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Germany have defeated The Netherlands 4-2 overnight in Monchengladbach, to hoist the European Cup in front of a packed and vocal 9,000 strong audience. It was a fantastic game that had it all. Germany opened the scoring in the 1st minute through a unmarked player on the far post after some sharp lead-up play by their right side into a ... Read More »

The Netherlands have won the European Championships overnight defeating Germany 3-0. It was played in front of a fanatical crowd that was equal parts German and Dutch thanks for the venues close location to the Dutch border. In what appearead a one sided affair, the Dutch gerneated wave after wave of attack throughout the match. They scored twice in the ... Read More »

Semifinal day at the Men’s European Championships featured Belgium playing The Netherlands (SF1) and Germany taking on England (SF2) and they did not disappoint! In the first Semi, Belgium came out of the blocks strongly only for the Dutch to make their mark early in the 15th minute. Belgium answered not long after after some brilliant lead-up play by G-Team ... Read More »

The 24th, Belgium-Spain for a place in the semi-finals and above all a ticket for London’s olympic games. The game didn’t start as we expected as we were 2-0 down at half time. We played really well in 1st half tough, the Spanish had 2 chances and they scored both. We came back confident in second half knowing that 1 ... Read More »

It’s semifinal day at the Men’s European Championships with Belgium playing The Netherlands (SF1) and Germany taking on England (SF2). Photo: Simon Gougnard of Belgium (Image Disclaimer: “Gryphon-Life is not a sponsor of the National Hockey Federation featured in these images or affiliated with adidas and claims no ownership rights to the hockey event”) In SF1, the Dutch  appear as favourites ... Read More »

It was the women’s semifinal day on Match Day 6, Thursday 25th in Monchengladbach, Germany. A spot in the final of the European Championships was at stake and the games did not disappoint. The first semi had Olympic and reigning European Champions The Netherlands against England in what was a repeat of the 2010 World Cup semi final. It finished ... Read More »

Match Day 5 saw the remaining Pool Matches played in the Men’s draw, which would decide the final makeup of the semi-finalists and therefore the teams that have qualified directly for the 2012 Olympics. It was a rest day in the women’s competition. The first three games were blowouts with plenty of scintillating goals. European heavyweights England defeated France 8-1, ... Read More »

Match Day 4 (Tuesday 23rd) was a rest day for the Men, but all 8 women’s team were in action in their last pool match. Ireland took on England, hosts Germany played Belgium, underdogs Azerbaijan were up against in form Spain, and The Netherlands clashed with Italy. It was a day of predicted results, however Pool A leaders Spain only ... Read More »

Match Day 3 at the 2011 European Champions saw the big guns in the Men’s draw collide. In Pool B, The Netherlands and England went at it in a shoot out with 7 goals scored between them. Host’s Germany took on Spain with the winner securing the first of two semi final berth’s from Pool A. In the other days fixtures, ... Read More »

Match Day 2 was another exciting day at the 2011 European Championships. On the men’s side of the draw, with none of the top 4 teams having played as of yet, todays results were predictable. As for the women’s competition,  England and Germany clashed along with Spain and Holland. These results may surprise. Highlights from all Match Day 2 games ... Read More »