The 2021 Men's European Qualifier was the European qualification tournament for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup. The tournament was held at the Sport Wales National Centre in Cardiff, Wales from 21 to 24 October 2021.[1]
The top five teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship were already qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup and the top two teams from this tournament joined them.[2]
Qualification
The bottom three teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the top 5 from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II participated in the tournament.[3]
Results
All times are local (UTC+1).
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Umpires: Shane O'Donnell (IRL) Kevin Roberts (WAL)
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Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
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Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Paul van den Assum (NED)
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Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Ben Göntgen (GER)
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Fifth to eighth place classification
5–8th place semifinals
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)
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Russia
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4–3
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Italy
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Zheleznyakov 26' Matkovskiy 36' Skiperskiy 39' Golubev 60'
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Report
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Sior 16' Núñez 20' Amorosini 52'
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Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Kevin Roberts (WAL)
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Seventh and eighth place
Poland
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1–1
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Italy
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Hillyer 48'
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Report
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Núñez 28'
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Kurowski  Jarzyński  Pawlak  Rutkowski  Gumny
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3–2
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Garbaccio
Amorosini
Keenan
Sior
Núñez
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Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Paul van den Assum (NED)
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Fifth and sixth place
Umpires: Jakub Mejzlík (CZE) Kevin Roberts (WAL)
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First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Paul van den Assum (NED)
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Umpires: Nick Bennett (ENG) Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
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Third and fourth place
Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Ben Göntgen (GER)
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Final
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Shane O'Donnell (IRL)
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Statistics
Final standings
Goalscorers
There were 52 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Source: FIH
See also
References
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