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{{Infobox sports league
| title           = Women's EuroHockey Championship III
| current_season  = 
| last_season     = 2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III
| upcoming_season = 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship III
| logo            = 
| logo_size       = <!-- use a format of ##px, such as 120px -->
| caption         = 
| formerly        = Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I
| sport           = Field hockey
| founded         = {{Start date and age|2005}}
| inaugural       = [[2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|2005]]
| teams           = 8
| confed          = [[European Hockey Federation|EHF]] ([[Europe]])
| champion        = {{fhw|TUR}} (2nd title)
| champ_season    = [[2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2023]]
| most_champs     = {{fhw|TUR}}<br />{{fhw|WAL}} (2 titles each)
| levels          = 3
}}
The '''Women's EuroHockey Championship III''', formerly known as the '''Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I''',  is a competition for European national [[field hockey]] teams. It is the third level of European field hockey Championships for national teams.

This is the lowest tier and there is promotion to the second tier.<ref>http://www.eurohockey.org/index.php?option=com_docman&task=cat_view&gid=17&Itemid=26 EHF website</ref> The two first ranked teams qualify for the next [[Women's EuroHockey Championship II]] and are replaced by the two lowest-ranked teams from that tournament.

The tournament has been won by eight different teams: [[Wales women's national field hockey team|Wales]] and [[Turkey women's national field hockey team|Turkey]] have the most titles with two and the [[Czech Republic women's national field hockey team|Czech Republic]], [[France women's national field hockey team|France]], [[Lithuania women's national field hockey team|Lithuania]], [[Russia women's national field hockey team|Russia]], [[Switzerland women's national field hockey team|Switzerland]] and [[Ukraine women's national field hockey team|Ukraine]] have all won the tournament once. The [[2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|most recent edition]] was held in [[Zagreb]], Slovenia and was won by Turkey.<ref>{{cite web |title=EuroHockey Championships 2021 |url=https://eurohockey.org/2020/03/26/eurohockey-championships-2021/ |website=eurohockey.org |publisher=[[European Hockey Federation]] |access-date=27 March 2020 |date=26 March 2021}}</ref>

==Results==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;width:100%; font-size:90%;"
!rowspan=2 width=5%|Year
!rowspan=2 width=10%|Host
!width=1% rowspan=13|
!colspan=3|Final
!width=1% rowspan=13|
!colspan=3|Third place match
!width=1% rowspan=13|
!width=4% rowspan=2|Number of teams
|-
!width=14%|Winner
!width=10%|Score
!width=14%|Runner-up
!width=14%|Third place
!width=10%|Score
!width=14%|Fourth place
|-
|2005<br>''[[2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|Details]]''
|[[Prague]], Czech Republic
|'''{{fhw-big|CZE}}'''
|'''3–2'''
|{{fhw-big|AUT}}
|{{fhw-big|SVK}}
|'''3–2'''
|{{fhw-big|CRO}}
|8
|-
|2007<br>''[[2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|Details]]''
|[[Zagreb]], Croatia
|'''{{fhw-big|WAL}}'''
|'''2–2''' ([[Overtime (sports)|a.e.t.]])<br />(2–0 [[Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|p.s.]])
|{{fhw-big|POL}}
|{{fhw-big|SUI}}
|'''1–0'''
|{{fhw-big|SVK}}
|7
|-
|2009<br>''[[2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|Details]]''
|[[Olten]], Switzerland
|'''{{fhw-big|SUI}}'''
|'''2–0'''
|{{fhw-big|CZE}}
|{{fhw-big|AUT}}
|'''2–0'''
|{{fhw-big|SVK}}
|5
|-
|2011<br>''[[2011 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Vienna]], Austria
|'''{{fhw-big|LTU}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{fhw-big|AUT}}
|{{fhw-big|CZE}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{fhw-big|TUR}}
|6
|-
|2013<br>''[[2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Athens]], Greece
|'''{{fhw-big|WAL}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{fhw-big|CZE}}
|{{fhw-big|SUI}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{fhw-big|TUR}}
|6
|-
|2015<br>''[[2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Sveti Ivan Zelina]], Croatia
|'''{{fhw-big|RUS}}'''
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{fhw-big|LTU}}
|{{fhw-big|TUR}}
|[[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]]
|{{fhw-big|CRO}}
|5
|-
|2017<br>''[[2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Sveti Ivan Zelina]], Croatia
|'''{{fhw-big|TUR}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|SUI}}
|{{fhw-big|LTU}}
|'''6–1'''
|{{fhw-big|CRO}}
|5
|-
|2019<br>''[[2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Lipovci]], Slovenia
|'''{{fhw-big|FRA}}'''
|'''4–3'''
|{{fhw-big|LTU}}
|{{fhw-big|SUI}}
|'''0–0'''<br />(2–1 [[Penalty shoot-out (field hockey)|s.o.]])
|{{fhw-big|CRO}}
|7
|-
|2021<br>''[[2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Lipovci]], Slovenia
|'''{{fhw-big|UKR}}'''
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|SUI}}
|{{fhw-big|TUR}}
|'''3–0'''
|{{fhw-big|CRO}}
|7
|-
|2023<br />''[[2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Zagreb]], Croatia
|'''{{fhw-big|TUR}}'''
|'''3–1'''
|{{fhw-big|SUI}}
|{{fhw-big|GIB}}
|'''2–1'''
|{{fhw-big|CRO}}
|4
|-
|2025<br />''[[2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|Details]]''
|[[Alanya]], Turkey
|
|
|
|
|
|
|4
|}

===Summary===
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Team
!Winners
!Runners-up
!Third place
!Fourth place
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|TUR}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|2 (2017, 2023)
|
|2 (2015, 2021)
|2 (2011, 2013)
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|WAL}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|2 (2007, 2013)
|
|
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|SUI}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2009*)
|3 (2017, 2021, 2023)
|3 (2007, 2013, 2019)
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|CZE}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2005*)
|2 (2009, 2013)
|1 (2011)
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|LTU}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2011)
|2 (2015, 2019)
|1 (2017)
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|UKR}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2021)
|
|
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|FRA}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2019)
|
|
|
|-
|style=background:#FFF68F|{{fhw|RUS}}
|style=background:#FFF68F|1 (2015)
|
|
|
|-
|{{fhw|AUT}}
|
|2 (2005, 2011*)
|1 (2009)
|
|-
|{{fhw|POL}}
|
|1 (2007)
|
|
|-
|{{fhw|SVK}}
|
|
|1 (2005)
|2 (2007, 2009)
|-
|{{fhw|GIB}}
|
|
|1 (2023)
|
|-
|{{fhw|CRO}}
|
|
|
|6 (2005, 2015*, 2017*, 2019, 2021, 2023*)
|}
:<nowiki>*</nowiki> = ''host nation''

===Team appearances===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Team
!{{flagicon|Czech Republic}}<br>[[2005 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|2005]]
!{{flagicon|Croatia}}<br>[[2007 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|2007]]
!{{flagicon|Switzerland}}<br>[[2009 Women's EuroHockey Nations Challenge I|2009]]
!{{flagicon|Austria}}<br>[[2011 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2011]]
!{{flagicon|Greece}}<br>[[2013 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2013]]
!{{flagicon|Croatia}}<br>[[2015 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2015]]
!{{flagicon|Croatia}}<br>[[2017 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2017]]
!{{flagicon|Slovenia}}<br>[[2019 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2019]]
!{{flagicon|Slovenia}}<br>[[2021 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2021]]
!{{flagicon|Croatia}}<br />[[2023 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2023]]
!{{flagicon|TUR}}<br />[[2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship III|2025]]
!Total
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|AUT}}
|bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||–||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|BUL}}
|6th||–||–||6th||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|CRO}}
|4th||5th||–||–||–||4th||4th||4th||4th||4th||–||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|CZE}}
|bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|France}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Georgia (country)}}
|–||–||5th||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|GIB}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||Q||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Greece}}
|–||–||–||–||6th||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Hungary}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||6th||–||–||Q||'''2'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Lithuania}}
|–||–||–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||–||–||–||'''4'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|LUX}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||Q||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|POL}}
|–||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|POR}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||5th||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Russia}}
|–||–||–||–||–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||–||–||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|SRB}}
|–||7th||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|SCG}}
|7th||colspan=10|''Defunct''||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|Slovenia}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||5th||7th||7th||–||–||'''3'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|SVK}}
|bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||4th||4th||5th||5th||–||–||5th||6th||–||–||'''7'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|SUI}}
|5th||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||5th||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||bgcolor=silver|'''2nd'''||–||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|TUR}}
|8th||6th||–||4th||4th||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||bgcolor=cc9966|'''3rd'''||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||Q||'''9'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|UKR}}
|–||–||–||–||–||–||–||–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||–||'''1'''
|-
|align=left|{{fhw|WAL}}
|–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||–||bgcolor=gold|'''1st'''||–||–||–||–||–||–||'''2'''
|-
!Total||8||7||5||6||6||5||5||7||7||4||4||<ref>{{cite web |title=Competitions Archive |url=https://eurohockey.org/download/competitions-archive/?wpdmdl=16924&refresh=5b7feebf4533d1535110847 |publisher=European Hockey Federation |access-date=2 August 2019 |page=20}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[Men's EuroHockey Championship III]]
* [[Women's EuroHockey Championship II]]

== References ==
<references/>

==External links==
*[https://eurohockey.org/ European Hockey Federation]

{{Women's EuroHockey Championship}}
{{International field hockey}}

[[Category:Women's EuroHockey Championship III| ]]
[[Category:Women's international field hockey competitions in Europe]]
[[Category:Recurring sporting events established in 2005]]