The 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the nineteenth edition of the
Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
The Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship is an international men's indoor hockey competition organized by the European Hockey Federation. The winning team becomes the champion of Europe. The tournament serves as a qualification tournament for the M ...
, the biennial international men's
indoor hockey
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championship of
Europe
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organized by the
European Hockey Federation
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. It took place from 17 to 19 January 2020 in
Berlin
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Germany
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.
The hosts
Germany
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won their sixteenth title by defeating the
defending champions Austria
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6–3 in the final. The
Netherlands
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won the bronze medal by defeating
Russia
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11–3.
Qualified teams
Format
The eight teams will be split into two groups of four teams. The top two teams advance to the semifinals 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
EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship II.
Results
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Preliminary round
The Pools were decided in summer 2019 following the
FIH Indoor World Ranking.
Pool A
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Pool B
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Fifth to eighth place classification
Pool C
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.
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First to fourth place classification
Semifinals
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Third place game
Final
Final standings
See also
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2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
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2020 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
References
{{European championships in 2020
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