The 2006 Rink Hockey European Championship was the 47th edition of the Rink Hockey European Championship, the biennial European rink hockey competition. The competition took place in Monza, Italy in the Pallazo dello Sport, also known as Pala Candy, from July 16 to July 22. Spain won the competition for the 13th time, beating Switzerland 2–0 in the final. Portugal took the 3rd place after beating 5-4 the hosts, Italy. This competition was part of the Euro Roller Games 2006, that also featured the European Championships of roller skating and artistic roller skating.
Format
There are 3 groups of 3 teams in Phase I. Each team plays each other within the group and all teams but the worse 3rd place of all groups will go into the quarter-finals.
Then, the losers and the team who didn't go to the quarter-finals will play a Poule for the 5th to 9th position. If any team played each other before this Poule, they won't be playing again: the results from Phase I will count.
The winners in the quarter-finals keep playing each other in a knockout system until the winner is found. There is also a game for 3rd and 4th place for the losers at the Semi-finals.
Every game lasts for 40 minutes, divided into 2 parts of 20, instead of the usual 50 minutes in some leagues.
Phase I Group A TeamGWDLGFGADifPtsSpain2200122+106France210174+33England2002013-130
Group B TeamGWDLGFGADifPtsItaly2200111+106Germany2101610-43Austria200239-60
Group C TeamGWDLGFGADifPtsPortugal2200100+106Switzerland210149-53Andorra200227-50
Knockout Phase Bracket
2006 Rink Hockey European ChampionSPAINThirteenth Title
Quarterfinals
Semifinals
3rd Place Game
Final
5th to 9th Poule PlTeamGWDLGFGADifPts5France4400182+16126England43011512+397Germany420277068Andorra41031310+339Austria40041032-220
The games between teams that played against each other in Phase I are not repeated. The result from the Phase I game counted instead. This was the case for two matches, from Group A England vs. France and from Group B Austria vs. Germany:
The other matches were played as follows:
Final table PlTeamGWDLGFGADifPts1Spain5500293+26152Switzerland52121016-673Portugal5401409+31124Italy5311289+19105France64022310+13126England53021520-597Germany6204824-1668Andorra71061628-1239Austria60061060-500
Goal scorers
12 goals Francesco Dolce
9 goals James Taylor
8 goals Ramon Bassols Ricardo Barreiros
7 goals Henry Guirec Vítor Hugo Reinaldo Ventura Marc Gual Pedro Gil
6 goals Sérgio Silva Jorge Silva
5 goals Mirco Bertolucci
4 goals David Huber Brendan Barker Baptiste Lucas Dominik Brandt Davide Motaran Josep Maria Ordeig
3 goals Sylvain Brochard Sebastien Furstenberger Remy Hourcq Alessandro Bertolucci Eduard Fernández Lluís Teixidó Florian Brentini Michael Muller
2 goals Alex Martin Marc Montardit Ivan Villaro Thomas Haller Igor Tarassioux Felix Bender Mattia Cocco Valter Neves Tiago Rafael Pedro Moreira Sergi Panadero Josep Maria Roca
1 goal Guillem Sarle Juan Sebastian Gunter Faul Manuel Parfant Thomas Simcic Michael Schwendinger Andrew Gregory Karl Smith Julien Huvelin Andre Kussolek Marc Schinkowski Leonardo Squeo Alberto Peripolli Jordi Bargalló Matthieu Brentini Federico Garcia-Mendez Stefan Rubi Gael Jimenez
Squads Andorra
NameBorn inGoalsNelson Alves (GK)1985Ramon Bassols19818Alex Martin19812Marc Martin19840Marc Montardit19772Guillem Sarle19801Juan Sebastian19731Ferran Vila19730Marc Vila (GK)1981Ivan Villaro19812Carles Puig (Coach)
Austria
NameBorn inGoalsKlemens Schussling (GK)1984Andreas Kunz (GK)1986Gunter Faul19771Thomas Haller19742David Huber19884Martin Laritz19760Manuel Parfant19871Thomas Simcic19761Michael Schwendinger19821Jokob Stockinger19860Roland Mayer (Coach)
England
NameBorn inGoalsIan Morrison (GK)1983Ian Smith (GK)1984Grant Zaccaria19850Michael Ableson19860Brendan Barker19784Andrew Gregory19831Karl Smith19791Graeme Stewart19860James Taylor19859Joe Wheatley19690José Carlos Amaral (Coach)
France
NameBorn inGoalsOlivier Gelebart (GK)1975Fabien Savreux (GK)1973Sylvain Brochard19873Sebastien Furstenberger19853Nicolas Guilbert19850Henry Guirec19787Remy Hourcq19803Igor Tarassioux19772Julien Huvelin19731Baptiste Lucas19834Eric Marquis (Coach)
Germany
NameBorn inGoalsMarc Berenbeck (GK)1976Patrick Glowka (GK)1987Felix Bender19852Dominik Brandt19824Markus Wilk19770Stefan Gurtler19850Thomas Haupt19800Andre Kussolek19851Tobias Mohr19800Marc Schinkowski19831Johan Van Diejen (Coach)
Italy
NNameBorn inPositionClubGoals1Federico Stagi1974GKPrato10Leonardo Barozzi1987GKViareggio2Davide Motaran1984FRoller Novara43 Leonardo Squeo1982D/MVercelli14Alberto Peripolli1986D/MBreganze15 Francesco Dolce1973FHockey Novara126Nicola Palagi1981FViareggio07Mattia Cocco1984FValdagno28Mirco Bertolucci1972FFollonica59Alessandro Bertolucci1969FFollonica3CoachAlessandro Cupisti
Portugal
NNameBorn inPositionClubGoals1 Carlos Silva1982GKS.L. Benfica10João Pereira (Ginho)1980GKOC Barcelos2Valter Neves1983D/MS.L. Benfica23Sérgio Silva1974D/MFollonica (ITA)64Vítor Hugo1984FACR Gulpilhares75Reinaldo Ventura1978FFC Porto76Tiago Rafael1983D/MOC Barcelos27Ricardo Barreiros1982FS.L. Benfica88Jorge Silva1984FFC Porto69Pedro Moreira1985D/MFC Porto2CoachPaulo Batista
Spain
NNameBorn inPositionClubGoals1Sergi Fernández1985GKVic10Juan Ramón de Moya1971GKNoia2Sergi Panadero1985D/MFC Barcelona23 Josep Maria Roca1981D/MVic24Jordi Bargallo1979FLiceo15Josep Maria Ordeig1981D/MBarcelona46Eduard Fernández1982FIgualada37Lluís Teixidó1978D/MReus38Marc Gual1980D/MReus79Pedro Gil1980FFC Porto (POR)7CoachCarlos Feriche
Switzerland
NameBorn inClubGoalsBjorn Hauert (GK)1977SC ThunersternNils Hauert (GK)1983SC ThunersternFlorian Brentini1983Genève HC3Matthieu Brentini1980Genève HC1Jerome Desponds1978Hockey Novara (ITA)0Federico Garcia-Mendez1987Genève HC1Andreas Munger1985RS Uttigen0Stefan Rubi1979Montreux HC1Gael Jimenez1987Genève HC1Michael Muller1984Montreux HC3Alain Richard (Coach)
External links Information on the 2006 European Championship