Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship

The Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship is a women'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 Women's FIH Hockey Junior World Cup.[1] In June 2023, the tournament was renamed from the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship to the Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship.[2]

Women's EuroHockey U21 Championship
Most recent season or competition:
2022 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
FormerlyWomen's EuroHockey Junior Championship
SportField hockey
Founded1977; 47 years ago (1977)
First season1977
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Netherlands (11th title)
(2024)
Most titles Netherlands (11 titles)
Level on pyramid1
Relegation toEuroHockey U21 Championship II

The Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships consists of three levels. There is promotion and relegation between the three levels. The top two placed teams in the Championship II are promoted to the following year's Championship while the two lowest placed teams in the Championship are relegated to the following year's Championship II.

The highest level has been won by three different teams: the Netherlands has the most titles with ten, Germany has nine titles and Spain won their first and only title at the 2019 edition in Valencia, Spain.[3]

Championship I

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Results

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# Year Host Final Third place match Teams Results
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1 1977
Details
Vienna, Austria  
West Germany
 
Netherlands
 
France
 
Austria
6 [4]
2 1978
Details
Celle, West Germany  
Netherlands
Round-robin  
West Germany
 
Spain
Round-robin  
Austria
5 [5]
3 1979
Details
Düsseldorf, West Germany  
West Germany
 
Netherlands
 
Belgium
 
Spain
5 [6]
4 1981
Details
Barcelona, Spain  
Netherlands
2–1  
Germany
 
Spain
1–0  
Belgium
8 [7]
5 1984
Details
Dundee, Scotland  
Netherlands
2–1  
West Germany
 
Ireland
4–1  
Spain
8 [8]
6 1988
Details
Paris, France  
West Germany
3–1  
England
 
Netherlands
4–1  
Soviet Union
8 [9]
7 1992
Details
Edinburgh, Scotland  
Germany
2–1  
Netherlands
 
Spain
3–1  
England
8 [10]
8 1996
Details
Cardiff, Wales  
Germany
2–2 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p.s.)
 
Ukraine
 
Netherlands
3–0  
England
8 [11]
9 1998
Details
Belfast, Northern Ireland  
Germany
4–2  
Netherlands
 
Ukraine
4–3  
Spain
8 [12]
10 2000
Details
Leipzig, Germany  
Netherlands
 
England
 
Ukraine
 
Germany
8 [13]
11 2002
Details
Alcalá la Real, Spain  
Netherlands
2–1  
England
 
Germany
2–0  
Scotland
8 [14]
12 2004
Details
Dublin, Ireland  
Netherlands
1–1
(6–5 pen.)
 
Germany
 
England
5–1  
Scotland
8 [15]
13 2006
Details
Catania, Italy  
Germany
1–0  
England
 
Italy
1–1
(3–2 pen.)
 
Spain
8 [16]
14 2008
Details
Valencia, Spain  
Germany
2–1  
Netherlands
 
England
5–2  
Belarus
8 [17]
15 2010
Details
Lille, France  
Netherlands
4–1  
England
 
Spain
2–1  
Germany
8 [18]
16 2012
Details
's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands  
Netherlands
9–1  
Spain
 
England
3–2  
Germany
8
17 2014
Details
Waterloo, Belgium  
Netherlands
2–0  
Germany
 
England
2–0  
Spain
8
18 2017
Details
Valencia, Spain  
Netherlands
6–0  
Belgium
 
England
3–2  
Germany
7
19 2019
Details
Valencia, Spain  
Spain
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)
 
Netherlands
 
Germany
1–1
(3–2 s.o.)
 
Belgium
9
20 2022
Details
Ghent, Belgium  
Germany
1–1
(4–3 s.o.)
 
Belgium
 
Netherlands
2–1  
England
8
21 2024
Details
Terrassa, Spain  
Netherlands
5–3  
Spain
 
England
1–0  
Germany
8

Summary

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Team Titles Runners-up Third places Fourth places
  Netherlands 11 (1978, 1981, 1984, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2010, 2012*, 2014, 2017, 2024) 6 (1977, 1979, 1992, 1998, 2008, 2019) 3 (1988, 1996, 2022)
  Germany[a] 9 (1977, 1979*, 1988, 1992, 1996, 1998, 2006, 2008, 2022) 5 (1978*, 1981, 1984, 2004, 2014) 2 (2002, 2019) 5 (2000*, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2024)
  Spain 1 (2019*) 2 (2012, 2024) 4 (1978, 1981*, 1992, 2010) 5 (1979, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2014)
  England 5 (1988, 2000, 2002, 2006, 2010) 6 (2004, 2008, 2012, 2014, 2017, 2024) 3 (1992, 1996, 2022)
  Belgium 2 (2017, 2022*) 1 (1979) 2 (1981, 2019)
  Ukraine 1 (1996) 2 (1998, 2000)
  France 1 (1977)
  Ireland 1 (1984)
  Italy 1 (2006*)
  Austria 2 (1977*, 1978)
  Scotland 2 (2002, 2004*)
  Soviet Union 1 (1988)
  Belarus 1 (2008)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team  
1977
 
1978
 
1979
 
1981
 
1984
 
1988
 
1992
 
1996
 
1998
 
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2017
 
2019
 
2022
 
2024
Total
  Austria 4th 4th 6th 8th 8th 5
  Belarus Part of the Soviet Union 8th 6th 6th 6th 4th 5th 8th 9th 8
  Belgium 3rd 4th 6th 7th 5th 5th 2nd 4th 2nd 5th 10
  Czech Republic Part of Czechoslovakia 6th 6th 7th 3
  England 5th 2nd 4th 4th 5th 2nd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 3rd 3rd 3rd 6th 4th 3rd 17
  France 3rd 5th 5th 5th 8th 8th 8th 8th 6th 6th 6th 5th 8th 7th 14
  Germany[a] 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 4th 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 4th 4th 2nd 4th 3rd 1st 4th 21
  Ireland 3rd 7th 6th 7th 7th 5th 7th 6th 6th 9
  Italy 5th 8th 3rd 8th 4
  Lithuania Part of the Soviet Union 8th 6th 7th 3
  Netherlands 2nd 1st 2nd 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 5th 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 1st 21
  Poland 7th 1
  Russia Part of the Soviet Union 7th 6th 8th 5th DSQ 4
  Scotland 7th 6th 5th 4th 4th 8th 8th 8th 8
  Soviet Union 4th 7th Defunct 2
  Spain 6th 3rd 4th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 5th 4th 5th 5th 5th 4th 5th 3rd 2nd 4th 5th 1st 5th 2nd 21
   Switzerland 7th 1
  Ukraine Part of the Soviet Union 2nd 3rd 3rd 7th 4
  Wales 8th 7th 7th 7th 4
Total 6 5 5 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 7 9 8 8 [19]

Championship II

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
1998
Details
Bratislava, Slovakia  
France
 
Wales
 
Russia
 
Poland
8
2000
Details
Prague, Czech Republic  
Scotland
 
Belarus
 
Lithuania
 
Czech Republic
8
2003
Details
Prague, Czech Republic  
France
 
Ireland
 
Italy
 
Russia
8
2004
Details
Swansea, Wales  
Wales
 
Italy
 
Ukraine
 
Lithuania
8
2006
Details
Vilnius, Lithuania  
Lithuania
 
Belgium
 
Russia
 
Poland
8
2008
Details
Prague, Czech Republic  
France
 
Scotland
 
Ukraine
 
Poland
7
2010
Details
Bra, Italy  
Belgium
 
Poland
 
Russia
 
Ukraine
10
2012
Details
Aleksin, Russia  
Russia
Round-robin  
Czech Republic
 
Scotland
Round-robin  
Lithuania
6
2014
Details
Vienna, Austria  
Italy
Round-robin  
Ireland
 
Ukraine
Round-robin  
Scotland
9
2017
Details
Hradec Králové, Czech Republic  
Russia
3–0  
Belarus
 
Czech Republic
3–2  
Austria
8
2019
Details
Alanya, Turkey  
Scotland
4–1  
Italy
 
Wales
3–1  
Ukraine
8
2022
Details
Vienna, Austria  
Austria
Round-robin  
France
 
Poland
Round-robin  
Italy
6
2024
Details
Rakovník, Czech Republic  
Wales
3–2  
Czech Republic
 
Italy
7–0  
Lithuania
4
Konya, Turkey  
Scotland
1–0  
Ukraine
 
Poland
4–1  
Turkey
4

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Scotland 3 (2000, 2019, 2024) 1 (2008) 1 (2012) 1 (2014)
  France 3 (1998, 2003, 2008) 1 (2022)
  Wales 2 (2004*, 2024) 1 (1998) 1 (2019)
  Russia 2 (2012*, 2017) 3 (1998, 2006, 2010) 1 (2003)
  Italy 1 (2014) 2 (2004, 2019) 2 (2003, 2024) 1 (2022)
  Belgium 1 (2010) 1 (2006)
  Lithuania 1 (2006*) 1 (2000) 3 (2004, 2012, 2024)
  Austria 1 (2022*) 1 (2017)
  Czech Republic 2 (2012, 2024*) 1 (2017*) 1 (2000*)
  Belarus 2 (2000, 2017)
  Ireland 2 (2003, 2014)
  Ukraine 1 (2024) 3 (2004, 2008, 2014) 2 (2010, 2019)
  Poland 1 (2010) 2 (2022, 2024) 3 (1998, 2006, 2008)
  Turkey 1 (2024*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team  
1998
 
2000
 
2003
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2010
 
2012
 
2014
 
2017
 
2019
 
2022
Total
  Austria 8th 8th 6th 7th 4th 7th 1st 7
  Azerbaijan 8th 8th 9th 3
  Belarus 2nd 6th 2nd DSQ 4
  Belgium 6th 2nd 1st 3
  Czech Republic 4th 7th 8th 5th 6th 2nd 3rd 5th 5th 9
  France 1st 1st 5th 1st 2nd 5
  Ireland 5th 2nd 2nd 4
  Italy 7th 3rd 2nd 5th 1st 2nd 4th 7
  Lithuania 5th 3rd 4th 1st 4th 9th 6
  Poland 4th 7th 5th 4th 4th 2nd 5th 8th 6th 3rd 10
  Russia 3rd 4th 7th 3rd 7th 3rd 1st 1st 8
  Scotland 6th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 1st 7
  Slovakia 8th 10th 2
   Switzerland 6th 6th 7th 3
  Turkey 8th 7th 8th 3
  Ukraine 3rd 6th 3rd 4th 5th 3rd 6th 4th 6th 9
  Wales 2nd 5th 1st 6th 7th 3rd 6
Total 8 8 8 8 8 7 10 6 9 8 8 6 [20]

Championship III

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Results

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Year Host Final Third place match Number of teams
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2000
Details
Catania, Italy  
Italy
 
Austria
 
Switzerland
 
Greece
4
2002
Details
Poznań, Poland  
Poland
 
Azerbaijan
 
Croatia
 
Greece
4
2004
Details
Predanovci, Slovenia  
Croatia
 
Slovenia
 
Belgium
 
Azerbaijan
6
2006
Details
Albena, Bulgaria  
Czech Republic
 
Croatia
 
Slovakia
 
Austria
6
2008
Details
Vienna, Austria  
Azerbaijan
 
Austria
 
Slovakia
 
Turkey
4
2012
Details
Lisbon, Portugal  
Ireland
8–0  
Turkey
 
Azerbaijan
4–0  
Portugal
4
2022
Details
Alanya, Turkey  
Turkey
2–0  
Lithuania
 
Switzerland
Only three teams 3

Summary

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Team Winners Runners-up Third place Fourth place
  Azerbaijan 1 (2008) 1 (2002) 1 (2012) 1 (2004)
  Croatia 1 (2004) 1 (2006) 1 (2002)
  Turkey 1 (2022*) 1 (2012) 1 (2008)
  Czech Republic 1 (2006)
  Ireland 1 (2012)
  Italy 1 (2000*)
  Poland 1 (2002*)
  Austria 2 (2000, 2008*) 1 (2006)
  Slovenia 1 (2004*)
  Lithuania 1 (2022)
   Switzerland 2 (2000, 2022)
  Slovakia 2 (2006, 2008)
  Belgium 1 (2004)
  Greece 2 (2000, 2002)
  Portugal 1 (2012*)
* = hosts

Team appearances

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Team  
2000
 
2002
 
2004
 
2006
 
2008
 
2012
 
2022
Total
  Austria 2nd 5th 4th 2nd 4
  Azerbaijan 2nd 4th 1st 3rd 4
  Belgium 3rd 1
  Bulgaria 6th 5th 2
  Croatia 3rd 1st 2nd 3
  Czech Republic 1st 1
  Greece 4th 4th 2
  Ireland 1st 1
  Italy 1st 1
  Lithuania 2nd 1
  Poland 1st 1
  Portugal 4th 1
  Slovakia 3rd 3rd 2
  Slovenia 2nd 1
   Switzerland 3rd 3rd 2
  Turkey 6th 4th 2nd 1st 5
Total 4 4 6 6 4 4 3 [20]

See also

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b Includes results representing West Germany between 1976 and 1988

References

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  1. ^ "Qualification Criteria for FIH Junior World Cup 2021" (PDF). fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Update regulations June 2023". Retrieved 16 July 2023.
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  6. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 3rd European Championship 1979 Dusseldorf (GER)". todor66.com.
  7. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 4th European Championship 1981 Barcelona (ESP)". todor66.com.
  8. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 5th European Championship 1984 Dundee (SCO) 27-30.09 - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  9. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 6th European Championship 1988 Paris (FRA) 28.08 - 04.09 - Winner West Germany". todor66.com.
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  13. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 10th European Championship 2000 Leipzig (GER) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  14. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 11th European Championship 2002 Alacala la Real (ESP) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  15. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 12th European Championship 2004 Dublin (IRL) - Winner Netherlands". todor66.com.
  16. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 13th European Championship 2006 Catania (ITA)". todor66.com.
  17. ^ "Women Junior Field Hockey 14th European Championship 2008 Valencia (ESP) - Winner Germany". todor66.com.
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