The 2003 Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship qualification was the seventh and last edition of the qualifying round for the Men's EuroHockey Nations Championship. It took place from 8 July to 15 September 2002 in four different venues with 21 teams playing for seven quotas at the 2003 European Championship.^[1]

Spain qualified directly as the hosts while Belgium, England, Germany and the Netherlands qualified by their position in the 1999 European Championship.

Tournament 1

Tournament details
Host country	Poland
City	Poznań
Dates	8–14 July 2002
Teams	7 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Scotland
Runner-up	Poland
Third place	France
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	87 (5.8 per match)

The first tournament was played from 8 to 14 July 2002 in Poznań, Poland with seven teams participating.^[2]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Scotland	2	2	0	0	7	2	+5	6	Semi-finals
2	France	2	1	0	1	8	3	+5	3
3	Slovenia	2	0	0	2	0	10	−10	0

8 July 2002 10:00 France  6–0  Slovenia

10 July 2002 12:00 Slovenia  0–4  Scotland

11 July 2002 16:00 France  2–3  Scotland

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Poland (H)	3	3	0	0	32	3	+29	9	Semi-finals
2	Sweden	3	2	0	1	9	9	0	6
3	Croatia	3	1	0	2	3	16	−13	3
4	Hungary	3	0	0	3	4	20	−16	0

8 July 2002 16:00 Sweden  3–0  Croatia

8 July 2002 18:00 Poland  12–2  Hungary

9 July 2002 18:00 Croatia  0–11  Poland

10 July 2002 10:00 Hungary  0–5  Sweden

11 July 2002 10:00 Croatia  3–2  Hungary

11 July 2002 18:00 Poland  9–1  Sweden

	5–7th place semi-final				Fifth place
	13 July
	Slovenia	1
					14 July
	Hungary	2
					Hungary (a.e.t.)	2
					Croatia	1

13 July 2002 09:30 Slovenia  1–2  Hungary

14 July 2002 09:30 Hungary  2–1 (a.e.t.)  Croatia

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 July
	Scotland	5
					14 July
	Sweden	0
					Scotland	2
	13 July
					Poland	0
	Poland	2
	France	1
					Third place
					14 July
					Sweden	2
					France	6

13 July 2002 15:30 Scotland  5–0  Sweden

13 July 2002 18:00 Poland  2–1  France

14 July 2002 14:00 Sweden  2–6  France

14 July 2002 16:30 Scotland  2–0  Poland

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Scotland	2003 European Championship
2	Poland (H)
3	France	Play-off
4	Sweden
5	Hungary
6	Croatia
7	Slovenia

Tournament 2

Tournament details
Host country	Ireland
City	Dublin
Dates	8–14 July
Teams	8 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Ireland
Runner-up	Italy
Third place	Wales
Tournament statistics
Matches played	20
Goals scored	109 (5.45 per match)

The second tournament was held in Dublin, Ireland from 8 to 14 July 2002 with eight teams participating.^[3]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Austria	3	3	0	0	12	5	+7	9	Semi-finals
2	Wales	3	2	0	1	14	1	+13	6
3	Gibraltar	3	1	0	2	12	10	+2	3
4	Greece	3	0	0	3	2	24	−22	0

8 July 2002 09:00 Austria  5–4  Gibraltar

8 July 2002 13:00 Greece  0–10  Wales

9 July 2002 11:00 Austria  1–0  Wales

9 July 2002 13:00 Gibraltar  8–1  Greece

11 July 2002 09:00 Austria  6–1  Greece

11 July 2002 11:00 Gibraltar  0–4  Wales

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Ireland (H)	3	3	0	0	28	0	+28	9	Semi-finals
2	Italy	3	2	0	1	14	4	+10	6
3	Finland	3	1	0	2	3	19	−16	3
4	Malta	3	0	0	3	0	22	−22	0

8 July 2002 11:00 Finland  0–8  Italy

8 July 2002 17:00 Malta  0–13  Ireland

9 July 2002 17:00 Finland  3–0  Malta

9 July 2002 19:00 Ireland  4–0  Italy

11 July 2002 17:00 Ireland  11–0  Finland

11 July 2002 17:00 Italy  6–0  Malta

	5–8th place semi-finals				Fifth place
	13 July
	Gibraltar (a.e.t.)	3
					14 July
	Malta	2
					Gibraltar	1
	13 July
					Greece	0
	Finland	0
	Greece (a.e.t.)	1
					Seventh place
					14 July
					Malta	0
					Finland	2

13 July 2002 16:30 Gibraltar  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Malta

13 July 2002 16:30 Finland  0–1 (a.e.t.)  Greece

14 July 2002 16:30 Malta  0–2  Finland

14 July 2002 16:30 Gibraltar  1–0  Greece

	Semi-finals				Final
	13 July
	Wales	0
					14 July
	Ireland	1
					Ireland	3
	13 July
					Italy	2
	Austria	1
	Italy	2
					Third place
					14 July
					Wales	4
					Austria	2

13 July 2002 11:30 Wales  0–1  Ireland

13 July 2002 11:30 Austria  1–2  Italy

14 July 2002 11:30 Wales  4–2  Austria

14 July 2002 14:00 Ireland  3–2  Italy

Pos	Team	Qualification
1	Ireland (H)	2003 European Championship
2	Italy
3	Wales	Play-off
4	Austria
5	Gibraltar
6	Greece
7	Finland
8	Malta

(H) Host.

Tournament 3

Tournament details
Host country	Russia
City	Moscow
Dates	8–14 July 2002
Teams	6 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	Russia
Runner-up	Switzerland
Third place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	77 (5.13 per match)

The third tournament was held in Moscow, Russia from 8 to 14 July 2002 with six teams participating.^[4]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Russia (H)	5	4	1	0	16	6	+10	13	2003 European Championship
2	Switzerland	5	4	0	1	12	5	+7	12
3	Czech Republic	5	3	0	2	15	13	+2	9	Play-off
4	Belarus	5	2	1	2	11	9	+2	7
5	Ukraine	5	1	0	4	10	18	−8	3
6	Portugal	5	0	0	5	7	20	−13	0

8 July 2002 Switzerland  4–1  Ukraine

8 July 2002 Russia  4–2  Portugal

8 July 2002 Czech Republic  3–1  Belarus

9 July 2002 Switzerland  4–1  Czech Republic

9 July 2002 Belarus  4–1  Portugal

9 July 2002 Russia  5–1  Ukraine

11 July 2002 Czech Republic  3–2  Ukraine

11 July 2002 Switzerland  2–1  Portugal

11 July 2002 Russia  1–1  Belarus

13 July 2002 Ukraine  4–2  Portugal

13 July 2002 Switzerland  2–1  Belarus

13 July 2002 Russia  5–2  Czech Republic

14 July 2002 Belarus  4–2  Ukraine

14 July 2002 Czech Republic  6–1  Portugal

14 July 2002 Russia  1–0   Switzerland

Play-off

Tournament details
Host country	Spain
City	Terrassa
Dates	13–15 September 2002
Teams	3 (from 1 confederation)
Final positions
Champions	France
Runner-up	Wales
Third place	Czech Republic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	3
Goals scored	17 (5.67 per match)

The play-off tournament was held in Terrassa, Spain from 13 to 15 September 2002 with three teams participating.^[5]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	France	2	2	0	0	10	1	+9	6	2003 European Championship
2	Wales	2	1	0	1	5	5	0	3
3	Czech Republic	2	0	0	2	2	11	−9	0

13 September 2002 France  3–1  Wales

14 September 2002 Czech Republic  0–7  France

15 September 2002 Wales  4–2  Czech Republic