2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship qualification

Tournament 2
Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Dates	8–14 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ireland
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	109 (5.45 per match)

Tournament 1
Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Poznań
Dates	8–14 July 2002
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Scotland
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	87 (5.8 per match)

2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship qualification
Tournament details
Dates	8 July – 15 September 2002
Teams	21 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	4 (in 4 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	53
Goals scored	290 (5.47 per match)
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The 2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship qualification was the seventh and last edition of the qualifying round for the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. It took place from 8 July to 15 September 2002 in four different venues with 21 teams playing for seven quotas at the 2003 European Championship.^[1]

Spain qualified directly as the hosts while Belgium, England, Germany and the Netherlands qualified by their position in the 1999 European Championship.

Tournament 1

The first tournament was played from 8 to 14 July 2002 in Poznań, Poland with seven teams participating.^[2]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	2	2	0	7	2	+5	6	Semi-finals
2	France	2	1	1	8	3	+5	3	Semi-finals
3	Slovenia	2	0	2	0	10	−10	0

Source: Todor66

8 July 2002
10:00

France	6–0	Slovenia

10 July 2002
12:00

Slovenia	0–4	Scotland

11 July 2002
16:00

France	2–3	Scotland

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	32	3	+29	9	Semi-finals
2	Sweden	3	2	1	9	9	0	6	Semi-finals
3	Croatia	3	1	2	3	16	−13	3
4	Hungary	3	0	3	4	20	−16	0

Source: Todor66
(H) Hosts

8 July 2002
16:00

Sweden	3–0	Croatia

8 July 2002
18:00

Poland	12–2	Hungary

9 July 2002
18:00

Croatia	0–11	Poland

10 July 2002
10:00

Hungary	0–5	Sweden

11 July 2002
10:00

Croatia	3–2	Hungary

11 July 2002
18:00

Poland	9–1	Sweden

Fifth to seventh place classification

5–7th place semi-final		Fifth place

13 July

Slovenia	1
		14 July
Hungary	2
		Hungary (a.e.t.)	2

		Croatia	1

5–7th place semi-final

13 July 2002
09:30

Slovenia	1–2	Hungary

Fifth place game

14 July 2002
09:30

Hungary	2–1 (a.e.t.)	Croatia

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

13 July

Scotland	5
		14 July
Sweden	0
		Scotland	2
13 July
		Poland	0
Poland	2

France	1
		Third place

		14 July

		Sweden	2

		France	6

Semi-finals

13 July 2002
15:30

Scotland	5–0	Sweden

13 July 2002
18:00

Poland	2–1	France

Third place game

14 July 2002
14:00

Sweden	2–6	France

Final

14 July 2002
16:30

Scotland	2–0	Poland

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Scotland	2003 European Championship
2	Poland (H)	2003 European Championship
3	France	Play-off
4	Sweden
5	Hungary
6	Croatia
7	Slovenia

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
(H) Host

Tournament 2

The second tournament was held in Dublin, Ireland from 8 to 14 July 2002 with eight teams participating.^[3]

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	12	5	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	1	14	1	+13	6	Semi-finals
3	Gibraltar	3	1	2	12	10	+2	3
4	Greece	3	0	3	2	24	−22	0

Source: Todor66

8 July 2002
09:00

Austria	5–4	Gibraltar

8 July 2002
13:00

Greece	0–10	Wales

9 July 2002
11:00

Austria	1–0	Wales

9 July 2002
13:00

Gibraltar	8–1	Greece

11 July 2002
09:00

Austria	6–1	Greece

11 July 2002
11:00

Gibraltar	0–4	Wales

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland (H)	3	3	0	28	0	+28	9	Semi-finals
2	Italy	3	2	1	14	4	+10	6	Semi-finals
3	Finland	3	1	2	3	19	−16	3
4	Malta	3	0	3	0	22	−22	0

Source: Todor66
(H) Hosts

8 July 2002
11:00

Finland	0–8	Italy

8 July 2002
17:00

Malta	0–13	Ireland

9 July 2002
17:00

Finland	3–0	Malta

9 July 2002
19:00

Ireland	4–0	Italy

11 July 2002
17:00

Ireland	11–0	Finland

11 July 2002
17:00

Italy	6–0	Malta

Fifth to eighth place classification

5–8th place semi-finals		Fifth place

13 July

Gibraltar (a.e.t.)	3
		14 July
Malta	2
		Gibraltar	1
13 July
		Greece	0
Finland	0

Greece (a.e.t.)	1
		Seventh place

		14 July

		Malta	0

		Finland	2

5–8th place semi-finals

13 July 2002
16:30

Gibraltar	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Malta

13 July 2002
16:30

Finland	0–1 (a.e.t.)	Greece

Seventh place game

14 July 2002
16:30

Malta	0–2	Finland

Fifth place game

14 July 2002
16:30

Gibraltar	1–0	Greece

First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals		Final

13 July

Wales	0
		14 July
Ireland	1
		Ireland	3
13 July
		Italy	2
Austria	1

Italy	2
		Third place

		14 July

		Wales	4

		Austria	2

Semi-finals

13 July 2002
11:30

Wales	0–1	Ireland

13 July 2002
11:30

Austria	1–2	Italy

Third place game

14 July 2002
11:30

Wales	4–2	Austria

Final

14 July 2002
14:00

Ireland	3–2	Italy

Final standings

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Ireland (H)	2003 European Championship
2	Italy	2003 European Championship
3	Wales	Play-off
4	Austria
5	Gibraltar
6	Greece
7	Finland
8	Malta

(H) Host.

Tournament 3

Tournament 3
Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Moscow
Dates	8–14 July 2002
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	77 (5.13 per match)

The third tournament was held in Moscow, Russia from 8 to 14 July 2002 with six teams participating.^[4]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13	2003 European Championship
2	Switzerland	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7	12	2003 European Championship
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	15	13	+2	9	Play-off
4	Belarus	5	2	1	2	11	9	+2	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	0	4	10	18	−8	3
6	Portugal	5	0	0	5	7	20	−13	0

Source: Todor66
(H) Hosts

Results

8 July 2002

Switzerland	4–1	Ukraine

8 July 2002

Russia	4–2	Portugal

8 July 2002

Czech Republic	3–1	Belarus

9 July 2002

Switzerland	4–1	Czech Republic

9 July 2002

Belarus	4–1	Portugal

9 July 2002

Russia	5–1	Ukraine

11 July 2002

Czech Republic	3–2	Ukraine

11 July 2002

Switzerland	2–1	Portugal

11 July 2002

Russia	1–1	Belarus

13 July 2002

Ukraine	4–2	Portugal

13 July 2002

Switzerland	2–1	Belarus

13 July 2002

Russia	5–2	Czech Republic

14 July 2002

Belarus	4–2	Ukraine

14 July 2002

Czech Republic	6–1	Portugal

14 July 2002

Russia	1–0	Switzerland

Play-off

Play-off
Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Terrassa
Dates	13–15 September 2002
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	France
Runner-up	Wales
Third place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	17 (5.67 per match)

The play-off tournament was held in Terrassa, Spain from 13 to 15 September 2002 with three teams participating.^[5]

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	10	1	+9	6	2003 European Championship
2	Wales	2	1	1	5	5	0	3
3	Czech Republic	2	0	2	2	11	−9	0

Source: Todor66

Results

13 September 2002

France	3–1	Wales

14 September 2002

Czech Republic	0–7	France

15 September 2002

Wales	4–2	Czech Republic

References

^ "Men Field Hockey 6th European Championship 2003 Qualification played 2002". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Qualifying European Nations Cup Poznan 8-14 July 2002". Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Qualifying European Nations Cup Dublin 8-14 July 2002". Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "Tournament 3". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.
^ "AstroTurf European Nations Cup Play-Off". Archived from the original on 9 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[1] "Men Field Hockey 6th European Championship 2003 Qualification played 2002". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[2] "Qualifying European Nations Cup Poznan 8-14 July 2002". Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[3] "Qualifying European Nations Cup Dublin 8-14 July 2002". Archived from the original on 2 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[4] "Tournament 3". todor66.com. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

[5] "AstroTurf European Nations Cup Play-Off". Archived from the original on 9 July 2003. Retrieved 27 April 2020.

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