Summary

  • FT: Ireland 3-3 Scotland

  • Pool B match

  • Ireland won the third place play-off against England in 2015 to record their best ever finish in the competition

  • Scotland won promotion to the EuroHockey Championships in 2017

  • Use play icon to watch coverage

  1. What are the EuroHockey Championships?published at 15:26 British Summer Time 15 August 2019

    Ireland v Germany 2017Image source, Getty Images
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    Ireland lost to Austria in the 2017

    The EuroHockey Championships take place every two years with men's and women's tournaments which involve the eight best teams from around the continent.

    This year’s contest is being held in Antwerp, Belgium and the men's edition includes England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland as they aim not only to win the coveted title but also to secure automatic qualification for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

    While the champions will be on their way to Japan, the bottom two teams will suffer relegation to the EuroHockey Championship II, and will be replaced by the top two teams from that tournament for the 2021 edition.

    England are the only one of the home nations to have won the men's tournament, doing so in the Netherlands in 2009, but Ireland finished third in 2015, beating England 4-2 in the third-place playoff. Wales and Scotland both earned promotion from EuroHockey II in 2017. Germany are the most successful side in EuroHockey history, with eight men's titles since the competition began in 1970.

    The eight teams are divided into two pools of four, who will compete in a round robin before the top two teams from each group advance to the semi-finals. The bottom two teams in each group will drop into Pool C, where they will play off to avoid relegation.

  2. The Scotland teampublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 15 August 2019

    Alan ForsythImage source, Getty Images
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    Alan Forsyth

    The Blue Sticks will be without the services of Chris Grassick thanks to injury, but Gareth Hall has been able to call up many experienced players including 133-cap veteran Alan Forsyth, who captains the side.

    Talented 18-year-old Cammy Golden has been brought into the team after helping Scotland’s U21 side to win the EuroHockey Championships II last month.

    Gareth Hall’s men are contesting their first EuroHockey Championships in the top division since suffering relegation in 2005 and will be hoping to emulate the feats of their women’s team following their victorious EuroHockey Championships II campaign.

  3. The Ireland teampublished at 15:25 British Summer Time 15 August 2019

    Shane O'DonoghueImage source, Getty Images
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    Shane O'Donoghue

    Ireland take on Scotland, Germany and the Netherlands in Pool B as they look to seal a place at the Olympics next year.

    Shane O’Donoghue, who top-scored for Ireland in their 2015 campaign and scored twice in the third-place play-off against England, is named in the squad alongside Eugene Magee, who has racked up a remarkable 233 caps for the Green Machine going into the tournament.

    Ireland come into the competition ranked 11 in the world but after reaching the semi-finals in both 2015 and 2017, can feel confident about their chances of upsetting Germany or the Netherlands.

  4. EuroHockey Championships on the BBCpublished at 15:24 British Summer Time 15 August 2019

    All times are BST and subject to change.

    The BBC will have live coverage of all of the home nations’ matches in both the men’s and women’s competitions, as well as the semi-finals and finals.

    All of the matches will be available to watch on the BBC Sport website and app as well via the BBC iPlayer, where you can also watch the matches back on catch-up.

    Click here for the full schedule for both the men’s and women’s matches – below is the list of England and Wales men’s matches you can watch on the BBC.

    Sunday 18 August

    12:30-14:30 – Spain v Wales, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

    17:00-19:00 – England v Belgium, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

    Tuesday 20 August

    12:30-14:30 – Spain v England, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

    20:30-22:30 – Belgium v Wales, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

    Thursday 22 August

    17:00-19:00 - 1st Pool A v 2nd Pool B, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

    19:30-21:30 - 1st Pool B v 2nd Pool A, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

    Saturday 24 August

    19:30-21:30 - Men's Final, BBC Sport website and app & Connected TV

  5. How to get into hockeypublished at 15:22 British Summer Time 15 August 2019

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    Emma Watson gets back to hockey

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