2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
Tournament details
Host countryPoland
CityGniezno
Dates27 July–2 August
Teams8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Alfonsa Flinika Hockey Stadium
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The 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II will be the eleventh edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It will be held from 27 July to 2 August 2025 in Gniezno, Poland.[1]

The finalists will qualify directly for the 2027 Women's EuroHockey Championship in London, England.[2]

The top four teams will qualify for the 2026 World Cup Qualifiers[3].

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Women'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 Glasgow, Scotland 5  Wales
 Czech Republic
 Austria
 Lithuania
 Croatia
Douai, France 3  Poland
 Italy
 Ukraine
  Switzerland
Total 8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 3 2 1 0 11 3 +8 7 Semi-finals and
2026 World Cup Qualifiers
2  Austria 3 2 1 0 7 3 +4 7
3  Poland (H) 3 1 0 2 5 2 +3 3
4  Croatia 3 0 0 3 0 15 −15 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.[4]
(H) Hosts
27 July 2025
15:45
Poland  5–0  Croatia
Blaszyk field hockey ball 20', 41'
Balcerzak field hockey ball 20'
Wochna field hockey ball 23'
Rybacha field hockey ball 26' 		Report
Umpires:
Chloe McCall (WAL)
Karolina Daukantaitė (LTU)
27 July 2025
18:00
Italy  3–3  Austria
Laurito field hockey ball 23'
Dalla Vittoria field hockey ball 25'
Lunghi field hockey ball 43' 		Report Hahnenkamp field hockey ball 14'
Minar field hockey ball 20'
Vukovich field hockey ball 53'
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Julia Wagner (SUI)
29 July 2025
15:15
Austria  3–0  Croatia
P. Proksch field hockey ball 23'
Czech field hockey ball 34'
Pultar field hockey ball 44' 		Report
Umpires:
Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)
Julia Wagner (SUI)
29 July 2025
17:30
Poland  0–1  Italy
Report Lunghi field hockey ball 20'
Umpires:
Zoe Hall (ENG)
Karolina Daukantaitė (LTU)
30 July 2025
15:45
Italy  7–0  Croatia
Oviedo field hockey ball 2'
Bormida field hockey ball 25'
Laurito field hockey ball 32'
Carosso field hockey ball 33'
Brea field hockey ball 46'
Moras field hockey ball 56'
Granatto field hockey ball 57' 		Report
Umpires:
Chloe McCall (WAL)
Karolina Daukantaitė (LTU)
30 July 2025
18:00
Austria  1–0  Poland
Pultar field hockey ball 56' Report
Umpires:
Zoe Hall (ENG)
Manouk Bakker (NED)

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9 Semi-finals and
2026 World Cup Qualifiers
2   Switzerland 3 1 1 1 5 2 +3 4
3  Czech Republic 3 1 1 1 6 7 −1 4
4  Lithuania 3 0 0 3 1 10 −9 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.[4]
27 July 2025
11:15
Czech Republic  4–1  Lithuania
Babická field hockey ball 21'
Pribikova field hockey ball 30'
Hájková field hockey ball 46', 52' 		Report Juraite field hockey ball 26'
Umpires:
Zoe Hall (ENG)
Una Mihajlović (CRO)
27 July 2025
13:30
Wales  1–0   Switzerland
Bingham field hockey ball 8' Report
Umpires:
Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)
Paula Slawinska (POL)
29 July 2025
10:30
Czech Republic  1–5  Wales
Duchková field hockey ball 49' Report Peers field hockey ball 33'
Holme field hockey ball 36'
Daniel field hockey ball 50'
Bingham field hockey ball 53'
Thomas field hockey ball 56'
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Manouk Bakker (NED)
29 July 2025
12:45
Switzerland  4–0  Lithuania
Stomps field hockey ball 1', 16'
Flury field hockey ball 5'
T. Trösch field hockey ball 58' 		Report
Umpires:
Chloe McWall (WAL)
Paula Slawinska (POL)
30 July 2025
11:15
Wales  2–0  Lithuania
Cradden field hockey ball 5', 44' Report
Umpires:
Una Mihajlović (CRO)
Paula Slawinska (POL)
30 July 2025
13:30
Switzerland  1–1  Czech Republic
Flury field hockey ball 26' Report Hájková field hockey ball 55'
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)

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  Poland (H) 3 3 0 0 12 2 +10 9
6  Czech Republic 3 2 0 1 11 5 +6 6
7  Lithuania 3 1 0 2 3 9 −6 3
8  Croatia 3 0 0 3 2 12 −10 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.[4]
(H) Hosts
1 August 2025
10:15
Croatia  1–2  Lithuania
Nizek field hockey ball 30' Report Žigytė field hockey ball 8'
Gudeliauskytė field hockey ball 37'
Umpires:
Paula Slawinska (POL)
Julia Wagner (SUI)
1 August 2025
12:30
Poland  3–2  Czech Republic
Wochna field hockey ball 27'
Rymer field hockey ball 29'
Rybacha field hockey ball 39' 		Report Al-Amelova field hockey ball 23'
Hájková field hockey ball 60'
Umpires:
Zoe Hall (ENG)
Una Mihajlović (CRO)
2 August 2025
09:00
Poland  4–0  Lithuania
Blaszyk field hockey ball 1', 42', 47'
Tatarczuk field hockey ball 53' 		Report
Umpires:
Una Mihajlović (CRO)
Julia Wagner (SUI)
2 August 2025
11:15
Czech Republic  5–1  Croatia
Babická field hockey ball 20', 32', 33', 44'
Pribikova field hockey ball 54' 		Report Soljan field hockey ball 31'
Umpires:
Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)
Karolina Daukantaitė (LTU)

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
 Wales2
 
2 August
 
 Austria1
 
 Wales1
 
1 August
 
 Italy2
 
 Italy3
 
 
  Switzerland0
 
Third place
 
 
2 August
 
 
 Austria (s.o.)1 (2)
 
 
  Switzerland1 (0)

Semi-finals

1 August 2025
14:45
Wales  2–1  Austria
Bingham field hockey ball 21'
Cradden field hockey ball 59' 		Report Vukovich field hockey ball 49'
Umpires:
Ilaria Amorosini (ITA)
Manouk Bakker (NED)
1 August 2025
17:00
Italy  3–0   Switzerland
Cabut field hockey ball 31'
Granatto field hockey ball 37'
Brea field hockey ball 50' 		Report
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Karolina Daukantaitė (LTU)

Third and fourth place

2 August 2025
13:45
Austria  1–1   Switzerland
Kern field hockey ball 59' Report Stomps field hockey ball 36'
Penalties
Czech Penalty shoot-out scored
Buchta Penalty shoot-out missed
Kern Penalty shoot-out scored
K. Proksch Penalty shoot-out missed 		2–0 Penalty shoot-out missed Stomps
Penalty shoot-out missed Flury
Penalty shoot-out missed Zepf
Penalty shoot-out missed Härtsch
Umpires:
Lizelotte Wolter (NED)
Chloe McCall (WAL)

Final

2 August 2025
16:00
Wales  1–2  Italy
Howell field hockey ball 31' Report Fiorelli field hockey ball 15'
Carta field hockey ball 40'
Umpires:
Zoe Hall (ENG)
Manouk Bakker (NED)

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1  Italy (P) 2026 World Cup Qualifiers and
2027 EuroHockey Championship
2  Wales (P)
3  Austria 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
4   Switzerland
5  Poland (H)
6  Czech Republic
7  Lithuania
8  Croatia
Source: FIH
(H) Host; (P) Promoted

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. ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.
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