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The European championships is a guarantee for some top class hockey. Following the Olympics and the World Cup this is probably the toughest competition in the world of hockey. At stake first of al the title of European champion, but also a ticket into the Paris Olympic Games. Between August 18 and 27 both men and women will compete in Mönchengladbach, Germany. Get your tickets and follow the event here: eurohockey2023.com.

Panel Talk Euro 2023
On August 24 The Hockey Site will host a panel talk about the men’s tournament and discuss the games so far and the medal games coming up. Our panel will be:

- Rein van Eijk, U21 Germany 🇩🇪
- Jesse Mahieu, U21 Netherlands 🇳🇱
- Jeroen Baart, U21 Belgium 🇧🇪
- Barry Middleton, U21 England & GB 🇬🇧

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Interview with Marcos Hofmann about his candidacy for the position of EHF president. The interview with the other candidate Peter Elders can be found on here as well.
Also check out the opinion piece from both interviews in our columns at https://studiohockey.com/columns/the-choice-between-a-diplomat-or-entrepreneur-for-ehf/


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Interview with Peter Elders about his candidacy for the position of EHF president. The interview with the other candidate Marcos Hofmann can be found on here as well.
Also check out the opinion piece from both interviews in our columns at https://studiohockey.com/columns/the-choice-between-a-diplomat-or-entrepreneur-for-ehf/


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Following the assignment of the new world cup for 2026 to both the Netherlands and Belgium, the FIH decided this event would be the first for non-irrigated fields. Much to the surprise (again) of most involved. When we talked to players, coaches, high performance directors and other relevant experts most were and are very sceptical. I think all of us agree it is the way forward. Water is a scarce resource and we need to find a solution. But if the timeline for this is a unilateral decision made by administrators, without involving relevant stakeholders, we imagine it could be problematic. So we invited some experts for an open and transparent panel talk about the move towards dry artificial grass for hockey.

In February of 2023 these experts joined me in a panel talk about the move towards a non-irrigated surface for hockey. Listen to the podcast here or watch it on Spotify or Youtube where you’ll find the full and unedited video of this panel talk. Our panel featured the following experts:


Jeroen Hertzberger 🇳🇱, international player
Adam Commens 🇦🇺 🇧🇪, former international player & coach – now high performance director for Hockey Belgium
Stephen Butler 🇮🇪, former international player & co-founder Osaka (stick & shoe brand)
Colin Young 🇬🇧, global R&D director for Tencate Grass
Alastair Cox 🇬🇧, Facilities & Quality Programme Manager for the FIH

Listen (or watch) it here and judge for yourself...


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The fourth and final panel talk for the 2023 world cup was hosted on January 29, just before the medal games and featured Thomas Briels (BEL), Sander Baart (NED), Miki Delas (ESP) & Tobi Walter (GER)


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The third panel talk from January 27, just before the semi finals featured Jeroen Baart 🇧🇪, Danny Kerry 🇬🇧, Ben Bishop 🇦🇺 & Jude Menezes 🇳🇿

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