2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
{{Infobox field hockey
| tournament = 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
| other_titles =
| image =
| size =
| caption =
| country = Czechia
| city = Prague
| dates = 30 July–5 August
| venues = SK Slavia Prague
| teams = 8
| confederations = 1
| champions = {{fhw|FRA}}
| second = {{fhw|CZE}}
| third = {{fhw|WAL}}
| count = 1
| matches = 20
| goals = 100
| top_scorer = {{fhicon|UKR}} Karyna Leonova
| top_scorer_goals = 5
| best_player = {{fhicon|FRA}} Philippine Delemazure
| young_player =
| goalkeeper = {{fhicon|CZE}} Barbora Ćecháková
| fair_play =
| previous_year = 2021
| previous_tournament = 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
| next_year = 2025
| next_tournament = 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II
}}
The 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship II was the tenth edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 30 July to 5 August 2023 in Prague, Czechia.{{cite web |title=Venues announced for 2023 EuroHockey Championship II and III events |url=https://eurohockey.org/2022/09/21/venues-announced-for-2023-eurohockey-championship-ii-and-iii-events/ |website=eurohockey.org |publisher=European Hockey Federation |access-date=2 November 2022 |date=21 September 2022}}
The top two teams aside from France and Wales qualified for the 2024 Women's FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers. France won their first Women's EuroHockey Championship II title by defeating the hosts Czech Republic 2–0 in the final.
Preliminary round
All times are local (UTC+2).{{cite web |title=Groups and match schedules published|url=https://eurohockey2023.com/en/en/articles/gruppen-und-spielplaene-fuer-die-hockey-em-2023-veroeffentlicht|website=eurohockey.org |publisher=European Hockey Federation |access-date=11 November 2022 |date=11 November 2022}}
=Pool A=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete |source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1482/reports/poolstandings FIH]
|team_order=CZE, UKR, POL, SVK
|win_CZE=2 |draw_CZE=1 |loss_CZE=0 |gf_CZE=18 |ga_CZE=2 |status_CZE=H
|win_POL=1 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=2 |gf_POL=10 |ga_POL=5
|win_SVK=0 |draw_SVK=0 |loss_SVK=3 |gf_SVK=0 |ga_SVK=36
|win_UKR=2 |draw_UKR=1 |loss_UKR=0 |gf_UKR=17 |ga_UKR=2
|name_CZE={{fhw|CZE}}
|name_POL={{fhw|POL}}
|name_SVK={{fhw|SVK}}
|name_UKR={{fhw|UKR}}
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.{{cite web|url=https://www.fih.ch/media/8997723/fih-general-tournament-regulations-current-update.pdf|title=FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022|publisher=International Hockey Federation|accessdate=12 February 2023}}
|result1=SF |result2=SF
|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=30 July 2023
|time=15:45
|team1={{fhw-rt|POL}}
|score=8–0
|team2={{fhw|SVK}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17770 Report]
|goals1=Czujewicz {{fhgoal|FG|11}}
Balcerzak {{fhgoal|PC|17}}
Suszynska {{fhgoal|FG|20}}
Rybacha {{fhgoal|PS|25}}
Skoraszewska {{fhgoal|PC|27}}
Polewczak {{fhgoal|FG|35}}
Slawinska {{fhgoal|PC|52}}
Zimmermann {{fhgoal|FG|60}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Ana Ortega (ESP)
Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=30 July 2023
|time=18:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|CZE}}
|score=1–1
|team2={{fhw|UKR}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17771 Report]
|goals1=Hájková {{fhgoal|PC|60}}
|goals2=Tanchenko {{fhgoal|FG|21}}
|umpires=Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
}}
----
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=1 August 2023
|time=16:45
|team1={{fhw-rt|UKR}}
|score=14–0
|team2={{fhw|SVK}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17774 Report]
|goals1=Leonova {{fhgoal|FG|3|FG|16|FG|17|FG|52}}
Khilko {{fhgoal|FG|9|FG|35|FG|59}}
Shokalenko {{fhgoal|FG|25|PC|40|FG|44}}
Ponomarenko {{fhgoal|PS|28}}
Kasianova {{fhgoal|FG|36}}
Kurovska {{fhgoal|FG|55}}
Shyshyna {{fhgoal|FG|60}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Noelia Blanco (ESP)
Cathy Wright (WAL)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=1 August 2023
|time=19:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|POL}}
|score=1–3
|team2={{fhw|CZE}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17775 Report]
|goals1=Drozda {{fhgoal|FG|36}}
|goals2=Tlamsová {{fhgoal|FG|19}}
Nedvědová {{fhgoal|PC|27}}
Duchková {{fhgoal|PC|43}}
|umpires=Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
}}
----
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=2 August 2023
|time=16:45
|team1={{fhw-rt|UKR}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fhw|POL}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17778 Report]
|goals1=Leonova {{fhgoal|FG|17}}
Movchan {{fhgoal|FG|43}}
|goals2=Strubbe {{fhgoal|PC|18}}
|umpires=Ana Ortega (ESP)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=2 August 2023
|time=19:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|CZE}}
|score=14–0
|team2={{fhw|SVK}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17779 Report]
|goals1=Babická {{fhgoal|FG|11|FG|17}}
Topinková {{fhgoal|PC|18|PC|48}}
Lehovcová {{fhgoal|FG|24|PC|31|FG|42}}
Laciná {{fhgoal|FG|25|FG|41|FG|47}}
Decsy {{fhgoal|FG|30}}
Hájková {{fhgoal|FG|45|FG|56}}
Nováková {{fhgoal|FG|52}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Cathy Wright (WAL)
}}
=Pool B=
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update=complete |source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1482/reports/poolstandings FIH]
|team_order=FRA, WAL, AUT, LTU
|win_AUT=1 |draw_AUT=1 |loss_AUT=1 |gf_AUT=2 |ga_AUT=5
|win_FRA=3 |draw_FRA=0 |loss_FRA=0 |gf_FRA=16|ga_FRA=1
|win_LTU=0 |draw_LTU=0 |loss_LTU=3 |gf_LTU=0 |ga_LTU=15
|win_WAL=1 |draw_WAL=1 |loss_WAL=1 |gf_WAL=6 |ga_WAL=3
|name_AUT={{fhw|AUT}}
|name_FRA={{fhw|FRA}}
|name_LTU={{fhw|LTU}}
|name_WAL={{fhw|WAL}}
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
|result1=SF |result2=SF
|res_col_header=Q
|col_SF=green1 |text_SF=Semi-finals
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=30 July 2023
|time=11:15
|team1={{fhw-rt|WAL}}
|score=0–0
|team2={{fhw|AUT}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17768 Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=
|umpires=Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=30 July 2023
|time=13:30
|team1={{fhw-rt|FRA}}
|score=8–0
|team2={{fhw|LTU}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17769 Report]
|goals1=Verzura {{fhgoal|PS|4}}
Arnaud {{fhgoal|FG|15|FG|44}}
Delemazure {{fhgoal|FG|29|FG|50}}
Lardeur {{fhgoal|FG|40}}
Le Nindre {{fhgoal|FG|54}}
Lesgourgues {{fhgoal|PC|57}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Cathy Wright (WAL)
Teresa Lipsky (GER)
}}
----
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=31 July 2023
|time=16:45
|team1={{fhw-rt|AUT}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fhw|LTU}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17772 Report]
|goals1=Proksch {{fhgoal|PC|19}}
Felber {{fhgoal|FG|45}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Noelia Blanco (ESP)
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=31 July 2023
|time=19:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|FRA}}
|score=3–1
|team2={{fhw|WAL}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17773 Report]
|goals1=Verzura {{fhgoal|FG|7}}
Le Nindre {{fhgoal|PC|8}}
Gaspari {{fhgoal|PC|50}}
|goals2=Hoskins {{fhgoal|PC|35}}
|umpires=Ana Ortega (ESP)
Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
}}
----
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=2 August 2023
|time=12:15
|team1={{fhw-rt|WAL}}
|score=5–0
|team2={{fhw|LTU}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17776 Report]
|goals1=Hoskins {{fhgoal|PC|20|PC|20|FG|21}}
Hughes {{fhgoal|FG|35}}
Richards {{fhgoal|FG|43}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Teresa Lipsky (GER)
Noelia Blanco (ESP)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=2 August 2023
|time=14:30
|team1={{fhw-rt|AUT}}
|score=0–5
|team2={{fhw|FRA}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17777 Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=Lhopital {{fhgoal|PC|14|FG|21}}
Lesgourgues {{fhgoal|PC|25}}
Le Nindre {{fhgoal|FG|28|FG|41}}
|umpires=Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
}}
Fifth to eighth place classification
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team will be carried over.
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|update= complete
|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1482/pools FIH]
|team5=POL |team6=AUT |team7=LTU |team8=SVK
|win_POL=3 |draw_POL=0 |loss_POL=0 |gf_POL=13 |ga_POL=1
|win_AUT=2 |draw_AUT=0 |loss_AUT=1 |gf_AUT=13 |ga_AUT=2
|win_LTU=1 |draw_LTU=0 |loss_LTU=2 |gf_LTU=5 |ga_LTU=6
|win_SVK=0 |draw_SVK=0 |loss_SVK=3 |gf_SVK=1 |ga_SVK=23
|name_POL={{fhw|POL}}
|name_AUT={{fhw|AUT}}
|name_LTU={{fhw|LTU}}
|name_SVK={{fhw|SVK}}
|highest_pos=5
|class_rules = 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=4 August 2023
|time=10:15
|team1={{fhw-rt|SVK}}
|score=1–5
|team2={{fhw|LTU}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17780 Report]
|goals1=Pedersen {{fhgoal|FG|45}}
|goals2=Kukliene {{fhgoal|PC|18|PC|45}}
Grigiene {{fhgoal|PC|25}}
Jakovlena {{fhgoal|FG|26|FG|56}}
|umpires=Noelia Blanco (ESP)
Cynthia Clement (GHA)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=4 August 2023
|time=12:30
|team1={{fhw-rt|POL}}
|score=2–1
|team2={{fhw|AUT}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17781 Report]
|goals1=Balcerzak {{fhgoal|PC|47}}
Slawinska {{fhgoal|FG|57}}
|goals2=Klausbruckner {{fhgoal|PC|6}}
|umpires=Cathy Wright (WAL)
Teresa Lipsky (GER)
}}
----
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=5 August 2023
|time=09:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|POL}}
|score=3–0
|team2={{fhw|LTU}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17784 Report]
|goals1=Mazur {{fhgoal|FG|2}}
Suszynska {{fhgoal|FG|25}}
Polewczak {{fhgoal|PC|35}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
Cathy Wright (WAL)
}}
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=5 August 2023
|time=11:15
|team1={{fhw-rt|AUT}}
|score=10–0
|team2={{fhw|SVK}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17785 Report]
|goals1=Klausbruckner {{fhgoal|PC|9|PC|37}}
Felber {{fhgoal|PC|12|PC|59}}
Bauer {{fhgoal|FG|26|PC|58}}
Proksch {{fhgoal|FG|41}}
Konrat {{fhgoal|PC|45}}
Buchta {{fhgoal|PC|51}}
Hruby {{fhgoal|FG|60}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Cynthia Clement (GHA)
Teresa Lipsky (GER)
}}
First to fourth place classification
=Bracket=
{{#invoke:RoundN|N4
|widescore=yes|bold_winner=high
|3rdplace=yes
|4 August|{{fhw|CZE}}|1|{{fhw|WAL}}|0
|4 August|{{fhw|FRA}}|2|{{fhw|UKR}}|0
|5 August|{{fhw|CZE}}|0|{{fhw|FRA}}|2
|5 August|{{fhw|WAL}} (p.s.o.)|2 (3)|{{fhw|UKR}}|2 (0)
}}
=Semi-finals=
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=4 August 2023
|time=17:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|CZE}}
|score=1–0
|team2={{fhw|WAL}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17783 Report]
|goals1=Topinková {{fhgoal|PC|50}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
Pauline Cuypers (BEL)
}}
----
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=4 August 2023
|time=14:45
|team1={{fhw-rt|FRA}}
|score=2–0
|team2={{fhw|UKR}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17782 Report]
|goals1=Delemazure {{fhgoal|FG|7}}
Verzura {{fhgoal|PC|47}}
|goals2=
|umpires=Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
}}
=Third and fourth place=
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=5 August 2023
|time=13:45
|team1={{fhw-rt|WAL}}
|score=2–2
|team2={{fhw|UKR}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17786 Report]
|goals1=Bingham {{fhgoal|PC|35}}
Howell {{fhgoal|PC|40}}
|goals2=Movchan {{fhgoal|FG|12}}
Moroz {{fhgoal|PC|26}}
|umpires=Alexandra Mahieu (BEL)
Ana Ortega (ESP)
|penalties1=Richards {{fhps|g}}
Jones {{fhps|m}}
Webb {{fhps|g}}
Holme {{fhps|g}}
|penaltyscore=3–0
|penalties2={{fhps|m}} Tanchenko
{{fhps|m}} Movchan
{{fhps|m}} Shokalenko
}}
=Final=
{{Fieldhockeybox
|date=5 August 2023
|time=16:00
|team1={{fhw-rt|CZE}}
|score=0–2
|team2={{fhw|FRA}}
|report=[https://tms.fih.ch/matches/17787 Report]
|goals1=
|goals2=Lesgourgues {{fhgoal|PC|2}}
Schubert {{fhgoal|PC|7}}
|umpires=Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)
}}
Final standings
{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=Custom
|update=complete
|source=[https://tms.fih.ch/competitions/1482/teams FIH]
|num_cols=0
|team_order=FRA, CZE, WAL, UKR, POL, AUT, LTU, SVK
|name_FRA={{fhw|FRA}}
|name_CZE={{fhw|CZE}} |status_CZE=H
|name_WAL={{fhw|WAL}}
|name_UKR={{fhw|UKR}}
|name_POL={{fhw|POL}}
|name_AUT={{fhw|AUT}}
|name_LTU={{fhw|LTU}}
|name_SVK={{Fhw|SVK}}
|result2=Q |result4=Q
|note_FRA=France is already qualified for the Olympics as the host nation.
|note_WAL=Wales is not eligible for the Olympics.
|res_col_header=Q
|col_Q=green1 |text_Q=2024 FIH Hockey Olympic Qualifiers
}}
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Women's EuroHockey Championship}}
Category:Women's EuroHockey Championship II
Category:International women's field hockey competitions hosted by the Czech Republic