Round-robin			Round-robin		6
2024 Details	Walcz, Poland		Round-robin			Round-robin		6
	Lausanne, Switzerland		Round-robin			Round-robin		5

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	3 (2006, 2010, 2019)	1 (2024)	2 (2014, 2017)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	3 (1998, 2014, 2022)	1 (2002)	1 (2019)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	2 (2012, 2024)	1 (2006)	1 (2010)	1 (2000)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2002)	3 (2012, 2017, 2024)		1 (2022)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2017)	2 (1998, 2008)	3 (2002, 2004, 2006)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2008)	2 (2004, 2019)	1 (2012)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2004)	1 (2000)	1 (2024)	2 (2010, 2017)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2024)		1 (2000)	1 (2004)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2000)
		1 (2010)	1 (2022)	3 (1998, 2006, 2024)
		1 (2022)		1 (2019)
		1 (2014)
			2 (1998, 2024)	3 (2002, 2008, 2014)
			1 (2008)
				2 (2012, 2024)

* = hosts

Team appearances

Team	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010	2012	2014	2017	2019	2022	Total
	–	4th	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	4
	–	–	–	–	–	9th	8th	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	3rd	6th	7th	7th	–	6th	DSQ	5
	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	5th	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	8th	4th	8th	–	4th	7th	6th	9
	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	3rd	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	6
	8th	–	–	–	7th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	5
	3rd	–	4th	6th	5th	4th	7th	5th	4th	5th	5th	5th	11
	–	6th	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	4th	5
	7th	–	7th	8th	8th	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	8th	–	6
	–	8th	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	3rd	5th	6th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	7
	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	5
	–	3rd	–	4th	6th	7th	–	6th	–	–	–	–	5
	–	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	7th	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	4
	–	7th	–	–	–	6th	5th	4th	6th	8th	–	–	6
	4th	5th	6th	5th	4th	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	3rd	8
Total	8	8	7	8	8	10	8	8	7	8	8	6

Championship III

Results

Year	Host	width=1% rowspan=14		Final			width=1% rowspan=14		Third place match			width=1% rowspan=14		width=5% rowspan=2	Number of teams
width=14%	Winner	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Runner-up	width=14%	Third place	width=10%	Score	width=14%	Fourth place
1998 Details	Moscow, Russia							6
2000 Details	Porto, Portugal							5
2002 Details	Elektrostal, Russia							5
2004 Details	Brest, Belarus							6
2006 Details	Bratislava, Slovakia							10
2010 Details	Athens, Greece							4
2012 Details	Lisbon, Portugal		Round-robin			Round-robin		6
	Bratislava, Slovakia		14–0			3–2		4
2014 Details	Hradec Králové, Czech Republic		Round-robin			Round-robin		6
2017	Lucerne, Switzerland	Cancelled			Cancelled
2019 Details	Vilnius, Lithuania		4–3			Only three teams		3
2022 Details	Helsinki, Finland		3–2			12–2		4

Summary

Team	Winners	Runners-up	Third place	Fourth place
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	2 (2010, 2022)	1 (1998)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	2 (2000, 2012 A)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	2 (1998, 2002)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2006)	2 (2019, 2022)	3 (1998, 2002, 2004)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2014)	1 (2012 A)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2004)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2012 B)
style=background:#FFF68F		style=background:#FFF68F	1 (2019)
		2 (2002, 2006)		1 (1998)
		1 (2012 B)	2 (2010, 2014)
		1 (2010)	1 (2012 A)	1 (2006)
		1 (2004)		2 (2000, 2012 A)
		1 (2000)
		1 (2014)
			3 (2012 B, 2019, 2022)
			1 (2006)	3 (2002, 2004, 2014)
			1 (2000)
				2 (2010, 2012 B)
				1 (2022)

* = hosts

Team appearances

Team	1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2010	2012 A	2012 B	2014	2019	2022	Total
	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	4th	4th	3rd	–	5th	–	4th	–	–	5
	4th	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	5th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	–	–	4
	5th	–	–	–	5th	4th	–	4th	–	–	–	4
	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	8th	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	–	–	6th	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	1
	–	3rd	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	4th	1
	6th	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	–	4th	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	4th	–	5th	–	WD	4
	–	5th	5th	–	4th	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	–	–	–	–	5
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	1
	–	–	–	–	7th	–	–	3rd	6th	3rd	3rd	5
	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	WD	2
	–	–	–	–	10th	–	–	–	–	–	–	1
	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	2
	–	–	–	–	6th	3rd	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	3rd	–	WD	4
	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	3
	–	–	–	6th	9th	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	4
	3rd	–	3rd	3rd	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=silver	2nd	bgcolor=silver	2nd	6
	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	bgcolor=gold	1st	–	1
Total	6	5	5	6	10	4	6	4	6	3	4

See also

• Men's EuroHockey Championship
• Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship

External links

• Official website
• All results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021 . fih.ch . . 14 October 2019.
2. Web site: Update regulations June 2023 . 16 July 2023.
3. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey Europe Archive .
4. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 1st European Championship 1976 Hamburg (FRG) 23-26.09 - Winner Netherlands .
5. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 2nd European Championship 1977 Folkestone (ENG) 15-18.09 - Winner West Germany .
6. Web site: Men Junior under 21 Field Hockey 3rd European Championship 1978 Dublin (IRL) 28.09-01.10 - Winner Netherlands .
7. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 4th European Championship 1981 Barcelona (ESP) - Winner West Germany .
8. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 5th European Championship 1984 Roma (ITA) 27-30.09 - Winner West Germany .
9. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 6th European Championship 1988 Santander (ESP) 10-17.07 - Winner West Germany .
10. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 7th European Championship 1992 Vught (NED) 22-29.08 - Winner Netherlands .
11. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 8th European Championship 1996 Vejle (DEN) - Winner Netherlands .
12. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 9th European Championship 1998 Poznan (POL) 24-30.08 - Winner Netherlands .
13. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 10th European Championship 2000 Madrid (ESP) 16-22.07 - Winner Spain .
14. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 11th European Championship 2002 Lausanne (SUI) .
15. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 12th European Championship 2004 Nivelles (FRA) .
16. Web site: Men Junior Field Hockey 13th European Championship 2006 Praga (CZE) .