EuroHockey Nations Championship

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EuroHockey Nations Championship
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1970
No. of teams	8
Continent	Europe (EHF)
Most recent champion(s)	Netherlands (men) Germany (women)

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 recent EuroHockey Nations Championship was held from August 19 to August 26, 2007 in Belle Vue Regional Hockey Centre, Manchester, England. The 2009 tournament will be hosted in Wagener Stadium, Netherlands.^[1]

1 Men
- 1.1 Summaries
- 1.2 Successful national teams
2 Women
- 2.1 Summaries
- 2.2 Successful national teams
3 References

[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	Soviet Union	West Germany	3–1	Spain
1987	Moscow, Soviet Union	Netherlands	1–1 (3–0) on penalties	England	West Germany	3–2 after extra time	Soviet Union
1991	Paris, France	Germany	3–1	Netherlands	England	1–1 (3–2) on penalties	Soviet Union
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 Details	Manchester, England	Netherlands	3–2	Spain	Belgium	4–3	Germany
2009 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands

[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)	1 (2007)
Netherlands	3 (1983, 1987, 2007)	6 (1970, 1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2005)	1 (1974)	1 (2003)
Spain	2 (1974, 2005)	2 (2003, 2007)	1 (1970)	2 (1978, 1983)
England		1 (1987)	5 (1978, 1991, 1995, 1999, 2003)	1 (1974)
Soviet Union		1 (1983)		2 (1987, 1991)
Belgium			1 (2007)	3 (1995, 1999, 2005)
France				1 (1970)

# = include West Germany

[edit] Women

[edit] Summaries

Year	Host	Final			Third Place
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third Place	Score	Fourth Place
1984	Lille, France	Netherlands	2–0	Soviet Union	West Germany	1–0	England
1987	London, England	Netherlands	2–2 (3–1) on penalties	England	Soviet Union	2–1	West Germany
1991	Brussels, Belgium	England	2–1	Germany	Soviet Union	3–2	Netherlands
1995	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Netherlands	2–2 (4–1) on penalties	Spain	Germany	1–0	England
1999	Cologne, Germany	Netherlands	2–1	Germany	England	5–0	Russia
2003	Barcelona, Spain	Netherlands	5–0	Spain	Germany	3–1	England
2005	Dublin, Ireland	Netherlands	2–1	Germany	England	4–0	Spain
2007 Details	Manchester, England	Germany	2–0	Netherlands	England	3–2	Spain
2009 Details	Amstelveen, Netherlands

[edit] Successful national teams

Team	Champions	Runners-up	Third-place	Fourth-place
Netherlands	6 (1984, 1987, 1995*, 1999, 2003, 2005)	1 (2007)		1 (1991)
Germany#	1 (2007)	3 (1991, 1999*, 2005)	3 (1984, 1995, 2003)	1 (1987)
England	1 (1991)	1 (1987*)	3 (1999, 2005, 2007*)	3 (1984, 1995, 2003)
Spain		2 (1995, 2003*)		2 (2005, 2007)
Soviet Union		1 (1984)	2 (1987, 1991)
Russia				1 (1999)