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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 tournament started in 1970. When the tournament is held close to the Summer Olympic games or the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup , the winner of the tournament is awarded a place in those competitions.

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17-580: The tournament has been won by five different national teams: Germany has the most titles with eight, the Netherlands follow with seven, Spain has two wins and England and Belgium have one title each. The most recent edition , held in Mönchengladbach , Germany, was won by the Netherlands who won their seventh title by defeating England 2–1 in the final. Since 2005 the tournament

34-475: A base price of US$ 30,000. His team finished fifth in the round-robin stage and failed to enter the knock-outs. In the 2016 season , he scored the team's lone goal in a 6–1 loss to Punjab Warriors in the final. Reaching the final again in the 2017 season , he scored twice from penalty corner in the final, in the 30th and 59th minutes to beat Dabang Mumbai 4–1. With 12 goals that included 11 penalty corner conversions and one field goal to his name, he emerged as

51-534: A match against each other for 1st and 2nd places (the final) and the losing teams play a match against each other for 3rd and 4th places (Bronze medal match). The third and fourth placed teams in each pool are placed in Pool C (the Relegation Pool) in order to determine fifth to eighth places. Each team plays one match against the two teams that they did not previously play. The results from those games and from

68-551: A second-place finish in the competition in the 2008–09 Season, when they were defeated by HC Bloemendaal of The Netherlands. Since 2012 he is playing at Spanish Club de Campo Villa de Madrid . After retiring after season 2018-2019 he just signed a new deal with Royal Beerschot THC in Belgium for 1 season. Moritz Fürste was named as the Euro Hockey League's Most Valuable Player in the 2007–08 and 2009–10 seasons. At

85-718: Is a German field hockey player. He was a member of the Men's National Team that won the gold medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics and 2012 Summer Olympics as well as at the 2006 World Cup . He played at the Uhlenhorster Hockey Club in Hamburg from 1989 till 2012. He was captain of the team. He has guided his team to success in the Euro Hockey League on three occasions, winning the title in 2007–08 , 2009–10 and 2011–12 . Fürste also helped his team to

102-762: Is one of the most successful sides in the world, winning gold at the Summer Olympics four times (including once as West Germany ), the Hockey World Cup 3 times, the EuroHockey Nations Championship eight times (including twice as West Germany) and the Hockey Champions Trophy ten times (including three times as West Germany). The team caused an upset in the 2002 Men's Hockey World Cup when they defeated Australia 2–1 with striker Olivier Domke scoring

119-618: Is played in Divisions, normally consisting of 8 teams. The top division, containing the eight best national teams, is called the EuroHockey Championship, below which there is the Men's EuroHockey Championship II , then the Men's EuroHockey Championship III , then the EuroHockey Championship IV . National teams qualify for a division based on their performance in the previous competition. Each time

136-550: The 2010 Men's Hockey World Cup with a largely young and inexperienced squad but reached the final of the World Cup after strong performances throughout the tournament. In the final, they were defeated 2–1 by Australia . Germany has played in the annual 2011 Hockey Champions Trophy held in Auckland , New Zealand . The team competed in pool B with Korea , Netherlands and host nation New Zealand . The team finished fifth in

153-673: The 2011 European Championship , he got the Award as Most Valuable Player of the tournament. After his nomination in 2010 and 2011 Fürste was named the IHF World Player of the Year in 2012. At the inaugural season of the Hockey India League , Fürste was named one of the six marquee players. At the player's auction , he was bought by Ranchi Rhinos for US$ 75,500, with his base price being US$ 25,000. He captained

170-614: The competition is held, it is with each division's previous top two teams promoted (assuming there is a higher division), and its previous bottom two teams demoted (assuming there is a lower division). Assuming divisions consisting of the standard 8 teams, the teams are separated into two pools of four teams. In each pool (pool A and B) the teams play one match against each of the other teams in their pool (three in total). The teams then go on to play classification matches based on their relative ranking from these pool matches to determine their final tournament position. In each pool, A, and B, all

187-513: The game that was previously played against the other team in their original pool are used to rank each team according to the ranking procedure used in Pool A and B. The senior (men's and women's) Nations tournaments are held over seven to eight consecutive days (including rest days) some time during the last two weeks of July and the first four weeks of August every odd numbered year (2009, 2011, etc.). Germany men%27s national field hockey team The Germany men's national field hockey team

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204-558: The team to a first-place finish in the season. In the second season , the Rhinos finished third. Following the franchise's withdrawal from the League, the entire team was drafted under a new franchise and team named Ranchi Rays , for the third season . Fürste, however, pulled out of the tournament to represent his country at the 2015 Indoor World Cup . At the 2015 players' auctions, he was bought by Kalinga Lancers for US$ 105,000, from

221-423: The teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows: Upon completion of these matches, each team in the pool is ranked according to the number of points each has accumulated. If any teams in the pool have the same rank, then these teams are ranked: Once the relative ranking of the teams in pools A and B is settled, the semi-finals proceed with two games as follows: The winners of these matches then play

238-550: The tournament's top-scorer alongside teammate Glenn Turner . Fürste co-founded HYROX , a fitness competition format, together with Christian Toetzke in 2017. Every competition starts with a 1 km run, followed by one functional movement, and these two elements are repeated eight times. To date, the 8 functional movements are SkiErg, Sled Push, Sled Pull, Burpee Broad Jump, Rowing, Farmers Carry, Sandbag Lunges, Wall Balls in this respective order. Initially started in Germany,

255-475: The tournament. The following 20 players were named on 22 October 2024 for the test matches matches against India in New Delhi , India on 23 and 24 October 2024. Caps updated as of 9 August 2024, after the match against the Netherlands . The following players have been called up for the national team in the last 12 months. Moritz F%C3%BCrste Moritz Fürste (born 28 October 1984)

272-530: The winner after Germany came back from being 1–0 down. After this period the Germans went through a transition period, finishing lowly in the 2003 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and the 2004 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy with several inexperienced players in their squad. Coach Bernhard Peters was looking to nurture the players for the World Cup such as Christopher Zeller , Moritz Fürste and Timo Wess , and

289-459: Was successful as the Germans won the 2006 Men's Hockey World Cup in Mönchengladbach , defeating Australia 4–3 in the final. Bernhard Peters left the team in order to pursue a career in football and is now a staff member at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim . On 6 November 2006, Markus Wiese was appointed as the new head coach. Success at the 2007 Men's Hockey Champions Trophy and a gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics followed this. Germany headed into

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