The 2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship was the 15th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Championship, the biennial international women's

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championship of

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organised by the

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. The tournament was held alongside the men's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in

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, Netherlands and was originally scheduled to take place from 20 to 29 August 2021. However, following the postponement of the

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to July and August 2021 because of the

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the tournament was rescheduled and takes place from 5 to 13 June 2021. The top three teams not already qualified qualified for the

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. The hosts

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won the tournament for the eleventh time, beating

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2–0 .

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won the bronze medal, defeating

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with 3–1.

Qualification

Along with the hosts, the Netherlands, the top 5 teams at the 2019 EuroHockey Championship which was held in

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from 16 to 25 August 2019 and the top 2 teams from the 2019 EuroHockey Championships II qualified. The numbers in brackets are the pre-tournament world rankings of when the draw was made.

Squads

Preliminary round

The pools were announced on 11 May 2020. ''All times are local (

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Pool A

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Pool B

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Fifth to eighth place classification

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First to fourth place classification

Semi-finals

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Third and fourth place

Final

Statistics

Final standings

Awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament.

Goalscorers

References

External links

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International women's field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands

Sports competitions in Amstelveen