2016 CERH European Championship

The 2016 CERH European Championship was the 52nd edition of the CERH European Roller Hockey Championship, a biennial tournament for men's national roller hockey teams of Europe organised by CERH, which took place between 11 and 16 July in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.[1]

2016 CERH European Roller Hockey Championship
Euro 2016 – Oliveira de Azeméis
2016 CERH European Championship official logo
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
CityOliveira de Azeméis
Dates11 – 16 July 2016
Teams8
Venue(s)1 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Portugal (21st title)
Runners-up Italy
Third place Spain
Fourth place  Switzerland
Tournament statistics
Matches played24
Goals scored182 (7.58 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal João Rodrigues
(13 goals)
2014
2018

Eight teams competed in the tournament to determine the successor of Italy, who won the previous edition. In the final, hosts Portugal defeated the defending champions Italy 6–2 to secure a record-breaking 21st title, their first since 1998, when they beat Spain in the final.

Teams

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The following eight teams competed at the tournament:

Team Appearance Last appearance Previous best performance
  Austria 7th 2010 Eighth place (2010)
  England 51st 2012 Champions (1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939)
  France 51st 2014 Runners-up (1926, 1927, 1928, 1930, 1931)
  Germany 48th 2014 Runners-up (1932, 1934)
  Italy 50th 2014 Champions (1953, 1990, 2014)
  Portugal 47th 2014 Champions (1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1952, 1956, 1959, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1967, 1971, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1987, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998)
  Spain 39th 2014 Champions (1951, 1954, 1955, 1957, 1969, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1985, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012)
   Switzerland 52nd 2014 Runners-up (1937, 2006)

Venue

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All the games of the tournament were played in Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal.

Oliveira de Azeméis
Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado
Capacity: 2,300

Squads

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Each team submitted a squad of 10 players, including 2 goalkeepers.

Match officials

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The referee teams were announced on 5 February 2016. Each team has two referees.

Country Referees
  Portugal Rui Torres
Paulo Rainha
  Spain Óscar Valverde
Francisco Garcia
  Italy Franco Ferrari
Matteo Galoppi
  France
  England
Xavier Jacquart
Derek Bell
  Germany
  Switzerland
Thomas Ullrich
Roland Eggimann

Draw

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The 8 teams were divided in two groups, each group with 4 teams. The draw resulted in the following groups:

Group A
Pos Team
A1   Italy
A2   Germany
A3   France
A4   England
Group B
Pos Team
B1   Portugal
B2   Spain
B3    Switzerland
B4   Austria

Group stage

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All teams advanced to the quarter-finals.

Tiebreakers

The teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss). If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings:

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the group matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  4. Superior ratio of goals in all group matches, resulting from the number of goals scored divided by the number of goals conceded;
  5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. If only two teams had the same number of points, and they were tied according to criteria 1 to 5 after having met in the last round of the group stage, their rankings were determined by a direct free kick shoot-out (not used if more than two teams had the same number of points, or if their rankings were not relevant for qualification for the next stage).

All times are Portugal Summer Time (UTC+01:00).

Group A

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Italy 3 2 1 0 21 3 +18 7
  France 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
  Germany 3 1 0 2 5 15 –10 3
  England 3 0 0 3 2 13 –11 0
Germany  2 – 3  France
L. Karschau   33', 39' Report C. Di Benedetto   5', 5'
David   37'
Referee: Francisco Garcia, Óscar Valverde (Spain)

England  1 – 8  Italy
Mount   30' Report Ambrosio   2', 12', 39'
Compagno   17'
Verona   23', 27'
Cocco   27'
Malagoli   38'
Referee: Thomas Ullrich (Germany), Roland Eggimann (Switzerland)

France  2 – 0  England
David   7', 26' Report

Italy  11 – 0  Germany
Ambrosio   2', 18', 26'
Verona   13', 15'
Cocco   19'
Compagno   28'
Amato   29', 30'
Pagnini   38', 39'
Report
Referee: Derek Bell (England), Xavier Jacquart (France)

Germany  3 – 1  England
Nusch   5'
Fonseca   18'
Pereira   27'
Report Stewart   26'
Referee: Matteo Galoppi, Franco Ferrari (Italy)

Italy  2 – 2  France
Verona   7', 18' Report C. Di Benedetto   15', 20'

Group B

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Portugal 3 3 0 0 28 2 +26 9
  Spain 3 2 0 1 21 7 +14 6
   Switzerland 3 1 0 2 5 17 –12 3
  Austria 3 0 0 3 2 30 –28 0
Austria  0 – 12  Spain
Report J. Bargalló   10', 14', 36'
P. Bargalló   10', 40'
Baliu   12', 28'
Rodríguez   27'
Selva   27'
Bancells   35', 38'
Burgaya   40'

Portugal  8 – 0   Switzerland
Barreiros   3', 5'
Alves   13', 36'
Rafael   14', 21'
Rafa   19', 38'
Report
Referee: Xavier Jacquart (France), Derek Bell (England)

Switzerland  4 – 1  Austria
Garcia   5', 11'
G. Rettenmund   13'
Kissling   18'
Report Pafant   38'
Referee: Óscar Valverde, Francisco Garcia (Spain)

Spain  1 – 6  Portugal
J. Bargalló   6' Report Barreiros   5'
Ventura   10'
Rodrigues   21'
Rafa   32'
Rafael   35'
Alves   38'
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Matteo Galoppi (Italy)

Spain  8 – 1   Switzerland
J. Bargalló   10', 13', 15'
Bancells   12'
Selva   16'
Baliu   22'
P. Bargalló   35'
Rodríguez   36'
Report R. Rettenmund   17'
Referee: Xavier Jacquart (France), Derek Bell (England)

Portugal  14 – 1  Austria
Rafa   2', 25', 31'
Rafael   7'
Alves   8', 27', 39', 40'
Ventura   10', 19'
Rodrigues   12', 20'
Barreiros   18', 26'
Report Wolf   37'
Referee: Roland Eggimann (Switzerland), Thomas Ullrich (Germany)

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
 
  Italy12
 
15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Austria1
 
  Italy1
 
14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Spain0
 
  Germany0
 
16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Spain9
 
  Italy2
 
14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Portugal6
 
  France1
 
15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
   Switzerland6
 
   Switzerland0
 
14 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Portugal8 Third place
 
  England0
 
16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Portugal12
 
  Spain7
 
 
   Switzerland1
 

Quarterfinals

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France  1 – 6   Switzerland
B. Di Benedetto   38' Report Kissling   4', 14', 39', 40'
Wirth   8'
Jimenez   11'
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Matteo Galoppi (Italy)
Italy  12 – 1  Austria
Malagoli   2', 4', 32'
Cocco   4'
Compagno   6', 17', 22'
Pagnini   12', 25'
Ambrosio   29'
Illuzzi   33', 35'
Report Huber   8'
Referee: Thomas Ullrich (Germany), Roland Eggimann (Switzerland)
Germany  0 – 9  Spain
Report P. Bargalló   3', 13', 39'
Baliu   8'
Rodríguez   9', 11', 32'
Selva   14', 15'
Referee: Derek Bell (England), Xavier Jacquart (France)
England  0 – 12  Portugal
Report Rodrigues   6', 8', 10', 21', 30'
Barreiros   7', 7', 8'
Rafa   17'
Alves   18'
Rafael   25'
Ventura   30'
Referee: Francisco Garcia, Óscar Valverde (Spain)

Fifth to eighth place classification

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Semi-finalsFifth place
 
      
 
15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
 
  Austria0
 
16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  Germany9
 
  Germany1 (1)
 
15 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
  France (pen.)1 (2)
 
  France5
 
 
  England2
 
Seventh place
 
 
16 July – Oliveira de Azeméis
 
 
  Austria1
 
 
  England6

Fifth to eighth place semi-finals

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Austria  0 – 9  Germany
Report K. Karschau   17', 38', 40'
Pereira   23', 27'
Milewski   29'
L. Karschau   35', 38'
Nusch   39'
Referee: Matteo Galoppi, Franco Ferrari (Italy)
France  5 – 2  England
C. Di Benedetto   29', 33', 37'
David   34', 35'
Report Mount   11', 35'
Referee: Roland Eggimann (Switzerland), Thomas Ullrich (Germany)

Seventh place match

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Austria  1 – 6  England
Pafant   23' Report Mount   3'
Stewart   8'
Barker   27', 32', 32', 34'
Referee: Roland Eggimann (Switzerland), Thomas Ullrich (Germany)

Fifth place match

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Germany  1 – 1 (a.e.t.)  France
K. Karschau   25' Report R. Di Benedetto   23'
Penalties
K. Karschau  
Hack  
Milewski  
L. Karschau  
Pereira  
1 – 2   Herman
  B. Di Benedetto
  Nedder
  C. Di Benedetto
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Matteo Galoppi (Italy)

Semi-finals

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Italy  1 – 0  Spain
Ambrosio   5' Report
Switzerland  0 – 8  Portugal
Report Rodrigues   4', 10', 26', 29'
Alves   16', 35'
Ventura   24'
Barreiros   28'
Referee: Óscar Valverde, Francisco Garcia (Spain)

Third place match

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Spain  7 – 1   Switzerland
Mitjans   10', 31'
J. Bargalló   20'
Rodríguez   23'
Bancells   24'
Burgaya   26'
Baliu   31'
Report Kissling   16'

Final

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Italy  2 – 6  Portugal
Ambrosio   3', 4' Report Rafael   22', 32'
Ventura   34'
Rafa   37'
Rodrigues   38'
Nunes   38'
Referee: Francisco Garcia, Óscar Valverde (Spain)

Final ranking

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Rank Team
    Portugal
    Italy
    Spain
4    Switzerland
5   France
6   Germany
7   England
8   Austria
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References

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  1. ^ "Assinatura de Protocolo para o Europeu Azeméis'16". CERH.eu. Comité Européen de Rink Hockey (CERH). 29 January 2016. Retrieved 3 February 2016.