Austria won a fourth men’s EuroHockey Indoor Championship as they came through a dramatic shoot-out against Poland in the final at a full house in the SNP Dome in Heidelberg.

But there was an upset for hosts Germany for the second match running as they ended without a medal for the first time in the competition’s 50-year history.

This was Austria’s weekend though as they fought back from 3-1 down in normal time to draw 3-3 and earn a shoot-out chance where the red capricorns were near flawless, winning 3-2.

In normal time, Poland took the lead when Jacek Kurowski latched onto a loose ball in his own half and went the distance past the last defender and slotted home.

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Gracjan Jarzyński doubled the lead from a corner a minute later as the Poles bossed the early phases of the contest.

Austria hung tough and kept in the game long enough to get their first corner from Losonci spun and swept into the goal.

Mikolaj Gumny poked in the third goal to restore the two-goal gap in the third quarter but Austria would go on to dominate the remaining phases with Sebastian Eitenberger and Losonci both finding the net in Q3 to make it 3-3.

It led to the shoot-out where the Austrians put in a flawless set of three while Szymczyk denied Jarzyński in the final round to send the red capricorns into rapturous celebrations.

Pablo Roman stunned the SNP Dome into silence with a remarkable winning goal for Spain in the bronze medal match with just 5.8 seconds left on the stadium clock as they beat Germany 6-5.

It was the first time that Germany had failed to medal in the indoor showpiece spanning 22 editions.

Belgium clung on for fifth place with a 7-6 win over Switzerland after a crazy endgame saw eight goals come in the last eight minutes.

Player of the tournament: Gracjan Jarzyński (Poland)

Goalkeeper of the tournament: Mateusz Popiołkowski (Poland)

Young player of the tournament: Vincent Scholz (Germany)

Final standings

Austria

Poland

Spain

Germany

Belgium

Switzerland

Portugal

Czechia

Turkey – relegated to Championship II for 2028

Ireland – relegated to Championship II for 2028