2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy

2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
City	Lisbon
Dates	9–12 September
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Complexo Desportivo do Jamor
Final positions
Champions	Poland (1st title)
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	Scotland
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	92 (4.6 per match)
← 2005 (previous)	(next) 2009 →

The 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy was the second edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy, the second level of the European field hockey championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Lisbon, Portugal from 9 to 16 September 2007.

Whilst both Austria and Poland were promoted to the EuroHockey Championship in 2009, Poland defeated Austria to win the title. Poland, Austria, and Switzerland qualified from this event to the WorldHockey Olympic Qualifier Tournaments in 2008.

Qualified teams edit

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
28 August – 4 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Championship	Leipzig, Germany	2	Poland Scotland
11–17 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Rome, Italy	4	Austria Italy Switzerland Wales
11–17 September 2005	2005 EuroHockey Challenge I	Vinnytsia, Ukraine	2	Portugal Ukraine
Total			8

Format edit

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semi-finals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams play in a new group with the teams they did not play against in the group stage. The last two teams will be relegated to the 2009 EuroHockey Challenge I.

Results edit

Preliminary round edit

Pool A edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	2	1	0	6	4	+2	7	Semi-finals
2	Poland	3	2	0	1	16	5	+11	6	Semi-finals
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3	Pool C
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1	Pool C

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

9 September 2007
15:15

Poland	8–2	Portugal

Umpires:
Maksym Perepelitza (UKR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

9 September 2007
17:15

Italy	2–3	Austria

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Will Drury (WAL)

11 September 2007
15:00

Poland	1–2	Austria

Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Luis Terencio (POR)

11 September 2007
17:00

Italy	3–0	Portugal

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Maksym Perepelitza (UKR)

12 September 2007
15:00

Poland	7–1	Italy

Umpires:
Michael Eimler (AUT)
Thomas Lingg (SUI)

12 September 2007
17:00

Austria	1–1	Portugal

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Camillo Degli Esosti (ITA)

Pool B edit

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	3	3	0	0	10	1	+9	9	Semi-finals
2	Switzerland	3	1	1	1	4	8	−4	4	Semi-finals
3	Ukraine	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1	Pool C

Source: TheSports.org

9 September 2007
11:00

Scotland	1–0	Ukraine

Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski
Thomas Lingg (SUI)

9 September 2007
13:00

Wales	0–2	Switzerland

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Luis Terencio (POR)

10 September 2007
15:00

Scotland	6–0	Switzerland

Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
Camillo Degli Esposti (ITA)

10 September 2007
17:00

Wales	2–2	Ukraine

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Michael Eimler (AUT)

12 September 2007
11:00

Scotland	3–1	Wales

Umpires:
Luis Terencio (POR)
Pawel Linkowski (POL)

12 September 2007
13:00

Switzerland	2–2	Ukraine

Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Will Drury (WAL)

Fifth to eighth place classification edit

Pool C edit

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Wales	3	2	1	0	10	4	+6	7
6	Italy	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
7	Portugal (H)	3	1	0	2	3	10	−7	3	EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
8	Ukraine	3	0	1	2	5	7	−2	1	EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

14 September 2007
10:00

Portugal	3–2	Ukraine

Umpires:
Thomas Lingg (SUI)
Camillo Degli Esposti (ITA)

14 September 2007
12:00

Italy	2–3	Wales

Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Michael Eimler (AUT)

15 September 2007
15:00

Portugal	0–5	Wales

Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
Thomas Lingg (SUI)

15 September 2007
17:00

Italy	2–1	Ukraine

Umpires:
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)
Martin Madden (SCO)

First to fourth place classification edit

Semi-finals		Final

14 September

Poland	3
		16 September
Scotland	1
		Poland	4
14 September
		Austria	3
Austria (p.s.)	2 (6)

Switzerland	2 (5)
		Third place

		16 September

		Scotland (a.e.t.)	4

		Switzerland	3

Semi-finals edit

14 September 2007
14:00

Poland	3–1	Scotland

Umpires:
Luis Terencio (POR)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

14 September 2007
16:30

Austria	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland

Penalties
	6–5

Umpires:
Pawel Linkowski (POL)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Third place game edit

16 September 2007
12:00

Scotland	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Switzerland

Umpires:
Maksym Perepelitza (UKR)
Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Final edit

16 September 2007
14:30

Poland	4–3	Austria

Umpires:
Will Drury (WAL)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Final standings edit

Rank	Team
	Poland
	Austria
	Scotland
4	Switzerland
5	Wales
6	Italy
7	Portugal
8	Ukraine

Qualified for the 2009 EuroHockey Championship

Relegated to the EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

External links edit

European Hockey Federation website