2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

Template:Short description The 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 12th edition of the EuroHockey Nations Championship, the biennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Amsterdam, Netherlands from 22 to 30 August 2009.

England won the tournament for the first time after defeating Germany 5–3 in the final. The hosts and defending champions the Netherlands secured third place after defeating Spain 6–1 in the third-place playoff.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifier(s)
Host			1	Template:Fh
19–26 August	2007 EuroHockey Championship	Manchester, England	5	Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh Template:Fh
9–12 September	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Lisbon, Portugal	2	Template:Fh Template:Fh
Total			8

Results

All times are local, CEST (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

23 August 2009 13:30 England 5–0 Template:Fh Jackson Template:Fhgoal Middleton Template:Fhgoal Tindall Template:Fhgoal Mackay Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Marc Knülle (FRA)

23 August 2009 17:30 Germany 3–2 Template:Fh Fürste Template:Fhgoal Deecke Template:Fhgoal Report Luycx Template:Fhgoal Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Francisco Vázquez López (ESP)

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24 August 2009 15:30 Belgium 3–0 Template:Fh Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Luycx Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Marc Knülle (FRA) Michiel Brüning (NED)

24 August 2009 17:30 Germany 4–4 Template:Fh Zeller Template:Fhgoal Fürste Template:Fhgoal Wesley Template:Fhgoal Report Jackson Template:Fhgoal Middleton Template:Fhgoal Mackay Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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26 August 2009 13:30 Belgium 2–8 Template:Fh Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Luycx Template:Fhgoal Report Jackson Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Clarke Template:Fhgoal Alexander Template:Fhgoal Tindall Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Tim Pullman (AUS)

26 August 2009 15:30 Germany 3–1 Template:Fh Weß Template:Fhgoal C. Zeller Template:Fhgoal P. Zeller Template:Fhgoal Report Proksch Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Pawel Linkowski (POL)

Pool B

22 August 2009 15:30 Netherlands 9–0 Template:Fh Taekema Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Kemperman Template:Fhgoal Hofman Template:Fhgoal Hertzberger Template:Fhgoal Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) John Wright (RSA)

22 August 2009 19:30 Spain 3–0 Template:Fh Tubau Template:Fhgoal Arbós Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Tim Pullman (AUS)

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24 August 2009 13:30 Poland 2–3 Template:Fh Strykowski Template:Fhgoal Dutkiewicz Template:Fhgoal Report Durchon Template:Fhgoal Jean-Jean Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) John Wright (RSA)

24 August 2009 19:30 Netherlands 0–3 Template:Fh Report Tubau Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Sojo Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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26 August 2009 17:30 Spain 6–1 Template:Fh Enrique Template:Fhgoal Sojo Template:Fhgoal Tubau Template:Fhgoal Fàbregas Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report Dutkiewicz Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Christian Blasch (GER)

26 August 2009 19:30 France 0–6 Template:Fh Report Taekema Template:Fhgoal Weusthof Template:Fhgoal de Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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

Pool C

28 August 2009 12:00 Austria 2–3 Template:Fh Körper Template:Fhgoal Stanzl Template:Fhgoal Report Jean-Jean Template:Fhgoal Becuwe Template:Fhgoal Sevestre Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

28 August 2009 14:00 Belgium 5–0 Template:Fh Briels Template:Fhgoal De Saedeleer Template:Fhgoal Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Charlier Template:Fhgoal Thys Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Marc Knülle (FRA)

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30 August 2009 08:30 Austria 5–4 Template:Fh Jelinek Template:Fhgoal Proksch Template:Fhgoal Monghy Template:Fhgoal Körper Template:Fhgoal Report Dutkiewicz Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Marc Knülle (FRA)

30 August 2009 10:30 Belgium 7–0 Template:Fh Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal De Saedeleer Template:Fhgoal Thys Template:Fhgoal Briels Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Pawel Linkowski (POL) Francisco Vázquez López (ESP)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

28 August 2009 16:00 England 2–1 (a.e.t.) Template:Fh Tindall Template:Fhgoal Jackson Template:Fhgoal Report Taekema Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) John Wright (RSA)

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28 August 2009 19:00 Germany 2–1 Template:Fh Menke Template:Fhgoal Zeller Template:Fhgoal Report Tubau Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

Third and fourth place

30 August 2009 13:00 Netherlands 6–1 Template:Fh Weusthof Template:Fhgoal Kemperman Template:Fhgoal Hertzberger Template:Fhgoal Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Report Garza Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Christian Blasch (GER)

Final

30 August 2009 15:30 England 5–3 Template:Fh Jackson Template:Fhgoal Middleton Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Report Zeller Template:Fhgoal Montag Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Tim Pullman (AUS) John Wright (RSA)

Final standings

Rank	Team
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5	Template:Fh
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8	Template:Fh

  Qualified for the 2010 World Cup

  Relegated to the EuroHockey Championship II

See also

• 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
• 2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship