2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships

2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Santander
Dates	19–25 July 2015
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex
Final positions
Champions	Germany (2nd title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	Spain
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	122 (6.1 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Timm Herzbruch (11 goals)
Best player	Jesper Kamlade
← 2013 (previous)	(next) 2016 →

The 2015 Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championships was the 8th edition of the Boys' EuroHockey Youth Championship. The tournament was held from 19 to 25 July 2015 in Santander, Spain at the Ruth Beitia Municipal Sports Complex.[1]

Germany won the tournament for the second time after defeating the Netherlands 7–1 in the final.[2]

Qualified teams

The following teams participated in the 2015 EuroHockey Youth Championship:

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
–	Host		1	Spain
22–28 July 2013	2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship	Vienna, Austria	5	Belgium England Germany Netherlands Scotland
–	2013 EuroHockey Youth Championship II	Gąsawa, Poland	2	Ireland Russia
Total			8

Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Youth Championship II.

Results

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	2	1	0	13	2	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Spain	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	7	Semi-finals
3	England	3	1	0	2	8	5	+3	3
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	4	26	−22	0

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

19 July 2015
15:30

England	8–1	Russia
Gilmour 8', 59' Waller 11', 62', 65' Bowden 25' Crowson 29' Way 58'	Report	Arusiia 42'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Russell Donaldson (IRE)

19 July 2015
17:45

Spain	1–1	Belgium
Basterra 67'	Report	Stockbroekx 28'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Alistair Munro (SCO)

21 July 2015
13:15

Belgium	9–1	Russia
De Sloover 6' Verhoeven 10' Raes 33' Branicki 43' Tombroff 45', 66' Meurmans 53' Sidler 56' Stockbroekx 64'	Report	Arusiia 70+'

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Maarten Boxma (NED)

21 July 2015
20:00

England	0–1	Spain
	Report	González 42'

Umpires:
Russell Donaldson (IRE)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

22 July 2015
17:00

Belgium	3–0	England
Raes 38' Meurmans 49' Branicki 56'	Report

Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Tim Meissner (GER)

22 July 2015
20:00

Spain	9–2	Russia
Miralles 5' Álvarez 24', 25' Escudé 28', 62' Cobos 37' Gispert 64' De Bruijn 65', 69'	Report	Gilev 3' Arusiia 23'

Umpires:
Alistair Munro (SCO)
Russell Donaldson (IRE)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	17	5	+12	9	Semi-finals
2	Netherlands	3	2	1	14	4	+10	6	Semi-finals
3	Ireland	3	1	2	7	12	−5	3
4	Scotland	3	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

19 July 2015
10:45

Netherlands	5–1	Ireland
Van Dam 9' Kronenberg 11' Stuve 13', 57' De Geus 70'	Report	Dale 5'

Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

19 July 2015
10:45

Germany	7–0	Scotland
Herzbruch 17', 31', 41' Kamlade 40' Hellwig 47' Blumensaat 47' Rothländer 67'	Report

Umpires:
Nathan Steiner (BEL)
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

20 July 2015
17:45

Scotland	0–3	Ireland
	Report	Morris 55' Dale 63' O'Hare 69'

Umpires:
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

20 July 2015
20:00

Netherlands	2–3	Germany
Van Heijningen 1' Papa 15'	Report	Herzbruch 4' Prinz 10' Rothländer 64'

Umpires:
Rob Argent (ENG)
Nathan Steiner (BEL)

22 July 2015
09:45

Germany	7–3	Ireland
Rothländer 11' Herzbruch 20', 21', 40' Terber 41' Werner 44' Hellwig 68'	Report	Cole 13' Nolan 29' Nelson 53'

Umpires:
Rob Argent (ENG)
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

22 July 2015
12:00

Scotland	0–7	Netherlands
	Report	Brinkman 7' Van Dam 11', 56' Papa 25' Stuve 31', 65' Huijbregts 42'

Umpires:
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)
Nathan Steiner (BEL)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Ireland	3	3	0	0	14	2	+12	9
2	England	3	1	1	1	13	7	+6	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	7	9	−2	4	Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
4	Russia	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0	Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II

Source: EuroHockey
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.[3]

24 July 2015
15:00

England	1–2	Ireland
Hibell 18'	Report	Nolan 4' Nelson 43'

Umpires:
Alistair Munro (SCO)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

24 July 2015
15:30

Russia	2–3	Scotland
Arusiia 64', 65'	Report	McQuade 18' Harwood 50' Christie 54'

Umpires:
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)
Russell Donaldson (IRE)

25 July 2015
11:30

Russia	1–9	Ireland
Gilev 35'	Report	Mullins 7', 32' McClelland 17' Dale 23', 48' O'Hare 25' De Boe-Agnew 28' Robson 54' Morris 61'

Umpires:
Nathan Steiner (BEL)
Daniel Rodríguez Fernández (ESP)

25 July 2015
12:00

England	4–4	Scotland
Hibell 14' Crowson 34' Gilmour 36' Page 38'	Report	McConnell 4' McFadden 65' McCurry 68' Webb 70+'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Vitaly Miklushevich (RUS)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

24 July 2015

Belgium	1 (3)
		25 July 2015
Netherlands (p.s.o)	1 (4)
		Netherlands	1
24 July 2015
		Germany	7
Germany	7

Spain	3
		Third place

		25 July 2015

		Belgium	1 (1)

		Spain (p.s.o)	1 (3)

Semi-finals

24 July 2015
17:30

Germany	7–3	Spain
Herzbruch 9', 25' Kamlade 17' Blumensaat 30', 46' Bosserhoff 31' Rothländer 39'	Report	Álvarez 18' Cobos 48' López Alonso 58'

Umpires:
Maarten Boxma (NED)
Nathan Steiner (BEL)

24 July 2015
20:00

Belgium	1–1	Netherlands
Verhoeven 62'	Report	Van Dam 61'
Penalties
Lootens Stockbroekx Raes De Sloover Verhoeven	3–4	Van Dam Stuve Schoenaker Huijbregts De Geus

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Rob Argent (ENG)

Third and fourth place

25 July 2015
14:30

Belgium	1–1	Spain
Capelle 25'	Report	Cobos 35'
Penalties
Lootens Stockbroekx Branicki De Sloover	1–3	González Mesones Cobos Miralles De Bruijn

Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Hristiyan Vasilev (BUL)

Final

25 July 2015
19:30

Netherlands	1–7	Germany
Stuve 48'	Report	Kamlade 17', 24' Herzbruch 20', 70+' Hellwig 27', 46' Harms 45'

Umpires:
Rob Argent (ENG)
Alistair Munro (SCO)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Fair Play
Jesper Kamlade	Timm Herzbruch	Toby Reynolds-Cotterill	Spain

Statistics

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
	Germany	5	5	0	0	31	9	+22	15
	Netherlands	5	2	1	2	16	12	+4	7
	Spain	5	2	2	1	15	11	+4	8
4	Belgium	5	2	3	0	15	4	+11	9
5	Ireland	5	3	0	2	18	14	+4	9
6	England	5	1	1	3	13	11	+2	4
7	Scotland	5	1	1	3	7	23	−16	4	Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II
8	Russia	5	0	0	5	7	38	−31	0	Relegated to 2016 EuroHockey Youth Championship II

Source: EuroHockey

Goalscorers

There were 122 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 6.1 goals per match.

11 goals

Timm Herzbruch

5 goals

Tijn Stuve
Georgii Arusiia

4 goals

Malte Hellwig
Jesper Kamlade
Moritz Rothländer
Julian Dale
Thijs van Dam

3 goals

Euan Gilmour
Jack Waller
Carl Blumensaat
Alejandro Álvarez
Ignacio Cobos

2 goals

Maximilien Branicki
Augustin Meurmans
Herni Raes
Gregory Stockbroekx
Ethan Tombroff
Stanley Verhoeven
Thomas Crowson
Elliot Hibell
Fred Morris
Jonathan Mullins
Matthew Nelson
David Nolan
Keith O'Hare
Camil Papa
Aleksandr Gilev
Arnau de Bruijn
Marc Escudé

1 goal

Louis Capelle
Loïc Sidler
Arthur de Sloover
Laurence Bowden
Nicholas Page
Edward Way
Niklas Bosserhoff
Leopold Harms
Thies Prinz
Tobias Terber
Maximilian Werner
Ziggy de Boe-Agnew
Geoffrey Cole
Zachary McClelland
Callum Robson
Jasper Brinkman
Jonas de Geus
Steijn van Heijningen
Bram Huijbregts
Bart Kronenberg
Patrick Christie
Robert Harwood
Joseph McConnell
Ryan McCurry
Christopher McFadden
Aidan McQuade
Andrew Webb
José Basterra
Xavier Gispert
Eduardo González
Álvaro López-Alonso
Marc Miralles

Source: EHF

References

"EuroHockey Youth Championships I 2015 Boys U18". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
"2015 EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, (U18), FINAL POSITIONS". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
"Tournament regulations – Outdoor competitions" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

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[1] "EuroHockey Youth Championships I 2015 Boys U18". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[2] "2015 EUROHOCKEY YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS, (U18), FINAL POSITIONS". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 23 January 2020.

[Regulations-3] "Tournament regulations – Outdoor competitions" (PDF). FIH. Retrieved 19 July 2018.

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