1991 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship


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The 1991 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the sixth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship, the quadrennial international men's field hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.[2] It was held in Paris, France, from 12 to 23 June 1991.[3]

1991 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship
Tournament details
Host countryFrance
CityParis
Dates12–23 June
Teams12 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)Stade Jules Noël
Final positions
Champions Germany (3rd title)
Runner-up Netherlands
Third place England
Tournament statistics
Matches played42
Goals scored175 (4.17 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Floris Jan Bovelander[1] (17 goals)
1987 (previous) (next) 1995

Germany won their third title by defeating the two-time defending champions the Netherlands 3–1 in the final. England won the bronze medal by defeating the Soviet Union 2–1 in penalty strokes after the match finished 1–1 after extra time.[2]

Preliminary round

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Pool A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Netherlands 5 5 0 0 38 1 +37 10 Semi-finals
2   Soviet Union 5 4 0 1 15 6 +9 8
3   France (H) 5 3 0 2 8 12 −4 6
4   Poland 5 1 1 3 7 18 −11 3
5    Switzerland 5 0 2 3 8 23 −15 2
6   Italy 5 0 1 4 3 19 −16 1

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

12 June 1991

Netherlands   9–0    Switzerland

12 June 1991

France   1–4   Soviet Union


13 June 1991

Poland   3–1   Italy

13 June 1991

France   0–6   Netherlands


14 June 1991

Soviet Union   2–0   Poland

14 June 1991

Switzerland   2–2   Italy


15 June 1991

Soviet Union   0–4   Netherlands

15 June 1991

France   3–2    Switzerland


16 June 1991

Netherlands   10–1   Poland

16 June 1991

France   2–0   Italy


17 June 1991

Switzerland   1–6   Soviet Union


18 June 1991

Switzerland   3–3   Poland

18 June 1991

Soviet Union   3–0   Italy


19 June 1991

Netherlands   9–0   Italy

19 June 1991

France   2–0   Poland

Pool B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1   Germany 5 5 0 0 18 2 +16 10 Semi-finals
2   England 5 4 0 1 12 5 +7 8
3   Spain 5 2 0 3 10 10 0 4
4   Ireland 5 2 0 3 8 10 −2 4
5   Belgium 5 2 0 3 7 13 −6 4
6   Wales 5 0 0 5 6 21 −15 0

Source: TheSports.org

12 June 1991

Wales   1–3   England

12 June 1991

Ireland   3–1   Spain


13 June 1991

Belgium   0–4   Germany

13 June 1991

England   3–1   Ireland


14 June 1991

Belgium   2–3   Spain

14 June 1991

Wales   0–6   Germany


15 June 1991

England   1–0   Spain

15 June 1991

Wales   1–3   Ireland


16 June 1991

England   3–0   Belgium

16 June 1991

Germany   3–0   Ireland


17 June 1991

Spain   6–2   Wales


18 June 1991

Wales   2–3   Belgium

18 June 1991

Spain   0–2   Germany


19 June 1991

Ireland   1–2   Belgium

19 June 1991

Germany   3–2   England

Classification round

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Ninth to twelfth place classification

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9–12th place semi-finalsNinth place
      
21 June
  Italy3
23 June
  Belgium4
  Belgium3
21 June
  Wales1
   Switzerland0
  Wales2
Eleventh place
23 June
  Italy1
   Switzerland (a.e.t.)2

9–12th place semi-finals

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21 June 1991

Italy   3–4   Belgium


21 June 1991

Switzerland   0–2   Wales

Eleventh place game

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23 June 1991

Italy   1–2 (a.e.t.)    Switzerland

Ninth place game

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23 June 1991

Belgium   3–1   Wales

Fifth to eighth place classification

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5–8th place semi-finalsFifth place
      
21 June
  Ireland2 (4)
23 June
  France (p.s.o.)2 (5)
  France0
21 June
  Spain1
  Spain2
  Poland0
Seventh place
23 June
  Ireland4
  Poland0

5–8th place semi-finals

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21 June 1991

Ireland   2–2 (a.e.t.)   France
Penalties
4–5


21 June 1991

Spain   2–0   Poland

Seventh place game

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23 June 1991

Ireland   4–0   Poland

Fifth place game

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23 June 1991

France   0–1   Spain

First to fourth place classification

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Semi-finalsFinal
      
21 June
  England1
23 June
  Netherlands2
  Netherlands1
21 June
  Germany3
  Germany4
  Soviet Union0
Third place
23 June
  England (p.s.o.)1 (2)
  Soviet Union1 (1)

Semi-finals

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21 June 1991

England   1–2   Netherlands


21 June 1991

Germany   4–0   Soviet Union

Third place game

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23 June 1991

England   1–1 (a.e.t.)   Soviet Union
Penalties
2–1

Final

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23 June 1991

Netherlands   1–3   Germany

Final standings

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  1.   Germany
  2.   Netherlands
  3.   England
  4.   Soviet Union
  5.   Spain
  6.   France
  7.   Ireland
  8.   Poland
  9.   Belgium
  10.   Wales
  11.    Switzerland
  12.   Italy

See also

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References

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