The 2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 11th edition of the Men's
EuroHockey Nations Championship
The Men's EuroHockey Championship is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Championships. The tourname ...
, the biennial international men's
field hockey
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championship of
Europe
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organized by the
European Hockey Federation
EuroHockey is a European sports federation for field hockey, based in Brussels. It is the umbrella organisation for all European national federations, and organises the Euro Hockey League. The president of the league is Marcos Hofmann. In reactio ...
. It was held in
Manchester
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, England from 19 to 26 August 2007.
The
Netherlands
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won its third title by defeating the defending champions
Spain
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3–2 in the final.
Belgium
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won its first-ever medal by defeating
Germany
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4–3.
The top three teams qualified directly for the
2008 Summer Olympics
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. The other teams qualified for the
qualification tournaments for the Summer Olympics.
Qualified teams
Squads
Results
Pool A
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Pool B
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Fifth to eighth place classification
The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.
Pool C
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First to fourth place classification
Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
Final
Statistics
Final standings
(H) Host.
Awards
See also
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2007 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy
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 ...
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2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship
The 2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Championship was the 8th edition of the women's field hockey championship organised by the European Hockey Federation. It was held in Manchester, England from August 18 to August 25, 2007.
In the final, Germa ...
External links
Official website
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The Men's EuroHockey Championship is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams. It is the top division of the EuroHockey Championships. The tourname ...
2007
2007 was designated as the International Heliophysical Year and the International Polar Year.
Events
January
* January 1
**Bulgaria and Romania 2007 enlargement of the European Union, join the European Union, while Slovenia joins the Eur ...