2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II

2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityLousada
Dates27 July–2 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)AD Lousada
Final positions
Champions Wales (1st title)
Runner-up Ireland
Third place Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played20
Goals scored114 (5.7 per match)
Top scorer(s)Scotland Struan Walker (10 goals)
Best playerWales Jacob Draper
Best goalkeeperIreland Jamie Carr
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The 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II was the eleventh edition of the Men's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the men's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held from 27 July to 2 August 2025 at AD Lousada in Lousada, Portugal.[1] The finalists qualified directly for the 2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship in London, England.[2] The top three teams qualified for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers.[3]

Wales won their first Championship II title by defeating the defending champions Ireland 3–1 in a shoot-out after the final finished 1–1 in regular time.[4] Scotland won the bronze medal by defeating Italy 5–2.[5]

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the runners-up, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams qualifying for the Championship II. Ukraine withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers Vienna, Austria 4  Ukraine
 Scotland
 Portugal
  Switzerland
 Croatia
Dublin, Ireland 4  Wales
 Ireland
 Czechia
 Italy
Total 8

Squads

 Croatia
 Czechia
 Ireland

Head coach: Mark Tumilty

  2. Jamie Carr (GK)
  4. Timothy Cross
  5. Jonathan McKee
  6. Matthew Nelson
  7. Daragh Walsh
  9. Kyle Marshall (C)
  11. Sean Murray
  12. Mark McNellis
  13. Peter McKibbin
  14. Jeremy Duncan
  16. Jonathan Lynch
  17. Peter Brown
  19. Benjamin Nelson
  20. Lee Cole
  21. Louis Rowe
  23. Fergus Gibson
  25. Luke Roleston (GK)
  27. Adam McAllister
 Italy
 Portugal
 Scotland

[6]

Head coach: Jonny Caren

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
2 DF Andrew Lochrin (2001-03-18)18 March 2001 (aged 24) 22 Scotland Western Wildcats
3 DF Andrew McAlister (2001-04-27)27 April 2001 (aged 24) 15 Scotland Western Wildcats
6 FW Ali Douglas (2003-11-13)13 November 2003 (aged 21) 21 England Holcombe
8 MF Rob Field (Captain) (1994-04-14)14 April 1994 (aged 31) 43 England Holcombe
9 FW Andy McConnell (2000-01-05)5 January 2000 (aged 25) 40 Germany Harvestehuder THC
10 FW Rob Harwood (1997-07-15)15 July 1997 (aged 28) 50 Scotland Western Wildcats
13 FW Struan Walker (2002-07-06)6 July 2002 (aged 23) 40 England Surbiton
20 MF Jamie Golden (2001-12-24)24 December 2001 (aged 23) 35 Scotland Western Wildcats
21 FW David Nairn (2000-06-30)30 June 2000 (aged 25) 21 Scotland Grange
22 GK Calum Douglas (2005-03-25)25 March 2005 (aged 20) 15 England Surbiton
24 DF Jamie Croll (2004-01-07)7 January 2004 (aged 21) 12 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
25 FW Jamie Green (2005-10-01)1 October 2005 (aged 19) 6 Scotland Grange
29 FW Keir Robb (2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 23) 21 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
30 MF Thomas Austin (2007-04-20)20 April 2007 (aged 18) 22 Scotland Western Wildcats
32 DF Callum Mackenzie (1998-12-31)31 December 1998 (aged 26) 59 England Wimbledon
33 GK Matthew Taylor (2001-04-25)25 April 2001 (aged 24) 1 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
34 FW Alasdair Richmond (2000-08-06)6 August 2000 (aged 24) 13 England Beeston
36 FW Iain McFadden (2002-03-26)26 March 2002 (aged 23) 11 Scotland Edinburgh Univ
  Switzerland

Head coach: Jaïr Levie

  1. Philip Nitsch (GK)
  2. Clemént Thijs
  3. Nico Muggli
  5. Maurizio Ribaudo
  6. Louis Thijs
  7. Fabio Landtwing
  8. Léonard Kraxner
  9. Mika Conrad
  10. Loris Grandchamp (C)
  11. Elias Brönnimann
  12. Jens Flück
  14. Fabio Reinhard
  16. Lorenz Gassner
  18. Yannick Hug
  19. Lukas Müller
  20. Lukas Egloff (GK)
  21. Bastian Thoma
  23. Matthieu Wyss-Chodat
  25. Lukas Hengartner
  27. Matthias Mohrhauer
 Wales

[7]

Head coach: Daniel Newcombe

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) CapsClub
3 DF Daniel Kyriakides (1995-03-21)21 March 1995 (aged 30) 138 Germany Club an der Alster
5 MF Alf Dinnie (1994-12-01)1 December 1994 (aged 30) 65 Wales Cardiff & Met
6 DF Jacob Draper (1998-07-24)24 July 1998 (aged 27) 91 Netherlands Pinoké
7 MF Gareth Griffiths (1999-03-13)13 March 1999 (aged 26) 45 England Beeston
9 MF Rupert Shipperley (co-Captain) (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 32) 116 England Hampstead & Westminster
13 MF Dale Hutchinson (1992-11-21)21 November 1992 (aged 32) 123 England Hampstead & Westminster
14 MF Owen Sutton (2004-07-30)30 July 2004 (aged 20) 20 England Wimbledon
15 MF Rhys Bradshaw (2000-09-19)19 September 2000 (aged 24) 73 England Wimbledon
17 MF Fred Newbold (2001-03-29)29 March 2001 (aged 24) 38 England Wimbledon
18 DF Gareth Furlong (1992-05-10)10 May 1992 (aged 33) 158 England Surbiton
20 FW Jolyon Morgan (1999-03-09)9 March 1999 (aged 26) 52 England Hampstead & Westminster
23 FW Jack Pritchard (1993-08-14)14 August 1993 (aged 31) 39 Wales Cardiff & Met
24 DF Hywel Jones (1997-07-09)9 July 1997 (aged 28) 78 England Hampstead & Westminster
25 FW Ben Francis (co-Captain) (1996-03-20)20 March 1996 (aged 29) 120 England Wimbledon
33 GK Rhys Payne (2001-06-07)7 June 2001 (aged 24) 4 Wales Cardiff & Met
44 DF Nicholas Morgan (2002-01-05)5 January 2002 (aged 23) 11 England Surbiton
50 GK Toby Reynolds-Cotterill (1997-08-06)6 August 1997 (aged 27) 43 England Hampstead & Westminster
61 MF John Bennett (2003-07-05)5 July 2003 (aged 22) 12 England Sevenoaks

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Ireland 3 3 0 0 15 3 +12 9 Semi-finals
2  Italy 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 6
3  Czechia 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
4  Portugal (H) 3 0 0 3 2 13 −11 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
(H) Hosts
27 July 2025
15:45
Ireland  5–3  Czechia
McKee field hockey ball 28', 34'
Cole field hockey ball 37', 42'
M. Nelson field hockey ball 42' 		Report Gerlický field hockey ball 13'
Plochý field hockey ball 23'
Soukup field hockey ball 32'
Umpires:
Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)
Ana Faias (POR)
27 July 2025
18:00
Italy  2–1  Portugal
Arosio field hockey ball 31', 47' Report L. Halfmann field hockey ball 24'
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL)
29 July 2025
15:15
Italy  0–1  Ireland
Report Duncan field hockey ball 2'
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
29 July 2025
17:30
Czechia  2–1  Portugal
F. Toms field hockey ball 9'
Homolka field hockey ball 60' 		Report Castro field hockey ball 21'
Umpires:
Robert Argent (IRE)
Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)
30 July 2025
15:45
Czechia  1–3  Italy
Šmíd field hockey ball 21' Report Giuliani field hockey ball 4'
Mondo field hockey ball 15'
Brocco field hockey ball 58'
Umpires:
Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL)
Daniel Denta (DEN)
30 July 2025
18:00
Ireland  9–0  Portugal
McNellis field hockey ball 10'
Gibson field hockey ball 24'
B. Nelson field hockey ball 25'
Rowe field hockey ball 25', 35'
Lynch field hockey ball 33'
Cole field hockey ball 43'
Murray field hockey ball 55'
Duncan field hockey ball 57' 		Report
Umpires:
Alessio Fiorenza (ITA)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 2 1 0 19 3 +16 7 Semi-finals
2  Scotland 3 2 1 0 14 8 +6 7
3   Switzerland 3 0 1 2 7 10 −3 1
4  Croatia 3 0 1 2 6 25 −19 1
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
27 July 2025
11:15
Wales  3–1   Switzerland
Pritchard field hockey ball 5'
Bradshaw field hockey ball 9'
Griffiths field hockey ball 17' 		Report Hengartner field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Raphaël Adrien (GER)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
27 July 2025
13:30
Scotland  8–3  Croatia
Walker field hockey ball 6', 22', 55', 59'
Field field hockey ball 12'
Golden field hockey ball 15', 35'
McConnell field hockey ball 40' 		Report Zidanić field hockey ball 5'
Krleža field hockey ball 38'
Ilinović field hockey ball 39'
Umpires:
Robert Argent (IRE)
Alessio Fiorenza (ITA)
28 July 2025
15:15
Switzerland  3–3  Croatia
Conrad field hockey ball 10'
Kraxner field hockey ball 24'
Hengartner field hockey ball 58' 		Report L. Bachmann field hockey ball 18', 44', 51'
Umpires:
Alessio Fiorenza (ITA)
Tomáš Holek (CZE)
28 July 2025
17:30
Scotland  2–2  Wales
Walker field hockey ball 26', 47' Report N. Morgan field hockey ball 12'
Griffiths field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Daniel Denta (DEN)
Raphaël Adrien (GER)
30 July 2025
11:15
Wales  14–0  Croatia
Pritchard field hockey ball 1', 4', 18', 46'
N. Morgan field hockey ball 2', 10'
Furlong field hockey ball 8', 29', 48'
Griffiths field hockey ball 9', 27'
Newbold field hockey ball 14', 21'
Bennett field hockey ball 21' 		Report
Umpires:
Ana Faias (POR)
Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)
30 July 2025
13:30
Switzerland  3–4  Scotland
Hug field hockey ball 7', 24'
Brönnimann field hockey ball 15' 		Report Green field hockey ball 6', 8'
Golden field hockey ball 15', 51'
Umpires:
Tomáš Holek (CZE)
Raphaël Adrien (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5  Czechia 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
6   Switzerland 3 1 2 0 11 10 +1 5
7  Croatia 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
8  Portugal 3 0 0 3 7 11 −4 0
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[8]
1 August 2025
10:15
Portugal  1–3  Croatia
Franco field hockey ball 2' Report Krleža field hockey ball 4', 20'
Bachmann field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Tomás Holek (CZE)
Alessio Fiorenza (ITA)
1 August 2025
12:30
Czechia  2–2   Switzerland
Klaban field hockey ball 42'
Uhlíř field hockey ball 60' 		Report Grandchamp field hockey ball 23', 42'
Umpires:
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)
Daniel Denta (DEN)
2 August 2025
09:00
Czechia  3–0  Croatia
Soukup field hockey ball 43'
Šmíd field hockey ball 54'
Šesták field hockey ball 58' 		Report
Umpires:
Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL)
Duncan Ruzzak (SCO)
2 August 2025
11:15
Switzerland  6–5  Portugal
Grandchamp field hockey ball 21', 30', 53', 57'
Gassner field hockey ball 41'
Mohrhauer field hockey ball 59' 		Report L. Halfmann field hockey ball 13'
Q. Halfmann field hockey ball 14'
Castro field hockey ball 16', 31'
Coelho field hockey ball 33'
Umpires:
Tomás Holek (CZE)
Ivan Grgurev (CRO)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Wales5
 
2 August
 
 Italy0
 
 Wales (p.s.o.)1 (3)
 
1 August
 
 Ireland1 (1)
 
 Ireland3
 
 
 Scotland1
 
Third place
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Italy2
 
 
 Scotland5

Semi-finals

1 August 2025
14:45
Wales  5–0  Italy
Francis field hockey ball 27'
Griffiths field hockey ball 32'
N. Morgan field hockey ball 40'
Pritchard field hockey ball 55'
Newbold field hockey ball 59' 		Report
Umpires:
Robert Argent (IRE)
Ana Faias (POR)
1 August 2025
17:00
Ireland  3–1  Scotland
Cole field hockey ball 3'
Rowe field hockey ball 40', 44' 		Report Field field hockey ball 46'
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Christian Phillips-Adams (WAL)

Third and fourth place

2 August 2025
13:45
Italy  2–5  Scotland
Clement field hockey ball 11'
Arosio field hockey ball 14' 		Report Golden field hockey ball 16'
Walker field hockey ball 23', 36', 57', 60'
Umpires:
Raphaël Adrien (GER)
Robert Argent (IRE)

Final

2 August 2025
16:00
Wales  1–1  Ireland
Pritchard field hockey ball 19' Report Duncan field hockey ball 14'
Penalties
Griffiths Penalty shoot-out scored
Newbold Penalty shoot-out missed
Francis Penalty shoot-out scored
Pritchard Penalty shoot-out scored 		3–1 Penalty shoot-out missed Murray
Penalty shoot-out missed McKee
Penalty shoot-out scored Walsh
Penalty shoot-out missed Rowe
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Daniel Denta (DEN)

Statistics

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1  Wales 2026 World Cup Qualifiers and
2027 EuroHockey Championship
2  Ireland
3  Scotland 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
4  Italy
5  Czechia
6   Switzerland
7  Croatia
8  Portugal (H)
Source: FIH
(H) Host

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.[9]

Award Player
Player of the Tournament Wales Jacob Draper
Leading goalscorer Scotland Struan Walker
Goalkeeper of the Tournament Ireland Jamie Carr

Goalscorers

There have been 114 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.7 goals per match.

10 goals

7 goals

6 goals

  • Switzerland Loris Grandchamp

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

  • Croatia Mario Ilinović
  • Croatia Andrej Zidanić
  • Czech Republic Eduard Gerlický
  • Czech Republic Jakub Homolka
  • Czech Republic Jakub Klaban
  • Czech Republic Lukáš Plochý
  • Czech Republic Kryštof Šesták
  • Czech Republic František Toms
  • Czech Republic Adam Uhlíř
  • Ireland Fergus Gibson
  • Ireland Jonathan Lynch
  • Ireland Mark McNellis
  • Ireland Sean Murray
  • Ireland Benjamin Nelson
  • Ireland Matthew Nelson
  • Italy Claudio Brocco
  • Italy Geronimo Clement
  • Italy Davide Giuliani
  • Italy Manuel Mondo
  • Portugal Joaquín Coelho
  • Portugal David Franco
  • Portugal Quentin Halfmann
  • Scotland Andrew McConnell
  • Switzerland Elias Brönnimann
  • Switzerland Mika Conrad
  • Switzerland Lorenz Gassner
  • Switzerland Léonard Kraxner
  • Switzerland Matthias Mohrhauer
  • Wales Jonathan Bennett
  • Wales Rhys Bradshaw
  • Wales Benjamin Francis

Source: FIH

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lousada and Gniezno to host EuroHockey Championship II events in 2025". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Championships to expand to 12-team knock-out format in 2027". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Qualification System for 2026 FIH Hockey World Cups" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 1 July 2025.
  4. ^ "Wales men beat Ireland in EuroHockey II final shootout". bbc.com. BBC. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  5. ^ "Welsh Dragons breath fire in shoot-out to win men's EHC II in Lousada". eurohockey.org. 2 August 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Scotland". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  7. ^ "Wales". FIH. Retrieved 7 August 2025.
  8. ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
  9. ^ "Player Awards". fih.altiusrt.com.
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