EUROPEAN UNDER 18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 1
FRANCE 3 IRELAND 1
Ireland Under 18 girls team began their Pool A campaign at the European Championships in Krefeld with an opening game against France which ended in a 3-1 defeat. Philippine Delemazure gave France a 1-0 in the first quarter from open play. It remained 1-0 at the end of quarter two going into the half time break.
A scoreless third quarter was followed by a dramatic fourth quarter. France increased their lead from a penalty corner. Paola Le Nindre converting it to put France 2-0 ahead. France added a third in the final minute from Emilie Santé to make it 3-0. Ireland responded with a consolation goal in the final minute through Milla Fulton to leave the final score 3-1 to France.
Elsewhere in Pool A Belgium beat Scotland 3-1 which makes them level in third with Ireland at the bottom of Pool A. Pool B commenced on Sunday when the Netherlands beat England 1-0 and Spain beat Austria 10-0.
EUROPEAN UNDER 18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 2
BELGIUM 5 IRELAND 1
This game began well as Ireland took the lead through Rebecca Carthy in the 5th minute. Mien Palfliet had the Belgians level within two minutes to make it 1-1. Hélene Devla put the Belgians 2-1 ahead from open play in the 24th minute and that was the half-time score.
Louise Van Hecke converted a penalty corner and made it 3-1 to Belgium on 40 minutes. Lisl Denef also converted a penalty corner on 44 minutes to make it 4-1 to Belgium and Louise Dewaet added a fifth in the 52nd minute to make it 5-1.
Elsewhere in Pool A Germany defeated Scotland 4-0. In Pool B England defeated Austria 9-0 and Spain beat the Netherlands 1-0.
EUROPEAN UNDER 18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 3
IRELAND 2 SCOTLAND 1
Ireland got their first pool A win of the tournament against Scotland. Mikayla Power converted a 28th minute penalty corner to put Ireland 1-0 ahead. Amelia Jerman increased their lead from another penalty corner in the 29th minute to put Ireland 2-0 ahead.
Scotland got what proved to be a consolation goal in the third quarter when Lexie MacMillan scored from open play on 33 minutes and it finished 2-1 to Ireland.
Elsewhere in Pool A Germany beat France 5-0.
The first Round 4 games didn’t involve Ireland as Pool A contained five teams and one team was idle on each game day. Scotland and France drew 1-1 and Belgium and Germany played out a scoreless draw.
EUROPEAN UNDER 18 GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 4
IRELAND 1 GERMANY 2
Ireland took on hosts Germany in their final pool game in Krefeld at the Euro Under 18 Championships. Germany took the lead through Lynn Krings in the 28th minute when she converted a penalty corner. The score remained 1-0 to Germany until the 59th minute when Ireland equalised through a penalty corner converted by Mikayla Power. Literally seconds later Germany secured victory when Katharina Becker scored from open play and it ended 2-1.
7TH-8TH PLACE PLAY OFF
IRELAND 0 SCOTLAND 2
Perhaps this 5th game was a game too far for the Ireland Under 18 girls as they lost 0-2 to Scotland against an opponent they had beaten 3-2 earlier in the week.
Lucy MacMillan scored from open play to give Scotland the lead in the 19th minute. It was 1-0 at the break to the Scots.
Scotland sealed victory in the 40th minute when Cara Falconer scored from open play to leave the final score 2-0 to Scotland. Ireland end the tournament in 8th place.
EUROPEAN UNDER 18 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 1
AUSTRIA 3 IRELAND 1
Ireland Under 18 Boys team got off their Pool A campaign at the European Championships to a disappoint start losing 1-3 to Austria in their debut game. Ireland began well and took the lead in the 22nd minute when James Evans gave them the lead from open play.
Ireland’s lead only lasted seven minutes as Austria equalised through a penalty corner converted by Erik Shiesser, their captain, in the 29th minute. It remained 1-1 at the half-time break.
Austria finished stronger in quarter four taking the lead through Theodor Morowec who converted a penalty corner in the 54th minute to put Austria 2-1 ahead. They sealed the win with a Benedikt Meisel goal from open play on 58 minutes to leave the final score 3-1 to Austria.
Elsewhere in pool A, Belgium beat Scotland 8-1 leaving Ireland in 3rd position in the pool after game 1 on goal difference. Pool B commenced their games on Monday with a 2-2 draw between Spain and England and a 7-0 win for Netherlands over Poland .
DAY 2 EUROPEAN UNDER 18 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A
BELGIUM 8 IRELAND 0
Charlie Langedries opened Belgium’s account in the 10th minute from a penalty corner 1-0 Belgium.
Jean Cloetens field goal made it 2-0 in the 11th minute. Lucas Balthazar added another to make it 3-0 from a penalty corner in the 15th minute. Larry Fauchey made it 4-0 in the final minute of the first half. Lucas Balthazar grabbed his second of the game to make it 5-0 from a penalty corner. Guerlain Hawaux got a field goal to make it 6-0 in the 40th minute. Two further goals from Charlie Langedries in the 43rd and 57th minutes respectively completed his hat-trick and an 8-0 thrashing for the Belgians
Elsewhere in Pool A, Germany defeated Scotland 2-0 and in Pool B there were a 3-0 win for Spain over the Netherlands and England thrashed Poland 8-0.
EUROPEAN UNDER 18 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 3
IRELAND 3 SCOTLAND 2
Murray Griffiths scored a field goal to give Scotland a 1-0 lead on 10 minutes. Johnny Bradley increased their lead converting a penalty corner on 21 minutes to make it 2-0 to Scotland. Ireland got back on terms when James Evans scored a field goal in the 24th minute.
It was 2-1 to Scotland at half time. It was lead they held on to until late in the fourth quarter when Ireland got an equaliser from a 55th minute penalty stroke scored by Matthew McKee. James Evans scored from open play a minute later to give the Boys in Green their first pool win 3-2 over Scotland .
Elsewhere in Pool A Germany thrashed Austria 12-0.
The first Round 4 games didn’t involve Ireland as Pool A contained five teams and one team was idle on each game day. Scotland beat Austria 2-1 and Belgium beat Germany 3-2.
EUROPEAN UNDER 18 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIPS POOL A DAY 4
IRELAND 0 GERMANY 6
Ireland completed their Pool A programme with a game against hosts Germany in Krefeld. German captain Jonas Cofalla led by example scoring a penalty corner in the 15th minute to give his country a 1-0 lead. He added a second from a subsequent penalty corner two minutes later to leave the hosts 2-0 ahead. Morten Berendts converted a third penalty corner in the 33rd minute to give Germany a 3-0 lead. Ben Hasbach added a fourth from open play in the 38th minute. Lukas Kossel added a fifth in the 54th minute and Justus Warweg made the score 6-0 in the 58th minute. Final score Ireland 0 Germany 6 leaving Ireland in 5th place in Pool A .
By finishing in 5th place in Pool A Ireland go into a Saturday play off against Poland who finished in 4th place in Pool B. The winners of this will go into a 7th-8th place play off on Sunday against Austria.
IRELAND : Sam Chapman, Aaron Baxter, Mark Cuddy, Ben Pasley (captain), Matthew MocKee, Ben Pollock, Robert Olden, Joshua Gill, Matthew Stevenson, Alex Lynch, Matthew Spence, Ben Walker, James Evans, Tommy Dobson, Tommy Maxwell, Max Caulwell, Samuel Dale SUB GK : David Persse
POOL B SUMMARY
The final round of Pool B matches saw Spain beat Poland 5-0 and the Netherlands narrowly beat England by 4-3. This left the final standings as follows
1st Spain 2nd Netherlands 3rd England 4th Poland
PLAY OFFS 7TH -9TH PLAY OFF SATURDAY JULY 15TH 2023
IRELAND 6 POLAND 1
Ireland beat Poland 6-1 to qualify for the 7th-8th place play off. Robert Olden converted a penalty corner on 22 minutes to give Ireland a lead. Matthew McKee made it 2-0 from a field goal on 28 minutes. Matthew McKee converted a penalty stroke on 32 minutes to make it 3-0. A second Robert Olden penalty corner on 43 minutes made it 4-0. Emil Witczak got Poland on the score sheet from open play on 47 minutes to make it 4-1. Matthew McKee with a second converted Penalty stroke made it 5-1 on 52 minutes and Samuel Dale converted a penalty corner in the 59th minute to round out the scoring.
7TH-8TH PLACE PLAY-OFF SUNDAY JULY 16TH 2023
IRELAND 2 AUSTRIA 1
Ireland took the lead through Max Caulwell on 4 minutes from open play. Adrian Fink converted a 13th minute penalty stroke to equalise for Austria. Seventh place was secured for Ireland by a goal from open play scored by captain Ben Pasley leading by example. It ended 2-1 to Ireland.
Despite beating Austria 2-1 in this play off final and technically finishing 7th, Ireland have been relegated out of the top tier of European Under 18 Boys hockey and will compete in Division B next time out despite closing out the tournament with a record of 3 wins from 6. Finishing bottom of Pool A was enough to secure relegation.