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2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II

The 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship II will be the eleventh edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship II, the second level of the women's European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It will be held from 27 July to 2 August 2025 in Gniezno, Poland.[1]

The finalists will qualify directly for the 2027 Women's EuroHockey Championship in London, England.[2]

Qualification

The eight teams qualified based on their performance in the 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers, with the runners-up, third, fourth and fifth-placed teams qualifying for the Championship II. Ukraine withdrew and Turkey was asked to take over the place but declined. The second highest-ranked team in the qualifiers Croatia accepted the invitation.

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
22–25 August 2024 EuroHockey Championship Qualifiers Glasgow, Scotland 5  Wales
 Czech Republic
 Austria
 Lithuania
 Croatia
Douai, France 3  Poland
 Italy
 Ukraine
  Switzerland
Total 8

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals and
2026 World Cup Qualifiers
2  Poland (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Croatia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2025. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[3]
(H) Hosts
27 July 2025
15:45
Italy  v  Austria
Report
27 July 2025
18:00
Poland  v  Croatia
Report
29 July 2025
15:15
Austria  v  Croatia
Report
29 July 2025
17:30
Poland  v  Italy
Report
30 July 2025
15:45
Italy  v  Croatia
Report
30 July 2025
18:00
Austria  v  Poland
Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Wales 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Semi-finals and
2026 World Cup Qualifiers
2  Czech Republic 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3   Switzerland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4  Lithuania 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played: 27 July 2025. Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[3]
27 July 2025
11:15
Czech Republic  v  Lithuania
Report
27 July 2025
13:30
Wales  v   Switzerland
Report
28 July 2025
15:15
Czech Republic  v  Wales
Report
28 July 2025
17:30
Switzerland  v  Lithuania
Report
30 July 2025
11:15
Wales  v  Lithuania
Report
30 July 2025
13:30
Switzerland  v  Czech Republic
Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team were carried over.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 A3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 B3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 A4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 B4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Source: [ FIH]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[3]

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
1 August
 
 
A1
 
2 August
 
B2
 
 
 
1 August
 
 
 
B1
 
 
A2
 
Third place
 
 
2 August
 
 
 
 
 
 

Final standings

Pos Team Qualification
1 1 2026 World Cup Qualifiers and
2027 EuroHockey Championship
2 2
3 3 2026 World Cup Qualifiers
4 4
5 5
6 6
7 7
8 8
Source: [ FIH]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Lousada and Gniezno to host EuroHockey Championship II events in 2025". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 October 2024. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ "EuroHockey Championships to expand to 12-team knock-out format in 2027". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 25 April 2024. Retrieved 14 November 2024.
  3. ^ a b c "FIH General Tournament Regulations May 2022" (PDF). International Hockey Federation. Retrieved 12 February 2023.