EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship

The EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship is a European indoor field hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation (EHF). The tournament was started in 1974 for both men's competition and the women's competition.

EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship
SportIndoor field hockey
Founded1974
No. of teams8
ContinentEurope (EHF)
Most recent
champion(s)
 Germany (men)
 Belarus (women)
Most titlesM:  Germany (16 titles)
W:  Germany (15 titles)

In the men's competition, Germany is the most successful team, having won the tournament 12 times out of 13 between 1974 and 2008. For women, Germany is also the most successful team, having won all titles but one between 1974 and 2008. The only national team beside Germany to win the men's competition between 1974 and 2008 is Russia, having done so in 2008 by defeating Germany in the gold medal game. The only team beside Germany to win the women's competition between 1974 and 2008 is England, having done so in 1996 by defeating Germany in the gold medal game.

The 2010 edition of the men's tournament is the first to not feature Germany in the top four.[1][2]

Men's results

Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 1974 Berlin 6  West Germany  Netherlands   Switzerland  Scotland
2 1976 Arnhem 6  West Germany  Belgium  Netherlands  Scotland
3 1980 Zurich 7  West Germany  Netherlands  Scotland  England
4 1984 Edinburgh 6  West Germany  England  Netherlands  Scotland
5 1988 Wien 6  West Germany  France  Austria  Scotland
6 1991 Birmingham 8  Germany  England  Scotland  Poland
7 1994 Bonn 8  Germany  England  Czech Republic  Austria
8 1997 Lievin 8  Germany  Czech Republic  Denmark  Russia
9 1999 Slagelse 8  Germany  Poland   Switzerland  Spain
10 2001 Luzern 8  Germany  Spain  Poland  France
11 2003 Santander 8  Germany  Spain   Switzerland  Czech Republic
12 2006 Eindhoven 8  Germany  Poland  Spain   Switzerland
13 2008 Ekaterinburg 8  Russia  Germany  Austria  Spain
14 2010 Almere 8  Austria  Russia  Netherlands  Spain
15 2012 Leipzig 8  Germany  Czech Republic  Austria  Netherlands
16 2014 Vienna 8  Germany  Austria  Russia  Poland
17 2016 Prague 8  Germany  Austria  Russia  Czech Republic
18 2018 Antwerp 8  Austria  Belgium  Germany  Poland
19 2020 Berlin 8  Germany  Austria  Netherlands  Russia

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany161118
2 Austria2338
3 Russia1124
4 England0303
5 Netherlands0246
6 Czech Republic0213
 Poland0213
 Spain0213
9 Belgium0202
10 France0101
11  Switzerland0033
12 Scotland0022
13 Denmark0011
Totals (13 nations)19191957

II division

  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Trophy (1997 to 2010)
  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Championships II (2012 to 2016)
Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 1997 Oporto 7   Switzerland  Poland  Sweden  Portugal
2 1999 Oporto 5  France  Portugal  Scotland  Croatia
3 2001 Vienna 8  Netherlands  Russia  Austria  Scotland
4 2003 Zagreb 8  Denmark  Austria  Portugal  Scotland
5 2006 La Spezia 8  Russia  Italy  Ukraine  Portugal
6 2008 Copenhagen 8  Netherlands  Denmark  Slovakia  Portugal
7 2010 Poznań 8  England   Switzerland  Poland  Sweden
8 2012 Lignano 8  Poland  Sweden  Ukraine  Denmark
9 2014 Bern 8  France   Switzerland  Ukraine  Denmark
10 2016 Espinho 8  Belgium  Denmark  England  France
11 2018 Alanya 8  Netherlands  Ukraine  Sweden  Croatia
12 2020 Lucerne 8   Switzerland  Belarus  Portugal  Croatia

III division

  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Challenge I (2003 to 2010)
  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Championship III (2012 to 2016)
Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 2003 Brescia 4  Italy  Belgium  Slovenia  Georgia
2 2006 Sofia 5  Belarus  Sweden  Finland  Lithuania
3 2008 Sheffield 6  Sweden  England  Croatia  Turkey
4 2010 Alanya 5  Ukraine  Croatia  Turkey  Hungary
5 2012 Gondomar 8  France  Belgium  Portugal  Croatia
6 2014 Sveti Ivan Zelina 6  Portugal  Croatia  Wales  Turkey
7 2016 Vantaa 6  Italy  Turkey  Belarus  Slovakia
8 2018 Nicosia 7  Belarus  Slovakia  Scotland  Wales
9 2020 Santander 5  Spain  Scotland  Ireland  Wales

IV division

  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Challenge II (2010)
Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 2010 Rouen 4  France  Wales  Finland  Norway

Women's results

Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 1975 Arras 7  West Germany  Netherlands  Belgium   Switzerland
2 1977 Brussel 5  West Germany  Netherlands  Belgium  France
3 1981 Berlin 8  West Germany  Scotland  Canada  England
4 1985 London 8  West Germany  Netherlands  England  Scotland
5 1987 B.Neuenahr 8  West Germany  Netherlands  England  Ireland
6 1990 Elmshorn 8  West Germany  Spain  Scotland  France
7 1993 London 8  Germany  England  Spain  Scotland
8 1996 Glasgow 8  England  Germany  Spain  Scotland
9 1998 Ourense 8  Germany  England  Austria  Scotland
10 2000 Vienna 8  Germany  Russia  Czech Republic  Scotland
11 2002 Les Ponts-de-Cé 8  Germany  Lithuania  France  Austria
12 2004 Eindhoven 8  Germany  Netherlands  Belarus  France
13 2006 Eindhoven 8  Germany  Netherlands  Belarus  Scotland
14 2008 Almería 8  Germany  Belarus  Netherlands  Scotland
15 2010 Duisburg 8  Ukraine  Spain  Germany  Netherlands
16 2012 Leipzig 8  Germany  Belarus  Poland  Netherlands
17 2014 Prague 8  Netherlands  Germany  Poland  Austria
18 2016 Minsk 8  Netherlands  Poland  Belarus  Germany
19 2018 Prague 8  Germany  Netherlands  Belarus  Czech Republic
20 2020 Minsk 8  Belarus  Netherlands  Czech Republic  Germany

Medal summary

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany152118
2 Netherlands28111
3 Belarus1247
4 England1225
5 Ukraine1001
6 Spain0224
7 Poland0123
8 Scotland0112
9 Lithuania0101
 Russia0101
11 Belgium0022
 Czech Republic0022
13 Austria0011
 Canada0011
 France0011
Totals (15 nations)20202060

Division II

  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Trophy (1996 to 2010)
  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Championships II (2012 to 2016)
Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 1996 Prague 6  Russia  Lithuania  Czech Republic  Belgium
2 1998 Slagelse 6  Czech Republic  Belarus  Ukraine  France
3 2000 Lievin 6  Lithuania  France  Poland  Denmark
4 2002 Rotterdam 5  Netherlands  Belarus  Poland   Switzerland
5 2004 Padova 7  Ukraine  Scotland  Poland  Italy
6 2006 La Spezia 8  Spain  Italy  Poland  Slovakia
7 2008 Nymburk 8  Poland  Lithuania   Switzerland  Czech Republic
8 2010 Nymburk 8  Czech Republic  Austria  Slovakia   Switzerland
9 2012 Slagelse 8  France  England  Lithuania   Switzerland
10 2014 Šiauliai 8  Ukraine  Belgium  Scotland   Switzerland
11 2016 Cambrai 8  Russia   Switzerland  France  Lithuania
12 2018 Brussels 8  Belgium  Austria  England  Croatia
13 2020 Sveti Ivan Zelina 7  Russia  Turkey  Scotland  Poland

Division III

  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Challenge (1996 to 2010)
  • Eurohockey Indoor Nations Championship III (2012 to 2014)
Number Year Host Teams Number Champion Runner-up Third Place Fourth Place
1 1996 Prague 6  Russia  Lithuania  Czech Republic  Belgium
2 1998 Slagelse 6  Czech Republic  Belarus  Ukraine  France
3 2000 Lievin 6  Lithuania  France  Poland  Denmark
4 2002 Rotterdam 5  Netherlands  Belarus  Poland   Switzerland
5 2008 Sheffield 4  Denmark  England  Turkey  Sweden
6 2010 Rouen 6  England  France  Sweden  Croatia
7 2012 Gondomar 7  Belgium  Wales  Italy  Sweden
8 2014 Porec 5  Croatia  Turkey  Sweden  Bulgaria
9 2018 Apače 3  Turkey  Slovakia  Slovenia
10 2020 Bratislava 7  Spain  Ireland  Portugal  Slovakia

See also

References

  1. "EuroHockey.org - EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championships (M) 2010". European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
  2. "EuroHockey.org - EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championships". European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2010-01-16.
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