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2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Valencia
Dates	20–26 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Germany (8th title)
Runner-up	Netherlands
Third place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
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The 2008 Women's EuroHockey Junior Championships was the 14th edition of the Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship, an under 21 women's field hockey tournament. It was held in Lille, France, from 20–26 July 2008.

Germany won the tournament for the eighth time after defeating the Netherlands 2–1 in the final. England won the bronze medal, defeating Belarus 5–2 in the third place playoff.

Participating nations

Alongside the host nation, 7 teams competed in the tournament.

•  Belarus
•  Belgium
•  England
•  Germany
•  Italy
•  Lithuania
•  Netherlands
•  Spain

Results

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	15	2	+13	9	Semi-finals
2	Germany	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	9	−6	3
4	Spain	3	0	0	3	1	11	−10	0

20 July 2008 17:00 Germany  3–2  Belgium Grambusch  9' Hahn  17' Wilde  19' Report Patriarche  3' Boon  27'

20 July 2008 19:15 Spain  1–7  Netherlands Dabanch  19' Report Van Maasakker  8', 48' Van Male  21', 58' Dirkse van den Heuvel  28' Verbruggen  51' Van Soest  55'

22 July 2008 17:00 Netherlands  2–1  Germany Dirkse van den Heuvel  38' Holman  61' Report Grambusch  12'

22 July 2008 19:15 Spain  0–1  Belgium Report Donnet  29'

23 July 2008 17:00 Netherlands  6–0  Belgium Holman  1', 29' Van der Pols  27' Vorstenbosch  40' Dirkse van den Heuvel  60', 65' Report

23 July 2008 19:15 Germany  3–0  Spain Markert  22' Gilica  65' Otte  67' Report

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	3	2	1	0	12	1	+11	7	Semi-finals
2	Belarus	3	1	2	0	5	3	+2	5
3	Lithuania	3	1	0	2	1	7	−6	3
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	2	9	−7	1

20 July 2008 09:00 England  5–0  Lithuania Bray  7', 14', 21' White  37' Newton  40' Report

20 July 2008 11:15 Italy  2–2  Belarus Valabrega  13' Cucca  42' Report Mikheichik  8' Ambros  35'

21 July 2008 17:00 Belarus  1–1  England Bahushevich  37' Report Long  58'

21 July 2008 19:15 Italy  0–1  Lithuania Report Pauliukevičiūtė  5'

23 July 2008 09:00 Belarus  2–0  Lithuania Tomal  46' Scharbakova  61' Report

23 July 2008 11:15 England  6–0  Italy Hall  17' H. Brown  19' L. Brown  26' Page  30' Long  38' Gilbert  45' Report

Classification round

Fifth to eighth place classification

Points earned in the preliminary round are carried over into Pool C.

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	7	2	+5	6
2	Lithuania	3	2	0	1	4	4	0	6
3	Belgium	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4	Relegated to 2012 EuroHockey Junior Championship II
4	Italy	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

25 July 2008 09:00 Spain  3–1  Lithuania Dabanch  21' De Beraza  30' Leirado  50' Report Dildaitė  47'

25 July 2008 11:15 Belgium  1–1  Italy Coppey  27' Report Lombardi  34'

26 July 2008 09:00 Spain  4–0  Italy Report

26 July 2008 11:15 Belgium  1–2  Lithuania De Groof  16' Report Paulavičiūtė  44' Grubliauskaitė  67'

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 July 2008
	Netherlands	6
					26 July 2008
	Belarus	0
					Netherlands	1
	25 July 2008
					Germany (a.e.t)	2
	England	1
	Germany	5
					Third Place
					26 July 2008
					Belarus	2
					England	5

Semi-finals

25 July 2008 17:00 England  1–5  Germany White  53' Report Frank  11' Wilde  32', 35' Otte  33' Grambusch  46'

25 July 2008 19:30 Netherlands  6–0  Belarus Holman  14' Vebruggen  26' Dirkse van den Heuvel  45' Van Dooren  61' Groen  64' Van der Pols  66' Report

Third and fourth place

26 July 2008 17:00 Belarus  2–5  England Zylianina  3' Tomal  7' Report Bray  40', 50', 69' Page  48' Brown  66'

Final

26 July 2008 19:30 Netherlands  1–2 (a.e.t.)  Germany Dirkse van den Heuvel  31' Report Hahn  13' Wilde  75'

References

1. "EuroHockey Competitions Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
2. "14. Juniorinnen Europameisterschaft". hockey.de (in German). Deutscher Hockey-Bund. Retrieved 15 June 2020.
3. ^ Regulations

• Women's EuroHockey Junior Championship
• 2008–09 in European field hockey
• 2008 in women's field hockey
• 2008 in Spanish women's sport
• International women's field hockey competitions hosted by Spain
• July 2008 sports events in Europe
• Sports competitions in Valencia
• 2009 Women's Hockey Junior World Cup qualification