2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

This article is about men's event. For women's event, see 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship.

2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship

EURO 2007
Official logo
Tournament details
Host country	England
City	Manchester
Teams	8
Venue(s)	Belle Vue Regional Hockey Centre
Top three teams
Champions	Netherlands (3rd title)
Runner-up	Spain
Third place	Belgium
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	105 (5.25 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Taeke Taekema (16 goals)
Best player	Robert van der Horst

The 2007 EuroHockey Nations Championship for men is the 11th edition of EuroHockey Nations Championship field hockey championship. It was held in Manchester, England from August 19 to August 26, 2007. Netherlands defeated Spain to win their third title, while Belgium upset Germany to secure the last automatic berth for 2008 Summer Olympic Games.

Results

All times are Central European Summer Time (UTC +2)

Pool A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Germany	3	2	1	0	10	2	+8	7
Belgium	3	1	2	0	10	4	+6	5
England	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	0	18	–18	0

19 August 2007 10:00 Germany 5 – 0 Czech Republic Weß Template:Fhgoal Zeller Template:Fhgoal Nevado Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

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19 August 2007 12:00 England 2 – 2 Belgium Daly Template:Fhgoal Middleton Template:Fhgoal Report Dohmen Template:Fhgoal Vandeweghe Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)

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20 August 2007 17:00 Germany 2 – 2 Belgium Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Zeller Template:Fhgoal Report Vandeweghe Template:Fhgoal Dohmen Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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20 August 2007 19:00 England 7 – 0 Czech Republic Middleton Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Daly Template:Fhgoal Jones Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Juan Manuel Requena (ESP) Marc Knülle (FRA)

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22 August 2007 15:00 Czech Republic 0 – 6 Belgium Report Dohmen Template:Fhgoal Gucassoff Template:Fhgoal Luycx Template:Fhgoal Vandeweghe Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Ged Curran (SCO)

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22 August 2007 19:00 England 0 – 3 Germany Report Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Montag Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Pool B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	13	5	+8	9
Spain	3	1	1	1	9	5	+4	4
France	3	1	0	2	4	14	–10	3
Ireland	3	0	1	2	1	3	–2	1

19 August 2007 14:00 Spain 1 – 1 Ireland Ribas Template:Fhgoal Report Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Ged Curran (SCO)

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19 August 2007 16:00 Netherlands 8 – 3 France Taekema Template:Fhgoal Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Bouwens Template:Fhgoal Report Jean-Jean Template:Fhgoal Genestet Template:Fhgoal Verrier Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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21 August 2007 09:00 Spain 6 – 0 France Ribas Template:Fhgoal Sojo Template:Fhgoal Tubau Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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21 August 2007 11:00 Netherlands 1 – 0 Ireland Taekema Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Ged Curran (SCO)

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22 August 2007 13:00 France 1 – 0 Ireland Soyez Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Rob ten Cate (NED)

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22 August 2007 17:00 Spain 2 – 4 Netherlands Ribas Template:Fhgoal Amat Template:Fhgoal Report De Nooijer Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Weusthof Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) Christian Blasch (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

The teams who finished third and fourth in respective pool is carry to this pool. They have to play two matches in this pool with the opponent they no meet before in own pool while carry the result for their match against the played opponent.

The team finished top of this pool classified as fifth-place winner.

Pool C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	2	1	0	15	1	+14	7
France	3	2	0	1	4	7	–3	6
Ireland	3	1	1	1	11	2	+9	4
Czech Republic	3	0	0	3	0	20	–20	0

24 August 2007 12:00 England 1 – 1 Ireland Tindall Template:Fhgoal Report Jermyn Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Juan Manuel Raquena (ESP) Marc Knülle (FRA)

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24 August 2007 14:00 France 3 – 0 Czech Republic Durchon Template:Fhgoal Gouedard Comte Template:Fhgoal Genestet Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Colin Hutchinson (IRL)

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26 August 2007 09:00 Czech Republic 0 – 10 Ireland Report Gleghorne Template:Fhgoal Jermyn Template:Fhgoal Magee Template:Fhgoal Maguire Template:Fhgoal Barbour Template:Fhgoal Shaw Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Marc Knūlle (FRA) Hamish Jamson (ENG)

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26 August 2007 11:00 England 7 – 0 France Jackson Template:Fhgoal S. Mantell Template:Fhgoal R. Mantell Template:Fhgoal Clarke Template:Fhgoal Wilson Template:Fhgoal Report Umpires: Ged Curran (SCO) Juan Manuel Raquena (ESP)

First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

24 August 2007 16:00 Netherlands 7 – 2 Belgium Taekema Template:Fhgoal Weusthof Template:Fhgoal Report Boerma Template:Fhgoal Van den Balck Template:Fhgoal Umpires: John Wright (RSA) Christian Blasch (GER)

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24 August 2007 18:30 Germany 3 – 3 (a.e.t.) Spain Zeller Template:Fhgoal Nevado Template:Fhgoal Report Ribas Template:Fhgoal Alegre Template:Fhgoal Penalties C. Zeller Weß Meinert P. Zeller 2 – 4 Alegre Enrique Amat Tubau Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Henrik Ehlers (DEN)

Third and fourth place

26 August 2007 13:00 Belgium 4 – 3 Germany De Saedeleer Template:Fhgoal Vandeweghe Template:Fhgoal Dekeyser Template:Fhgoal Truyens Template:Fhgoal Report Witte Template:Fhgoal Witthaus Template:Fhgoal Meinert Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Henrik Ehlers (DEN) John Wright (RSA)

Final

26 August 2007 15:30 Netherlands 3 – 2 Spain Brouwer Template:Fhgoal Taekema Template:Fhgoal Report Lainz Template:Fhgoal Tubau Template:Fhgoal Umpires: Colin Hutchinson (IRL) Christian Blasch (GER)

Awards

Topscorer	Player of the tournament	Goalkeeper of the tournament	Fair Play Award
Taeke Taekema	Robert van der Horst	Guus Vogels	Ireland

External links

• Official website