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2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Nations Championship

Tournament details
Host country	Czech Republic
City	Prague
Dates	15–17 January
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s)	Arena Sparta
Final positions
Champions	Germany (15th title)
Runner-up	Austria
Third place	Russia
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	129 (6.45 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Timm Herzbruch Michael Körper (11 goals)
Best player	Timm Herzbruch
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The 2016 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the eighteenth edition of the Men's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international men's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation. It took place from 15 to 17 January 2016 in Prague, Czech Republic.

The two-time defending champions Germany won their 15th title by defeating Austria 3–2 in the final. Russia won the bronze medal by defeating the hosts the Czech Republic 4–3.

Qualified teams

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
17–19 January 2014	2014 EuroHockey Indoor Championship	Vienna, Austria	7	Austria  Czech Republic  Germany  Netherlands  Poland  Russia  Sweden
17–19 January 2014	2014 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II	Bern, Switzerland	1	Switzerland
Total			8

Results

All times are local (UTC+1).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Germany	3	3	0	0	19	8	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Russia	3	2	0	1	12	10	+2	6
3	Poland	3	1	0	2	5	9	−4	3	Relegation pool
4	Switzerland	3	0	0	3	5	14	−9	0

15 January 2016 10:00 Germany  4–1  Poland Woesch  3' Herzbruch  18', 25' Schmid  36' Report Górny  38' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Jonas van't Hek (NED)

15 January 2016 11:10 Russia  4–1   Switzerland Azarov  31' Loginov  35' Lykov  36' Proskuriakov  38' Report Keller  22' Umpires: Nicklas Stenberg (SWE) Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

15 January 2016 16:00 Poland  3–1   Switzerland Górny  4', 36' Makowski  14' Report Schwehr  7' Umpires: Jonas van't Hek (NED) Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)

15 January 2016 17:10 Russia  4–8  Germany Zhirkov  8' Nikitin  12' Mokrousov  23' Lykov  39' Report Herzbruch  9', 11', 28', 36' Schulz-Linkolt  25' Schmid  30', 39' Lietz  39' Umpires: Michael Soukup (CZE) Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT)

16 January 2016 09:00 Germany  7–3   Switzerland Weinke  9' Herzbruch  10', 20' Schulz-Linkolt  14' Woesch  25' Pehlke  29' Ress  35' Report Greder  5' Reinhard  29' Wullschleger  37' Umpires: Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

16 January 2016 10:10 Poland  1–4  Russia Majchrzak  18' Report Spichkovskii  10', 38' Zhirkov  15' Nikitin  40+' Umpires: Nicklas Stenberg (SWE) Michael Soukup (CZE)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	10	4	+6	9	Semi-finals
2	Czech Republic	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	6
3	Netherlands	3	1	0	2	7	6	+1	3	Relegation pool
4	Sweden	3	0	0	3	8	17	−9	0

15 January 2016 12:20 Netherlands  6–2  Sweden Burkhardt  9', 25', 36' Van Dam  17' Kranstauber  34' Tigges  39' Report Björkman  6' A. Strøbye  10' Umpires: Mikhail Golovanov (RUS) Joachim Wimmer (SUI)

15 January 2016 13:30 Austria  2–1  Czech Republic Hasun  10' Uher  36' Report Vacek  22' Umpires: Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL) Johannes Berneth (GER)

15 January 2016 18:20 Netherlands  0–2  Austria Report Körper  16', 40' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

15 January 2016 19:30 Czech Republic  5–3  Sweden Plochý  4' Vudmaska  7' Procházka  10' Bernátek  23' Kindl  26' Report Hemvik  17', 40' A. Strøbye  28' Umpires: Joachim Wimmer (SUI) Johannes Berneth (GER)

16 January 2016 11:20 Austria  6–3  Sweden Körper  14', 18', 34', 36' Uher  17' Minar  26' Report Melander  13' Rydborn  28' Hellstrand  33' Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)

16 January 2016 12:30 Czech Republic  2–1  Netherlands Bernátek  25' Procházka  40+' Report Kranstauber  40' Umpires: Joachim Wimmer (SUI) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

Fifth to eighth place classification

Pool C

The points obtained in the preliminary round against the other team are taken over.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
5	Poland	3	2	1	0	16	5	+11	7
6	Switzerland	3	2	0	1	8	7	+1	6
7	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	8	7	+1	4	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	Sweden	3	0	0	3	6	21	−15	0

16 January 2016 15:30 Switzerland  4–2  Sweden Schwehr  9' Keller  13' Feller  19' Greder  40' Report E. Strøbye  3' Hemvik  30' Umpires: Mikhail Golovanov (RUS) Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

16 January 2016 16:40 Poland  2–2  Netherlands Makowski  16', 37' Report Van Dam  11' Wortelboer  33' Umpires: Johannes Berneth (GER) Nicklas Stenberg (SWE)

17 January 2016 10:00 Netherlands  2–3   Switzerland Bakker  5' Tigges  40' Report Müller  11' Keller  17' Richner  37' Umpires: Oliver Tarnoczi (AUT) Michael Soukup (CZE)

17 January 2016 11:10 Poland  11–2  Sweden Górny  4', 17', 36' Zimnicki  5' Makowski  7', 12', 20+', 31', 39' Majchrzak  26' Bratkowski  29' Report Lundqvist  25' A. Strøbye  34' Umpires: Joachim Wimmer (SUI) Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 January
	Germany	5
					17 January
	Czech Republic	0
					Germany	3
	16 January
					Austria	2
	Austria (s.o.)	5 (3)
	Russia	5 (1)
					Third place
					17 January
					Czech Republic	3
					Russia	4

Semi-finals

16 January 2016 17:50 Austria  5–5  Russia Minar  10' Körper  20+', 33', 34' Heimanns  25' Report Lykov  3' Proskuriakov  18' Azarov  27', 31' Spichkovskii  30' Penalties Eitenberger Rudovsky Körper 3–1 Azarov Spichkovskii Umpires: Michael Soukup (CZE) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

16 January 2016 19:15 Germany  5–0  Czech Republic Woesch  28' Herzbruch  31', 33' Pehlke  39', 39' Report Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Jonas van't Hek (NED)

Third place game

17 January 2016 13:00 Russia  4–3  Czech Republic Lykov  6' Azarov  20' Proskuriakov  36' Zhirkov  39' Report Procházka  18' Vacek  28', 33' Umpires: Łukasz Zwierzchowski (POL) Gregory Uyttenhove (BEL)

Final

17 January 2016 14:30 Austria  2–3  Germany Körper  16', 40+' Report Woesch  3' Herzbruch  22' Butt  24' Umpires: Lee Barron (ENG) Jonas van't Hek (NED)

Final standings

Pos	Team	Relegation
1	Germany
2	Austria (H)
3	Russia
4	Czech Republic
5	Poland
6	Switzerland
7	Netherlands	EuroHockey Indoor Championship II
8	Sweden

References

1. ^ "Germany are the Champions". eurohockey.org. 17 January 2016. Archived from the original on 21 January 2016.
2. "2016 EuroHockey Indoor Championships, Men, Prague". FIH. 10 January 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-01-14. Retrieved 10 January 2016.

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