2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier

2021 Men's European Qualifier
Tournament details
Host country	Wales
City	Cardiff
Dates	21–24 October
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Sport Wales National Centre
Final positions
Champions	Wales
Runner-up	France
Third place	Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played	12
Goals scored	52 (4.33 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Cameron Golden (4 goals)

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.

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.

Qualification

The bottom three teams from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship and the top 5 from the 2021 EuroHockey Championship II participated in the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
4–12 June 2021	2021 EuroHockey Championship	Amstelveen, Netherlands	3	France Russia Wales
15–21 August 2021	2021 EuroHockey Championship II	Gniezno, Poland	5	Austria Italy Ireland Poland Scotland
Total			8

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Bracket

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

21 October

France	5
		23 October
Poland	0
		France	4
21 October
		Austria	1
Austria (p.s.o.)	0 (3)
				24 October
Scotland	0 (2)
				France	1
21 October
				Wales	2
Ireland	2
		23 October
Russia	0
		Ireland	1 (1)
21 October
		Wales (p.s.o.)	1 (2)	Third place
Wales	2
				24 October
Italy	0
				Austria (p.s.o.)	3 (4)

				Ireland	3 (3)

Quarter-finals

21 October 2021
11:00

France	5–0	Poland
Clément 14', 15' Rogeau 18' Baumgarten 33' Branicki 57'	Report

Umpires:
Shane O'Donnell (IRL)
Kevin Roberts (WAL)

21 October 2021
13:30

Austria	0–0	Scotland
	Report
Penalties
Unterkircher Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Körper	3–2	Forsyth McConnell Golden Morton Field

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

21 October 2021
16:00

Ireland	2–0	Russia
Walker 4', 34'	Report

Umpires:
Ian Diamond (SCO)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

21 October 2021
18:30

Wales	2–0	Italy
G. Furlong 26', 55'	Report

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

Fifth to eighth place classification

5–8th place semifinals		Fifth place

22 October

Poland	2
		24 October
Scotland	10
		Scotland	4
22 October
		Russia	2
Russia	4

Italy	3
		Seventh place

		24 October

		Poland (p.s.o.)	1 (3)

		Italy	1 (2)

5–8th place semifinals

22 October 2021
16:00

Poland	2–10	Scotland
Kurowski 2' Gumny 60'	Report	Walker 9', 58' Forsyth 12', 17' Coultas 38' Riddell 42' Bull 48' Golden 52', 55' McConnell 54'

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

22 October 2021
18:30

Russia	4–3	Italy
Zheleznyakov 26' Matkovskiy 36' Skiperskiy 39' Golubev 60'	Report	Sior 16' Núñez 20' Amorosini 52'

Umpires:
Ian Diamond (SCO)
Kevin Roberts (WAL)

Seventh and eighth place

24 October 2021
09:30

Poland	1–1	Italy
Hillyer 48'	Report	Núñez 28'
Penalties
Kurowski Jarzyński Pawlak Rutkowski Gumny	3–2	Garbaccio Amorosini Keenan Sior Núñez

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

Fifth and sixth place

24 October 2021
12:00

Scotland	4–2	Russia
Golden 24', 48' Morton 51' Greaves 52'	Report	Loginov 50' Yankun 54'

Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)
Kevin Roberts (WAL)

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

23 October 2021
12:00

France	4–1	Austria
Charlet 19' Goyet 48' Tynevez 55' Branicki 60'	Report	Unterkircher 39'

Umpires:
Ben Göntgen (GER)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

23 October 2021
14:30

Ireland	1–1	Wales
Robson 1'	Report	Naughalty 19'
Penalties
Empey Walsh McKee Murray Cole	1–2	Prosser Shipperley Naughalty Pritchard

Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Jakub Mejzlík (CZE)

Third and fourth place

24 October 2021
14:30

Austria	3–3	Ireland
Wellan 11' Unterkircher 29' Binder 58'	Report	McKee 33', 44' Duncan 54'
Penalties
Unterkircher Fröhlich Losonci Hasun Körper	4–3	Empey Walsh Murray Walker O'Donoghue

Umpires:
Ian Diamond (SCO)
Ben Göntgen (GER)

Final

24 October 2021
17:00

France	1–2	Wales
Baumgarten 23'	Report	Hawker 43' Shipperley 55'

Umpires:
Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

Statistics

Final standings

Rank	Team
1	Wales
2	France
3	Austria
4	Ireland
5	Scotland
6	Russia
7	Poland
8	Italy

	Qualified for the 2023 Men's FIH Hockey World Cup

Goalscorers

There were 52 goals scored in 12 matches, for an average of 4.33 goals per match.

4 goals

Cameron Golden

2 goals

1 goal

Source: FIH

References

^ "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "Route to World Cup for Irish men following FIH amendment". www.hookhockey.com. The Hook. 21 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.
^ "FIH Executive Board approves 8-year global hockey calendar". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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[1] "FIH Hockey World Cup – European Qualifier, Men and Women 2021". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[2] "Route to World Cup for Irish men following FIH amendment". www.hookhockey.com. The Hook. 21 March 2021. Archived from the original on 20 July 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

[3] "FIH Executive Board approves 8-year global hockey calendar". fih.ch. International Hockey Federation. 18 March 2021. Retrieved 20 July 2021.

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