2018 Rink Hockey European Championship Host country Spain City A Coruña Dates 14–22 July 2018 Teams 11 Venue(s) 1 (in 1 host city)Champions Spain (17th title) Runners-up Portugal Third place Italy Fourth place France
International football competition
The 2018 Rink Hockey European Championship , also named as EuroHockey 2018 , was the 53rd edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship , a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey, which took place between 14 and 22 July in A Coruña , Spain.[1]
Spain won the tournament and took its seventeenth title overall.
Eleven teams joined the tournament. Andorra, Belgium and Netherlands joined the other eight teams from the previous edition.[2]
This had the highest number of participants since 1994.
Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance Andorra 4th 2006 Eighth place (1992 , 2006 ) Austria 8th 2016 Eighth place (2010 , 2016 ) Belgium 39th 1996 Runners-up (1947 ) England 52nd 2016 Champions (1926 , 1927 , 1928 , 1929 , 1930 , 1931 , 1932 , 1934 , 1936 , 1937 , 1938 , 1939 ) France 52nd 2016 Runners-up (1926 , 1927 , 1928 , 1930 , 1931 ) Germany 49th 2016 Runners-up (1932 , 1934 ) Italy 51st 2016 Champions (1953 , 1990 , 2014 ) Netherlands 33rd 2008 Third place (1963 , 1967 , 1969 ) Portugal 48th 2016 Champions (1947 , 1948 , 1949 , 1950 , 1952 , 1956 , 1959 , 1961 , 1963 , 1965 , 1967 , 1971 , 1973 , 1975 , 1977 , 1987 , 1992 , 1994 , 1996 , 1998 , 2016 ) Spain 40th 2016 Champions (1951 , 1954 , 1955 , 1957 , 1969 , 1979 , 1981 , 1983 , 1985 , 2000 , 2002 , 2004 , 2006 , 2008 , 2010 , 2012 ) Switzerland 53rd 2016 Runners-up (1937 , 2006 )
All the games of the tournament took place at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor , in A Coruña , Spain.
Group stage [ edit ] Group A [ edit ] Group B [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification 1 Spain (H) 5 5 0 0 55 4 +51 15 Advance to play-off stage — 2–0 7–1 10–1 — — 2 Italy 5 4 0 1 59 15 +44 12 — — 11–5 9–4 — — 3 Germany 5 3 0 2 34 23 +11 9 — — — 8–4 5–1 — 4 England 5 2 0 3 29 33 −4 6 — — — — 6–4 14–2 5 Netherlands 5 1 0 4 21 45 −24 3 Advance to classification group 2–14 4–15 — — — 10–5 6 Belgium 5 0 0 5 7 85 −78 0 0–22 0–24 0–15 — — —
Classification group [ edit ] Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts 1 Austria 2 1 1 0 9 8 +1 4 — — 4–4 2 Netherlands 2 1 0 1 19 8 +11 3 4–5 — — 3 Belgium 2 0 1 1 7 19 −12 1 — 3–15 —
Play-off stage [ edit ] 5th to 8th place [ edit ] Final standings [ edit ] References [ edit ] External links [ edit ]
World
Europe – WSE
Nations Clubs National championship National cups Others
Asia – CARS
Nations National championship
America – CPRS
Nations Clubs National championship
Africa – FARS
Nations Clubs National championship
Oceania – OCRS