2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Germany
City	Hamburg
Dates	8–11 December
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Alsterdorfer Sporthalle
Final positions
Champions	Austria (3rd title)
Runner-up	Germany
Third place	Netherlands
Tournament statistics
Matches played	18
Goals scored	191 (10.61 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Philippe Simar (20 goals)
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The 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the twentieth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was originally planned to be held alongside the women's tournament from 12 to 16 January 2022 at the Alsterdorfer Sporthalle in Hamburg, Germany. ^[1] However on 22 December 2021, the tournament was postponed to 8 to 11 December 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. ^[2]

Austria won their third title by defeating the hosts and defending champions Germany 2–1 in the final. The Netherlands won the bronze medal after defeating Switzerland 10–3. ^[3]

Qualified teams

Participating nations have qualified based on their final ranking from the 2020 competition. ^[4]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
17–19 January 2020	2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Berlin, Germany	5	Austria   Belgium   Czech Republic   Germany   Netherlands   Russia [lower-alpha 1]
17–19 January 2020	2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Lucerne, Switzerland	1	Belarus [lower-alpha 1]    Switzerland
Total			6

Preliminary round

Pool

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	5	4	0	1	30	22	+8	12	Final
2	Germany (H)	5	3	1	1	38	25	+13	10
3	Netherlands	5	3	1	1	35	24	+11	10	Third place game
4	Switzerland	5	1	2	2	26	34	−8	5
5	Belgium	5	1	1	3	18	25	−7	4	Fifth place game
6	Czech Republic	5	0	1	4	12	29	−17	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 scored. ^[5]
(H) Hosts

8 December 2022 09:30 Czech Republic   2–8   Netherlands Plochý  10' Seemann  32' Report Campbell  2' Sweering  12', 19' Schut  17', 36' Bakker  30', 30' Burkhardt  39' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

8 December 2022 10:45 Austria   9–5    Switzerland Binder  7', 12', 32' Körper  13', 19', 20', 23', 39' Unterkircher  35' Report Stomps  2', 39' Y. Morard  10', 39' Greder  40' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Laurent Dooms (BEL)

8 December 2022 12:00 Germany   4–4   Belgium Bruns  10' Schmid  33' Dösch  35' Mertgens  39' Report G. Dykmans  5' Simar  11', 12', 20' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

8 December 2022 17:00 Switzerland   5–5   Czech Republic Y. Morard  13' Gassner  31' Wyss-Chodat  36' M. Morard  38' Greder  40' Report Procházka  16', 25' Plochý  18', 24', 37' Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

8 December 2022 18:15 Austria   6–2   Belgium Körper  9', 16' Unterkircher  23', 29', 31' Eitenberger  28' Report A. Dykmans  18' Simar  24' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

8 December 2022 19:30 Germany   6–5   Netherlands Bruns  8' Mertgens  12' Dösch  21', 34', 40' Struthoff  29' Report Bakker  4' Middendorp  26' Hertzberger  37' Campbell  39' Burkhardt  39' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Laurent Dooms (BEL)

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9 December 2022 13:15 Switzerland   8–13   Germany Marelli  1' Y. Morard  4', 30', 38' Wyss-Chodat  8' Greder  10', 32' Gassner  35' Report Bruns  4', 25', 34' Mertgens  13' Schmid  16', 24' Struthoff  20', 30+' Dösch  22', 39' Holste  26' Lehmann-Richter  34' Boeckel  40' Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

9 December 2022 14:30 Netherlands   10–7   Belgium Sweering  14', 27', 35' Van Battum  22' Burkhardt  30', 40' Hertzberger  33' Tukkers  34' Bakker  38', 40' Report Simar  4', 11', 18', 21', 29' G. Dykmans  13', 40' Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Sean Edwards (ENG)

9 December 2022 15:45 Czech Republic   2–4   Austria Trejbal  3' Seeman  32' Report Körper  1', 10', 26' Binder  9' Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

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10 December 2022 09:00 Netherlands   5–5    Switzerland Schut  15' Bakker  20', 30' Sweering  26' Burkhardt  33' Report Greder  6' Brönnimann  7' Gassner  25' Wyss-Chodat  35' M. Morard  38' Umpires: Laurent Dooms (BEL) Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)

10 December 2022 10:15 Belgium   3–2   Czech Republic Simar  12', 13', 19' Report Plochý  13' Klaban  35' Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

10 December 2022 11:30 Germany   6–7   Austria Dösch  1' Mertgens  16', 27', 29' Schmid  25' Bruns  39' Report Unterkircher  8', 38' Körper  13', 36', 39', 40' Frey  16' Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Seab Edwards (ENG)

10 December 2022 18:15 Czech Republic   1–9   Germany Plochý  34' Report Mertgens  7' Bruns  8', 36' Schmid  10' Holste  12', 33' Dösch  13' Lehmann-Richter  27' Struthoff  29' Umpires: Laurent Dooms (BEL) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

10 December 2022 19:30 Austria   4–7   Netherlands Eitenberger  13', 17' Thörnblom  32' Unterkircher  38' Report Burkhardt  7', 39' Bakker  9', 15', 17' Campbell  26' Hertzberger  35' Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Ole Ingwersen (GER)

10 December 2022 20:45 Belgium   2–3    Switzerland Magnant  17' Simar  38' Report Stomps  9', 21' Greder  26' Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Sean Edwards (ENG)

Classification round

Fifth place game

11 December 2022 11:00 Belgium   9–7   Czech Republic Simar  2', 12', 20', 28', 32', 38', 40' Magnant  16' Englebert  33' Report Plochý  5', 21', 36', 40' Klaban  15' O. Soukup  26' Vacek  27' Umpires: Pieter Hembrecht (NED) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)

Third place game

11 December 2022 12:30 Netherlands   10–3    Switzerland Burkhardt  7', 27' Schut  14' Bakker  15', 33' Sweering  16', 25', 30' Leijs  17' Tukkers  29' Report Greder  18' Reinhard  23' M. Morard  32' Umpires: Ole Ingwersen (GER) Laurent Dooms (BEL)

Final

11 December 2022 14:00 Austria   2–1   Germany Unterkircher  18', 39' Report Dösch  10' Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

Statistics

Final standings

1.   Austria
2.   Germany
3.   Netherlands
4.    Switzerland
5.   Belgium
6.   Czech Republic

Goalscorers

There were 191 goals scored in 18 matches, for an average of 10.6 goals per match.

20 goals

• Philippe Simar

14 goals

• Michael Körper

12 goals

• Jochem Bakker

10 goals

• Lukas Plochý

9 goals

• Fabian Unterkircher
• Paul Dösch
• Boris Burkhardt
• Max Sweering

8 goals

• Niklas Bruns

7 goals

• Henrik Mertgens
• Martin Greder

6 goals

• Yves Morard

5 goals

• Philip Schmid

4 goals

• Oliver Binder
• Michel Struthoff
• Wiegert Schut
• Boris Stomps

3 goals

• Sebastian Eitenberger
• Gaetan Dykmans
• Luis Holste
• Jeroen Hertzberger
• Lorenz Gassner
• Michel Morard
• Gaël Wyss-Chodat

2 goals

• Mallory Magnant
• Štěpán Klaban
• Tomas Procházka
• Martin Seeman
• Adrian Lehmann-Richter
• Jasper Tukkers

1 goal

• Moritz Frey
• Leon Thörnblom
• Arnaud Dykmans
• Dylan Englebert
• Ondrej Soukup
• Josef Trejbal
• David Vacek
• Anton Boeckel
• Nicki Leijs
• Lucas Middendorp
• Bram van Battum
• Elias Brönnimann
• Fabio Reinhard
• Fabio Marelli

Source: FIH

See also

• 2022 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
• 2022 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

Notes

1. Belarus and Russia are excluded from the tournament due to their involvement in the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.

References

1. "2022 EuroHockey Indoor Championship events". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 September 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
2. "EuroHockey Indoor Championships (January) events – UPDATE". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
3. "Unterkircher underlines Austria's incredible men's Euro Indoor journey to gold". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation.
4. "2020 EuroHockey Indoor Championships – Ranking". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 3 February 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
5. FIH Tournament Regulations Indoor - September 2022