EuroHockey is delighted to announce the EuroHockey Championships will return to HockeyPark in Mönchengladbach, Germany from August 8th to 17th, 2025.
The Deutsche Hockey Bund will organise the championships and it will be the third time the venue has hosted the continent’s biggest event, most recently in 2023 when over 70,000 fans enjoyed a 10-day festival of hockey.
The event will see 8 women’s and 8 men’s teams from across the continent contest 40 games to determine who will be Europe’s best, bringing with it the added bonus of a ticket to the 2026 World Cup.
“We are thrilled to bring the EuroHockey Championships back to Mönchengladbach and Germany,” said EuroHockey President Marcos Hofmann.
“Building on the success of 2023 we look for an even better 2025. We saw the Hockeypark come to life last year as one of world hockey’s great stadiums as an audience from around the continent enjoyed all the excitement of the event.
“We already know from the DHB’s excellent work last year that they know exactly how to run an amazing event and that knowledge also allows us to grow the event even further.
“The EuroHockey Championships are the pinnacle of our calendar and will be one of world hockey’s elite events in 2025. It is one European fans cannot afford to miss!”
Major of Mönchengladbach Felix Heinrichs added: “Last year, we proved we can host great EuroHockey Championships here in Mönchengladbach together with the DHB. We would like to build on this together.
“Mönchengladbach received a great deal of attention from the EuroHockey Championships 2023 last year and – with our accompanying project ‘Meet and Greet@Hockey-EM 2023’ – we, as a city, were able to deepen our ties with our Dutch neighbours once again.
“As a city, we are therefore looking forward to supporting the organisation of the EuroHockey Championships 2025. We will certainly use our experience to further develop the event and turn it into another great major event for everyone, especially in connection with our 50th anniversary as a city.”
DHB president Henning Fastrich, meanwhile, said: “2023 showed us that we, as the German Hockey Federation (DHB) can host successful EuroHockey Championships.
“When talks about the EuroHockey Championships 2025 began, we quickly agreed internally that hosting again would be a great opportunity for the DHB.
“This will allow us to continue our strategic approach of presenting world-class hockey on our doorsteps to the people of Germany every year. We are delighted that we were awarded the hosting rights by EuroHockey.
“It was and is important that we have strong supporters at our side like the city of Mönchengladbach. Of course, one argument in favour of hosting the event again was that we gained a great deal of know-how last year which will help us to organise an even better event next year. Sports fans in Germany can look forward to another field hockey festival.”
Twelve of the competitors are already known having pre-qualified for the event by finishing in the top six in 2023.
On the women’s side, they are the Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, England, Ireland and Spain; for the men, the Netherlands, England, Belgium Germany, France and Spain are confirmed as well.
The remaining two place in each competition will be determined this summer at qualifier events in Vienna and Dublin for the men and Glasgow and Douai for the women.
Once the final line-up for the event is confirmed, tickets will subsequently go on sale.
In tandem with the main event, the five-day EuroHockey ID Championship will take place at GTHC (Mönchengladbach Hockey Club) with the finals taking place in the HockeyPark.
** Angus Kirkland (EuroHockey Secretary General) and Raphael Thelen (DHB Executive Board Member). Picture: DHB / Björn Kames
