Netherlands European champion for the fifth consecutive time

The Netherlands showed supremacy again and consecrated himself again as champion. On Sunday, August 17, the final of the Women’s Eurohockey Championship between the Dutch and Germany was held, and the result was 2 to 1 for the number one of the world ranking. With this title they added 13 European championships, five consecutively.

While the game began with the goal of Pien Dicke (5 ‘) That after recovering the Bocha, it was later who pushed it towards the arch, it was a meeting where the result could have gone for either team. Towards the closing of the first quarter, the German team had one of the clearest chances, losing the partial draw below the arch.

The beginning of the second part of the first half came with 2 to 0 for the Netherlands, this time by the hand of Luna Fokke (18 ‘) But Germany was far from giving up. Although in the first 30 minutes the Dutch had more control of the ball, the Teutonas did not throw themselves back and went to look for the result.

The third quarter, the locals had greater mastery of the Bocha, enclosing the Netherlands. In a play that ended on green card for Yibbi Jansen, the Teuton discount arrived, and the captain, Lisa Nolte (35 ‘)It was the one who put 2 to 1.

In the last minutes of the game, Germany took the archera with the idea of looking for the draw with one more player on the court, but the Dutch defended well and the final result was 2 to 1 for the Netherlands, which accumulated its fifth consecutive title in this contest, the number 13 in all the editions that were played.

Both teams formed Group A and when the result was crossed, it was 5 to 1 for the Netherlands. The other two games were a 4 to 1 victory against France and a 0 to 0 draw against Ireland. On the side of the Dutch team, the three games won, 2 to 0 against the Irish and 6 to 0 with the French.

In the semifinals, the German team tied 1 to 1 against Belgium, exceeding them 3 to 2 in the definition by Australian penalties, while the Netherlands beat Spain 3 to 1, classifying another final.

In previous editions, these teams crossed several times, more in this instance. In the 17 editions that had, the Netherlands won 13 opportunities (1984, 1987, 1995,1999, 2003, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2023 and 2025), the last four consecutively. In seven of those 13, the final was against Germany. On the Teuton side, they stayed with the title in Two opportunities (2017 and 2013), the final of 2007 winning the Dutch.