2018 Rink Hockey European Championship

The 2018 Rink Hockey European Championship, also named as EuroHockey 2018, was the 53rd edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, which took place between 14 and 22 July in A Coruña, Spain.[1]

2018 Rink Hockey European Championship
Tournament details
Host countrySpain
CityA Coruña
Dates14–22 July 2018
Teams11
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Spain (17th title)
Runners-up Portugal
Third place Italy
Fourth place France
2016
2021

Spain won the tournament and took its seventeenth title overall.

Teams

Eleven teams joined the tournament. Andorra, Belgium and Netherlands joined the other eight teams from the previous edition.[2]

This had the highest number of participants since 1994.

TeamAppearanceLast appearancePrevious best performance
 Andorra4th2006Eighth place (1992, 2006)
 Austria8th2016Eighth place (2010, 2016)
 Belgium39th1996Runners-up (1947)
 England52nd2016Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
 France52nd2016Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931)
 Germany49th2016Runners-up (1932, 1934)
 Italy51st2016Champions (1953, 1990, 2014)
 Netherlands33rd2008Third place (1963, 1967, 1969)
 Portugal48th2016Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2016)
 Spain40th2016Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
  Switzerland53rd2016Runners-up (1937, 2006)

Venue

All the games of the tournament took place at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

Group stage

Group A

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1  Portugal4400386+3212Advance to play-off stage5–47–1
2  France43012910+1996–05–2
3  Andorra4202919−1060–116–0
4   Switzerland41031016−632–35–1
5  Austria4004540−350Advance to classification group1–153–14

Group B

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1  Spain (H)5500554+5115Advance to play-off stage2–07–110–1
2  Italy54015915+441211–59–4
3  Germany53023423+1198–45–1
4  England52032933−466–414–2
5  Netherlands51042145−243Advance to classification group2–144–1510–5
6  Belgium5005785−7800–220–240–15
Source: EuroHockey 2018
(H) Hosts

Classification group

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPts
1  Austria211098+144–4
2  Netherlands2101198+1134–5
3  Belgium2011719−1213–15
Source: zerozero.pt

Play-off stage

 
QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinals
 
          
 
20 July
 
 
 Germany2
 
21 July
 
 France5
 
 France2
 
20 July
 
 Spain8
 
  Switzerland2
 
22 July
 
 Spain10
 
 Spain6
 
20 July
 
 Portugal3
 
 Andorra2
 
21 July
 
 Italy6
 
 Italy2
 
20 July
 
 Portugal4Third place game
 
 England2
 
22 July
 
 Portugal14
 
 France2
 
 
 Italy5
 

5th to 8th place

 
SemifinalsFifth place game
 
      
 
21 July
 
 
 England2
 
22 July
 
 Andorra8
 
 Andorra3
 
21 July
 
  Switzerland5
 
  Switzerland7
 
 
 Germany6
 
Seventh place game
 
 
22 July
 
 
 England6
 
 
 Germany12

Final standings

PosGrpTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsFinal result
1B  Spain (H)88007911+6824Champions
2A  Portugal76015916+4318Runners-up
3B  Italy86027223+4918Third place
4A  France74033825+1312
5A   Switzerland73042435−119
6A  Andorra73042232−109
7B  Germany84045441+1312
8B  England82063967−286
9A  Austria61141448−344
10B  Netherlands72054053−136
11B  Belgium701614104−901
Source: WSE
(H) Hosts

References