2019 Men's Under–21 Eight Nations Hockey Tournament
# 2019 Men's Under–21 Eight Nations Hockey Tournament

The 2019 Men's Under–21 Eight Nations Hockey Tournament was the an invitational men's under-21 field hockey tournament, organised by the Real Federación Española de Hockey. The tournament took place from 10 to 16 June 2019 in Madrid, Spain. It was held at the Federación Madrileña de Hockey and Club de Campo.

Germany won the tournament, defeating Spain 2–1 in the final. Belgium finished in third place after defeating Australia 4–3 in penalties following a 2–2 draw.

## Teams

The tournament featured teams from three confederations:

* Australia
* Austria
* Belgium
* Germany
* Great Britain
* India
* Netherlands
* Spain

## Results

### Preliminary round

**Pool A**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 6 | +6 | 6 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Austria | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 3 | |
| 4 | Great Britain | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 0 | |

* 10 June 2019 10:00

| Great Britain | 2–5 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Ramshaw 36' Griffiths 60' | Report | Muschs 6' Esquelin 10', 49' Biekens 26' Weyers 34' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Raphael Adrien (GER)
* 10 June 2019 12:00

| Germany | 5–1 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Siegburg 9' Hartkopf 39' Weigand 42' Dösch 47' H. Müller 54' | Report | Schippan 45' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) Daniel Veerman (NED)
* 11 June 2019 10:00

| Great Britain | 0–1 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | Loser 6' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) James Unkles (AUS)
* 11 June 2019 12:00

| Belgium | 2–3 | Germany |
| - | - | - |
| Stockbroekx 6' De Chaffoy 27' | Report | Schiffer 28' Dösch 34' H. Müller 39' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Luka Zupančič (AUT) Robert Abbott (IRE)
* 13 June 2019 10:00

| Belgium | 5–1 | Austria |
| - | - | - |
| Esquelin 12', 36' Weyers 40' De Chaffoy 55' Duvekot 57' | Report | Soldat 27' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Harrison Collinson (ENG) Rajput Sourabh (IND)
* 13 June 2019 12:00

| Germany | 7–1 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| Weigand 11', 39' Schellinger 17' Dösch 20' L. Müller 48' Schwarzhaupt 54' Hartkopf 60' | Report | Ramshaw 42' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)

**Pool B**

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Spain (H) | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | +10 | 9 | Semi-finals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Netherlands | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 4 | |
| 4 | India | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | −7 | 0 | |

* 10 June 2019 14:00

| Australia | 4–0 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Ephraums 25', 44' Hart 53' Hazell 60' | Report | |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) Luka Zupančič (AUT)
* 10 June 2019 16:00

| Netherlands | 1–7 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
| Scheen 27' | Report | Cobos 5', 5' Figa 19' Recasens 28' Curiel 31' Tello 55' Vall 58' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Robert Abbott (IRE)
* 11 June 2019 14:00

| Netherlands | 3–2 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Van de Venne 5', 26' De Vilder 32' | Report | Vishnukant 23' Sudeep 37' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Harrison Collinson (ENG) Daniel Rodríguez (ESP)
* 11 June 2019 16:00

| Spain | 3–1 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Zorita 22', 35' Cobos 48' | Report | Brown 27' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Raphael Adrien (GER)
* 13 June 2019 14:00

| Australia | 1–1 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| Ephraums 17' | Report | Hoedemakers 23' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Robert Abbott (IRE) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 13 June 2019 16:00

| Spain | 3–1 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Cobos 35' Curiel 37' Quijano 39' | Report | Pratap 31' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Raphael Adrien (GER) James Unkles (AUS)

### Classification round

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

| Crossover | Crossover | Fifth place | Fifth place |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 June | 15 June |
| Austria | 2 |
| Austria | 2 | 16 June | 16 June |
| India | 4 | 16 June | 16 June |
| India | 4 | India | 1 |
| 15 June | 15 June | | India | 1 |
| 15 June | 15 June | Great Britain | 2 |
| Netherlands | 0 (2) | Great Britain | 2 |
| Great Britain (pen.) | 0 (3) | | |
| Great Britain (pen.) | 0 (3) | Seventh place | Seventh place |
| | | 16 June | 16 June |
| | | Austria | 0 |
| | | Netherlands | 11 |

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Crossover**

* 15 June 2019 11:45

| Austria | 2–4 | India |
| - | - | - |
| Kern 34' Schippan 49' | Report | Sanjay 15', 23' Rahul 35' Prabhjot 51' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Rodríguez (ESP) Harrison Collinson (ENG)
* 15 June 2019 14:00

| Netherlands | 0–0 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | |
| Penalties |||
| Middendorp Tukkers De Vilder Schoenaker Bijen | 2–3 | Griffiths Park Gravestock West Ramshaw |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: James Unkles (AUS) Luka Zupančič (AUT)

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Seventh and eighth place**

* 16 June 2019 17:45

| Austria | 0–11 | Netherlands |
| - | - | - |
| | Report | De Haan 13' Hoedemakers 18', 42' Van de Venne 22', 39', 53' Klinkhamer 38' De Vilder 43' Schoenaker 45' Bijen 55' Scheen 60' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Harrison Collinson (ENG) Rajput Sourabh (IND)

**Fifth to eighth place classification**

**Fifth and sixth place**

* 16 June 2019 15:30

| India | 1–2 | Great Britain |
| - | - | - |
| Maninder 15' | Report | West 29' McConnell 37' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Luka Zupančič (AUT) Daniel Veerman (NED)

**First to fourth place classification**

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 15 June | 15 June |
| Germany | 3 |
| Germany | 3 | 16 June | 16 June |
| Australia | 2 | 16 June | 16 June |
| Australia | 2 | Germany | 2 |
| 15 June | 15 June | | Germany | 2 |
| 15 June | 15 June | Spain | 1 |
| Spain | 3 | Spain | 1 |
| Belgium | 2 | | |
| Belgium | 2 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 16 June | 16 June |
| | | Australia | 2 (3) |
| | | Belgium (pen.) | 2 (4) |

**First to fourth place classification**

**Semi-finals**

* 15 June 2019 12:15

| Germany | 3–2 | Australia |
| - | - | - |
| Weigand 12' Schiffer 25' Prinz 44' | Report | Hazell 2' Harvie 47' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Rajput Sourabh (IND) Sébastien Michielsen (BEL)
* 15 June 2019 14:30

| Spain | 3–2 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Zorita 11' Quijano 15' Recasens 18' | Report | Esquelin 17', 25' |

* Somontes, Madrid Umpires: Daniel Veerman (NED) Robert Abbott (IRE)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Third and fourth place**

* 16 June 2019 15:30

| Australia | 2–2 | Belgium |
| - | - | - |
| Francis 29', 45' | Report | Weyers 14' Englebert 35' |
| Penalties |||
| Hazell Ephraums Francis Hendry Bretherton | 3–4 | Esquelin Delavignette Ghislain Van Oost Stockbroekx |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Raphael Adrien (GER) Daniel Rodríguez (AUS)

**First to fourth place classification**

**Final**

* 16 June 2019 17:45

| Germany | 2–1 | Spain |
| - | - | - |
| Weigand 17' Hartkopf 59' | Report | Cobos 60' |

* Club de Campo, Madrid Umpires: Sébastien Michielsen (BEL) James Unkles (AUS)

## 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 | Final result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Germany | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 7 | +13 | 15 | Gold medal |
| | Spain (H) | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 12 | Silver medal |
| | Belgium | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 11 | +5 | 7 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Australia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | +1 | 5 | |
| 5 | Great Britain | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | |
| 6 | India | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | −6 | 3 | |
| 7 | Netherlands | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 10 | +6 | 8 | |
| 8 | Austria | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 25 | −20 | 3 | |

### Goalscorers

There were 97 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 4.85 goals per match.

6 goals

* Emile Esquelin

5 goals

* Justus Weigand
* Jim van de Venne
* Ignacio Cobos

3 goals

* Nathan Ephraums
* Mathieu Weyers
* Paul Dösch
* Raphael Hartkopf
* Tjep Hoedemakers
* Enrique Zorita

2 goals

* Michael Francis
* Ehren Hazell
* Phillip Schippan
* Achille de Chaffoy
* Hannes Müller
* Jan Schiffer
* Matthew Ramshaw
* Sanjay
* Pepijn Scheen
* Derck de Vilder
* César Curiel
* Gonzalo Quijano
* Marc Recasens

1 goal

* Thomas Brown
* Liam Hart
* Thomas Harvie
* Oliver Kern
* Lucas Loser
* Christoph Soldat
* Olivier Biekens
* Roman Duvekot
* Dylan Englebert
* Max Muschs
* Thibeau Stockbroekx
* Linus Müller
* Thies Prinz
* Christian Schellinger
* Benedikt Schwarzhaupt
* Maximilian Siegburg
* Gareth Griffths
* Andrew McConnell
* Daniel West
* Sudeep Chirmako
* Pratap Lakra
* Rahul Kumar Rajhbar
* Maninder Singh
* Prabhjot Singh
* Vishnukant Singh
* Koen Bijen
* Daniel de Haan
* Ties Klinkhamer
* Siem Schoenaker
* Roger Figa
* Álvaro Tello
* Jan Vall

Source: FIH

