2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship

2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityBarcelona
Dates1 – 13 September 2003
Teams12
Final positions
Champions Netherlands (5th title)
Runner-up Spain
Third place Germany
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored210 (5 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Mijntje Donners (11 goals)
1999 (previous) (next) 2005

The 2003 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the sixth edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 1 until 13 September 2003 in Barcelona, Spain. This was the last EuroHockey Nations Championship with 12 teams. The 4 teams ending 9th, 10th, 11th, and 12th were relegated to the first EuroHockey Nations Trophy. The 8 remaining teams played in the 2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship. [1]

Qualified teams

Format

The twelve teams were split into two groups of six teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals in order to determine the winner in a knockout system. The 3rd and 4th placed teams from each pool played for the 5th to 8th place, while the 5th and 6th placed teams from each pool played for the 9th to 12th place. The last four teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge.

Results

All times were local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 5 5 0 0 40 2 +38 15 Semifinals
2  Spain 5 4 0 1 16 3 +13 12
3  Scotland 5 2 0 3 9 16 −7 6
4  France 5 2 0 3 6 15 −9 6
5  Azerbaijan 5 1 1 3 6 17 −11 4
6  Russia 5 0 1 4 3 27 −24 1
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
2 September 2003
13:00
Azerbaijan  1–1  Russia
Report
2 September 2003
15:00
France  0–7  Netherlands
Report Donners field hockey ball 7'35'
De Bruijn field hockey ball 22'61'
Lammers field hockey ball 29'32'
Scheepstra field hockey ball 46'
2 September 2003
19:00
Scotland  0–3  Spain
Report

4 September 2003
10:00
Russia  2–6  Scotland
Report
4 September 2003
12:00
Netherlands  12–1  Azerbaijan
Report
4 September 2003
18:00
Spain  5–1  France
Report

5 September 2003
12:00
Scotland  0–7  Netherlands
Report Boomgaardt field hockey ball 11'
Donners field hockey ball 12'32'39'
Lammers field hockey ball 22'45'
Schopman field hockey ball 58'
5 September 2003
17:00
Azerbaijan  1–2  France
Report
5 September 2003
20:00
Russia  0–6  Spain
Report

7 September 2003
10:00
France  1–2  Scotland
Report
7 September 2003
12:00
Spain  1–0  Azerbaijan
Report
7 September 2003
13:00
Netherlands  12–0  Russia
Report

8 September 2003
13:00
Scotland  1–3  Azerbaijan
Report
8 September 2003
15:00
Russia  0–2  France
Report
8 September 2003
17:00
Netherlands  2–1  Spain
Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 5 5 0 0 26 1 +25 15 Semifinals
2  Germany 5 4 0 1 25 9 +16 12
3  Ireland 5 2 1 2 4 9 −5 7
4  Ukraine 5 1 2 2 13 20 −7 5
5  Italy 5 1 1 3 8 22 −14 4
6  Wales 5 0 0 5 2 17 −15 0
Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[2]
1 September 2003
11:00
Germany  8–3  Ukraine
Klecker field hockey ball 4'58'
Rinne field hockey ball 21'
Reiter field hockey ball 29'
Ernsting-Krienke field hockey ball 43'67'
Haase field hockey ball 56'
Casaretto field hockey ball 69'
Report Kolomiyets field hockey ball 17'
Salenko field hockey ball 18'
Vynohradova field hockey ball 47'
1 September 2003
15:00
Ireland  1–0  Wales
Report
1 September 2003
18:00
England  8–0  Italy
Report

3 September 2003
10:00
Italy  1–2  Ireland
Report
3 September 2003
13:00
Wales  0–4  Germany
Report Keller field hockey ball 12'38'56'
Böhmert field hockey ball 16'
3 September 2003
17:00
Ukraine  0–5  England
Report

5 September 2003
10:00
England  5–0  Wales
Report
5 September 2003
13:00
Germany  4–0  Ireland
Ernsting-Krienke field hockey ball 7'
Klecker field hockey ball 45'
Reiter field hockey ball 56'
Kollmar field hockey ball 66'
Report
5 September 2003
15:00
Ukraine  4–4  Italy
Report

6 September 2003
15:00
England  5–1  Germany
Grant field hockey ball 12'
Clewlow field hockey ball 33'
Wright field hockey ball 38'
King field hockey ball 39'
J. Smith field hockey ball 63'
Report Rinne field hockey ball 70'
6 September 2003
17:00
Ukraine  1–1  Ireland
Report
6 September 2003
18:00
Wales  0–2  Italy
Report

8 September 2003
09:00
Wales  2–5  Ukraine
Report
8 September 2003
09:00
Ireland  0–3  England
Report
8 September 2003
11:00
Italy  1–8  Germany
Carradori field hockey ball 50' Report Gude field hockey ball 7'46'
Keller field hockey ball 10'45'
Reiter field hockey ball 18'
Klecker field hockey ball 33'
Böhmert field hockey ball 42'
Ernsting-Krienke field hockey ball 62'

fifth to twelfth place classification

5th place bracket
 
5th–8th place semifinals5th place
 
      
 
11 September
 
 
 Ukraine3
 
12 September
 
 Scotland2
 
 Ukraine3
 
11 September
 
 Ireland0
 
 Ireland4
 
 
 France2
 
7th place
 
 
11 September
 
 
 Scotland2
 
 
 France1
9th place bracket
 
9th–12th place semifinals9th place
 
      
 
10 September
 
 
 Azerbaijan2
 
12 September
 
 Wales1
 
 Azerbaijan3
 
10 September
 
 Russia2
 
 Russia4
 
 
 Italy1
 
11th place
 
 
12 September
 
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Wales2

5th–8th place semifinals

11 September 2003 (2003-09-11)
 Ukraine 3–2  Scotland
11 September 2003 (2003-09-11)
 Ireland 4–2  France

9th–12th place semifinals

10 September 2003 (2003-09-10)
 Azerbaijan 2–1  Wales
10 September 2003 (2003-09-10)
 Russia 4–1  Italy

11th place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12)
 Italy 3–2  Wales

9th place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12)
 Azerbaijan 3–2  Russia

7th place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12)
 Scotland 2–1  France

5th place game

12 September 2003 (2003-09-12)
 Ukraine 3–0  Ireland

First to fourth place classification

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 September 2003
 
 
 Netherlands5
 
13 September 2003
 
 Germany1
 
 Netherlands5
 
11 September 2003
 
 Spain0
 
 England1 (2)
 
 
 Spain (pen.)1 (3)
 
Third Place
 
 
13 September 2003
 
 
 Germany3
 
 
 England1

Semifinals

11 September 2003
11:30
Netherlands  5–1  Germany
Moreira de Melo field hockey ball 2'
Van der Vaart field hockey ball 21'
Van Geenhuizen field hockey ball 27'
Booij field hockey ball 54'
Donners field hockey ball 69'
Report Rinne field hockey ball 8'

11 September 2003
14:30
England  1–1  Spain
Ellis field hockey ball 7' Report Camón field hockey ball 31'
Penalties
Walker Penalty shoot-out missed
King Penalty shoot-out missed
Clewlow Penalty shoot-out missed
Walsh Penalty shoot-out scored
Wright Penalty shoot-out scored
——
Walsh Penalty shoot-out missed
2–3 Penalty shoot-out missed López
Penalty shoot-out missed Camón
Penalty shoot-out scored Muñoz
Penalty shoot-out missed Manrique
Penalty shoot-out scored Del Mar Feito
——
Penalty shoot-out scored López

Third and fourth place

13 September 2003
10:30
Germany  3–1  England
Rinne field hockey ball 2'33'42' Report J. Smith field hockey ball 41'

Final

13 September 2003
13:00
Netherlands  5–0  Spain
Donners field hockey ball 4'22'
Lammers field hockey ball 30'
Booij field hockey ball 49'
Van Geenhuizen field hockey ball 54'
Report

Final standings

As per statistical convention in field hockey, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Status
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Netherlands 7 7 0 0 50 3 +47 21 Qualified for 2004 Summer Olympics
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Spain (H) 7 4 1 2 17 9 +8 13
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Germany 7 5 0 2 29 15 +14 15
4  England 7 5 1 1 28 5 +23 16
5  Ukraine 7 3 2 2 19 22 −3 11
6  Ireland 7 3 1 3 8 14 −6 10
7  Scotland 7 3 0 4 13 20 −7 9
8  France 7 2 0 5 9 21 −12 6
9  Azerbaijan 7 3 1 3 11 20 −9 10 Relegated to EuroHockey Nations Trophy
10  Russia 7 1 1 5 9 31 −22 4
11  Italy 7 2 1 4 12 28 −16 7
12  Wales 7 0 0 7 5 22 −17 0
Source: EuroHockey2003
(H) Hosts

Goalscorers

There were 210 goals scored in 42 matches, for an average of 5 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Source: EHF

See also

References

  1. ^ "Field hockey - Women's Eurohockey Nations Championship - 2003 - Home". the-sports.org. 2007.
  2. ^ a b Regulations