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Belgium’s Red Lions win Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 Red Lions claim dramatic shoot-out victory over the Netherlands to claim first World Cup title Triumph puts Belgium at the top of the FIH Hero World Rankings Australia storm to the bronze medal...

Preview: England, Belgium, Australia and Netherlands set for semi-final showdowns at Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 Bhubaneswar, India: Sixteen nations started the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018, but only four teams remain. After 16...

On Friday 7th December we honour International day for persons with disabilities (3rd December) as we hold our annual forum on ParaHockey and hockey4all forum in the EHF Head Office, Brussels. One of the values of the EHF is Inclusivity and our mission is to deliver...

As the Odisha Hockey Men’s World Cup Bhubaneswar 2018 marches on, day 4 was a fantastic day for the powerhouses of European hockey as title contenders The Netherlands and Germany took to the stage v Malaysia and Pakistan respectively. Day 5 saw Belgium take on hosts...

As day three finishes with England drawing with China let's have a look back over the first 3 days of the European performances. Day 1 Results – 28 November 2018: Pool C Belgium 2, Canada 1 Odisha Player of the Match: Arthur Van Doren (BEL) Belgium’s Red Lions (FIH...

Following their victory at the Wanglibao Hockey Champions Trophy Changzhou Wujin, Netherlands remain the world's number one women's team in the FIH Hero World Rankings. The 5-1 victory over Australia means the Netherlands has joined Argentina as the most successful...

Our #FridayFocus today shows how the work of the EHF is driven by volunteers! It may come as a surprise to many to realise that the EHF has a full-time staff of 6 (Angus Kirkland, Director General;  Gráinne Corry, Operations Manager; Siobhán Madeley, Communications...

The refreshed, revitalised and unbelievably focused Dutch women's team are on target to lift the final FIH Champions Trophy in Changzhou. With FIH Pro League ready to kick off in early 2019 this will be the final edition of this famous Trophy and one that the Dutch...

The EHF announces that it has signed an official stick partnership with Mercian. The one-year agreement, starting on 1st January 2019, will ensure that the EHF and our Member Associations have access to good value quality hockey equipment. In addition to providing the...

#FridayFocus, today our focus is on youth leaders! The Youth Leadership Festival is an official side event of the Belfius EuroHockey Championships. It runs from 13th - 17th August 2019 in Antwerp. The Festival brings together youth leaders from all over Europe to...

Preview - FIH Women’s Wanglibao Hockey Champions Trophy Changzhou Wujin 2018 Changzhou, China: With just a  day until the action gets underway, the 23rd edition of the Wanglibao Hockey Champions Trophy Changzhou Wujin 2018 sees six of the world's top teams come...

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The 30th General Assembly of the EHF took place on Friday 2nd November in New Delhi, India. 34 National Associations were in attendance. Azerbaijan, Croatia, Georgia, Gibraltar, Israël, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia and Moldova could not attend the General...

We are very proud of members of the European Hockey family who were honoured at the FIH Congress last weekend in New Delhi. Our President, Marijke Fleuren was honoured with a President's Award for her continuing outstanding services to hockey and especially for her...

The EHF will hold its 30th General Assembly tomorrow 2nd November at 16.30hrs in New Delhi, India. Whilst it may seem unusual to have an Assembly outside Europe, the EHF has been hosting every second General Assembly during the FIH Congress meetings for the past...

The EHF Appointments Committee met this Saturday, 27th October in Dublin, Ireland. The agenda was quite full and included a review of all 2018 Appointments, a welcome to new Committee members and a review of the new FIH grading structure and pathways. The Committee...

The International Hockey Federation (FIH) has confirmed the composition of the pools for the FIH Series Finals in 2019. There are plenty of exciting games ahead! Additionally, the full line-up of venues is now confirmed with India and Ireland joining France, Japan,...

Players from around the continent have welcomed the introduction of EHL Women at Easter 2020 following the announcement on Sunday morning. Rocio Gutiérrez, captain of Club de Campo and recently-retired captain of the Spanish women's team, was quick to hail the...

The draw for the EHL Men KO16 has produced a series of top quality matches as the race to be the champion of the 12th season of the world’s best club hockey competition is laid out. HC Oranje-Rood will host the event from April 17 to 22, 2019 in Eindhoven at their...

The Euro Hockey League is set for a major expansion next season with the introduction of EHL Women, raising the game for club hockey in Europe. It is part of the European Hockey Federation’s #equallyamazing drive with EHL Women joining EHL Men in presenting the best...

EHL Men will move to a new format for the 2019/20 season with the world’s best club hockey competition now being played over two big weekends of knock-out action. The KO16 will now take place in October with the clubs ranked 5 to 20 – via the EHL Ranking Table –...

Day four of the Buenos Aires 2018 Youth Olympic Games saw more teams qualify for the Quarter-Finals of the men's and women's Hockey5s events in Youth Olympic Park. For all the day 4 results, click here. In the women's event, Australia, China and Poland qualified from...

Austrian boys had a dream start at the YOG  Summer Olympics in Buenos Aires with a 3-2 win over Canada. At 27 degrees Celsius and in a crowded centre court, the two teams engaged in an intense, thrilling encounter in front of YOG Ambassador Luciana Aymar, one of the...

EHL ROUND1, Barcelona, October 7 - day three round-up:  - Oranje-Rood put to the test but prevail 2-1 vs SV Arminen in Pool A - Mannheim go through despite dramatic Pool B draw with Wimbledon - Leopold pull away from HC Minsk to top Pool C - Three Rock go through as...

EHL ROUND1, Barcelona, October 6 - day two round-up:  - Oranje-Rood make dominant start to their Pool A campaign - Mannheim set up Wimbledon showdown with a big win in Pool B - Leopold show a clean pair of heels to Grunwald in Pool C - Three Rock snatch late draw to...

EHL ROUND1, Barcelona, October 5 - daily round-up:  - WKS Grunwald Poznan open up with a hard-fought win over debutants HC Minsk - SV Arminen saw off Scotland's Grange 4-1 - Three Rock Rovers produced the biggest ever EHL win for an Irish club with a 6-0 success...

ROUND1, Barcelona, October 5-7, 2018: The final countdown is on for EHL ROUND1 as 12 of the finest clubs from 12 different countries around Europe prepare to do battle in four groups of three with a ticket to the KO16 on the line at the Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona....

Monday, October 1, tickets for the Belfius EuroHockey Championships 2019 are now on sale via the official website: www.belfiuseurohockey.com/en/tickets/ From 16 to 25 August, the best hockey nations in Europe (8 in the men’s tournament and 8 in the women’s) will...

We are delighted to announce that the European Hockey Federation has signed a new three year agreement with Gray’s to be the new Official Supplier for all its official gear for all EuroHockey tournaments, including the EuroHockey Championships in 2019 and 2021. One of...

ROUND1, Barcelona, October 5-7, 2018: The final countdown is on for EHL ROUND1 as 12 of the finest clubs from 12 different countries around Europe prepare to do battle in four groups of three with a ticket to the KO16 on the line at the Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona....

The Executive Board met for their third meeting of 2018 in the EHF office in Brussels.     The President, Marijke Fleuren, was pleased to see that the busy summer went well with different kinds of events organized all over Europe since the last meeting of the...

Our Motivation Monday piece today comes from Oslo. The EHF President, Marijke Fleuren accompanied by the EHF's Competitions Manager visited Oslo recently to view the new pitch and to learn more about how the 3 sports of floorball, bandy and hockey are working together...

The EHF Executive Board meets for the 3rd time in 2018 at the EHF Headquarters in Brussels today and tomorrow. A full agenda is scheduled, as follows:  Competitions Committee Report:  Indoor Euro Hockey League Outdoor Education  Committee Report:  Umpires Officials...

Michelle Meister and Laurine Delforge will become the first female umpires to officiate in the EHL at ROUND1 in Barcelona in October as the world’s best club hockey competition. It is one of the new developments this season in the EHL with females officials also...

** Pictured at today's launch are Anouk Raes, Ludo van Campenhout Sports (Alderman of the City of Antwerp), EHF President Marijke Fleuren, Belfius's Mieke Debeerst, Belgian Hockey CEO Serge Pilet and Thomas Briels The groups and schedule for the 2019 Belfius...

Relentless and magnificent. The Netherlands have absolutely owned the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup since their opening 7-0 scoreline against Korea. The women in orange might have been slightly stunned by the reception their opponents received as they walked out...

Spain's incredible journey at the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup came to a bronze-tinted end as they defeated Australia with a consummate display of creative, attacking hockey. The bronze medal match was a clash between Australia, the world number five team and...

On a remarkable day of action, Ireland and Netherlands completed the line-up for the semi-finals of the Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup London 2018, booking their tickets to the final four with victories over India and host nation England...

The surprises just keep coming. This time it was Spain who claimed a scalp at the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, London 2018. "If you don't score, you don't win," was the simple summing-up statement of a clearly hugely disappointed Head Coach Xavier Reckinger. For...

India and England both hit form at the right time to win through to the quarter-finals of the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup. While India discovered scoring ways to finally end Italy's World Cup adventure with a 3-0 win, England's creative players still struggled...

There was a distinctly fiesta feel to Lee Valley Hockey and Tennis Centre as Spain won through to the quarter-finals of the Vitality Hockey Women's World Cup, London 2018. The opening match of the knock-out phase was a tense and cagey affair as Belgium (FIH Hero World...

28th July 2018: The final day of the EuroHockey U18 Championships saw Russia take gold after beating Scotland in the thrilling 6-3 Final. Austria took bronze v the hosts Wales and the Pool C was completed.  Roundup: Pool C: Italy v Switzerland 4-1  The first game of...

28th July 2018: A full day of games yesterday saw hosts Wales miss out on promotion, losing 4-1 to a strong Russian side. Scotland overcame Austria 3-2 to earn themselves a final slot v Russia. In Pool C Belarus earned 3 crucial points and Czech Republic lay top of...

26th July 2018: Today is the rest day at the EuroHockey U18 Championship II in Cardiff, Wales. Pool A and B are complete, with Russia, Austria, Scotland and Wales completing the line-up for the semi-finals. Italy, Belarus, Czech Republic and Switzerland will battle it...

The final day in Rakovnik was played on Saturday, 21st July. Scotland was the eventual winner after the 20 games of the Championship. Wales v Italy 2:0 The first match was in pool C between Wales and Italy. The score was opened in the 8th minute by Emily Drysdale from...

23rd July 2018, Brussels: Our Motivation Monday piece today comes from the U18 Championship, Santander. It was a historic EuroHockey Championship for Belgium women as they claimed their first event slot in the Championship final, led by Head Coach Emily Calderon....

21st July 2018, Santander: Another full day of games with plenty at stake here in Santander at the EuroHockey U18 Championships, girls. The Pool C was wide open overnight, so both games (Spain v Belarus and Ireland v France) were crucial to determine the lineup for...

21st July 2018, Santander: It was a huge day at the EuroHockey U18 Championships as Spain were crowned EuroHockey Champions! Germany secured a tight 1-0 win over Belgium to take bronze. In addition, the relegation Pool C was settled with England and Ireland finishing...

It was a very important day yesterday at the Championship II. Semi-finale day. The finalists will advance to the Championships division. In the morning they played the pool “C” – Italy, Lithuania, Wales, Poland. Roundup Lithuania v Italy 0:7 The first match was...

Round-up Finland v Croatia 0-17 Croatia was the better team against Finland. Croatia played forward the whole game looking to score some goals. They never stopped attacking and ended up with a big win against Finland. The final score was 17-0. Lithuania v Hungary 8-0...

20th July 2018, Santander: First up in the boy's event were the all-important Pool C games and the push from Ireland, Poland, France and England to save their slot in the EuroHockey Championship division. The semi-finals were played in a very competitive manner, two...

20th July 2018, Santander:  After a weather delay due to very heavy rain the business end of the games got underway. First up should have been the two Pool C games; Ireland v Spain and France v Belarus, the former was the game that fell to the weather and was...

20th July 2018: The EHF is delighted to release the 2019 EuroHockey Indoor Appointments. All appointments will be available here as soon as the officials and umpires have accepted their appointments. In 2019 we have a fantastic line-up of indoor events: January 11/13...

UKRAINE – CROATIA ( 5-1 ) On the 3rd day of U18 girls tournament in Konya, Ukraine and Croatia have met. Ukraine who are  physically superior, did not give a chance and won the match 5-1. TURKEY – SWITZERLAND (1-2) On the 2nd match of U18 Girls first period, Turkey...

18th July 2018: The day opened with the Pool B games where the Dutch and Belgian teams progressed to the semi-finals Belgium topped Pool B with a powerful performance against Ireland (7-0) and now avoid a  meeting with current Champions, Germany in the semi-final. The...