2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

The 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the first edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 5 to 11 September 2005 in Baku, Azerbaijan.

2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

Tournament details
Host country	Azerbaijan
City	Baku
Dates	5–11 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Azerbaijan (1st title)
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	67 (3.35 per match)
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The hosts Azerbaijan won the first EuroHockey Nations Trophy title and were promoted to the 2007 EuroHockey Championship together with the runners-up Italy.

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia	3	2	1	0	9	3	+6	7	Semi-finals
2	Belgium	3	1	2	0	7	4	+3	5
3	Lithuania	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4
4	Poland	3	0	0	3	2	11	−9	0

Source: TheSports.org

5 September 2005 12:00 Russia 5–0 Poland

5 September 2005 14:00 Lithuania 2–2 Belgium

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6 September 2005 16:00 Russia 1–1 Belgium

6 September 2005 18:00 Lithuania 2–1 Poland

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8 September 2005 12:00 Russia 3–2 Lithuania

8 September 2005 14:00 Belgium 4–1 Poland

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Italy	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	7	Semi-finals
2	Azerbaijan (H)	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7
3	Belarus	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6	0

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

5 September 2005 16:00 Italy 2–1 Belarus

5 September 2005 18:00 Azerbaijan 3–1 Wales

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7 September 2005 16:00 Italy 4–1 Wales

7 September 2005 18:00 Azerbaijan 2–1 Belarus

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8 September 2005 16:00 Wales 1–2 Belarus

8 September 2005 18:00 Italy 0–0 Azerbaijan

Fifth to eighth place classification

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	10 September
	Lithuania	1
					11 September
	Wales	0
					Lithuania	1 (1)
	10 September
					Belarus (p.s.)	1 (2)
	Belarus	3
	Poland	1
					Seventh place
					11 September
					Wales	4
					Poland	3

5–8th place semi-finals

10 September 2005 10:00 Lithuania 1–0 Wales

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10 September 2005 12:30 Belarus 3–1 Poland

Seventh place game

11 September 2005 10:30 Wales 4–3 Poland

Fifth place game

11 September 2005 13:00 Lithuania 1–1 (a.e.t.) Belarus Penalties 1–2

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	10 September
	Russia	0
					11 September
	Azerbaijan	4
					Azerbaijan	1
	10 September
					Italy	0
	Italy	1
	Belgium	0
					Third place
					11 September
					Russia	3
					Belgium	1

Semi-finals

10 September 2005 15:00 Russia 0–4 Azerbaijan

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10 September 2005 17:30 Italy 1–0 Belgium

Third place game

11 September 2005 15:30 Russia 3–1 Belgium

Final

11 September 2005 18:00 Azerbaijan 1–0 Italy

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
1	Azerbaijan (H)	Qualification for the 2007 EuroHockey Championship
2	Italy
3	Russia
4	Belgium
5	Belarus
6	Lithuania
7	Wales	Relegation to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
8	Poland

Source: Todor66
(H) Host

See also

• 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
• 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
• 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship