The 2024 EuroHockey U21 Championships (Men and Women) will take place on the following dates at the venues stated. Participating nations have qualified for each division based on their final ranking from the 2022 competition.
The format change now 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 played at the same level. From both events, the winner will be promoted to the 2026 U21 Championships.
Teams: BEL, ENG, ESP, FRA, GER, IRL, NED, TUR
Venue: Terrassa (ESP)
Dates: 14-20 July 2024
Teams: AUT, POL, ITA, RUS*, LTU, BLR*, LUX (*both RUS & BLR are excluded for the foreseeable future)
Venue: Walcz (POL)
Dates: 14-20 July 2024
Teams: SCO, WAL, CZE, SUI, UKR, FIN, SVK
Venue: Cardiff (WAL)
Dates: 14-20 July 2024
Teams: AUT, BEL, ENG, ESP, FRA, GER, IRL, NED
Venue: Terrassa (ESP)
Dates: 14-20 July 2024
Teams: WAL, ITA, CZE, RUS*, BLR* (*both RUS & BLR are excluded for the foreseeable future)
Venue: Rakovnik (CZE)
Dates: 15-20 July 2024
** Venue changed from Prague to Rakovník
Teams: SCO, POL, UKR, TUR, LTU
Venue: Konya (TUR)
Dates: 15-20 July 2024
Notes:
In early 2024 the EHF will look to see if teams need to swap events as by then the withdrawal deadline has passed. We want fo to avoid (for example) having a 7-team and a 4-team event per gender when more teams from 1 event withdraw.
For the U21 Championships tournaments, the composition of the pools will be the responsibility of the EHF and will be based upon the World Ranking of the participants’ senior teams (at the moment the match schedules are prepared).
The withdrawal date for all tournaments in these competitions is 15 January 2024. Any National Association withdrawing after that date may be subject to a fine.
The age eligibility of players can be found here.
