2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Barcelona
Dates	1–13 September 2003
Teams	12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Pau Negre Stadium
Final positions
Champions	Germany (6th title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	42
Goals scored	219 (5.21 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Justin Sherriff; Santi Freixa (9 goals)
← 1999 (previous)	(next) 2005 →

The 2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the ninth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized 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 EuroHockey Nations Trophy. The 8 remaining teams played in the 2005 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship.^[1] The tournament also served as a direct qualifier for the 2004 Summer Olympics, with the winner Germany qualifying.

Three-time defending champions Germany won their sixth overall title by defeating the hosts Spain 5–4 in penalty strokes after the match finished 1–1 after extra time. England won the bronze medal by defeating the Netherlands 6–5 in penalty strokes after the match finished 1–1 after extra time.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
—	Host	—	1	Spain
1–12 September 1999	1999 European Championship	Padua, Italy	4	Belgium England Germany Netherlands
8–14 July 2002	2003 European Championship qualification	Poznań, Poland	2	Poland Scotland
		Dublin, Ireland	2	Italy Ireland
		Moscow, Russia	2	Russia Switzerland
13–15 September 2002	2003 European Championship play-off	Terrassa, Spain	1	France
Total			12

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	Germany	5	5	0	0	21	5	+16	15	Semi-finals
2	Spain (H)	5	4	0	1	22	11	+11	12	Semi-finals
3	France	5	2	1	2	11	11	0	7	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Belgium	5	1	2	2	13	13	0	5	5–8th place semi-finals
5	Ireland	5	1	1	3	12	17	−5	4	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Russia	5	0	0	5	2	24	−22	0	9–12th place semi-finals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Hosts

1 September 2003
13:00

France	3–0	Russia

1 September 2003
16:00

Belgium	1–4	Germany

1 September 2003
19:00

Ireland	4–6	Spain

3 September 2003
11:30

Germany	2–0	France

3 September 2003
14:30

Russia	0–3	Ireland

3 September 2003
19:00

Spain	3–2	Belgium

4 September 2003
16:00

Ireland	1–4	Germany

4 September 2003
19:00

France	2–2	Belgium

4 September 2003
20:00

Russia	0–5	Spain

6 September 2003
11:00

Ireland	1–4	France

6 September 2003
13:00

Russia	1–5	Belgium

6 September 2003
19:00

Germany	3–2	Spain

8 September 2003
11:00

Belgium	3–3	Ireland

8 September 2003
13:00

Germany	8–1	Russia

8 September 2003
19:00

Spain	6–2	France

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	5	4	0	1	25	9	+16	12	Semi-finals
2	England	5	3	1	1	14	9	+5	10	Semi-finals
3	Poland	5	3	0	2	18	13	+5	9	5–8th place semi-finals
4	Scotland	5	3	0	2	10	11	−1	9	5–8th place semi-finals
5	Italy	5	1	1	3	4	17	−13	4	9–12th place semi-finals
6	Switzerland	5	0	0	5	8	20	−12	0	9–12th place semi-finals

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

2 September 2003
11:00

Scotland	3–4	Poland

2 September 2003
14:30

England	2–2	Italy

2 September 2003
17:30

Switzerland	2–8	Netherlands

4 September 2003
13:00

Poland	3–2	Switzerland

4 September 2003
14:00

Netherlands	0–3	England

4 September 2003
15:00

Italy	0–1	Scotland

5 September 2003
14:00

Poland	3–4	Netherlands

5 September 2003
16:00

Switzerland	1–2	Italy

5 September 2003
18:00

Scotland	2–1	England

7 September 2003
11:00

Netherlands	5–1	Scotland

7 September 2003
13:00

Italy	0–5	Poland

7 September 2003
19:00

England	4–2	Switzerland

8 September 2003
15:00

Italy	0–8	Netherlands

8 September 2003
17:00

Switzerland	1–3	Scotland

8 September 2003
19:00

Poland	3–4	England

Ninth to twelfth place classification

9–12th place semi-finals		Ninth place

10 September

Italy	2
		12 September
Russia	1
		Italy	2
10 September
		Ireland	3
Ireland	5

Switzerland	2
		Eleventh place

		12 September

		Russia	2

		Switzerland	4

9–12th place semi-finals

10 September 2003
14:00

Italy	2–1	Russia

10 September 2003
14:00

Ireland	5–2	Switzerland

Eleventh place game

12 September 2003
09:00

Russia	2–4	Switzerland

Ninth place game

12 September 2003
11:00

Italy	2–3	Ireland

Fifth to eighth place classification

5–8th place semi-finals		Fifth place

10 September

France (p.s.o.)	1 (4)
		12 September
Scotland	1 (2)
		France (a.e.t.)	4
10 September
		Belgium	3
Poland	4

Belgium	5
		Seventh place

		11 September

		Scotland	1

		Poland	2

5–8th place semi-finals

10 September 2003
16:30

France	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Scotland

Penalties
	4–2

10 September 2003
19:00

Poland	4–5	Belgium

Seventh place game

12 September 2003
14:00

Scotland	1–2	Poland

Fifth place game

12 September 2003
19:00

France	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Belgium

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

11 September

Netherlands	2
		13 September
Spain	5
		Germany (p.s.o.)	1 (5)
11 September
		Spain	1 (4)
Germany	5

England	1
		Third place

		13 September

		England (p.s.o.)	1 (6)

		Netherlands	1 (5)

Semi-finals

11 September 2003
16:30

Germany	5–1	England

11 September 2003
19:00

Netherlands	2–5	Spain

Third place game

13 September 2003
16:30

England	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands

Penalties
	6–5

Final

13 September 2003
19:00

Germany	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Spain
C. Zeller 33'	Report	Freixa 20'
Penalties
C. Zeller Kunz Landshut Weißenborn C. Zeller	5–4	Amat Freixa Ribas Garza

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification or relegation
	Germany	Qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics
	Spain
	England
4	Netherlands
5	France
6	Belgium
7	Poland
8	Scotland
9	Ireland	Relegation to the Nations Trophy
10	Italy
11	Switzerland
12	Russia

References

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