This is what you need to know about the EuroHockey Championships 2023
09. August 2023
The German national teams want to be among the top teams at the European Hockey Championships. It starts with the preliminary round on August 18th. 16 teams, eight women’s and eight men’s teams, are playing for the two European championship titles.
When and where will the European Hockey Championships 2023 take place?
The European Hockey Championships for men and women, the EuroHockey
Championship, will take place from August 18th to 27th, 2023. For the first time in 12 years, an international hockey tournament will take place in Germany. Venue is Mönchengladbach. All 40 games will be played in the SparkassenPark (hockey park).
This is the venue for the EuroHockey Championships 2023.
All 40 games of the European Hockey Championships will be played at SparkassenPark Mönchengladbach (address: Am Hockeypark 1, 41179 Mönchengladbach). The stadium holds 9,500 spectators and has been given new artificial turf and floodlights especially for the tournament. The last major hockey events in Mönchengladbach were the 2006 World Hockey Championships and the 2011 Men’s and Women’s European Championships.
How many nations take part in the European Hockey Championship?
The European Hockey Championship is divided into women’s and men’s fields. Eight women’s and eight men’s teams compete for the European Championship title.
This is the European Hockey Championship mode
In the group phase of the 2023 European Hockey Championships there will be two groups of four teams each for women and men. Each country meets each of their group opponents once, so there are six group matches per group. After the group stage, the top two teams in each group play each other in the semi-finals. The losers of the semi-finals meet in the small final for third place. For the winners of the semifinals, the grand finale is about the crown of Europe. The third- and fourth-placed groups play in the Loser Bracket for places five through eight.
You can find the complete schedule here: https://eurohockey2023.com/spielplan-und-tabellen
These are the groups at the EuroHockey Championships 2023
Women:
Group A: Netherlands, Belgium, Spain, Italy
Group B: Germany, England, Ireland, Scotland
Men:
Group A: Belgium, England, Spain, Austria
Group B: Germany, Netherlands, France, Wales
When are the European Hockey Championships matches held?
Women: The women’s 12-game group stage runs from August 18-22. The semi-finals and the first games of the loser bracket will take place on August 24th. On August 25th, the final games of the Loser Bracket will be played before the match for third place and then the final of the European Hockey Championship on August 26th. The women’s final begins on August 26, 2:45 p.m.
Men: The men’s 12-game group stage runs from August 19-23. The semi-finals and the first games of the loser bracket will take place on August 25th. Another Loser Bracket game will be played on August 26, before the final Loser Bracket game, the third-place play-off and then the final of the European Hockey Championships on August 27. The men’s final begins on August 27, 3:00 p.m.
You can find the complete schedule here: https://eurohockey2023.com/spielplan-und-tabellen
When do the German teams play at the European Hockey Championships?
Women:
The German women’s national hockey team will play their first group game of the EuroHockey Championships 2023 on August 18, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. against Scotland. The group game against England follows on August 20 at 5:30 p.m. and against Ireland on August 22 at 7:30 p.m. Depending on the performance, a semi-final or the games in the loser bracket follows.
Men’s:
The German men’s national hockey team celebrates its start at the EuroHockey Championships 2023 one day after the women’s on August 19, 2023, 6:00 p.m. against Wales. The group game against the Netherlands follows on August 21 at 6:00 p.m. and against France on August 23 at 7:30 p.m. Depending on the performance, a semi-final or the games in the loser bracket follows.
What do the squads of the German national teams look like?
Women:
The German women’s squad is led by captains Nike Lorenz and Sonja Zimmermann. National coach Valentin Altenburg has nominated 18 players from ten different clubs, including 16 field players and two goalkeepers. The most experienced player in the squad is Anne Schröder with 190 caps, the youngest player is Linnea Weidemann at 19.
The complete women’s squad including statistics can be found here: https://magazin.hockey.de/unsere-teams/damen#Kader
Herren:
15 world champions are part of the squad of the German men’s national team for the 2023 European Hockey Championships in Mönchengladbach. National coach André Henning has nominated a total of 16 field players and two goalkeepers for the first major hockey event in Germany in 12 years. The German men’s EM squad is led by Captain Mats Grambusch. The most experienced player is Martin Zwicker with 294 caps, the youngest is Jean Danneberg at 20. The team consists of players from eight different clubs. With Timm Herzbruch, Johannes Große and Malte Hellwig, there are three players who were not part of the successful World Cup squad.
The complete men’s squad including statistics can be found here: https://magazin.hockey.de/unsere-teams/herren#Kader
Successes of the German national hockey teams
The German hockey teams are among the most successful teams in Germany. In January 2023, the men’s team sensationally won the gold medal at the World Championships in India. At the last European Championship, the team narrowly lost the final in a penalty shootout against the then hosts, the Netherlands. With eight European Championship titles, Germany is the record winner for men.
The German women were in the finals of the last two European Hockey Championships in 2019 and 2021, but lost both games against the Netherlands. The team finished fourth at the last World Cup. The women’s selection of the DHB achieved the two European Championship titles in 2007 and 2013.
What the German national coaches say about the European Hockey Championships
Women’s national coach Valentin Altenburg: “No matter where we have played as DANAS in the last few weeks, whether in Wiesbaden, Limburg or Rüsselsheim, it was always sold out. The spark jumped from the field to the spectators and from the spectators to the players. That makes an incredible amount of anticipation for a sold-out house at the European Championship in our living room. We will look for our chance in every game of the EuroHockey Championships 2023, no matter who is on the other side.”
Men’s national coach André Henning:“We want to take our fans with us in our own stadium and carry them away. This team has a strong mix of offensive power and immense defensive qualities. At the European Championship we want to use that to use our speed on the counterattack. It’s going to be a very special event because it’s the first home tournament of everyone’s career. Six months after winning the world championship, reaching for the next title is a huge challenge on many levels and also a special opportunity that motivates us all.”
Where to watch the EuroHockey Championships 2023?
All games of the German national teams are streamed free of charge on sportschau.de and sportstudio.de. Should the German teams reach the finals, they can be seen live on the linear programs of ARD and ZDF.
All 40 games of the European Hockey Championship will also be broadcast on SPORT1 Extra. The EM pass costs €19.99 and can be purchased at sport1extra.de.
An overview of the streaming and TV times can be found here.
Tickets for the European Hockey Championships
Tickets are still available for seven out of 10 European Championship days.
Tickets canbe purchased at eurohockey2023.com/tickets .
The road to the 2024 Olympic Games begins in Mönchengladbach
The European Hockey Championships are of great importance for the participating teams in view of the 2024 Olympic Games. The winning teams of the men’s and women’s European Championships qualify directly for Paris 2024.
Who are the record European champions?
For women, the Dutch women lead the all-time table of European champions. With eleven titles they are at the lonely top. Germany is the record European champion for men. Overall, the national team has already won the European title eight times.
More information about the EuroHockey Championships 2023 can be found here.
