Sean Dancer's Ireland team came agonisingly close to a place in the semi-finals, drawing 1-1 with Germany in a hard-fought match when a win was needed to progress.

Ireland had begun their campaign with a narrow 2-1 defeat to England but hammered Belarus 11-0 in their second match.

That result will carry through into Pool C, meaning that Ireland will realistically need just one win from their matches against Belgium and Russia to remain in the EuroHockey Championships.

Belgium opened their campaign with a draw against the Netherlands before defeat to Spain saw them pushed into the relegation group despite a comfortable win over Russia. Like Ireland, one win should be enough to see them back in 2021.

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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 women's edition includes England 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 – including Scotland, who beat Italy in the final earlier in the month.

England are the only one of the home nations to have won the women's tournament, doing so in both 1991 and 2015 as hosts. Ireland have never finished higher than fifth in the women’s version of the tournament. The Dutch are the most successful team in the tournament, winning nine of the 17 editions to have taken place.

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.

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 remaining women’s matches you can watch on the BBC.

Friday 23 August

14:35-16:15 - Belgium v Ireland, Pool C, BBC Sport website, app & Connected TV

16:50-18:30 - England v Netherlands, semi-final, BBC Sport website, app & Connected TV

19:20-21:00 - Spain v Germany, semi-final, BBC Sport website, app & Connected TV

Sunday 25 August

07:50-09:30 - Ireland v Russia, Pool C, BBC Sport website, app & Connected TV

12:20-14:00 - Third-place playoff, BBC Sport website, app & Connected TV

14:50-16:30 – Women’s final, BBC Sport website, app & Connected TV

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