2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Dates	2–8 September
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Wales (1st title)
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	94 (6.27 per match)
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The 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the second edition of the Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Zagreb, Croatia from 2 to 8 September 2007.^[1]

Wales won its first EuroHockey Nations Challenge I title and were promoted to the 2011 EuroHockey Nations Trophy together with the runners-up Poland. Switzerland defeated Slovakia to clinch the third place. ^[2]

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
5–11 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Baku, Azerbaijan	2	Poland  Wales
11–17 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Challenge I	Prague, Czech Republic	5	Bulgaria  Croatia  Serbia  Slovakia   Switzerland  Turkey
Total			7

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wales	2	2	0	0	8	3	+5	6	Semi-finals
2	Switzerland	2	1	0	1	9	6	+3	3
3	Croatia (H)	2	0	0	2	1	9	−8	0

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

2 September 2007 17:30 Wales  5–3   Switzerland

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3 September 2007 18:30 Switzerland  6–1  Croatia

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5 September 2007 18:30 Wales  3–0  Croatia

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland	3	3	0	0	27	2	+25	9	Semi-finals
2	Slovakia	3	2	0	1	18	4	+14	6
3	Serbia	3	0	1	2	1	19	−18	1
4	Turkey	3	0	1	2	2	23	−21	1

Source: TheSports.org

2 September 2007 13:30 Poland  14–0  Turkey

2 September 2007 15:30 Slovakia  8–0  Serbia

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3 September 2007 14:30 Poland  10–0  Serbia

3 September 2007 16:30 Slovakia  8–1  Turkey

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5 September 2007 14:30 Serbia  1–1  Turkey

5 September 2007 16:30 Poland  3–2  Slovakia

Classification round

Fifth to seventh place classification

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Croatia (H)	2	2	0	0	9	0	+9	6
7	Turkey	2	0	1	1	1	3	−2	1
6	Serbia	2	0	1	1	1	8	−7	1

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

7 September 2007 Croatia  2–0  Turkey

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8 September 2007 Croatia  7–0  Serbia

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	7 September
	Wales	4
					8 September
	Slovakia	1
					Wales (p.s.)	2 (2)
	7 September
					Poland	2 (0)
	Poland	5
	Switzerland	4
					Third place
					8 September
					Switzerland	1
					Slovakia	0

Semi-finals

7 September 2007 16:30 Poland  5–4   Switzerland

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7 September 2007 18:30 Wales  4–1  Slovakia

Third place game

8 September 2007 15:00 Switzerland  1–0  Slovakia

Final

8 September 2007 17:30 Wales  2–2 (a.e.t.)  Poland Penalties 2–0

Final standings

Pos	Team	Promotion
1	Wales	EuroHockey Nations Trophy
2	Poland
3	Switzerland
4	Slovakia
5	Croatia (H)
6	Turkey
7	Serbia

Source: Todor66
(H) Host

See also

• 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
• 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

References

1. "Field hockey - Women's Eurohockey Nations Championships III - 2007 - Home". Retrieved 20 June 2021.
2. "Women Field Hockey Eurohockey Nations Challenge 2007 Zagreb (CRO) 02-08.09 - Winner Wales". todor66.com. Retrieved 20 June 2021.