The 2015

Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship The Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship is an international women's field hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Championships. ...

was the 12th edition of the

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championship organised by the

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. It was held from 22 to 30 August 2015 in the

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, London, England. England defeated Netherlands on penalty shuttles in the final, drawing initially 2-2, with goals from

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and

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. Defender

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was named Man of the Match in the final.

Qualified teams

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Format

The eight teams were split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advanced to the semifinals to determine the winner in a knockout system. The bottom two teams played in a new group against the teams they did not play in the group stage. The last two teams were relegated to the

EuroHockey Nations Challenge The EuroHockey Nations Challenge is a competition run by the European Hockey Federation for European national field hockey teams. There are Challenges for outdoor and indoor hockey for both men's and women's sides. The Challenges precede the current ...

Squads

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

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First to fourth place classification

Semifinals

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Third and fourth place

Final

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Statistics

Final standings

Awards

Goalscorers

References

External links

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