Euro Hockey League 2018/19

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The Euro Hockey League 2018/19 was the 12th season of the European Hockey Federation discharged Euro Hockey League , the most important European competition for club teams in hockey. The competition was played out in a total of two tournaments with group and knockout phases. The winner was surprisingly the Waterloo Ducks HC , who prevailed 4-0 in the final against Rot-Weiß Köln . It was the first ever European Cup win for a Belgian club. For the first time, two German clubs qualified for the semi-finals, while the Netherlands were not represented in the semi-finals for the first time.

The Waterloo Duck HC team at the EHL 2019.

Attendees

A total of 24 teams from the 12 best-placed nations in the EHF 3-year ranking qualified for the EHL competition. All other nations starting at the European Cup sent their two participating teams to the Trophy and Challenge competitions. The nations on ranks 1-4 of the EHF 3-year ranking provided three clubs, those on positions 5-8 two and those from 9 to 12 one for the field of the EHL.

EHF 3-year rating

rank	country	2016/16 25%	2016/17 50%	2016/18 100%	Total
1. (1.)	Netherlands	7,667	10,334	32,000	50,000
2. (2.)	Germany	5,083	12,334	16,000	33,417
3. (3.)	Belgium	4.167	9,167	20,000	33,333
4. (4.)	Spain	4,417	8,500	15,333	28,250
5. (7.)	France	2,500	5,750	16,000	24,250
6. (5.)	England	2,750	8,250	11,000	22,000
7. (8.)	Russia	2,500	5,000	13,000	20,500
8. (9.)	Scotland	2,375	5,250	11,500	19,125
9. (6.)	Ireland	2,875	6,000	10,000	18,875
10. (10.)	Poland	2,375	3,750	7,500	13,625
11. (11.)	Austria	1,000	4,750	7,000	12,750
12. (15.)	Belarus	0.625	1,750	9,000	11,375
13. (14.)	Switzerland	0.875	3,750	4,500	9,125
14. (12.)	Wales	1,875	3,000	4,000	8,875
15. (-)	Ukraine	0,000	0,000	6,500	6,500
16. (13.)	Italy	1,500	2,750	2,000	6,250
17. (16.)	Czech Republic	1,125	1,000	0,000	2.125

Two clubs qualified for each of the twelve editions of the EHL: HC Dinamo Kazan from Russia and WKS Grunwald Posen from Poland. With the Belarusian HC Minsk and the Spanish Junior FC two clubs have qualified that had not been there before.

country		society		Participation 1	Title 2
Netherlands		SV Kampong	Master Netherlands	14 (14 / - / -)	3 (3 / - / -)
		Amsterdam H&BC		17 (17 / - / -)	4 (4 / - / -)
		HC Oranje-Rood		10 (10 / - / -)	3 (3 / - / -)
Germany		Uhlenhorst Mülheim	German champions	16 (16 / - / -)	9 (9 / - / -)
		Red and White Cologne		13 (13 / - / -)	1 (1 / - / -)
		Mannheimer HC		3 (3 / - / -)	0 (0 / - / -)
Belgium		KHC Dragons	Belgian champion	17 (12/5 / -)	3 (0/3 / -)
		Waterloo Ducks HC		7 (7 / - / -)	0 (0 / - / -)
		Royal Léopold Club		19 (17/2 / -)	1 (0/1 / -)
Spain		Real Club de Polo	Spanish master	22 (22 / - / -)	1 (1 / - / -)
		Club Egara		27 (27 / - / -)	2 (2 / - / -)
		Junior FC		0 (0 / - / -)	0 (0 / - / -)
France		St. Germain HC	Champion France	12 (11/1 / -)	0 (0/0 / -)
		Racing Club de France		18 (13/5 / -)	4 (0/4 / -)
England		Surbiton HC	English master	2 (2 / - / -)	0 (0 / - / -)
		Wimbledon HC		3 (3 / - / -)	0 (0 / - / -)
Russia		HC Dinamo Kazan	Russian master	14 (11/3 / -)	1 (0/1 / -)
		Dinamo Elektrostal		10 (7/3 / -)	1 (0/1 / -)
Scotland		Grove Menzieshill	Scottish master	3 (1/2 / -)	0 (0/0 / -)
		Grange HC		14 (4/9/1)	0 (0/0/0)
Ireland		Three Rock Rovers HC	Irish master	4 (3/1 / -)	0 (0/0 / -)
Poland		Grunwald poses	Polish master	27 (23/4 / -)	2 (0/2 / -)
Austria		SV Arminen Vienna	Master Austria	18 (5/11/2)	2 (0/0/2)
Belarus		HC Minsk	Belarusian master	18 (3/7/8)	4 (0/0/3)

¹ Number of European Cup participations to date (EHL and Cup / Trophy / Challenges)

² Number of previous European Cup titles (EHL and Pokal / Trophy / Challenges)

news

The EHL announced some rule changes on July 17, 2018.

Goal point system

The field test with a new goal point system from last season will no longer be continued. As in all other EHF competitions, every goal will count again. Double points for field goals are no longer awarded. As it claims, the EHL is responding to criticism from players, fans and referees.

Reduction in the number of participants from 2019/20

The EHL announced that from the 2019/20 season the competition would be held with only 20 instead of 24 participants. Which nations or ranks lose places in the 3-year ranking was not disclosed. This step is a further reduction of the competition following the cancellation of the second preliminary round tournament in 2014.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round took place from October 5th to 7th, 2018. The preliminary round was held in the Pau Negre Stadium in Barcelona . The participants were the worst-placed clubs in the participating associations. In the draw, the participants from the associations with three clubs ( Netherlands , Germany , Belgium and Spain ) were top-placed in the four groups of three. The regulations stipulate that every win brings 5 ​​points, every draw 2 points and every defeat, with a maximum of two goals difference, one point. In the end, the first in the table qualified for the round of 16.

referee

• Rob Abbott

• Sean Edwards

• Alex Fedenczuk

• Luca Ferrarra

• Tim Meissner

• Andres Ortiz

• Michiel Otten

• Luka Zupancic

Group A

team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1. HC Oranje-Rood	2	2	0	0	8: 1	10
2. SV Arminen	2	1	0	1	5: 3	6th
3. Grange HC	2	0	0	2	1:10	0

5th October 2018
SV Arminen	4: 1 (3: 0)	Grange HC
October 6, 2018
HC Oranje-Rood	6: 0 (4: 0)	Grange HC
October 7, 2018
HC Oranje-Rood	2: 1 (2: 1)	SV Arminen

Group B

team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1. Mannheimer HC	2	1	1	0	8: 3	7th
2. Wimbledon HC	2	1	1	0	6: 3	7th
3. Dinamo Elektrostal	2	0	0	2	4:12	0

5th October 2018
Wimbledon HC	5: 2 (5: 1)	Dinamo Elektrostal
October 6, 2018
Mannheimer HC	7: 2 (1: 1)	Dinamo Elektrostal
October 7, 2018
Mannheimer HC	1: 1 (1: 0)	Wimbledon HC

Group C

team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1. Royal Léopold Club	2	2	0	0	8: 1	10
2. Grunwald Poznan	2	1	0	1	3: 4	6th
3. HC Minsk	2	0	0	2	1: 7	4th

5th October 2018
HC Minsk	1: 2 (0: 1)	Grunwald poses
October 6, 2018
Royal Léopold Club	3: 1 (3: 0)	Grunwald poses
October 7, 2018
Royal Léopold Club	5: 0 (0: 0)	HC Minsk

Group D

team	Games	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1. Three Rock Rovers HC	2	1	1	0	7: 1	7th
2. Júnior FC	2	1	1	0	6: 2	7th
3. Racing Club de France	2	0	0	2	1:11	0

5th October 2018
Racing Club de France	0: 6 (0: 1)	Three Rock Rovers HC
October 6, 2018
Júnior FC	1: 1 (0: 0)	Three Rock Rovers HC
October 7, 2018
Júnior FC	5: 1 (3: 0)	Racing Club de France

KO phase

Oranje-Rood Stadium.

Due to overlapping with the Hockey Pro League in May or June, the knockout games, which are usually played in two tournaments, are merged into one at Easter. This isn't the first time this has happened. Most recently, all KO rounds were played around Easter in the 2014/15 season. The venue for the event, which will take place from April 17th to 22nd, is the Oranje-Rood hockey club in Eindhoven.

Round of 16

Seeded champions of the top 8 nations	Not set
SV Kampong	Amsterdam H&BC
Uhlenhorst Mülheim	Rot-Weiss Cologne
KHC Dragons	Waterloo Ducks HC
Real Club de Polo	Club Egara
Saint Germain HC	Orange Rood
Surbiton HC	Mannheimer HC
HC Dinamo Kazan	Royal Léopold Club
Grove Menzieshill HC	Three Rock Rovers

17th April 2019
HC Dinamo Kazan	0: 6 (0: 3)	Mannheimer HC
KHC Dragons	4: 2 (2: 1)	Three Rock Rovers HC
Waterloo Ducks	1: 1 (1: 1), SO 4: 2	Surbiton HC
Orange Rood	2: 3 (1: 1)	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
April 18, 2019
St. Germain HC	1: 1 (0: 1), SO 1: 2	Club Egara
Royal Léopold Club	3: 4 (1: 2)	Real Club de Polo
Amsterdam's H&BC	11: 2 (5: 0)	Grove Menzieshill HC
SV Kampong	2: 3 (1: 0)	Red and White Cologne

Placement games 9-16

19th April 2019
Three Rock Rovers HC	1: 4 (1: 2)	Surbiton HC
St. Germain HC	1: 7 (1: 2)	Royal Léopold Club
HC Dinamo Kazan	2: 6 (2: 4)	Orange Rood
Grove Menzieshill HC	0:12 (0: 7)	SV Kampong

Quarter finals

April 20, 2019
Mannheimer HC	4: 4 (3: 2), SO 4: 2	Uhlenhorst Mülheim
KHC Dragons	1: 1 (0: 0), SO 2: 3	Waterloo Ducks
Club Egara	3: 3 (1: 0), SO 0: 3	Real Club de Polo
Amsterdam's H&BC	2: 2 (0: 0), SO 5: 6	Red and White Cologne

Mülheim - Mannheim.

Egara - polo.

Waterloo Dragons.

Amsterdam - RW Cologne.

Amsterdam rw-koeln EHL-2019.jpg

Semifinals

April 21, 2019
Waterloo Ducks	1: 1 (0: 0), SO 3: 1	Mannheimer HC
Real Club de Polo	1: 3 (1: 1)	Red and White Cologne

Finals

April 22, 2019	3rd place match
Mannheimer HC	3: 1 (0: 0)	Real Club de Polo
	final
Waterloo Ducks	4: 0 (0: 0)	Red and White Cologne

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Euro Hockey League 2018/2019
Waterloo Ducks 1st EHL title

EuroHockey Club Trophy

The Eurhockey Club Trophy 2018 was held from June 7th to 10th in the Swiss city of Wettingen . It formed the first substructure for the Euro Hockey League. In addition to the trophy title, the teams fought for points for the EHF country ranking, which calculated the number of starting places in the Euro Hockey League.

Group A

Friday 18th June 2019

• 16:30 h Glenanne HC - SC Stroitel Brest 4: 4 (3: 1)
• 18:45 h RW Wettingen - Casa Pia AC 4: 3 (0: 2)

Saturday 19th June 2019

• 14:30 h SC Stroitel Brest - Casa Pia AC 8: 1 (4: 0)
• 16:45 h RW Wettingen - Glenanne HC 3: 1 (2: 1)

Sunday 20th June 2019

• 14:30 h Glenanne HC - Casa Pia AC 2: 3 (2: 2)
• 16:45 h SC Stroitel Brest - RW Wettingen 2: 1 (1: 0)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
SC Stroitel Brest	12	3	2	1	14th	6th	0	+8
RW Wettingen	11	3	2	0	1	8th	6th	+2
Casa Pia AC	6th	3	1	0	2	7th	14th	−7
Glenanne HC	4th	3	0	1	2	7th	10	−3

Group B

Friday 18th June 2019

• 12:00 h Cardiff & Met - Vienna AC 2: 1 (2: 1)
• 2:15 p.m. OKS Vinitsa - Bohemians Prague 5: 1 (2: 0)

Saturday 19th June 2019

• 10:00 h Vienna AC - Bohemians Prague 2: 2 (1: 0)
• 12:15 p.m. OKS Vinitsa - Cardiff & Met 2: 3 (0: 2)

Sunday 20th June 2019

• 10:00 am Cardiff & Met - Bohemians Prague 3: 0 (2: 0)
• 12:15 h Vienna AC - OKS Vinitsa 1: 1 (1: 0)

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Cardiff & Met	15th	3	3	0	0	8th	3	+5
OKS Vinitsa	8th	3	1	1	1	8th	5	+3
Vienna AC	5	3	0	2	1	4th	5	−1
Bohemians Prague	2	3	0	1	2	3	10	−7

Placement games

Monday June 10, 2019

• 08:30 h 4th A - 4th B: Glenanne HC - Bohemians Prague 9: 3 (0: 1)
• 10:45 h 3rd A - 3rd B: Casa Pia AC - Vienna AC 1: 2 (1: 2)
• 13:00 h 2nd A - 2nd B: RW Wettingen - OKS Vinitsa 4: 3 (1: 1)
• 15:15 h 1.A - 1.B: SC Stroitel Brest - Cardiff & Met 3: 4 (0: 0)

Final score

• 1. Cardiff & Met
• 2nd SC Stroitel Brest
• 3. HC Rotweiss Wettingen
• 4. HC OKS-SHVSM Vinnitsa
• 5th Vienna AC
• 6. Casa Pia AC (relegation for Portugal 1 to EuroHockey Trophy II 2020)
• 7. Glenanne HC (relegation for Ireland 2 to EuroHockey Trophy II 2020)
• 8th Bohemians Prague (relegation for Czech Republic 1 to EuroHockey Trophy II 2020)

EuroHockey Club Challenge

Group A

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
HKS Siemianowiczanka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HK Trešnjevka	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
SG Amsicora	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Whitchurch HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
HC Bra	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Slagelse HK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Servette Geneva	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HK Zelina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

EuroHockey Club Challenge II

Group A

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
AD Lousada	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HC Lipovci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
KPH Rača	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Bolu Belediyesi Spor Kulübü from Turkey withdrew his participation.

Group B

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Slavia Prague	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Grammarians HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Ardas Rudamina	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nacka LHK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

EuroHockey Club Challenge III

Group A

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
FHC Akademik Sofia	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Copenhagen HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Soroksari – Olcote HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

AGAS HC from Greece withdrew its participation.

Group B

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Gaziantep Polisgücü SK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Start Zytomyrskyi region	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HK Triglav Predanovci	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Furuset Country Hockey Club	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

EuroHockey Club Challenge IV

Group A

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Qormi HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Építők HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Floriana Young Stars HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HC Luxembourg	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Group B

team	Pt	Sp	S.	U	N	T +	T-	Diff.
Seinäjoki United	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HC Kilppari	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kringsjå SK	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Eagles HC	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Individual evidence

1. ↑ EHF 3-year evaluation on the EHF website
2. ↑ Compilation from EHF Handbook 2016, pp. 72–111.
3. ↑ Stage set for Round 1 as EHL ends Field Goal Trial Rule.Retrieved August 5, 2018.