2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I

Tournament details
Host country	Croatia
City	Zagreb
Dates	25–31 July
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ukraine (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sweden
Third place	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	81 (5.4 per match)
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The 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I was the third edition of the Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I, the third level of the European field hockey Championships organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was held from 25 to 31 July 2009 in Zagreb, Croatia.

The tournament also served as a qualifier for the 2011 Men's EuroHockey Championship II, with the finalists, Ukraine and Sweden, qualifying.

The 15 games in the tournament witnessed 81 goals being scored.

Qualified teams

The following seven teams, shown with pre-tournament world rankings, competed in the tournament.

Dates	Event	Location	Quotas	Qualifiers
9—12 September 2007	2007 EuroHockey Nations Trophy	Lisbon, Portugal	2	Ukraine (33) Portugal (26)
9–15 September 2007	2007 EuroHockey Challenge I	Kazan, Russia	4	Sweden (40) Azerbaijan (44) Croatia (48) Denmark (51)
9–15 September 2007	2007 EuroHockey Challenge II	Predanovci, Slovenia	1	Slovenia (50)
Total			7

Results

All times are local (UTC+2).

Preliminary round

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Azerbaijan	2	1	1	0	5	2	+3	4	Semi-finals
2	Portugal	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2	4
3	Denmark	2	0	0	2	5	10	−5	0	Pool C

Source: TheSports.org

25 July 2009 Portugal 5–3 Denmark

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26 July 2009 Azerbaijan 0–0 Portugal

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28 July 2009 Denmark 2–5 Azerbaijan

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ukraine	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	9	Semi-finals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	12	3	+9	6
3	Croatia (H)	3	0	1	2	3	9	−6	1	Pool C
4	Slovenia	3	0	1	2	2	16	−14	1

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

25 July 2009 Ukraine 2–0 Sweden

25 July 2009 Croatia 2–2 Slovenia

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26 July 2009 Sweden 8–0 Slovenia

26 July 2009 Croatia 0–3 Ukraine

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28 July 2009 Ukraine 6–0 Slovenia

28 July 2009 Sweden 4–1 Croatia

Fifth to seventh 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
5	Croatia (H)	2	1	1	0	7	6	+1	4
6	Slovenia	2	1	1	0	6	5	+1	4
7	Denmark	2	0	0	2	7	9	−2	0

Source: TheSports.org
(H) Hosts

30 July 2009 Denmark 3–4 Slovenia

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31 July 2009 Denmark 4–5 Croatia

First to fourth place classification

	Semi-finals				Final
	30 July
	Azerbaijan	4 (3)
					30 July
	Sweden (p.s.o.)	4 (4)
					Sweden	0
	30 July
					Ukraine	3
	Portugal	1
	Ukraine	7
					Third place
					30 July
					Azerbaijan	1
					Portugal	2

Semi-finals

30 July 2009 Azerbaijan 4–4 (a.e.t.) Sweden Penalties 3–4

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30 July 2009 Portugal 1–7 Ukraine

Third place game

31 July 2009 Azerbaijan 1–2 Portugal

Final

31 July 2009 Sweden 0–3 Ukraine

Final standings

Rank	Team
	Ukraine
	Sweden
	Portugal
4	Azerbaijan
5	Croatia
6	Slovenia
7	Denmark

  Promoted to the EuroHockey Championship II

See also

• 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Challenge II
• 2009 Men's EuroHockey Nations Trophy