The Men's EuroHockey Championship is an international men's field hockey competition organised by the European Hockey Federation (EHF) for the top eight European national teams.

When the tournament is held close to the Summer Olympic games or the Men's FIH Hockey World Cup, the winner of the tournament is awarded a place in those competitions.

National teams qualify for a division based on their performance in the previous competition.

In each pool, A, and B, all the teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows: Upon completion of these matches, each team in the pool is ranked according to the number of points each has accumulated.

The senior (men's and women's) Nations tournaments are held over seven to eight consecutive days (including rest days) some time during the last two weeks of July and the first four weeks of August every odd numbered year (2009, 2011, etc.