Euro Hockey League 2007/08

The Euro Hockey League 2007/2008 was the premiere event of the Euro Hockey League newly introduced by the European Hockey Association EHF . The winner was the German representative Uhlenhorster HC from Hamburg. The following tournaments were held as part of the competition:

• October 26th to 28th, 2007: 4 preliminary round groups in Wassenaar / Holland
• 2nd to 4th November 2007: 4 preliminary round groups in Antwerp / Belgium
• March 21 to 24, 2008: Round of 16 and quarter finals in Terrassa / Spain
• May 8-11, 2008: Semi-finals and finals in Rotterdam / Holland

Attendees

Netherlands | Germany | Spain | England

3 teams

Poland | Belgium | Russia | Scotland

2 teams

France | Switzerland | Ireland | Austria

1 team

The best leagues include the Dutch Rabo Hoofdklasse , the Spanish Division de Honor Masculina - A , the English England Hockey League and the German Hockey Bundesliga . The national associations nominate these participants:

• 1 NED HC Bloemendaal , HGC Wassenaar , HC Rotterdam
• 2 ESP Atlètic Terrassa , Club Egara , Real Club de Polo de Barcelona
• 3 GER The Club on the Alster , Uhlenhorster HC , Crefelder HTC
• 4 ENG Reading HC , Cannock HC , Loughborough Students
• 5 POL KS Pocztowiec Poznań , WKS Grunwald Poznań
• 6 BEL Royal Antwerp , Waterloo Ducks HC
• 7 RUS HC Dinamo Kazan , Dinamo Elektrostal
• 8 SCO Kelburne HC , Grange HC
• 9 FRA St. Germain en Laye HC
• 10 IRL Pembroke Wanderers
• 11 SUI Lucerne SC
• 12 AUT AHTC Vienna

Preliminary round

There were 5 points for a win, 2 points for a draw and one point for a defeat with fewer than three goals. If there was a tie between points and goals, a 7-meter shoot-out was held for the second place in the group.

Group A (October 26-28, 2007 in The Hague)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
HC Rotterdam	10	2	2	0	0	9	3	+6
Atlètic Terrassa	6th	2	1	0	1	5	5	0
Grange HC	1	2	0	0	2	2	8th	−6

October 26, 2007
Atlètic Terrassa	3: 1 (3: 1)	Grange HC
October 27, 2007
Atlètic Terrassa	2: 4 (2: 2)	HC Rotterdam
October 28, 2007
HC Rotterdam	5: 1 (2: 0)	HC Grange

Group B (November 2-4, 2007 in Antwerp)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Real Club de Polo de Barcelona	10	2	2	0	0	11	3	+8
Royal Antwerp	3	2	0	1	1	4th	5	−1
HC Dinamo Elektrostal	2	2	0	1	1	5	12	−7

November 2, 2007
Royal Antwerp	3: 3 (1: 0)	HC Dinamo Elektrostal
November 3, 2007
Real Club de Polo de Barcelona	9: 2 (4: 1)	HC Dinamo Elektrostal
November 4, 2007
Royal Antwerp	1: 2 (1: 0)	Real Club de Polo de Barcelona

Group C (November 2-4, 2007 in Antwerp)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Uhlenhorster HC	7th	2	1	1	0	8th	4th	+4
HC Bloemendaal	7th	2	1	1	0	6th	5	+1
WKS Grunwald Poznan	1	2	0	0	2	3	8th	−5

November 2, 2007
Uhlenhorster HC	5: 1 (2: 0)	WKS Grunwald Poznan
November 3, 2007
HC Bloemendaal	3: 3 (2: 1)	Uhlenhorster HC
November 4, 2007
HC Bloemendaal	3: 2 (1: 1)	WKS Grunwald Poznan

Group D (October 26-28, 2007 in The Hague)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
HGC Wassenaar	7th	2	1	1	0	5	3	+2
Waterloo Ducks HC	4th	2	0	2	0	4th	4th	0
Club on the Alster	3	2	0	1	1	3	5	−3

October 26, 2007
Club on the Alster	2: 2 (1: 0)	Waterloo Ducks HC
October 27, 2007
Club on the Alster	1: 3 (0: 1)	HGC Wassenaar
October 28, 2007
HGC Wassenaar	2: 2 (1: 1)	Waterloo Ducks HC

Group E (November 2-4, 2007 in Antwerp)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Loughborough Students	10	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3
Kelburne HC	6th	2	1	0	1	6th	6th	0
Lucerne SC	2	2	0	0	2	4th	7th	−3

November 2, 2007
Loughborough Students	2: 1 (1: 0)	Lucerne SC
November 3, 2007
Kelburne HC	1: 3 (0: 2)	Loughborough Students
November 4, 2007
Kelburne HC	5: 3 (2: 1)	Lucerne SC

Group F (November 2-4, 2007 in Antwerp)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Club Egara	10	2	2	0	0	10	4th	+6
KS Pocztowiec Poznan	5	2	1	0	1	5	9	−4
Pembroke Wanderers	2	2	0	0	2	4th	6th	−2

November 2, 2007
Club Egara	3: 2 (3: 1)	Pembroke Wanderers
November 3, 2007
KS Pocztowiec Poznan	2: 7 (1: 2)	Club Egara
November 4, 2007
KS Pocztowiec Poznan	3: 2 (0: 2)	Pembroke Wanderers

Group G (October 26-28, 2007 in The Hague)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC	4th	2	0	2	0	4th	4th	0
Reading HC	4th	2	0	2	0	3	3	0
Crefelder HTC	4th	2	0	2	0	3	3	0

October 26, 2007
Crefelder HTC	2: 2 (0: 1)	St.-Germain-en-Laye HC
October 27, 2007
Reading HC	1: 1 (0: 0)	Crefelder HTC
October 28, 2007
Reading HC	2: 2 (0: 2)	St.-Germain-en-Laye HC
Reading HC	1-0	Crefelder HTC	7-meter shooting for 2nd place

Group H (October 26-28, 2007 in The Hague)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Cannock HC	10	2	2	0	0	4th	2	+2
HC Dinamo Kazan	6th	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2
AHTC Vienna	1	2	0	0	2	2	6th	−4

October 26, 2007
HC Dinamo Kazan	1: 2 (1: 2)	Cannock HC
October 27, 2007
Cannock HC	2: 1 (2: 1)	AHTC Vienna
October 28, 2007
HC Dinamo Kazan	4: 1 (1: 0)	AHTC Vienna

Round of 16

The eighth and quarter-finals were played over Easter at Club Egara in Terrassa, Spain .

March 21, 2007
Loughborough Students	2: 0 (0: 0)	Royal Antwerp
Real Club de Polo de Barcelona	2: 2 n.V. (1: 2), 4: 5 n.7m	Atlètic Terrassa
HGC Wassenaar	6: 1 (2: 0)	HC Dinamo Kazan
Uhlenhorster HC	4: 3 n.V. (3: 3,1: 0)	Kelburne HC
March 22, 2007
Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC	7: 5 (2: 4)	KS Pocztowiec Poznan
HC Rotterdam	6: 1 (3: 1)	Waterloo Ducks HC
Club Egara	3: 2 (2: 0)	HC Bloemendaal
Cannock HC	0: 1 (1: 2)	Reading HC

Quarter finals

March 23, 2008
Loughborough Students	1: 2 (0: 1)	Uhlenhorster HC
HGC Wassenaar	2: 1 (1: 1)	Atlètic Terrassa
March 24, 2008
Saint-Germain-en-Laye HC	0: 4 (0: 1)	Club Egara
Reading HC	2: 3 (0: 1)	HC Rotterdam

Semifinals

Venue: Rotterdam

May 10, 2008
Uhlenhorster HC	5: 2 (0: 1)	Club Egara
HGC Wassenaar	7: 4 (4: 1)	HC Rotterdam

final

Venue: Rotterdam

May 11, 2008
Uhlenhorster HC	1: 0 n.v. (0: 0.0: 0)	HGC Wassenaar

EuroHockey Club Trophy

The Euro Hockey Trophy was held by the French runner-up, CA Montrouge. It forms the first substructure for the Euro Hockey League. In addition to the title, the clubs also play for points for their national association in the EHF 3-year rating, which determines the number of clubs in a nation for the European Cup competitions. Qualified for the trophy were the runner-ups of the countries in positions 9 to 12 and the champions of the countries in positions 13 to 16 in the EHF 3-year ranking.

Group A

• SV Arminen - HC Roma 0-0
• CA Montrouge - Cardiff HC 3-0
• SV Arminen - Cardiff HC 2: 3
• CA Montrouge - HC Roma 3-1
• HC Roma - Cardiff HC 2-1
• CA Montrouge - SV Arminen 3: 2

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
CA Montrouge	9	3	3	0	0	9	3	+6
HC Roma	4.5	3	1	1	1	3	4th	−1
Cardiff HC	3.5	3	1	0	2	4th	7th	−3
SV Arminen Vienna	1	3	0	1	2	4th	6th	−2

Group B

• Glenanne - Kolos Sekvoia 2: 4
• Grasshopper Zurich - SK Slavia Praha 1: 4
• Glenanne - SK Slavia Praha 5 - 0
• Grasshopper Zurich - Kolos Sekvoia 0-0
• SK Slavia Praha - Kolos Sekvoia 2-2
• Glenanne - Grasshopper Zurich 5-0

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Glenanne SC	6.5	3	2	0	1	12	4th	+8
Kolos Sekvoia	5	3	1	2	0	6th	4th	+2
Slavia Prague	4th	3	1	1	1	6th	8th	−2
Grasshopper Zurich	1	3	1	0	2	1	9	−8

Placement games

• Game place 7 Grasshopper - Arminen 1: 5
• 5th place Cardiff HC - SK Slavia Praha 2: 3
• 3rd place HC Roma - Kolos Sekvoia 1: 3
• Final CA Montrouge - Glenanne 4: 5

EuroHockey Club Challenge

The tournament took place in Milan from May 8th to 11th, 2008 .

Group A

• Cernusco 2000 - HK Orient Lyngby 5: 1
• Whitchurch HC - SC Stroitel Brest 3: 3
• Cernusco 2000 - SC Stroitel Brest 1: 3
• Whitchurch HC - HK Orient Lyngby 5-1
• SC Stroitel Brest - HK Orient Lyngby 5: 4
• Cernusco 2000 - Whitchurch HC 3-2

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
SC Stroitel Brest	7th	3	2	1	0	11	8th	+3
Cernusco 2000	6th	3	2	0	1	9	6th	+3
Whitchurch HC	4th	3	1	1	1	10	7th	+3
HK Orient Lyngby	0	3	0	0	3	6th	15th	−9

Group B

Ramaldense FC from Portugal not competed.

• Olimpic Vinnitsa - HAHK Mladost 2-1
• TJ Pilsen Litice - HAHK Mladost 2: 2
• TJ Pilsen Litice - Olimpic Vinnitsa 1: 4

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Olimpic Vinnitsa	6th	2	2	0	0	6th	2	+4
HAHK Mladost	1	2	0	1	1	3	4th	−1
TJ Pilsen Litice	1	2	0	1	1	3	6th	−3

Placement games

• 4.A-3.B HK Orient Lyngby - TJ Pilsen Litice 1: 1 5: 4 n.7-m
• 2.A-1.B Cernusco 2000 - Olimpic Vinnitsa 1: 1 3: 1 n.7-m
• 1.A-2.B SC Stroitel Brest - HAHK Mladost 4: 4 6: 5 n.7-m

EuroHockey Club Challenge II

The tournament took place from May 8th to 11th, 2008 in the Croatian capital Zagreb .

Rabat Depiro HC from Malta and the Finnish ABC team did not compete.

Group A

• HC RCOR Minsk - Rosco Budapest HC 10: 2
• Slagelse HC - Rosco Budapest HC 7-2
• HC RCOR Minsk - Slagelse HC 5: 1

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
HC RCOR Minsk	6th	2	2	0	0	15th	3	+12
Slagelse HC	3	2	1	1	0	8th	7th	+1
Rosco Budapest HC	0	2	0	0	2	4th	17th	−13

Group B

• HK Marathon - HC Ymittos 3: 1
• AD Lousada - HC Ymittos 4: 3
• HK Marathon - AD Lousada 1: 4

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
AD Lousada	6th	2	2	0	0	8th	4th	+4
HK marathon	3	2	1	0	1	4th	5	−1
HC Ymittos	0	2	0	0	2	4th	7th	−3

Placement games

• 3.A-3.B Rosco Budapest HC - HC Ymittos 6: 3
• 2.A-1.B Slagelse HC - AD Lousada 3: 3 6: 5n.7-m
• 1.A-2.B HC RCOR Minsk - HK Marathon 6: 1

EuroHockey Club Challenge III

The tournament will take place from May 8th to 11th, 2008 in Bratislava , Slovakia .

Group A

• Qormi HC - IFK Täby LHK 3: 1
• Napeos Apollon - KPH Rača 0: 1
• Qormi HC - KPH Rača 0: 3
• Napeos Apollon - IFK Täby LHK 2: 1
• Qormi HC - Napeos Apollon 1-0
• KPH Rača - IFK Täby LHK 7: 3

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
KPH Rača	9	3	3	0	0	11	3	+9
Qormi HC	6th	3	2	0	1	4th	4th	0
Napeos Apollon	3	3	1	0	2	2	3	−2
IFK Täby LHK	0	3	0	0	3	5	12	−7

Group B

• Épitok HC - Atasport 1: 2
• Tempu - HK Pliva Lipovci 0:13
• Épitok HC - HK Pliva Lipovci 2: 5
• Tempu - Atasport 0:14
• Épitok HC - Tempu 6-0
• HK Pliva Lipovci - Atasport 2: 5

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Atasport HC	9	3	3	0	0	21st	3	+18
HK Pliva Lipovci	6th	3	2	0	1	20th	7th	+13
Epitok HC	3	3	1	0	2	9	7th	+2
Tempu	0	3	0	0	3	0	33	−33

Placement games

• 4.A-3.B IFK Täby LHK - Épitok HC 3: 4
• 3.A-4.B Napeos Apollon - Tempu 7: 0
• 2.A-1.B Qormi HC - Atasport 0: 6
• 1.A-2.B KPH Rača - HK Pliva Lipovci 1: 3

EuroHockey Club Challenge IV

The tournament took place from May 8th to 11th, 2008 in Moravske Toplice , Slovenia .

Group A

• HK Elektro Vojvodina - HC Ardas-Rudamina 3: 1
• HK Moravske Toplice - HC NSA 0: 3
• HK Elektro Vojvodina - HC NSA 2: 3
• HK Moravske Toplice - HC Ardas-Rudamina 3-2
• HC Ardas-Rudamina - HC NSA 0: 3
• HK Elektro Vojvodina - HK Elektro Vojvodina 2: 5

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
HC NSA	9	3	3	0	0	9	2	+8
HK Elektro Vojvodina	6th	3	2	0	1	10	6th	+4
HK Moravske Toplice	3	3	1	0	2	5	10	−5
HC Ardas-Rudamina	0	3	0	0	3	3	9	−6

Group B

• Malmö LHK - Lions HC 9: 1
• Aker HC - Gaziantep Polis Gucu SC 1: 4
• Malmo LHK - Gaziantep Polis Gucu SC 0-0
• Aker HC - Lions HC 5: 2
• Gaziantep Polis Gucu SC - Lions HC 3: 0

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Malmo LHK	7th	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15
Gaziantep Polis Gucu SC	7th	3	2	1	0	7th	1	+6
Aker HC	3	3	1	0	2	6th	13	−7
Lions HC	0	3	0	0	3	3	17th	−14

Placement games

• 4.A-3.B HC Ardas-Rudamina - Aker HC 2: 5
• 3.A-4.B HK Moravske Toplice - Lions HC 4: 0
• 2.A-1.B HK Elektro Vojvodina - Malmö LHK 5: 3
• 1.A-2.B HC NSA - Gaziantep Polis Gucu SC 2: 0

Web links

• official website
• EHL YouTube channel
• Euro Hockey Trophy (French / English)
• Euro Hockey Challenge IV (Slovenian / English)