Men’s EuroHockey Championship II (Dublin, Ireland)
Pool A
Portugal 1 Türkiye 2
A close game to open the day here in Dublin. Portugal led by one going into half time, but Türkiye pulled two back in a five-minute period to claim the win.
Goalscorers
Portugal- FOURIE Aidan
Türkiye- ELAGÖZ Müslüm, EKINCI Müslüm
Czech 2 Switzerland 2
This draw means both teams moved above Türkiye in Pool C, with Switzerland on top of the group.
Goalscorers
Czech- PLOCHÝ Lukas (2)
Switzerland – STOMPS Boris,HUG Yannick
Semi-Final 1
Italy 3 Ukraine 3 (SO Italy 3 Ukraine 4)
Ukraine secured their place in the Olympic Qualifiers with this win over Italy. It was a lively game- Italy taking the lead early but Ukraine responding two minutes later. Through a field goal in the second quarter Ukraine led going into the break. Two goals from Davide Arosio looked to have given the win to Italy, but they could only enjoy it for a minute before Maksym Onofriiuk sent the game to shoutout.
Goalscorers
Italy- MONDO Manuel, AROSIO Davide (2)
Ukraine- PAZIUK Viacheslav, KOSHELENKO Andrii, ONOFRIIUK Maksym
Goalscorers Shootout
Italy- KEENAN Thomas, BROCCO Claudio, AMOROSINI Mattia
Ukraine- ONOFRIIUK Maksym, SHEVCHUK Vitalii, KOVALENKO Bohdan, KOSHELENKO Andrii
Semi-Final 2
Ireland 4 Scotland 1
Hosts Ireland secured their place in both the final and the Olympic Qualifiers with this comprehensive win over Scotland.
The game was close and scoreless going into halftime, but two in the third and two in the final quarter sealed it. Alan Forsyth got Scotland on the scoreboard two minutes to the end.
Goalscorers
Ireland – DUNCAN Jeremy, JOHNSON Ben, COLE Lee (2)
Scotland- FORSYTH Alan
Men’s EuroHockey Championship III (Skierniewice, Poland)
Lithuania 8 Serbia 2
A lively game and a comfortable win for Lithuania. Serbia will be pleased with their performance though, and scored their first goals of the event here.
Goalscorers
Lithuania -BALBATUNOVAS Ignas (2), SINKEVIČIUS Povilas (2), ALEKNAVIČIUS Laimonas, POCEVICIUS Mantvydas, RIDLAUSKAS Arnas, STANKEVIČ Rafal
Serbia- LOSONCI Adam, MARJANUŠIĆ Darko
Malta 2 Croatia 5
Malta defended well for the first quarter, maintaining the same spread and keeping their opponents out. However Croatia proved too strong, and a flurry of goals in the third quarter secured the win.
Goalscorers
Malta – CHIRCOP Karl, CALLEJA Keith
Croatia – KRAJINOVIĆ David, ĆAĆIĆ Marko, FUJS Gregor, SLUGA Noa, MESARIĆ Luka
Gibraltar 0 Poland 6
A big home crowd saw Poland secure a comfortable win in the last game of the day. Gibraltar had some moments to score in the first half, but failed to convert. Poland were much more clinical, upping the energy after the first quarter and taking their chances.
Goalscorers
Poland – RUTKOWSKI Wojciech (4), BEMBENEK Eryk, MAŁECKI Dominik
Women’s EuroHockey Championship III (Zagreb, Croatia)
After Match Day 3 here in Zagreb, Türkiye and Switzerland top the Pool and will meet in tomorrow’s final.
Türkiye 6 Gibraltar 0
A hattrick from Fatma Songül Gültekin helped Türkiye to a comfortable win against Gibraltar.
Goalscorers
Türkiye- GÜLTEKIN Fatma Songül (3), TAŞKIRAN İlayda, KENDIR Zeliha, PAKSOY Gülcan
Croatia 0 Switzerland 0
Maintaining this draw secured Switzerland’s position above Croatia in the standings, sending them to the final.
