The 2012 Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship was the 16th edition of the men's EuroHockey Junior Championship, the biennial international men's under-21 field hockey championship of Europe organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held alongside the women's tournament in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 20 August to 1 September 2012.[1]
This tournament served as the European qualifier for the 2013 FIH Junior World Cup, with the top six teams qualifying.[2]
Belgium won the tournament for the first time by defeating the Netherlands 4–3 in penalties after the final finished as a 2–2 draw. Germany won the bronze model by defeating France 8–0.[3]
Qualified teams
The following eight team qualified based on their final positions in the 2010 EuroHockey Junior Championships.
Results
All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pos
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Team
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Pld
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W
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D
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L
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GF
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GA
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GD
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Pts
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Qualification
|
1
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Netherlands
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
10
|
3
|
+7
|
9
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Semi-finals
|
2
|
France
|
3
|
2
|
0
|
1
|
10
|
6
|
+4
|
6
|
3
|
England
|
3
|
1
|
0
|
2
|
7
|
7
|
0
|
3
|
Pool C
|
4
|
Wales
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
4
|
15
|
−11
|
0
|
Source:
EuroHockeyRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
[4]
Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
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Umpires: Nicholas Marchant (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
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Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Marchant (BEL)
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Umpires: Grant Hundley (USA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
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Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)
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Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
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Pool B
Source:
EuroHockeyRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
[4]
Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Michiel Otten (NED)
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Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
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Umpires: Nicholas Bennett (ENG) Michiel Otten (NED)
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Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Marcus Powell (WAL)
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Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
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Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Grant Hundley (USA)
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Classification round
Fifth to eighth place classification
Pool C
Source:
EuroHockeyRules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.
[4]
Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Nicholas Bennett (ENG)
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Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)
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Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Nicolas Marchant (BEL)
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Umpires: Marcus Powell (WAL) Michiel Otten (NED)
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First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Daniel Clarke (IRE)
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Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Andrés Ortíz (ESP)
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Third and fourth place
Umpires: Andrés Ortíz (ESP) Grant Hundley (USA)
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Final
Umpires: Daniel Clarke (IRE) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
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Awards
Statistics
Final standings
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.
Goalscorers
There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.
7 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
References