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)
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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

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

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

Preliminary round

Pool A

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
3	Italy	3	1	0	2	6	10	−4	3	Pool C
4	Portugal (H)	3	0	1	2	3	12	−9	1

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)

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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)

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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

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
3	Ukraine	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2	Pool C
4	Wales	3	0	1	2	3	7	−4	1

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)

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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)

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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

Pool C

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

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)

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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

	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

14 September 2007 14:00 Poland 3–1 Scotland Umpires: Luis Terencio (POR) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

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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

16 September 2007 12:00 Scotland 4–3 (a.e.t.) Switzerland Umpires: Maksym Perepelitza (UKR) Eduardo Lizana (ESP)

Final

16 September 2007 14:30 Poland 4–3 Austria Umpires: Will Drury (WAL) Nathan Stagno (GIB)

Final standings

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

See also

• 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
• 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship

External links

• European Hockey Federation website