Portugal, Poland and Türkiye to host EuroHockey Championship II and III events in 2025 – Updated

Lousada, Portugal, and Gniezno, Poland have been confirmed as the host venues for the men’s and women’s EuroHockey Championship II 2025, respectively. The Championship III events will be held in Türkiye.

It follows the August (2024) EuroHockey qualifiers.

The entry lists for Championship III have also been confirmed.

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The EuroHockey Championships (Men and Women) 2025 will take place on the following dates and venues.

Men’s Championship

Teams:                        AUT, BEL, ENG, ESP, FRA, GER, NED, POL

Pool A:                        NED, BEL, ESP, AUT

Pool B:                        GER, ENG, FRA, POL

Venue:                         Mönchengladbach (GER)

Dates:                          8th -17th August 2025

Men’s Championship II

Teams:                        CZE, IRL, ITA, POR, SCO, SUI, WAL, CRO

Venue:                         Lousada (POR)

Dates:                          27th July-2nd August 2025

Withdrawn:                  UKR

Note:

  • TUR was asked to take over the place of the withdrawn team in EHC II, but declined, hence the 2nd highest team (CRO) was asked and accepted the invitation to play.
Men’s Championship III

Teams:                        FIN, GIB, HUN, LTU, LUX, MLT, TUR

Venue:                        Kirklareli (TUR)

Dates:                          27th July-2nd August 2025

Women’s Championship

Teams:                        BEL, ENG, ESP, FRA, GER, IRL, NED, SCO

Pool A:                        NED, GER, IRL, FRA

Pool B:                        BEL, ENG, ESP, SCO

Venue:                         Mönchengladbach (GER)

Dates:                          8th -17th August 2025

Women’s Championship II

Teams:                        AUT, CZE, ITA, LTU, POL, SUI, WAL, CRO

Venue:                         Gniezno (POL)

Dates:                          27th July-2nd August 2025

Withdrawn:                  UKR

Notes:                

  • The dates of the event could be moved to 24th-30th August in case the dates of the Women’s Junior World Cup in July 2025 will pose issues.
  • TUR was asked to take over the place of the withdrawn team in EHC II, but declined, hence the 2nd highest team (CRO) was asked and accepted the invitation to play.
Women’s Championship III

Teams:                       GIB, HUN, LUX, TUR

Venue:                        Alanya (TUR)

Dates:                         29th July-2nd August 2025

Additional information:

  • In case of circumstances beyond EuroHockey’s control, EuroHockey reserves the right to reconsider the event dates.
  • For the Senior Championships II-III tournaments, the arrangement of the pools will be the responsibility of the FIH (using the appropriate World Ranking positions on the moment the match schedules are prepared). For the EuroHockey Championships in Mönchengladbach a draw was held to decide the pools.
  • The withdrawal date for all tournaments in these competitions is 15th January 2025
  • Any National Association withdrawing after that date may be subject to a fine or other disciplinary action by EuroHockey. See current EuroHockey Regulations for further details.

EuroHockey/ 14th November 2024

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