Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship
Current season, competition or edition: 2026 Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship | |
| Formerly | Men's EuroHockey Junior Championship |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 1976 |
| First season | 1976 |
| No. of teams | 8 |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Spain (4th title) (2024) |
| Most titles |  Netherlands (10 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | EuroHockey U21 Championship II |
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
[edit]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
[edit]Results
[edit]Source:[3]
Summary
[edit]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands
|
10 (1976, 1978, 1992*, 1996, 2002, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2017, 2022) | 5 (1977, 1984, 2008, 2012*, 2024) | 6 (1981, 1988, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2019) | |
 Germany[a]
|
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) |
| Spain
|
4 (2000*, 2004, 2008*, 2024*) | 2 (1976, 1992) | 2 (1977, 2002) | 8 (1981*, 1988*, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2017*, 2019*, 2022) |
 Belgium
|
1 (2012) | 3 (1981, 2010, 2017) | 3 (2006, 2022*, 2024) | 3 (1984, 2008, 2014*) |
 England
|
3 (1988, 1998, 2019) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 6 (1977*, 1992, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010) | |
 Ireland
|
1 (1978*) | |||
 France
|
1 (1984) | 2 (1978, 2012) | ||
 Poland
|
1 (1976) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
[edit]| Team | 1976 |
1977 |
1978 |
1981 |
 1984 |
1988 |
1992 |
 1996 |
1998 |
2000 |
 2002 |
2004 |
 2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2024 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Austria
|
– | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 8th | 7th | – | Q | 8 |
| Belgium
|
5th | – | 6th | 2nd | 4th | – | – | 5th | 6th | – | 6th | 5th | 3rd | 4th | 2nd | 1st | 4th | 2nd | 5th | 3rd | 3rd | Q | 18 |
| Czech Republic
|
Part of Czechoslovakia | 8th | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | |||||
| Denmark
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| England
|
– | 4th | 7th | 7th | 5th | 2nd | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 3rd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 5th | Q | 21 |
| France
|
7th | – | 4th | 8th | 3rd | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 5th | 6th | Q | 12 |
| Germany[a]
|
3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | Q | 22 |
 Gibraltar
|
– | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Italy
|
– | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 6th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 |
| Ireland
|
6th | 8th | 2nd | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | 7th | – | 9 |
| Netherlands
|
1st | 2nd | 1st | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | Q | 22 |
| Poland
|
4th | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | 7th | – | – | 6th | 6th | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 9 |
 Portugal
|
– | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 Russia
|
Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | DSQ | – | – | 2 | ||||||
 Scotland
|
– | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | 5th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 10 |
 Soviet Union
|
– | 5th | 8th | 6th | – | 5th | – | Defunct | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| Spain
|
2nd | 3rd | 5th | 4th | – | 4th | 2nd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 4th | 1st | 6th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 1st | Q | 21 |
| Switzerland
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 3 |
 Turkey
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 1 |
 Wales
|
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 | 8 | |
Championship II
[edit]The Men's EuroHockey U21 Championship II is the second level of the Men's EuroHockey U21 Championships. The format changed in 2024 and means that there is no U21 Championship II with 8 teams and a U21 Championship III with the remaining teams anymore. These 2 events are combined into a U21 Championship II-A and II-B, which are effectively played at the same level. From both events the winner are promoted to the U21 Championship.[4]
Results
[edit]Summary
[edit]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scotland
|
3 (2006, 2010, 2019) | 1 (2024 B) | 2 (2014, 2017) | |
| Ireland
|
3 (1998, 2014, 2022) | 1 (2002) | 1 (2019) | |
| Austria
|
2 (2012, 2024 A) | 1 (2006) | 1 (2010*) | 1 (2000*) |
| Poland
|
1 (2002) | 3 (2012, 2017, 2024 A*) | 1 (2022) | |
| France
|
1 (2017) | 2 (1998, 2008) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2006) | |
| Russia
|
1 (2008) | 2 (2004, 2019) | 1 (2012) | |
| Czech Republic
|
1 (2004) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2024 B) | 2 (2010, 2017) |
| Switzerland
|
1 (2024 B*) | 1 (2000) | 1 (2004) | |
| Belgium
|
1 (2000) | |||
| Wales
|
1 (2010) | 1 (2022) | 3 (1998, 2006, 2024 B) | |
| Turkey
|
1 (2022) | 1 (2019) | ||
| Portugal
|
1 (2014*) | |||
| Italy
|
2 (1998*, 2024 A) | 3 (2002*, 2008*, 2014) | ||
 Belarus
|
1 (2008) | |||
 Ukraine
|
2 (2012, 2024 A) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
[edit]| Team | 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2008 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2017 |
2019 |
2022 |
2024 |
2026 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria
|
– | 4th | – | – | 2nd | – | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 4 |
 Azerbaijan
|
– | – | – | – | – | 9th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Belarus
|
– | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 6th | 7th | 7th | – | 6th | DSQ | – | – | 5 |
| Belgium
|
– | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Croatia
|
– | – | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 3 |
| Czech Republic
|
5th | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 8th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 7th | 6th | 3rd | Q | 11 |
| Denmark
|
6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
 Finland
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | Q | 2 |
| France
|
2nd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | 6 |
| Gibraltar
|
8th | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Ireland
|
1st | – | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 1st | – | Q | 6 |
| Italy
|
3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 7th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | Q | 13 |
 Lithuania
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | Q | 2 |
 Luxembourg
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | Q | 2 |
| Poland
|
– | 6th | 1st | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 2nd | – | 4th | 2nd | Q | 6 |
| Portugal
|
7th | – | 7th | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | 2nd | – | 8th | – | – | – | 6 |
| Russia
|
– | 8th | – | 2nd | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 2nd | – | – | – | 7 |
| Scotland
|
– | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1st | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | 2nd | Q | 7 |
| Switzerland
|
– | 3rd | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | 6th | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 6 |
| Turkey
|
– | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 2nd | – | Q | 5 |
| Ukraine
|
– | 7th | – | – | – | 6th | 5th | 4th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 4th | Q | 7 |
| Wales
|
4th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | 3rd | 4th | Q | 10 |
| Total | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 12 |
Championship III
[edit]Results
[edit]| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1998 Details |
Moscow, Russia | Russia |
 Switzerland |
Ukraine |
Belarus |
6 | |||||
| 2000 Details |
Porto, Portugal | Portugal |
Croatia |
 Denmark |
Gibraltar |
5 | |||||
| 2002 Details |
Elektrostal, Russia | Russia |
Belarus |
Ukraine |
Azerbaijan |
5 | |||||
| 2004 Details |
Brest, Belarus | Austria |
Gibraltar |
Ukraine |
Azerbaijan |
6 | |||||
| 2006 Details |
Bratislava, Slovakia | Ukraine |
Belarus |
Azerbaijan |
 Greece |
10 | |||||
| 2010 Details |
Athens, Greece | Switzerland |
Greece |
 Slovakia |
 Bulgaria |
4 | |||||
| 2012 Details |
Lisbon, Portugal | Portugal |
Round-robin | Turkey |
Greece |
Round-robin | Gibraltar |
6 | |||
| Bratislava, Slovakia | Ireland |
14–0 | Slovakia |
Lithuania |
4–3 | Bulgaria |
4 | ||||
| 2014 Details |
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic | Turkey |
Round-robin | Czech Republic |
Slovakia |
Round-robin | Azerbaijan |
6 | |||
| 2017 | Lucerne, Switzerland | Cancelled | Cancelled | ||||||||
| 2019 Details |
Vilnius, Lithuania | Wales |
4–3 | Ukraine |
Lithuania |
Only three teams | 3 | ||||
| 2022 Details |
Helsinki, Finland | Switzerland |
3–2 | Ukraine |
Lithuania |
12–2 | Finland |
4 | |||
Summary
[edit]| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland
|
2 (2010, 2022) | 1 (1998) | ||
| Portugal
|
2 (2000*, 2012 A*) | |||
| Russia
|
2 (1998*, 2002*) | |||
| Ukraine
|
1 (2006) | 2 (2019, 2022) | 3 (1998, 2002, 2004) | |
| Turkey
|
1 (2014) | 1 (2012 A) | ||
| Austria
|
1 (2004) | |||
| Ireland
|
1 (2012 B) | |||
| Wales
|
1 (2019) | |||
| Belarus
|
2 (2002, 2006) | 1 (1998) | ||
| Slovakia
|
1 (2012 B*) | 2 (2010, 2014) | ||
| Greece
|
1 (2010*) | 1 (2012 A) | 1 (2006) | |
| Gibraltar
|
1 (2004) | 2 (2000, 2012 A) | ||
| Croatia
|
1 (2000) | |||
| Czech Republic
|
1 (2014*) | |||
| Lithuania
|
3 (2012 B, 2019*, 2022) | |||
| Azerbaijan
|
1 (2006) | 3 (2002, 2004, 2014) | ||
| Denmark
|
1 (2000) | |||
| Bulgaria
|
2 (2010, 2012 B) | |||
| Finland
|
1 (2022*) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
[edit]| Team | 1998 |
2000 |
2002 |
2004 |
2006 |
2010 |
2012 |
2014 |
2019 |
2022 |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria
|
– | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Azerbaijan
|
– | – | 4th | 4th | 3rd | – | 5th | 4th | – | – | 5 |
| Belarus
|
4th | – | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Bulgaria
|
5th | – | – | – | 5th | 4th | 4th | – | – | – | 4 |
| Croatia
|
– | 2nd | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
 Cyprus
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | – | – | – | 1 |
| Czech Republic
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | – | – | 1 |
| Denmark
|
– | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Finland
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | 1 |
 Georgia
|
6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Gibraltar
|
– | 4th | – | 2nd | – | – | 4th | 5th | – | WD | 4 |
| Greece
|
– | 5th | 5th | – | 4th | 2nd | 3rd | – | – | – | 5 |
| Ireland
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1 |
| Lithuania
|
– | – | – | – | 7th | – | 3rd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 5 |
| Portugal
|
– | 1st | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | WD | 2 |
 Romania
|
– | – | – | – | 10th | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Russia
|
1st | – | 1st | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Slovakia
|
– | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | 2nd | 3rd | – | WD | 4 |
| Switzerland
|
2nd | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | – | – | 1st | 3 |
| Turkey
|
– | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2nd | 1st | – | – | 4 |
| Ukraine
|
3rd | – | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 6 |
| Wales
|
– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1st | – | 1 |
| Total | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
- ^ "Update regulations June 2023". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
- ^ "Men Junior Field Hockey Europe Archive".
- ^ "EuroHockey U21 Championships 2026 venues announced". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 8 April 2025.
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