Saturday, August 29, 2009

[hockey] Netherlands Wins Women's Euro Hockey Nation's Championship

Netherlands won the women's Euro Hockey Nations Championship defeating Germany 3-2 in the final tonight. England defeated Spain 2-1 to get the bronze. The result was just a copy of the previous edition in Manchester in 2007 where the top four positions were the same.
In classification round Ireland and Russia got the fifth and sixth positions respectively to retain their spot in the next championship. Scotland and Ajerbaijan are relegated to the trophy for the next time.
In Men's section Austria and Poland are relegated with a match to be played between themselves. Belgium and France retained their positions. In the final Germany will face England and Spain will play for bronze against Netherlands.

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