Men's EuroHockey Championship II
{{Short description|European field hockey competition}}
{{Infobox sports league
| title = Men's EuroHockey Championship II
| current_season = 2025 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
| last_season = 2023 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
| upcoming_season = 2027 Men's EuroHockey Championship II
| logo =
| logo_size =
| caption =
| formerly = Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
| sport = Field hockey
| founded = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| inaugural = 2005
| teams = 8
| pyramid = EuroHockey Nations Challenge
| champion = {{fh|IRE}} (3rd title)
| champ_season = 2023
| most_champs = {{fh|Ireland}} (3 titles)
| levels = 2
}}
The Men's EuroHockey Championship II, formerly known as the Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, is a competition for European national field hockey teams. It is the second level of European field hockey Championships for national teams.
Underneath the Championship II there exists at least one division of the EuroHockey Nations Challenge, like European Championship III. There is promotion and relegation.http://www.eurohockey.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=17&Itemid=26 EHF website The two first ranked teams qualify for the next EuroHockey Nations Championship and are replaced by the two lowest-ranked teams from that tournament. The teams finishing in seventh and eighth positions are relegated to the EuroHockey Championship III and replaced by the two highest-ranked from that tournament.
The tournament has been won by seven different teams: Ireland has the most titles with three, Poland follows with two and Austria, the Czech Republic, France, Russia and Scotland have all won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Dublin, Ireland and was won by Ireland.
Results
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!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year !rowspan=2 width=10%|Host !width=1% rowspan=13| !colspan=3|Final !width=1% rowspan=13| !colspan=3|Third place match !width=1% rowspan=13| !width=5% rowspan=2|Number of teams |
| width=14%|Winner
!width=10%|Score !width=14%|Runner-up !width=14%|Third place !width=10%|Score !width=14%|Fourth place |
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| 2005 Details |Rome, Italy |{{fh-big|IRE}} |4–2 |{{fh-big|CZE}} |{{fh-big|WAL}} |2–1 |{{fh-big|AUT}} |8 |
| 2007 Details |Lisbon, Portugal |{{fh-big|POL}} |4–3 |{{fh-big|AUT}} |{{fh-big|SCO}} |4–3 (a.e.t) |{{fh-big|SUI}} |8 |
| 2009 Details |Wrexham, Wales |{{fh-big|IRE}} |2–1 |{{fh-big|RUS}} |{{fh-big|WAL}} |5–2 |{{fh-big|CZE}} |8 |
| 2011 Details |Vinnytsia, Ukraine |{{fh-big|CZE}} |1–1 |{{fh-big|POL}} |{{fh-big|SCO}} |4–3 |{{fh-big|AUT}} |8 |
| 2013 Details |Vienna, Austria |{{fh-big|RUS}} |0–0 |{{fh-big|FRA}} |{{fh-big|AUT}} |6–1 |{{fh-big|AZE}} |8 |
| 2015 Details |Prague, Czech Republic |{{fh-big|POL}} |3–1 |{{fh-big|AUT}} |{{fh-big|SCO}} |5–1 |{{fh-big|CZE}} |8 |
| 2017 Details |Glasgow, Scotland |{{fh-big|SCO}} |2–1 |{{fh-big|WAL}} |{{fh-big|FRA}} |5–4 |{{fh-big|RUS}} |8 |
| 2019 Details |Cambrai, France |{{fh-big|FRA}} |4–0 |{{fh-big|RUS}} |{{fh-big|AUT}} |4–1 |{{fh-big|POL}} |8 |
| 2021 Details |Gniezno, Poland |{{fh-big|AUT}} |1–1 |{{fh-big|SCO}} |{{fh-big|IRE}} |4–2 |{{fh-big|POL}} |8 |
| 2023 Details |Dublin, Ireland |{{fh-big|IRE}} |5–2 |{{fh-big|UKR}} |{{fh-big|SCO}} |4–1 |{{fh-big|ITA}} |8 |
| 2025 Details |Lousada, Portugal | | | | | | |8 |
=Summary=
| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team !Winners !Runners-up !Third place !Fourth place |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|IRE}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|3 (2005, 2009, 2023*) | |1 (2021) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|POL}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|2 (2007, 2015) |1 (2011) | |2 (2019, 2021*) |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|AUT}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2021) |2 (2007, 2015) |2 (2013*, 2019) |2 (2005, 2011) |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|RUS}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2013) |2 (2009, 2019) | |1 (2017) |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|SCO}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2017*) |1 (2021) |4 (2007, 2011, 2015, 2023) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|FRA}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2019*) |1 (2013) |1 (2017) | |
| style=background:#FFF68F|{{fh|CZE}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2011) |1 (2005) | |2 (2009, 2015*) |
| {{fh|WAL}}
| |1 (2017) |2 (2005, 2009*) | |
| {{fh|UKR}}
| |1 (2023) | | |
| {{fh|AZE}}
| | | |1 (2013) |
| {{fh|SUI}}
| | | |1 (2007) |
| {{fh|ITA}}
| | | |1 (2023) |
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=Team appearances=
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!Team !{{flagicon|Italy}} !{{flagicon|Portugal}} !{{flagicon|Wales}} !{{flagicon|Ukraine}} !{{flagicon|Austria}} !{{flagicon|Czechia}} !{{flagicon|Scotland}} !{{flagicon|France}} !{{flagicon|Poland}} !{{flagicon|Ireland}} !{{flagicon|Portugal}} !Total | |||||||||||
| align=left|{{fh|Austria}}
|4th | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | 4th | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | – | 7 |
| align=left|{{fh|Azerbaijan}}
|– | – | – | – | 4th | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| align=left|{{fh|Belarus}}
|7th | – | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | 4 |
| align=left|{{fh|Croatia}}
|– | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 8th | – | Q | 3 |
| align=left|{{fh|Czech Republic}}
|bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | 4th | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | 4th | 6th | 7th | – | 5th | Q | 8 |
| align=left|{{fh|France}}
|– | – | – | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | – | – | 3 |
| align=left|{{fh|Ireland}}
|bgcolor=gold|1st | – | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | – | – | – | – | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=gold|1st | Q | 5 |
| align=left|{{fh|Italy}}
|5th | 6th | 7th | – | 8th | – | – | 5th | 5th | 4th | Q | 8 |
| align=left|{{fh|Poland}}
|– | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | 4th | 4th | – | – | 5 |
| align=left|{{fh|Portugal}}
|– | 7th | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | 7th | Q | 4 |
| align=left|{{fh|Russia}}
|8th | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | 4th | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | – | – | 5 |
| align=left|{{fh|Scotland}}
|– | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 5th | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 6th | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | bgcolor=gold|1st | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | Q | 9 |
| align=left|{{fh|Sweden}}
|– | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| align=left|{{fh|Switzerland}}
|6th | 4th | 8th | – | – | 7th | 7th | – | 7th | 6th | Q | 8 |
| align=left|{{fh|TUR}}
|– | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 1 |
| align=left|{{fh|Ukraine}}
|– | 8th | – | 5th | 5th | 6th | 5th | 6th | 6th | bgcolor=silver|2nd | WD | 8 |
| align=left|{{fh|Wales}}
|bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 5th | bgcolor=cc9966|3rd | 6th | 7th | – | bgcolor=silver|2nd | – | – | – | Q | 7 |
| Total||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||8||{{cite web |title=Competitions Archive |url=https://eurohockey.org/download/competitions-archive/?wpdmdl=16924&refresh=5b7feebf4533d1535110847 |publisher=European Hockey Federation |access-date=29 August 2018 |page=20}} |
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See also
References
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External links
- [https://eurohockey.org/ European Hockey Federation]
{{EuroHockey Nations Cup}}
{{International field hockey}}