Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
| Most recent season or competition: 2024 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship | |
| Sport | Indoor hockey |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1975; 49 years ago (1975) |
| No. of teams | 10 |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Germany (17th title) (2024) |
| Most titles | Germany (17 titles) |
| Level on pyramid | 1 |
| Relegation to | EuroHockey Indoor Championship II |
The Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship is an international women's indoor hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Europe. The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the Women's Indoor Hockey World Cup.[1]
The tournament is part of the EuroHockey Indoor Championships and is the highest level in the women's competition. The lowest two teams each year are relegated to the EuroHockey Indoor Championship II and replaced by the highest two teams from that competition. From 2024 onwards the tournament will be played with ten instead of eight teams.[2]
The tournament has been won by five different teams: Germany has the most titles with sixteen, the Netherlands has two titles and England, Ukraine and Belarus have won the tournament once. The most recent edition was held in Hamburg, Germany and was won by Germany. The next edition will be held in 2024.
Results
| Year | Host | Final | Third place match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 1975 | Arras, France |  West Germany | Round-robin |  Netherlands |  Belgium | Round-robin |  Switzerland | 7 | |||
| 1977 | Brussels, Belgium | West Germany | Round-robin | Netherlands | Belgium | Round-robin |  France | 5 | |||
| 1981 | West Berlin, West Germany | West Germany | 10–1 |  Scotland |  Canada | 9–5 |  England | 8 | |||
| 1985 | London, England | West Germany | Netherlands | England | Scotland | 8 | |||||
| 1987 | Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler, West Germany | West Germany | 10–8 | Netherlands | England | 3–0 |  Ireland | 8 | |||
| 1990 | Elmshorn, West Germany | West Germany | 4–3 |  Spain | Scotland | 13–2 | France | 8 | |||
| 1993 | London, England | Germany | 8–3 | England | Spain | 6–4 | Scotland | 8 | |||
| 1996 | Glasgow, Scotland | England | Germany | Spain | Scotland | 8 | |||||
| 1998 | Ourense, Spain | Germany | 8–0 | England |  Austria | 3–1 | Scotland | 8 | |||
| 2000 | Vienna, Austria | Germany | 9–1 |  Russia |  Czech Republic | 4–1 | Scotland | 8 | |||
| 2002 | Les Ponts-de-Cé, France | Germany | 14–3 |  Lithuania | France | 4–2 | Austria | 8 | |||
| 2004 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Germany | 6–2 | Netherlands |  Belarus | 1–0 | France | 8 | |||
| 2006 | Eindhoven, Netherlands | Germany | 4–2 | Netherlands | Belarus | 4–3 | Scotland | 8 | |||
| 2008 | Almería, Spain | Germany | 5–1 | Belarus | Netherlands | 4–1 | Scotland | 8 | |||
| 2010 | Duisburg, Germany |  Ukraine | 6–5 | Spain | Germany | 4–2 | Netherlands | 8 | |||
| 2012 | Leipzig, Germany | Germany | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (3–2 s.o.) | Belarus |  Poland | 4–3 | Netherlands | 8 | |||
| 2014 Details | Prague, Czech Republic | Netherlands | 3–0 | Germany | Poland | 2–1 | Austria | 8 | |||
| 2016 Details | Minsk, Belarus | Netherlands | 6–2 | Poland | Belarus | 6–5 | Germany | 8 | |||
| 2018 Details | Prague, Czech Republic | Germany | 1–1 (2–1 s.o.) | Netherlands | Belarus | 5–3 | Czech Republic | 8 | |||
| 2020 Details | Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 1–1 (4–3 s.o.) | Netherlands | Czech Republic | 2–2 (2–1 s.o.) | Germany | 8 | |||
| 2022 Details | Hamburg, Germany | Germany | 5–4 | Netherlands | Ukraine | 1–0 | Austria | 6 | |||
| 2024 Details | Berlin, Germany | Germany | 3–2 | Poland | Austria | 3–1 | Spain | 10 | |||
Summary
| Team | Winners | Runners-up | Third place | Fourth place |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 17 (1975, 1977, 1981*, 1985, 1987*, 1990*, 1993, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2012*, 2018, 2022*, 2024*) | 2 (1996, 2014) | 1 (2010*) | 2 (2016, 2020) |
 Netherlands | 2 (2014, 2016) | 9 (1975, 1977, 1985, 1987, 2004*, 2006*, 2018, 2020, 2022) | 1 (2008) | 2 (2010, 2012) |
 Belarus | 1 (2020*) | 2 (2008, 2012) | 4 (2004, 2006, 2016*, 2018) | |
 England | 1 (1996) | 2 (1993*, 1998) | 2 (1985*, 1987 | 1 (1981) |
 Ukraine | 1 (2010) | 1 (2022) | ||
 Spain | 2 (1990, 2010) | 2 (1993, 1996) | 1 (2024) | |
 Poland | 2 (2016, 2024) | 2 (2012, 2014) | ||
 Scotland | 1 (1981) | 1 (1990) | 7 (1985, 1993, 1986*, 1998, 2000, 2006, 2008) | |
 Lithuania | 1 (2002) | |||
 Russia | 1 (2000) | |||
 Austria | 2 (1998, 2024) | 3 (2002, 2014, 2022) | ||
 Czech Republic | 2 (2000, 2020) | 1 (2018*) | ||
 Belgium | 2 (1975, 1977*) | |||
 France | 1 (2002) | 3 (1977, 1990, 2004) | ||
 Canada | 1 (1981) | |||
 Ireland | 1 (1987) | |||
 Switzerland | 1 (1975) |
- * = hosts
Team appearances
| Team | 1975 | 1977 | 1981 | 1985 | 1987 | 1990 | 1993 | 1996 | 1998 | 2000 | 2002 | 2004 | 2006 | 2008 | 2010 | 2012 | 2014 | 2016 | 2018 | 2020 | 2022 | 2024 | 2026 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austria | 6th | – | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | 7th | 6th | 3rd | 7th | 4th | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | 6th | 4th | 7th | – | 6th | 4th | 3rd | Q | 19 |
| Belarus | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | 6th | – | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 5th | 2nd | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 1st | DSQ | – | – | 10 | |||||
| Belgium | 3rd | 3rd | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | 6th | Q | 6 |
| Canada | – | – | 3rd | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Czech Republic | Part of Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | 3rd | 5th | 6th | 8th | – | – | 5th | 5th | 6th | 4th | 3rd | 5th | 5th | Q | 12 | |||||
| Czechoslovakia | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | Defunct | 1 | |||||||||||||||
 Denmark | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| England | – | – | 4th | 3rd | 3rd | – | 2nd | 1st | 2nd | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 8 |
| France | 5th | 4th | 8th | – | 5th | 4th | 5th | 7th | – | – | 3rd | 4th | 7th | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 11 |
| Germany | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 3rd | 1st | 2nd | 4th | 1st | 4th | 1st | 1st | Q | 23 |
 Italy | – | – | – | 8th | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 10th | – | 4 |
| Ireland | – | – | – | 7th | 4th | 6th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 4 |
| Lithuania | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | 8th | – | 2nd | 7th | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Q | 5 | |||||
| Netherlands | 2nd | 2nd | 6th | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2nd | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 1st | 1st | 2nd | 2nd | 2nd | – | – | 15 |
| Poland | – | – | – | – | – | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 3rd | 3rd | 2nd | 8th | – | – | 2nd | Q | 8 |
| Russia | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | 6th | 2nd | 6th | 8th | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7th | – | DSQ | – | – | 5 | |||||
| Scotland | – | – | 2nd | 4th | 6th | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 4th | 4th | 8th | – | 4th | 4th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 12 |
 Slovakia | Part of Czechoslovakia | 5th | 5th | 5th | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 | ||||||
| Spain | 7th | 5th | 7th | – | 7th | 2nd | 3rd | 3rd | 7th | – | – | – | – | 6th | 2nd | 7th | – | – | – | – | – | 4th | Q | 13 |
| Switzerland | 4th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 8th | – | 8th | Q | 5 |
 Turkey | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6th | 9th | – | 2 |
| Ukraine | Part of the Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | 5th | 1st | 8th | – | 5th | 5th | 5th | 3rd | 7th | Q | 10 | |||||
 Wales | – | – | – | – | – | 5th | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| Total | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 10 | [3] |
See also
- Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
- Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
- Women's EuroHockey Championship
References
- ^ "Belgium to host FIH Indoor Hockey World Cup 2021". fih.ch. 8 April 2020.
- ^ "EuroHockey Indoor Championships, Men and Women, is extended from 8 to 10 teams from 2024 onwards". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 26 February 2021.
- ^ "Competitions Archive". European Hockey Federation. p. 2.
External links
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