2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

{{Infobox field hockey

| tournament = 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| dates = 15–17 January

| country = Czech Republic

| city = Prague

| venues = Arena Sparta

| teams = 8

| confederations = 1

| champions = {{idh|GER}}

| count = 15

| second = {{idh|AUT}}

| third = {{idh|RUS}}

| matches = 20

| goals = 129

| top_scorer = {{idhicon|GER}} Timm Herzbruch
{{flagicon|AUT}} Michael Körper

| top_scorer_goals = 11

| best_player = {{idhicon|GER}} Timm Herzbruch{{cite web|url=http://www.eurohockey.org/featured/title/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160121202227/http://www.eurohockey.org/featured/title/|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 January 2016|title=Germany are the Champions|date=17 January 2016|work=eurohockey.org}}

| best_goalkeeper = {{idhicon|GER}} Andreas Späck

| previous_year = 2014

| previous_tournament = 2014 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

| next_year = 2018

| next_tournament = 2018 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

}}

The 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the eighteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It took place from 15 to 17 January 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic.{{cite web|title=2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championships, Men, Prague|url=http://www.eurohockey.org/2016-eurohockey-indoor-championships-men-prague/|publisher=FIH|accessdate=10 January 2016|date=10 January 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160114074623/http://www.eurohockey.org/2016-eurohockey-indoor-championships-men-prague/|archive-date=2016-01-14|url-status=dead}}

The two-time defending champions Germany won their 15th title by defeating Austria 3–2 in the final. Russia won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts the Czech Republic 4–3.

Qualified teams

class="wikitable"

!Dates

!Event

!Location

!Quotas

!Qualifiers

17–19 January 2014

|2014 EuroHockey Indoor Championship

|Vienna, Austria

|align=center|7

|{{idh|AUT}}
{{idh|CZE}}
{{idh|GER}}
{{idh|NED}}
{{idh|POL}}
{{idh|RUS}}
{{idh|SWE}}

17–19 January 2014

|2014 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

|Bern, Switzerland

|align=center|1

|{{idh|SUI}}

colspan=3|Total

!8

!

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

=Preliminary round=

==Pool A==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/563/pools FIH]

|team1=GER |team2=RUS |team3=POL |team4=SUI

|win_SUI=0 |draw_SUI=0 |loss_SUI=3 |gf_SUI=5 |ga_SUI=14

|win_RUS=2 |draw_RUS=0 |loss_RUS=1 |gf_RUS=12|ga_RUS=10

|win_POL=1 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=2 |gf_POL=5 |ga_POL=9

|win_GER=3 |draw_GER=0 |loss_GER=0 |gf_GER=19|ga_GER=8

|name_SUI={{idh|SUI}}

|name_RUS={{idh|RUS}}

|name_POL={{idh|POL}}

|name_GER={{idh|GER}}

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=RP |result4=RP

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals

|col_RP=red1 |text_RP=Relegation pool

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=10:00

|team1={{idh-rt|GER}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{idh|POL}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7831/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Woesch {{fhgoal|FG|3}}
Herzbruch {{fhgoal|PC|18|FG|25}}
Schmid {{fhgoal|FG|36}}

|goals2=Górny {{fhgoal|FG|38}}

|umpires=Lee Barron (ENG)
Jonas van't Hek (NED)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=11:10

|team1={{idh-rt|RUS}}

|score=4–1

|team2={{idh|SUI}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7832/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Azarov {{fhgoal|FG|31}}
Loginov {{fhgoal|FG|35}}
Lykov {{fhgoal|PC|36}}
Proskuriakov {{fhgoal|FG|38}}

|goals2=Keller {{fhgoal|FG|22}}

|umpires=Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)
Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=16:00

|team1={{idh-rt|POL}}

|score=3–1

|team2={{idh|SUI}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7835/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Górny {{fhgoal|FG|4|FG|36}}
Makowski {{fhgoal|FG|14}}

|goals2=Schwehr {{fhgoal|FG|7}}

|umpires=Jonas van't Hek (NED)
Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=17:10

|team1={{idh-rt|RUS}}

|score=4–8

|team2={{idh|GER}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7836/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Zhirkov {{fhgoal|PC|8}}
Nikitin {{fhgoal|FG|12}}
Mokrousov {{fhgoal|FG|23}}
Lykov {{fhgoal|PC|39}}

|goals2=Herzbruch {{fhgoal|PC|9|PC|11|FG|28|FG|36}}
Schulz-Linkolt {{fhgoal|FG|25}}
Schmid {{fhgoal|FG|30|FG|39}}
Lietz {{fhgoal|FG|39}}

|umpires=Michael Soukup (CZE)
Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

}}

----

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=09:00

|team1={{idh-rt|GER}}

|score=7–3

|team2={{idh|SUI}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7839/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Weinke {{fhgoal|PC|9}}
Herzbruch {{fhgoal|FG|10|FG|20}}
Schulz-Linkolt {{fhgoal|FG|14}}
Woesch {{fhgoal|FG|25}}
Pehlke {{fhgoal|FG|29}}
Ress {{fhgoal|FG|35}}

|goals2=Greder {{fhgoal|PC|5}}
Reinhard {{fhgoal|FG|29}}
Wullschleger {{fhgoal|PC|37}}

|umpires=Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=10:10

|team1={{idh-rt|POL}}

|score=1–4

|team2={{idh|RUS}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7840/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Majchrzak {{fhgoal|FG|18}}

|goals2=Spichkovskii {{fhgoal|PC|10|FG|38}}
Zhirkov {{fhgoal|PC|15}}
Nikitin {{fhgoal|FG|40+}}

|umpires=Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)
Michael Soukup (CZE)

}}

==Pool B==

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/563/pools FIH]

|team1=AUT |team2=CZE |team3=NED |team4=SWE

|win_SWE=0 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=3 |gf_SWE=8 |ga_SWE=17

|win_NED=1 |draw_NED=0 |loss_NED=2 |gf_NED=7 |ga_NED=6

|win_CZE=2 |draw_CZE=0 |loss_CZE=1 |gf_CZE=8 |ga_CZE=6

|win_AUT=3 |draw_AUT=0 |loss_AUT=0 |gf_AUT=10|ga_AUT=4

|name_SWE={{idh|SWE}}

|name_NED={{idh|NED}}

|name_CZE={{idh|CZE}}

|name_AUT={{idh|AUT}}

|result1=SF |result2=SF |result3=RP |result4=RP

|res_col_header=Q

|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals

|col_RP=red1 |text_RP=Relegation pool

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=12:20

|team1={{idh-rt|NED}}

|score=6–2

|team2={{idh|SWE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7833/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Burkhardt {{fhgoal|PC|9|PC|25|FG|36}}
Van Dam {{fhgoal|FG|17}}
Kranstauber {{fhgoal|PS|34}}
Tigges {{fhgoal|FG|39}}

|goals2=Björkman {{fhgoal|FG|6}}
A. Strøbye {{fhgoal|FG|10}}

|umpires=Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)
Joachim Wimmer (SUI)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=13:30

|team1={{idh-rt|AUT}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{idh|CZE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7834/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Hasun {{fhgoal|FG|10}}
Uher {{fhgoal|FG|36}}

|goals2=Vacek {{fhgoal|FG|22}}

|umpires=Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Johannes Berneth (GER)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=18:20

|team1={{idh-rt|NED}}

|score=0–2

|team2={{idh|AUT}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7837/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=

|goals2=Körper {{fhgoal|FG|16|FG|40}}

|umpires=Lee Barron (ENG)
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=15 January 2016

|time=19:30

|team1={{idh-rt|CZE}}

|score=5–3

|team2={{idh|SWE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7838/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Plochý {{fhgoal|FG|4}}
Vudmaska {{fhgoal|FG|7}}
Procházka {{fhgoal|PS|10}}
Bernátek {{fhgoal|PC|23}}
Kindl {{fhgoal|PC|26}}

|goals2=Hemvik {{fhgoal|PC|17|PS|40}}
A. Strøbye {{fhgoal|FG|28}}

|umpires=Joachim Wimmer (SUI)
Johannes Berneth (GER)

}}

----

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=11:20

|team1={{idh-rt|AUT}}

|score=6–3

|team2={{idh|SWE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7841/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Körper {{fhgoal|FG|14|PC|18|PC|34|PC|36}}
Uher {{fhgoal|FG|17}}
Minar {{fhgoal|FG|26}}

|goals2=Melander {{fhgoal|FG|13}}
Rydborn {{fhgoal|FG|28}}
Hellstrand {{fhgoal|FG|33}}

|umpires=Johannes Berneth (GER)
Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=12:30

|team1={{idh-rt|CZE}}

|score=2–1

|team2={{idh|NED}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7842/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Bernátek {{fhgoal|PC|25}}
Procházka {{fhgoal|PS|40+}}

|goals2=Kranstauber {{fhgoal|PC|40}}

|umpires=Joachim Wimmer (SUI)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

}}

=Fifth to eighth place classification=

==Pool C==

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|update=complete

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/563/pools FIH]

|team1=POL |team2=SUI |team3=NED |team4=SWE

|win_POL=2 |draw_POL=1 |loss_POL=0 |gf_POL=16|ga_POL=5

|win_NED=1 |draw_NED=1 |loss_NED=1 |gf_NED=8 |ga_NED=7

|win_SUI=2 |draw_SUI=0 |loss_SUI=1 |gf_SUI=8 |ga_SUI=7

|win_SWE=0 |draw_SWE=0 |loss_SWE=3 |gf_SWE=6 |ga_SWE=21

|name_POL={{idh|POL}}

|name_NED={{idh|NED}}

|name_SUI={{idh|SUI}}

|name_SWE={{idh|SWE}}

|pos_POL=5

|pos_SUI=6

|pos_NED=7

|pos_SWE=8

|result3=R |result4=R

|res_col_header=R

|col_R=red1 |text_R=EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=15:30

|team1={{idh-rt|SUI}}

|score=4–2

|team2={{idh|SWE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7843/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Schwehr {{fhgoal|PC|9}}
Keller {{fhgoal|FG|13}}
Feller {{fhgoal|FG|19}}
Greder {{fhgoal|FG|40}}

|goals2=E. Strøbye {{fhgoal|FG|3}}
Hemvik {{fhgoal|PC|30}}

|umpires=Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)
Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=16:40

|team1={{idh-rt|POL}}

|score=2–2

|team2={{idh|NED}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7844/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Makowski {{fhgoal|FG|16|FG|37}}

|goals2=Van Dam {{fhgoal|PC|11}}
Wortelboer {{fhgoal|FG|33}}

|umpires=Johannes Berneth (GER)
Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)

}}

----

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=17 January 2016

|time=10:00

|team1={{idh-rt|NED}}

|score=2–3

|team2={{idh|SUI}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7847/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Bakker {{fhgoal|FG|5}}
Tigges {{fhgoal|PC|40}}

|goals2=Müller {{fhgoal|FG|11}}
Keller {{fhgoal|FG|17}}
Richner {{fhgoal|FG|37}}

|umpires=Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)
Michael Soukup (CZE)

}}

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=17 January 2016

|time=11:10

|team1={{idh-rt|POL}}

|score=11–2

|team2={{idh|SWE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7848/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Górny {{fhgoal|FG|4|FG|17|PC|36}}
Zimnicki {{fhgoal|FG|5}}
Makowski {{fhgoal|FG|7|FG|12|PS|20+|FG|31|PS|39}}
Majchrzak {{fhgoal|PC|26}}
Bratkowski {{fhgoal|FG|29}}

|goals2=Lundqvist {{fhgoal|PC|25}}
A. Strøbye {{fhgoal|FG|34}}

|umpires=Joachim Wimmer (SUI)
Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)

}}

=First to fourth place classification=

{{#invoke:RoundN|N4

|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high

|3rdplace=yes

|16 January|{{idh|GER}}|5|{{idh|CZE}}|0

|16 January|{{idh|AUT}} (s.o.)|5 (3)|{{idh|RUS}}|5 (1)

|17 January|{{idh|GER}}|3|{{idh|AUT}}|2

|17 January|{{idh|CZE}}|3|{{idh|RUS}}|4

}}

=Semi-finals=

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=17:50

|team1={{idh-rt|AUT}}

|score=5–5

|team2={{idh|RUS}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7845/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Minar {{fhgoal|FG|10}}
Körper {{fhgoal|PS|20+|PS|33|PC|34}}
Heimanns {{fhgoal|FG|25}}

|goals2=Lykov {{fhgoal|PC|3}}
Proskuriakov {{fhgoal|FG|18}}
Azarov {{fhgoal|FG|27|FG|31}}
Spichkovskii {{fhgoal|PS|30}}

|umpires=Michael Soukup (CZE)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

|penalties1=Eitenberger {{fhps|g}}
Rudovsky {{fhps|g}}
Körper {{fhps|g}}

|penaltyscore=3–1

|penalties2={{fhps|g}} Azarov
{{fhps|m}} Spichkovskii

}}

----

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=16 January 2016

|time=19:15

|team1={{idh-rt|GER}}

|score=5–0

|team2={{idh|CZE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7846/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Woesch {{fhgoal|FG|28}}
Herzbruch {{fhgoal|PC|31|PC|33}}
Pehlke {{fhgoal|FG|39|FG|39}}

|goals2=

|umpires=Lee Barron (ENG)
Jonas van't Hek (NED)

}}

=Third place game=

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=17 January 2016

|time=13:00

|team1={{idh-rt|RUS}}

|score=4–3

|team2={{idh|CZE}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7849/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Lykov {{fhgoal|FG|6}}
Azarov {{fhgoal|FG|20}}
Proskuriakov {{fhgoal|FG|36}}
Zhirkov {{fhgoal|PC|39}}

|goals2=Procházka {{fhgoal|PC|18}}
Vacek {{fhgoal|FG|28|FG|33}}

|umpires=Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

}}

=Final=

{{fieldhockeybox

|date=17 January 2016

|time=14:30

|team1={{idh-rt|AUT}}

|score=2–3

|team2={{idh|GER}}

|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/7850/reports/matchreport Report]

|goals1=Körper {{fhgoal|FG|16|PC|40+}}

|goals2=Woesch {{fhgoal|FG|3}}
Herzbruch {{fhgoal|PC|22}}
Butt {{fhgoal|PC|24}}

|umpires=Lee Barron (ENG)
Jonas van't Hek (NED)

}}

Final standings

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom

|update=complete

|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1178/teams FIH]

|num_cols=0

|team_order=GER, AUT, RUS, CZE, POL, SUI, NED, SWE

|status_AUT=H

|name_AUT={{idh|AUT}}

|name_POL={{idh|POL}}

|name_RUS={{idh|RUS}}

|name_SWE={{idh|SWE}}

|name_NED={{idh|NED}}

|name_CZE={{idh|CZE}}

|name_GER={{idh|GER}}

|name_SUI={{idh|SUI}}

|result7=R |result8=R

|res_col_header=R

|col_R=red1 |text_R=EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

}}

References