2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II

For the Division I tournament, see 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship.

2018 Women's EuroHockey
Indoor Championship II

Tournament details
Host country	Belgium
City	Brussels
Dates	19–21 January 2018
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Belgium (1st title)
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	111 (5.55 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Laurine Delforge (8 goals)
Best player	Laurine Delforge
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The 2018 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II was the 12th edition of the tournament. It was held from 19 to 21 January 2018 in Brussels, Belgium.^[1]

Belgium won the tournament for the first time after topping the pool. Along with Belgium, Austria qualified to the 2020 EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship as the two highest ranked teams.^[2]

Qualified Teams

The following teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, participated in the 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II.^[3]

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Belgium (9)
22–24 January 2016	2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Minsk, Belarus	1	Austria (6)
22–24 January 2016	2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Cambrai, France	5	Croatia (23)  England (21)  Lithuania (22)  Scotland (16)  Wales (24)
Invitational team			1	Sweden (28)
Total			8

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	15	5	+10	9	Advanced to Pool D
2	England	3	2	0	1	13	9	+4	6
3	Sweden	3	1	0	2	5	13	−8	3	Pool C
4	Lithuania	3	0	0	3	7	13	−6	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

19 January 2018 10:00 England  5–1  Sweden Sanders  10', 21', 32', 38' Crowson  26' Report Fantini  20' Umpires: Fanneke ALkemade (NED) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

19 January 2018 11:10 Austria  4–2  Lithuania Sandner  2' Buchta  21' Zerbs  24' Pulter  32' Report Juodyte  20+' Kukliene  25' Umpires: Abby MacArthur (WAL) Lena McCrae (SCO)

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19 January 2018 16:00 Lithuania  2–4  Sweden Nomeikaite  30' Kukliene  25' Report Fantini  21', 23' Hernvall  25' Zulfiyeva  25' Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Cristina Pérez (ESP)

19 January 2018 17:10 England  3–5  Austria Sanders  30' MacDonell  32' Wills  38' Report Podpera  13' Buchta  14' Hefter  16', 36' Laginja  25' Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

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20 January 2018 09:00 Austria  6–0  Sweden Steyrer  11' Zerbs  25' Pulter  35' Sandner  39', 40' Buchta  40' Report Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

20 January 2018 10:10 Lithuania  3–5  England Juriate  15' Kartanovic  16' Juodyte  36' Report Crowson  9', 26' Burge  13', 22' Sanders  18' Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	16	0	+16	9	Advanced to Pool D
2	Croatia	3	1	1	1	6	5	+1	4
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	0	3	0	17	−17	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

19 January 2018 12:20 Scotland  5–0  Wales Dark  4', 5' Campbell  21' Bunce  23', 25' Report Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

19 January 2018 13:30 Belgium  4–0  Croatia Delforge  16', 23', 36' Rasir  20' Report Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

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19 January 2018 18:20 Croatia  5–0  Wales Franić  4' Peranic  19', 26' V. Šomin  33' Litvic  40+' Report Umpires: Lena McCrae (SCO) Claire Druijts (NED)

19 January 2018 19:30 Scotland  0–5  Belgium Report Rasir  13' Ronquetti  18' Delforge  31', 40' Breyne  39' Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Abby MacArthur (WAL)

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20 January 2018 11:20 Croatia  1–1  Scotland A. Šomin  36' Report Bunce  24' Umpires: Magali Sergeant (BEL) Rachel Williams (ENG)

20 January 2018 12:30 Belgium  7–0  Wales Rasir  3' Delforge  15', 36' Englebert  17' Ronquetti  23', 25' Massart  27' Report Umpires: Lena McCrae (SCO) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

Classification round

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Lithuania	3	2	0	1	16	7	+9	6
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	9	7	+2	3
4	Wales	3	1	0	2	3	16	−13	3

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

20 January 2018 16:30 Lithuania  9–0  Wales Kartanovic  3' Juodyte  4', 22', 26' Kukliene  6', 15' Caikauskaite  23' Juraite  31' Adomaviciute  32' Report Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Magali Sergeant (BEL)

20 January 2018 17:40 Sweden  2–1  Scotland Fantini  11' Moberg  31' Report Dark  36' Umpires: Cristina Pérez (ESP) Sophie Bockelmann (GER)

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21 January 2018 10:00 Scotland  3–5  Lithuania Dark  5', 17' Bunce  37' Report Chmeliauskaite  4', 12', 23' Adomaviciute  10' Nomeikaite  18' Umpires: Montserrat Solórzano (ESP) Cristina Pérez (ESP)

21 January 2018 11:10 Sweden  2–3  Wales Lindström  22', 38' Report Francis  7', 38' Lewis-Williams  29' Umpires: Kamile Mockaityte (LTU) Lena McCrae (SCO)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion
1	Belgium	3	3	0	0	10	0	+10	9	Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
2	Austria	3	2	0	1	12	6	+6	6
3	England	3	1	0	2	7	9	−2	3
4	Croatia	3	0	0	3	1	15	−14	0

Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) goals scored; 4) head-to-head result.^[4]

20 January 2018 18:50 England  4–1  Croatia Crowson  4', 23', 39' Sanders  20' Report V. Šomin  33' Umpires: Fanneke Alkemade (NED) Kamile Mockaityte (LTU)

20 January 2018 20:00 Austria  0–3  Belgium Report Delforge  22' De Mot  24' Rasir  32' Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Rachel Williams (ENG)

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21 January 2018 13:00 Belgium  3–0  England Englebert  5' Rasir  15', 39' Report Umpires: Claire Druijts (NED) Fanneke Alkemade (NED)

21 January 2018 14:10 Austria  7–0  Croatia Zerbs  2' Buchta  10', 14', 20', 29' Steyrer  15', 17' Report Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Abby MacArthur (WAL)

Awards

Player of the Tournament	Top Goalscorer	Goalkeeper of the Tournament	Young Player of the Tournament
Laurine Delforge	Laurine Delforge	Elodie Picard	Daria Buchta

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	Status
	Belgium	5	5	0	0	22	0	+22	15	Promoted to 2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
	Austria	5	4	0	1	22	8	+14	12
	England	5	3	0	2	17	13	+4	9
4	Croatia	5	1	1	3	7	16	−9	4
5	Lithuania	5	2	0	3	21	16	+5	6
6	Sweden	5	2	0	3	9	17	−8	6
7	Scotland	5	1	1	3	10	13	−3	4
8	Wales	5	1	0	4	3	28	−25	3

Source: FIH

Goalscorers

There were 111 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 5.55 goals per match.

8 goals

• Laurine Delforge

7 goals

• Daria Buchta
• Erica Sanders

6 goals

• Justine Rasir
• Megan Crowson

5 goals

• Jurate Juodyte
• Emily Dark

4 goals

• Dovile Kukliene
• Vikki Bunce
• Emilia Fantini

3 goals

• Alexandra Sandner
• Lisa Steyrer
• Corinna Zerbs
• Marie Ronquetti
• Ugne Chmeliauskaite

2 goals

• Marianna Pulter
• Katharina Hefter
• Charlotte Englebert
• Dolores Peranic
• Viktoria Šomin
• Esme Burge
• Sandra Adomaviciute
• Dovile Juriate
• Kotryna Kartanovic
• Erlanda Nomeikaite
• Lena Lindström
• Heather Francis

1 goal

• Martina Laginja
• Stefania Podpera
• Lucie Breyne
• France de Mot
• Emeline Massart
• Marijana Franić
• Una Litvic
• Anamarija Šomin
• Lydia MacDonell
• Alice Wills
• Kotryna Caikauskaite
• Louise Campbell
• Christina Hernvall
• Klara Moberg
• Gunaj Zulfiyeva
• Megan Lewis-Williams

Source: FIH

References

1. "2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W)". tms.fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
2. "Brilliant Belgium promoted along with Austria from Championship II". archive.eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
3. "Teams". 2018 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II (W) – Teams. International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
4. Regulations