2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship

2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
Tournament details
Host countryCzech Republic
CityPrague
Dates15–18 January
Teams10 (from 1 confederation)
VenueUNYP Arena
Final positions
Champions Germany (18th title)
Runner-up Czechia
Third place Austria
Tournament statistics
Matches played29
Goals scored190 (6.55 per match)
Top scorer Karyna Leonova (11 goals)
Best player Marta Grau
Best young player Katharina Proksch
Best goalkeeper Barbora Čecháková
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The 2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship was the 23rd edition of the Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship, the biennial international women's indoor hockey championship of Europe organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It was held at the UNYP Arena in Prague, Czech Republic from 15 to 18 January 2026. It was the third time Prague will host the event.[1]

Germany were the two-time defending champions.[2][3] They defended their title by defeating the hosts Czechia 5–2 in the final. Germany won a record-extending 18th title, while the Czech Republic reached the final for the first time. Austria won the bronze medal by defeating Spain 3–2. Lithuania and Ireland were relegated to the Championship II after one year in the top division.[4][5]

Qualification

The top eighth teams from the 2024 edition together with the top two teams from the Championship II participated in the 2026 edition.

Qualified teams

The following ten teams participated in the 2026 EuroHockey Indoor Championship.[6]

Dates Event Location Quotas Qualifiers
8–11 February 2024 2024 EuroHockey Indoor Championship Berlin, Germany 8  Austria
 Belgium
 Czechia
 Germany
 Poland
 Spain
  Switzerland
 Ukraine
9–11 February 2024 2024 EuroHockey Indoor Championship II Galway, Ireland 2  Ireland
 Lithuania
Total 10

Preliminary round

All times are local (UTC+1).

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Austria 4 2 2 0 16 7 +9 8 Qualification for the semi-finals
2  Germany 4 2 1 1 19 12 +7 7
3  Belgium 4 2 1 1 16 12 +4 7
4   Switzerland 4 1 2 1 14 11 +3 5
5  Ireland (R) 4 0 0 4 2 25 −23 0 Relegation to the Indoor Championship II
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[7]
(R) Relegated
15 January 2026
09:30
Belgium  4−3   Switzerland
Report
15 January 2026
10:55
Germany  6−0  Ireland
Report
15 January 2026
16:00
Germany  5−5   Switzerland
Report
15 January 2026
17:25
Austria  8−0  Ireland
Report
16 January 2026
10:00
Switzerland  5−1  Ireland
Report
16 January 2026
11:20
Belgium  3−3  Austria
Report
16 January 2026
16:00
Ireland  1−6  Belgium
Report
16 January 2026
17:20
Germany  3−4  Austria
Report
17 January 2026
09:00
Belgium  3−5  Germany
Report
17 January 2026
10:20
Austria  1−1   Switzerland
Report

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1  Spain 3 2 1 0 14 5 +9 7 Qualification for the semi-finals
2  Czechia (H) 3 2 1 0 14 9 +5 7
3  Ukraine 4 2 0 2 19 9 +10 6
4  Poland 4 1 2 1 11 9 +2 5
5  Lithuania (R) 4 0 0 4 2 28 −26 0 Relegation to the Indoor Championship II
Source: FIH
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals for; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals for.[7]
(H) Hosts; (R) Relegated
15 January 2026
12:20
Ukraine  3−4  Spain
Report
15 January 2026
13:45
Poland  6−0  Lithuania
Report
15 January 2026
18:50
Poland  2−2  Spain
Report
15 January 2026
20:15
Czechia  6−2  Lithuania
Nováková  3'
Hájková  5'
Lehovcová  9'
Semrádová  25'
Přibíková  26', 40' 		Report Banevičiūtė  12'
Dimskytė  24'
Umpires:
Una Mihajlovič (CRO)
Steven Bakker (NED)
16 January 2026
12:40
Spain  8−0  Lithuania
Report
16 January 2026
14:00
Ukraine  4−5  Czechia
Report
16 January 2026
18:40
Lithuania  0−8  Ukraine
Report
16 January 2026
20:00
Poland  3−3  Czechia
Report
17 January 2026
11:40
Ukraine  4−0  Poland
Report
17 January 2026
13:00
Czechia  3−5  Spain
Report

Ninth to tenth place classification

Ninth and tenth place

18 January 2026
09:00
Ireland  3–1  Lithuania
Report

Fifth to eighth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
17 January
 
 
 Belgium2
 
18 January
 
 Poland1
 
 Belgium4
 
17 January
 
 Ukraine3
 
 Ukraine5
 
 
  Switzerland3
 
Seventh place
 
 
18 January
 
 
 Poland3
 
 
  Switzerland4

Semi-finals

17 January 2026
16:30
Belgium  2−1  Poland
Report
17 January 2026
17:55
Ukraine  5−3   Switzerland
Report

Seventh and eighth place

18 January 2026
10:25
Poland  3–4   Switzerland
Report

Fifth and sixth place

18 January 2026
11:50
Belgium  4–3  Ukraine
Report

First to fourth place classification

Bracket

 
Semi-finalsfinal
 
      
 
17 January
 
 
 Austria2 (1)
 
18 January
 
 Czechia (s.o.)2 (2)
 
 Czechia2
 
17 January
 
 Germany5
 
 Spain5 (2)
 
 
 Germany (s.o.)5 (3)
 
third place
 
 
18 January
 
 
 Austria3
 
 
 Spain2

Semi-finals

17 January 2026
19:20
Austria  2−2  Czechia
Report
Penalties
1−2
17 January 2026
20:45
Spain  5−5  Germany
Report
Penalties
2−3

Third and fourth place

18 January 2026
13:15
Austria  3–2  Spain
Report

Final

18 January 2026
14:40
Czechia  2–5  Germany
Report

Final standings

Pos Team Relegation
 Germany
 Czechia (H)
 Austria
4  Spain
5  Belgium
6  Ukraine
7   Switzerland
8  Poland
9  Ireland (R) Relegation to the Indoor Championship II
10  Lithuania (R)
Source: FIH
(H) Host; (R) Relegated

See also

References

  1. ^ "Prague's UNYP Arena to host women's 2026 EuroHockey Indoor Championship". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 10 October 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Germany are Champions!". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 11 February 2024. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  3. ^ "Euro Dames : les résultats au jour le jour/day 4". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  4. ^ "Germany win historic 18th women's EuroHockey Indoor title with dominant final performance". eurohockey.org. EuroHockey. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  5. ^ "EuroHockey Indoor: Germany women summon memorable gold". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 18 January 2026. Retrieved 20 January 2026.
  6. ^ "EuroHockey Indoor Championship 2026 venues announced". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 21 November 2024. Retrieved 23 November 2024.
  7. ^ a b "FIH Tournament Regulations Indoor - October 2023" (PDF).
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