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Tournament details |
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City | Barcelona Rotterdam Bloemendaal |
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Dates | 6 October 2017 – 27 May 2018 |
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Teams | 24 |
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Venue(s) | 3 (in 3 host cities) |
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Final positions |
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Champions | Bloemendaal (3rd title) |
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Runner-up | Kampong |
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Third place | Rotterdam |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 28 |
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Top scorer(s) | Roel Bovendeert (6 goals) |
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The Euro Hockey League 2017–18 was the eleventh season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament. Round One was held in Barcelona and the round of 16 and quarterfinals in Rotterdam.[1][2] The semi-finals, third place game and the final were held in Bloemendaal.[3]
Association team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participate in the 2018–19 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–4 each have three teams qualify.
- Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
- Associations 9–12 each have one team qualify.
EHL Rankings
Ranking[4] | Member association | EHL Points | Places in EHL 2017/18 |
2017 | 2016 | 2014/15 (25%) | 2015/16 (50%) | 2016/17 (100%) | Total | KO16 | R1 | Total |
1 | 1 | Netherlands | 28.333 | 30.667 | 20.667 | 43.083 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
2 | 2 | Germany | 22.667 | 20.333 | 24.667 | 40.500 |
3 | 3 | Belgium | 18.667 | 16.667 | 18.333 | 31.334 |
4 | 4 | Spain | 14.000 | 17.667 | 17.000 | 29.334 |
5 | 5 | England | 13.000 | 11.000 | 16.500 | 25.250 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
6 | 8 | Ireland | 8.000 | 11.500 | 12.000 | 19.750 |
7 | 6 | France | 11.500 | 10.000 | 11.500 | 19.375 |
8 | 9 | Russia | 8.500 | 10.000 | 10.000 | 17.125 |
9 | 10 | Scotland | 6.500 | 9.500 | 10.500 | 16.875 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
10 | 7 | Poland | 11.500 | 9.500 | 7.500 | 15.125 |
11 | 13 | Austria | 7.000 | 4.000 | 9.500 | 13.250 |
12 | 12 | Wales | 2.000 | 7.500 | 6.000 | 10.250 |
13 | 11 | Italy | 6.500 | 6.000 | 5.500 | 10.125 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | 17 | Switzerland | 0.000 | 3.500 | 7.500 | 9.250 |
15 | 15 | Belarus | 7.500 | 2.500 | 3.500 | 6.625 |
16 | 14 | Czech Republic | 6.500 | 4.500 | 2.000 | 5.875 |
17 | 16 | Azerbaijan | 5.500 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 1.375 |
Qualified teams
Round One
All times are local (UTC+01:00)
If a game is won, the winning team receives 5 points. A draw results in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gives the losing team 1 point unless the losing team loses with more than 3 goals, then they receive 0 points.
The Euro Hockey League trialed a new scoring system for the season 2017–18:[6]
- For every Field Goal and a Penalty Stroke Goal scored in a match NOT resulting from a Penalty Corner = 2 goals
- For every Penalty Corner scored in a match = 1 goal
- For every goal scored from a Penalty Stroke resulting from a Penalty Corner situation = 1 goal
- In a shoot-out competition a goal from a direct Shoot-out and a Penalty Stroke = 1 goal
Group A
Group B
Group C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
1 | Racing Club de Bruxelles | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 |
2 | Grunwald Poznań | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | +2 | 5 |
3 | Banbridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 12 | –10 | 0 |
Racing Club de Bruxelles | 6–2 | Grunwald Poznań | | Report | | |
Group D
Knockout stage
Round of 16 and the quarter-finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands between the 30th of March and the 2nd of April 2018. The semi-finals, third place match and the final will be played in Bloemendaal, Netherlands.
Bracket
Round of 16
Racing Club de Bruxelles | 9–0 | Dinamo Kazan | Boon 14' Truyens 15' Harte 22' Willems 25' Garcia 47' | Report | | |
Ranking matches
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG) | |
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Grochal (POL) | |
Third place
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Martin Madden (SCO) | |
Final
Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Marcin Grochal (POL) | |
See also
References
- ^ "Euro Hockey League Round 1 2017-2018". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Euro Hockey League KO16 2017-2018". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
- ^ "Euro Hockey League Final4 2017-2018". eurohockey.altiusrt.com. Retrieved 26 May 2018.
- ^ "EHL Rankings 2016/17" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-05-22. Retrieved 2018-05-22.
- ^ "Holcombe set to replace Surbiton in EHL KO16". Archived from the original on 2017-08-23. Retrieved 2018-07-13.
- ^ "EHL to trial new scoring system for 2017/18 season". EHL. 12 September 2017. Retrieved 22 May 2018.
External links
- Official Website (English)
- YouTube Channel for EHL
- European Hockey Federation