Santander – EuroHockey Youth Championships – Semi-Final Day

24.07.2015, Brussels; Another full day in Santander as 8 more games were played and the finalists of the EuroHockey Youth Championships were confirmed:

W – Belgium – Germany 0-7 (0-1)

In the Women’s event, Germany stamped their authority on their semi-final with an early goal from Micheel. However it took them until the 38th minute to get their second. And then the gates opened for their 0-7 win over Belgium

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Germany	2	12	MICHEEL Lena	Penalty Corner Goal	0 – 1
Germany	38	10	GRANITZKI Hanna	Field Goal	0 – 2
Germany	39	7	BRÜNING Julia	Field Goal	0 – 3
Germany	47	7	BRÜNING Julia	Field Goal	0 – 4
Germany	58	9	MEFFERT Julia	Field Goal	0 – 5
Germany	66	11	PLUTA Nicola	Field Goal	0 – 6
Germany	69	21	ZINK Alexandra	Field Goal	0 – 7

 

W – Scotland – Russia 2-6 (0-4) and France – Spain 0-3 (0-2)

In the C Pool relegation games Russian and Spain came away with the points leaving the final day critical for who will join Scotland in the Championships II.

W- Netherlands – England 6-0 (3-0)

Netherlands also had a big win over England, see the highlights below, bodes well for a great Final between Germany and The Netherlands.

In the Boys event:

B – England v Ireland 1 – 2 (1 – 1) and Russia v Scotland 2 – 3 (0 – 1)  

It was an all Celtic day as Ireland and Scotland both took 3 points from their games v England and Russia respectively. Ireland will remain in the Championship division and the Scotland and England need to get a win tomorrow to remain in the Division.

B – Spain 3 – 7 (1 – 5) Germany

In the first semi-final the hosts put up a great fight against a very good and well organised German team. Top scorer so far in the event (on 9 goals) and a ‘one to watch’ Tim Herzbruch added 2 to his tally in their 3-7 win over the hosts.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Germany	9	20	HERZBRUCH Timm	Penalty Corner Goal	0 – 1
Germany	17	28	KAMLADE Jesper	Field Goal	0 – 2
Spain	18	12	ALVAREZ Alejandro	Field Goal	1 – 2
Germany	25	20	HERZBRUCH Timm	Field Goal	1 – 3
Germany	30	22	BLUMENSAAT Carl	Field Goal	1 – 4
Germany	31	10	BOSSERHOFF Niklas	Field Goal	1 – 5
Germany	39	3	ROTHLAENDER Moritz	Penalty Stroke Goal	1 – 6
Germany	46	22	BLUMENSAAT Carl	Field Goal	1 – 7
Spain	48	13	COBOS Ignacio	Field Goal	2 – 7
Spain	58	4	LOPEZ ALONSO Alvaro	Penalty Corner Goal	3 – 7

 

B Belgium 1 – 1 (0 – 0) (3 – 4 SO) Netherlands

In the second semi-final it was a very close game with both sides capable of the win. It took until the 61st minute for The Netherlands to break through the excellent Belgian defense and the reply came a minute later from Stanley Verhoeven to even the score. No joy in normal time to separate the teams! So we went to a fantastic and well executed shoot out. There had to be a winner from this game and  it came via Jonas de Geus who put The Netherlands through 3-4. The now face Germany in the Final.

Team	Minute	Shirt #	Player	Action	Score
Netherlands	61	14	van Dam Thijs	Field Goal	0 – 1
Belgium	62	16	VERHOEVEN Stanley	Field Goal	1 – 1

Shootout Detail