EuroHockey Club Champions Cup 1981 (men, field)

The eighth official EuroHockey Club Champions Cup for men in hockey , held by the European Hockey Federation , took place at Whitsun 1981 in the Belgian capital, Brussels . Eight clubs from eight countries took part in the A division. The European Cup winner was the Dutch champions HC Klein Zwitserland , who clearly prevailed 4-0 in the final against the representative of the Soviet Union SKA Sverdlovsk. The countries of the six best-placed clubs qualified for the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup 1982 . The last two nations played in the B division a year later.

A division

Preliminary round

Group A

TG Frankenthal - SKA Sverdlovsk 2-2

Slough HC 6-2 FC Lyon

SKA Sverdlovsk - Slough HC 2-0

FC Lyon - TG Frankenthal 2-1

TG Frankenthal - Slough HC 1: 1

SKA Sverdlovsk - FC Lyon 3-1

Item	society	Gates	Points
1.	SKA Sverdlovsk	7: 3	5: 1
2.	Slough HC	7: 5	3: 3
3.	TG Frankenthal	4: 5	2: 4
4th	FC Lyon	2:10	2: 4

Group B

Club de Polo Barcelona - Uccle Sport 3-1

HC Klein Zwitserland - Edinburgh HC 4: 1

HC Klein Zwitserland - Club de Polo Barcelona 1: 1

Uccle Sport - Edinburgh HC 2-0

Club de Polo Barcelona - Edinburgh HC 5: 1

Uccle Sport - HC Klein Zwitserland 0: 4

Item	society	Gates	Points
1.	HC Klein Zwitserland	9: 2	5: 1
2.	Club de Polo Barcelona	9: 3	3: 1
3.	Royal Uccle Sport	3: 7	2: 4
4th	Edinburgh HC	2:11	0: 6

Placement games

Game for 7th place

Edinburgh HC 3-2 FC Lyon

Play for 5th place

TG Frankenthal - Uccle Sport 0: 0 (8: 7 after 7m)

3rd place match

Real Club de Polo de Barcelona - Slough HC 5-2

final

HC Klein Zwitserland - SKA Sverdlovsk 4-0

Relegation for Scotland and France to Division B.

B division

Venue: Rome in May 1981

Preliminary round

Group A

• Cookstown HC - HC Olten 2-0
• Rock Gunners - Warta Posen 1: 1
• Warta Posen - Cookstown HC 1: 1
• HC Olten - Rock Gunners 1: 2
• Warta Posen - HC Olten 7-0
• Cookstown HC - Rock Gunners 2-1

Item	society	Gates	Points
1.	Cookstown HC	5: 2	5: 1
2.	Warta poses	9: 2	4: 2
3.	Rock Gunners	4: 4	3: 3
4th	HC Olten	1:11	0: 6

Group B

• SV Arminen - Whitchurch HC 2: 2
• HC Eur Rom - Jedinstvo 3: 1
• Jedinstvo - Whitchurch HC 2: 1
• HC Eur Rom - SV Arminen 1: 1
• Jedinstvo - SV Arminen 2: 2
• Whitchurch HC - HC Eur Rom 0: 5

Item	society	Gates	Points
1.	HC Eur Algida	9: 2	5: 1
2.	SV Arminen	5: 5	3: 3
3.	HK Jedinstvo	4: 6	3: 3
4th	Whitchurch HC	3: 9	1: 5

Placement games

Game for 7th place

Whitchurch HC - HC Olten 3-2

Play for 5th place

HK Jedinstvo - Rock Gunners 3-2

3rd place match

SV Arminen Vienna - Warta Posen 2: 1

final

Cookstown HC - HC Eur Rom 1: 1 (5: 2 n.7m)

Final placements

1. Cookstown Hockey Club (Ireland promoted to A-Division)

2. HC EUR Algida (promotion for Italy to the A division)

3. SV Arminen Vienna

4. Warta Poznan

5. Jedinstvo

6. Rock Gunners

7. Whitchurch

8. Olten

source

• German hockey newspaper June 11, 1981
• www.eurohockey.org ( PDF )