2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

The 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the first ever edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship for "B"-nations. It was held in Rome, Italy from September 11 to September 17, 2005. The number one and two were promoted to the "A"-level, the 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, while the number seven and eight were relegated to the "C"-level, the 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge.

Preliminary round

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

Group A

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Ireland	7	3	2	1	0	12	5	+7
2.	Wales	7	3	2	1	0	6	3	+3
3.	Belarus	3	3	1	0	2	7	11	−4
4.	Russia	0	3	0	0	3	6	12	−6

September 11 11:00 Russia  2 – 4  Wales

September 11 13:30 Ireland  7 – 3  Belarus

September 12 16:00 Russia  3 – 4  Belarus

September 12 19:00 Ireland  1 – 1  Wales

September 14 11:00 Wales  1 – 0  Belarus

September 12 13:30 Ireland  4 – 1  Russia

Group B

	Team	Points	G	W	D	L	GF	GA	Diff
1.	Czech Republic	6	3	2	0	1	7	3	+4
2.	Austria	6	3	2	0	1	9	9	0
3.	Italy	4	3	1	1	1	11	10	+1
4.	Switzerland	1	3	0	1	2	8	11	−3

September 11 16:00 Italy  4 – 5  Austria

September 12 19:00 Switzerland   2 – 3  Czech Republic

September 13 16:00 Czech Republic  3 – 0  Austria

September 12 18:45 Italy  4 – 4   Switzerland

September 14 16:00 Switzerland   2 – 4  Austria

September 12 18:45 Italy  3 – 1  Czech Republic

Semi finals

Classification Matches (5th/8th place)

September 16 10:30 Belarus  1 – 2   Switzerland

September 16 13:00 Italy  3 – 1  Russia

Classification Matches (1st/4th place)

September 16 16:15 Ireland  2 – 1  Austria

September 16 18:45 Wales  1 – 3  Czech Republic

Finals

Seventh Place Match

September 17 11:00 Belarus  4 – 1  Russia

Fifth Place Match

September 17 13:30 Switzerland   1 – 3  Italy

Bronze Medal Match

September 17 16:15 Austria  1 – 2  Wales

Final

September 17 18:45 Ireland  4 – 2  Czech Republic

Final ranking

RANK	TEAM
1.	Ireland
2.	Czech Republic
3.	Wales
4.	Austria
5.	Italy
6.	Switzerland
7.	Belarus
8.	Russia

• Ireland and the Czech Republic promoted to the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship; Belarus and Russia relegated to the 2007 EuroHockey Nations Challenge

Awards

2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy Winners
Ireland First title

References

• EuroHockey

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