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INFORMATION BULLETIN&nbsp;



EuroHockey U18 Championships 2023&nbsp;



Following completion of the 2023 EuroHockey U18 Championships (Girls and Boys), the final ranking, promotion and relegation positions are confirmed as follows:&nbsp;



U18 Championship (Boys), Krefeld (GER), 8-16 July 2023&nbsp;



Final Ranking&nbsp;



1. Germany &#8211; European Champions



2. Belgium



3. Netherlands



4. Spain



5. England



6. Scotland



7. Ireland (relegated to U18 Championship II in 2025)



8. Austria (relegated to U18 Championship II in 2025)



9. Poland (relegated to U18 Championship II in 2025)



U18 Championship II-A (Boys), Alanya (TUR), 10-15 July 2023&nbsp;



Final Ranking&nbsp;



1. France (promoted to U18 Championship in 2025)



2. Türkiye



3. Ukraine



4. Croatia (will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



5. Bulgaria (will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



6. Finland (will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



U18 Championship II-B (Boys), Swansea (WAL), 9-15 July 2023&nbsp;



Final Ranking&nbsp;



1. Czech Republic (promoted to U18 Championship in 2025)



2. Italy



3. Switzerland



4. Wales&nbsp;(will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



5. Lithuania&nbsp;(will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



6. Luxembourg&nbsp;(will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



7. Slovakia (will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



 U18 Championship (Girls), Krefeld (GER), 8-16 July 2023&nbsp;



Final Ranking&nbsp;



1. Germany&nbsp;– European Champions&nbsp;



2. Belgium



3. Spain



4. England



5. Netherlands



6. France



7. Scotland (relegated to U18 Championship II in 2025)



8. Ireland (relegated to U18 Championship II in 2025)



9. Austria (relegated to U18 Championship II in 2025)



U18 Championship II-A (Girls), Zagreb (CRO), 10-15 July 2023&nbsp;



Final Ranking&nbsp;



1. Italy (promoted to U18 Championship in 2025)



2. Czech Republic



3. Lithuania



4. Switzerland (will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



5. Croatia (will play in U18 Championship III in 2025)



U18 Championship II-B (Girls), Swansea (WAL), 9-14 July 2023&nbsp;



Final Ranking&nbsp;



1. Poland (promoted to U18 Championship in 2025)



2. Wales



3. Türkiye



EHF / July 2023&nbsp;

EuroHockey U18 Championship – final rankings

Boys EuroHockey U18 Championship II-B (Swansea, Wales)



The Czech Republic will compete in the top tier of the EuroHockey Championships for just the second time after they won a brilliant boys II-B final against Italy 4-3 in Swansea.



Matyáš Hána scored a hat trick of far from typical corners in the final with two of them coming in the last eight minutes for a famous success, putting them back in the A division in 2025, something they only did before in 2016.



He got his first in the fifth minute with a ripper of a flick. Štepan Šmid set up the next with a powerful slap into the circle which fell to Jonáš Lupač who peeled away and then spun to flick into the top corner.&nbsp;



The response was immediate, Gabriel Bocca producing a thunderbolt on his reverse into the top corner to cut the gap to 2-1. Valerio Iossa levelled it at 2-2 from a corner in the 41st minute, setting up a thrilling closing quarter.



It remained that way into the last nine minutes where Šmid won a corner and while the routine was not clean, it was worked to Hána who whipped it in. And he got another from another corner, one in which he had to wriggle out of trouble and then find another great finish.



Leonardo Arzenton dragged one back with 75 seconds to go but there was not time for one last chance and the Czechs were able to celebrate wildly.



Earlier in the day, Switzerland equalled their best ever performance with a third place finish as they edged out Wales 2-1.&nbsp;



Alex Starling had the hosts in front in the second quarter but Steven Meuwsen levelled within two minutes and the eventual winner arrived in the 36th minute from tournament top scorer Mattia Ribaudo.&nbsp;



The Swiss survived three yellow cards in the second half, ending the game with nine players, but held on to their precious lead and a bronze medal.



In Pool C, Lithuania pinned down fifth place with a 6-2 success against Slovakia, the Slovaks taking some solace from their first goals of the competition.



Indeed, Peter Preverčik’s double canceled out Povilas Sinkevičius’s double to make it 2-2 with 20 minutes to go. Lithuania, though, pulled away after that with Sinkevičius completing his hat trick in their late rally.



Final standings:



1. Czech Republic



2. Italy



3. Switzerland



4. Wales



5. Lithuania



6. Luxembourg



7. Slovakia



** All games from Swansea can be watched back on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eurohockeytv.org/">www.eurohockeytv.org</a>

Hána sends Czech up to top tier with glorious hat trick

Boys EuroHockey Championship (Krefeld, Germany)



Germany won the boys EuroHockey U18 Championship for the fourth time in five editions, toasting their first ever hosting of the event in style with a cracking 3-2 final win over Belgium.



They had the guile to deny the Belgians a second title. Lukas Kossel’s seventh goal of the tournament in the 16th minute – a low bullet of a drag-flick – gave Germany a great start.



Charlie Langendries, another of the tournament’s leading goal-getters, netted his eighth in the second quarter for 1-1 from the penalty spot when Larry Fauchey was fouled.



Ben Hasbach joined him on the same mark so they would share the top scorer honours when he found the net in the 41st minute. He beautifully used his first touch from a ball into the circle to locate the space and cracked home a backhand shot for 2-1.&nbsp;



And the vital third goal came with seven minutes left when a long ball found Germany with an overload in the Belgian circle. They bided their time to work the ball to Titus Wex who had the clearest opening and he fired into the backboard.



Fauchey close the gap once more with less than three minutes left but Germany played the closing seconds well to win the competition for a fifth time overall and spark serious celebrations in the capacity crowd.



German captain Benedikt Geyer summed up the immediate reactions: “I am really happy; I don’t know what to say! Emotions are all coming right now and it feels incredible; European champions – an amazing feeling.&nbsp;



“Belgium are an amazing team; it was of course not like yesterday [the 8-6 semi-final against Spain] with as many goals. In the last few minutes, a few nerves at the end but we held on to the end.”



In the bronze match, Peppe Veen gave the Netherlands the perfect start with a goal in the first minute with a lovely deflection. But close-range efforts from Josep Martin and Javier Hernandez, showing hunger amid tight spaces, saw Spain swap the lead before half-time to create a 2-1 advantage.



Jan van ’t Land produced some outstanding juggling to equalise at 2-2 but Spain were ahead once more in the third quarter via Alex Duran who dragged in.



The Dutch fought back to make the game level for the third time with van ’t Land scoring from a near impossible angle with 1.3 seconds left before the third interval.



And Isaac Jozefzoon got on the end of a right wing baseline cross to get the game defining goal to make it 4-3.



England just about took fifth place ahead of Scotland despite a huge comeback from the Scots. Jake Edwards and Jack Webb had England in a 2-0 lead in the first 12 minutes.



Scotland missed a stroke in the second half but were back in it when Sam Hunt got one back and then Johnny Bradley levelled with less than 10 seconds left for 2-2. England, however, won the shoot-out 2-1 to leave Scotland in sixth overall.



Ireland finished their tournament in seventh place with a 2-1 win over Austria, ending their campaign with three victories out of six games. All the goals were in the first quarter with Max Caulwell and Ben Pasley outdoing an Adrian Fink strike.



Final standings



1. Germany



2. Belgium



3. Netherlands



4. Spain



5. England



6. Scotland



7. Ireland



8. Austria



9. Poland



** You can watch back all the games from the event here:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eurohockeytv.org/en-int/page/event-pass-u18-championships">https://www.eurohockeytv.org/en-int/page/event-pass-u18-championships</a>

Germany delight home crowd to win fourth U18 boys title in last five editions

Boys EuroHockey U18 Championship II-A (Alanya, Türkiye)



France completed a perfect tournament with a 7-0 win over Croatia, formally getting what they needed to confirm their place after a dominant week in Alanya.



Indeed, they scored 65 times across five matches and did not concede once and their coach Matthias Dierckens was delighted with the performance.



“We are very pleased to win this tournament after a very good overall performance through all our matches,” he said.&nbsp;



“Winning all the games with big margins, conceding absolutely no goals is a statement. We proved we deserved totally to play in the A Division. In two years, we will have both our girls and boys teams playing for the EuroHockey Championship I. We’re already looking forward to it.”



Needing just to avoid a heavy defeat, the French showed no complacency as captain Arthur Plauche put them 1-0 up in the fourth minute.



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Arthur Morcrette – who was the tournament top scorer with 13 – added two more in the first half along with one from Malo Martinache for a 4-0 lead. Second half efforts from Hugo Dolou, Loïc Berlinghof and Plauche ended the tournament in style.



Hosts Türkiye finished second with a brilliant 7-3 win over Ukraine thanks to four goals from Mehmet Aydin. His first two came in the first quarter to build a 2-1 lead which was advanced to 3-2 at half-time.&nbsp;



They made their big move in the second half with the next four goals to run out winners with something to spare. Ukraine’s Oleksandr Boiko was named player of the tournament.



Both nations will play in EuroHockey Championship II in 2025.



Bulgaria, meanwhile, ended on a high with their first win of the week to end in fifth place ahead of Finland after a 4-1 result.



Nikalas Zemlyanova and Petar Gonchev created a 2-0 lead and two late goals from Aleksandar Todorov helped them stay out in front despite a Noa Sallinen goal.



Final standings:&nbsp;



1. France



2. Türkiye



3. Ukraine



4. Croatia



5. Bulgaria



6. Finland

Free-scoring France sweep to boys U18 II-A victory

Boys EuroHockey U18 Championship (Krefeld, Germany)



Belgium will play Germany in the final of the boys EuroHockey U18 Championship in Krefeld following two mad-cap semi-final battles against the Netherlands and Spain, respectively.



The Belgians were the first to make it through to the final via a shoot-out after normal time ended 2-2. Jacky van Hout’s penalty corner was the only goal of the first half and put the Dutch in front.&nbsp;



Charlie Langendries equalised but van Hout put the Netherlands ahead once more in the 48th minute, 2-1. Langendries once more, though, sent the game to shoot-out with his seventh goal of the tournament.



There, Alexis van Havere was introduced in the Belgian goal and he made a series of good saves while Huge Molenaar scored vital goals in the last round of regulation shoot-outs and then again in sudden death for a 3-2 success.



Next, the hosts won the second semi final in one of the craziest games ever seen on this stage, winning 8-6 against Spain.&nbsp;



The drama started from minute one with Andrés Medina scoring with just 55 seconds gone. Germany responded with the next three for a strong 3-1 lead at half-time and they looked to be comfortable when they were 5-1 ahead when George Muhle scored his second in the 43rd minute.



Spain continued to fight, however, with Ton Moran cutting the gap. And they sniffed a chance when Jonas Cofalla was shown a red card with 12 minutes to go.



It came amid a run of seven goals in an 11-minute spell with Spain getting four of them but Germany always stayed just out of reach by a couple of goals to make it through.



In the 7th to 9th place playoffs, Ireland defeated Poland 6-1 with Matthew McKee scoring a hat-trick. It means Ireland will play Austria on Sunday for seventh overall while Poland end in ninth place.



The final will take place at 2.30pm (CET) while the bronze match is at 10am (CET); on pitch 2, Austria face Ireland for seventh at 9am (CET) and Scotland take on England at 11.15am (CET).



**&nbsp;Get your U18’s LIVESTREAM PASS HERE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eurohockeytv.org/en-int/page/event-pass-u18-championships">https://www.eurohockeytv.org/en-int/page/event-pass-u18-championships</a>

Belgium and Germany win boys U18 semi-final rollercoasters

France are all but mathematically assured of promotion back to the boys top tier of Under-18 EuroHockey Championship hockey following a big 5-0 win over Ukraine in Alanya.



In Swansea, meanwhile, Italy and the Czech Republic are the two sides vying for the other ticket to the top thanks to their semi-final wins over Switzerland and Wales, respectively.



The Championship in Krefeld was on a rest day on Friday but will return with the semi-finals on Saturday along with the classification matches.



** Get your U18’s LIVESTREAM PASS for Krefeld HERE:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.eurohockeytv.org/en-int/page/event-pass-u18-championships">https://www.eurohockeytv.org/en-int/page/event-pass-u18-championships</a>



Boys&nbsp;



EuroHockey U18 Championship II-A (Alanya, Türkiye)



France all but took the boys EuroHockey U118 Championship II-A title in Alanya as they defeated their nearest rivals Ukraine 5-0.



It means, barring a crazy swing in goal-scoring fortunes on the final day of competition on Saturday, they will have their promotion confirmed to the top division for 2025.



Facing the other side with a 100% record, the French started off strong with Gaspard Denis netting in the 10th minute. The tournament’s current top scorer Arthur Morcrette added one more in both the second and third quarters to bring his tally to 11 goals in four games,



And, in the closing 12 minutes, Guillaume Piole and Malo Martinache extended the advantage out, putting them in an almost unassailable position in the six-team group.



Croatia got their second win of the competition with a 7-1 victory over Bulgaria in the second game of the day. Andrej Zidanić gave them a second minute lead but it was not until the third quarter when the goals began to fully flow.



Luka Aleksić and Domagoj Hrupec got a pair each while Bulgaria’s reply came in the last minute from Aleks Angelov.



Türkiye moved level with Ukraine on points but are one behind on goal difference and so will need a win their final game to move second. That is because they won 6-0 against Finland in an impressive showing.



Hüseyin Epengin and Mehmet Aydin put the Turks 2-0 up in the first half and then a flurry of goals around the three quarter mark stretched the lead to five. Epingen completed the win in the final minute.



The tournament concludes on Saturday with France opening the day against Croatia with a point or better formally confirming the title for the former.



Finland and Bulgaria will hope to get off the mark when they meet in game two while second place will be determined by the last fixture between hosts Türkiye and Ukraine.



EuroHockey U18 Championship II-B (Swansea, Wales)



The Czech Republic and Italy will contest the final on Saturday with gold and promotion on the line following their respective wins over Wales and Switzerland, respectively, in the semi-finals.



The Czechs were the first to reach the final as they produced a top class performance to deny hosts Wales with two goals each from Adam Holík and captain Matyáš Hána.



Vojtech Troníček and Adam Starling exchanged goals in the first six minutes before the Czechs took control with two Holík goals in the second quarter. Hána’s first made it 4-1 with 20 minutes to go and while Adam Thwaite cut the gap, the hosts had to settle for a third place playoff on Saturday afternoon.



The second semi-final was even more thrilling with Italy leading twice but ultimately being taken all the way to a shoot-out. There, they held their nerve to win 3-2 with Leonardo Arzenton scoring the vital effort.



In normal time, Valerio Iossa put the Italians in front just before half-time but Pascal Gremlich cancelled that out before the big break. Iossa repeated the trick just after the sides returned to action but Fritz Eickhoff this time got the leveller for 2-2.



That sent the tie to a shoot-out which went back and forth, going level at 2-2 after four rounds. In round five, the Swiss were denied while Arzention scored for a place in the final.



In Pool C, Lithuania beat Luxembourg 2-0 to get their first win of the week. If they win on against Slovakia on Saturday, they will finish in fifth place overall.



** All games from Swansea will be streamed on&nbsp;<a href="http://www.eurohockeytv.org/">www.eurohockeytv.org</a>

Tag: Boys Hockey

EuroHockey U18 Championship – final rankings

Hána sends Czech up to top tier with glorious hat trick

Germany delight home crowd to win fourth U18 boys title in last five editions

Free-scoring France sweep to boys U18 II-A victory

Belgium and Germany win boys U18 semi-final rollercoasters

France on brink while Italy and Czechs will battle for boys promotion