EuroHockey Nations Championship

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The EuroHockey Nations Championship is a European field hockey competition organised by European Hockey Federation (EHF). The tournament was started in 1970 for men's competition and the women's competition was held in 1980. It is held every two years since 2003. The winner and runner-up of the tournament awarded a place to the Hockey World Cup and Olympics when tournament held close to the Summer Olympic Games.

In the men's competition, Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament six times. Netherlands and Spain have won two times. For women, Netherlands totally dominant in the tournament, won five of the six tournament held, they only missed out the title for 1991 tournament which won by England.

The next EuroHockey Nations Championship will be held from August 19 to August 26, 2007 in Belle Vue Regional Hockey Centre, Manchester, England.

[edit] Men

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1970	Brussels, Belgium	West Germany	3–1	Netherlands	Spain	2–1	France
1974	Madrid, Spain	Spain	1–0	West Germany	Netherlands	4–1	England
1978	Hannover, West Germany	West Germany	3–2	Netherlands	England	2–0	Spain
1983	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–2 (8–6) on penalties	USSR	West Germany	3–1	Spain
1987	Moscow, Soviet Union	Netherlands	1–1 (3–0) on penalties	England	West Germany	3–2 after extra time	USSR
1991	Paris, France	Germany	3–1	Netherlands	England	1–1 (3–2) on penalties	USSR
1995	Dublin, Ireland	Germany	2–2 (9–8) on penalties	Netherlands	England	2–1	Belgium
1999	Padua, Italy	Germany	3–3 (8–7) on penalties	Netherlands	England	7–2	Belgium
2003	Barcelona, Spain	Germany	1–1 (5–4) on penalties	Spain	England	1–1 (6–5) on penalties	Netherlands
2005	Leipzig, Germany	Spain	4–2	Netherlands	Germany	9–1	Belgium
2007	Manchester, England

[edit] Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Germany#	6 (1970, 1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003)	1 (1974)	3 (1983, 1987, 2005)
Netherlands	2 (1983, 1987)	6 (1970, 1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2005)	1 (1974)
Spain	2 (1974, 2005)	1 (2003)	1 (1970)	2 (1978, 1983)
England		1 (1987)	5 (1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003)	1 (1974)
USSR		1 (1983)		2 (1987, 1991)
Belgium				3 (1995, 1999, 2005)
France				1 (1970)