The 2013 Men's EuroHockey Championship was the 14th edition of the men's EuroHockey Nations Championship , the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation . It was held alongside the women's tournament from 17 until 25 August 2013 in Boom, Belgium .[ 2] The main sponsor for the tournament was TriFinance
Germany defeated Belgium in the final to win their eighth title and they earned their qualification to the 2014 World Cup .[ 3]
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 against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II .
The match schedule was released on 24 January 2013.[ 4]
All times are local (UTC+2 ).
Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Jonas van Hek (NED)
Umpires: Jon Wright (RSA) Geoff Conn (IRL)
Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Martin Madden (SCO)
Umpires: Jonas van Hek (NED) Dan Barstow (ENG)
Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Dan Barstow (ENG)
Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Geoff Conn (IRL)
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Diego Estébanez (ESP)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Diego Estébanez (ESP)
Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Diego Estébanez (ESP)
Fifth to eighth place classification [ edit ] The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were taken over.
Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)
Umpires: Jonas ven Hek (NED) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)
Umpires: Jonas ven Hek (NED) Martin Madden (SCO)
Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Ben Göntgen (GER)
First to fourth place classification [ edit ] Umpires: Nathan Stagno (GIB) Geoff Conn (IRL)
Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Greochal (POL)
Third and fourth place [ edit ] Umpires: Marcin Greochal (POL) Diego Estébanez (ESP)
Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Qualified for the 2014 World Cup
Qualified for the 2014 World Cup as hosts
Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II
There were 105 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.25 goals per match.
6 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
Source: FIH