2023–24 WSE Champions League Tournament details City Final four: Porto, PortugalDates 13 October 2023 (2023-10-13 ) – 12 May 2024 (2024-05-12 ) Teams Group stage : 16Total : 30 (from 7 associations)Final positions Champions Sporting CP (4th title) Runners-up UD Oliveirense 2024–25 →
International football competition
The 2023–24 WSE Champions League is the 59th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organized by World Skate Europe – Rink Hockey , and the second season under the WSE Champions League branding. Compared to the previous season, the knockout stage quarter-finals will be contested as two-legged fixtures followed by a final-four tournament, scheduled to be played on 11 and 12 May 2024.
FC Porto were the defending champions, having beaten AD Valongo 5–1 in an all-Portuguese 2022–23 final . They were eliminated in the semi-finals by domestic rivals Sporting CP, who went on to beat another Portuguese side in the final (UD Oliveirense, 2–1) and win their fourth title in the competition. This was the second consecutive all-Portuguese final, which was assured after four Portuguese teams – OC Barcelos , UD Oliveirense, FC Porto, and Sporting CP – secured qualification for the final four tournament.
Team allocation
Association ranking For the 2023–24 WSE Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their coefficient, which takes into account the performance of each association's representative teams in European competitions between the 2018–19 and the 2022–23 seasons (except for the 2019–20 season, which was discarded due to being interrupted). The coefficient is calculated by dividing the total of points accumulated by the number of participating teams.
The D'Hondt method was applied to the coefficient of each association to determine the number of teams entering in each round:
1st qualifying round PRT SC Tomar ESP Igualada ESP Lleida ITA Follonica Hockey ITA Sarzana ITA Grosseto ITA Valdagno FRA CS Noisy FRA US Coutras FRA La Vendéenne SWI SC Thunerstern GER SK Germania Herringen GER ESG Walsum ENG King's Lynn RHC 2nd qualifying round PRT FC Porto PRT UD Oliveirense PRT AD Valongo ESP Reus Deportiu ESP CE Noia ESP CF Calafell ITA Forte dei Marmi GER RHC Diessbach Group stage POR Benfica POR Sporting POR Barcelos ESP Barcelona ESP Liceo Coruña ITA GSH Trissino ITA Amatori Lodi FRA SCRA Saint-Omer
Schedule Schedule for 2023–24 WSE Champions League[ 1] Phase Round Draw date Date Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 11 August 2023[ 2] 13–15 October 2023 Second qualifying round 16 October 2023[ 3] 17–19 November 2023 Group stage Matchday 1 6 November 2023[ 4] 30 November 2023 Matchday 2 14 December 2023 Matchday 3 11 January 2024 Matchday 4 25 January 2024 Matchday 5 8 February 2024 Matchday 6 29 February 2024 Quarter-finals First leg No draw (pre-defined) 14 March 2024 Second leg 11 April 2024 Final four Semi-finals 11 May 2024 Final 12 May 2024
Qualifying rounds
First qualifying round
Group A Follonica flight got cancelled and they failed to attend the competition; they were awarded defeats by 0–10 in both matches.[ 5]
Source: World Skate Europe(H) Hosts
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCT CSN GRO WAL 1 SC Tomar 3 3 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 4–2 5–4 11–0 2 CS Noisy-le-Grand (H) 3 2 0 1 19 8 +11 6 — 9–2 8–2 3 CP Grosseto 3 1 0 2 13 15 −2 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 7–1 4 RESG Walsum 3 0 0 3 3 26 −23 0 —
Source: World Skate Europe(H) Hosts
Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IGU SAR THU KIN 1 Igualada (H) 3 3 0 0 32 8 +24 9 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 11–7 5–1 16–0 2 Sarzana 3 2 0 1 26 13 +13 6 — 6–0 13–2 3 Thunerstern 3 1 0 2 7 11 −4 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 6–0 4 King's Lynn 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0 —
Source: [1](H) Hosts
Group D Source: [2](H) Hosts
Second qualifying round
Group A Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI FOR IGU DIE 1 Oliveirense 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 9 Advance to Group stage — 3–1 3–1 10–1 2 Forte dei Marmi (H) 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6 — 3–0 8–1 3 Igualada 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 3–1 4 RHC Diessbach 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0 —
Source: [3](H) Hosts
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOM VAL NOI GER 1 SC Tomar (H) 3 3 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Advance to Group stage — 5–4 6–2 6–1 2 Valongo 3 2 0 1 21 11 +10 6 — 6–4 11–2 3 Noia 3 1 0 2 14 12 +2 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 8–0 4 Germania Herringen 3 0 0 3 3 25 −22 0 —
Source: [4](H) Hosts
Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR LEI NOI COU 1 FC Porto 3 2 1 0 22 3 +19 7 Advance to Group stage — 1–1 9–1 12–1 2 Lleida (H) 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 — 4–1 5–1 3 Noisy Le Grand 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 4–2 4 Coutras 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0 —
Source: [5](H) Hosts
Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAL REU VEN SAR 1 Calafell (H) 3 2 1 0 15 5 +10 7 Advance to Group stage — 2–2 4–1 9–2 2 Reus 3 2 1 0 17 8 +9 7 — 8–3 7–3 3 La Vendéenne 3 0 1 2 9 17 −8 1 Relegated to WSE Cup — 5–5 4 Sarzana 3 0 1 2 10 21 −11 1 —
Source: [6](H) Hosts
Group stage
Group A Source: World Skate Europe
Group B Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN SPO CAL REU 1 SL Benfica 6 5 0 1 25 15 +10 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 3–2 4–2 2 Sporting CP 6 3 2 1 20 17 +3 11 7–6 — 2–2 3–2 3 Calafell 6 1 2 3 14 16 −2 5 0–3 2–2 — 4–1 4 Reus Deportiu 6 1 0 5 15 26 −11 3 3–6 2–5 5–4 —
Source: World Skate Europe
Group C Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR TRI TOM LEI 1 FC Porto 6 5 0 1 28 15 +13 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 5–4 9–0 4–2 2 Trissino 6 2 2 2 26 23 +3 8 3–5 — 4–2 8–4 3 SC Tomar 6 2 2 2 14 22 −8 8 5–3 2–2 — 2–1 4 Lleida 6 0 2 4 16 24 −8 2 1–2 5–5 3–3 —
Source: World Skate Europe
Group D Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI LOD STO VAL 1 UD Oliveirense 6 5 0 1 29 15 +14 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–4 7–2 4–2 2 Amatori Lodi 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10 2–3 — 1–4 3–1 3 SCRA Saint-Omer 6 2 0 4 14 20 −6 6 2–4 0–2 — 5–2 4 AD Valongo 6 1 1 4 14 23 −9 4 3–8 2–2 4–1 —
Source: World Skate Europe
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals In the quarter-finals, each group stage winner plays against a runner-up from another group over two legs in a home-and-away basis.[ 6] The group winners play away the first leg on 14 March and host the second leg on 11 April 2024.
Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg Sporting CP 8–6 FC Barcelona 4–1 4–5 Amatori Lodi 5–13 FC Porto 1–4 4–9 OC Barcelos 9–3 SL Benfica 4–2 5–1 Trissino 9–12 UD Oliveirense 4–4 5–8
14 March 2024 (2024-03-14 )
18:30
Referee: Filippo Fronte, Marco Rondina (Italy)
11 April 2024 (2024-04-11 )
20:30
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Claudio Ferraro (Italy)
Sporting CP won 8–6 on aggregate.
14 March 2024 (2024-03-14 )
21:00
Referee: Sergi Mayor, Alvaro de la Hera Jaudenes (Spain)
11 April 2024 (2024-04-11 )
20:00
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)
FC Porto won 13–5 on aggregate.
14 March 2024 (2024-03-14 )
21:00
Pavilhão Municipal de Barcelos, Barcelos Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)
11 April 2024 (2024-04-11 )
18:00
Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sanchez (Spain)
OC Barcelos won 9–3 on aggregate.
14 March 2024 (2024-03-14 )
20:45
Trissino 4–4 UD Oliveirense
Referee: Ivan Gonzalez, Oriol Perez (Spain)
11 April 2024 (2024-04-11 )
21:00
UD Oliveirense 8–5 Trissino
Referee: Sergi Mayor, David Cantos (Spain)
UD Oliveirense won 12–9 on aggregate.
Final-four The semi-finals and final were contested as a final-four tournament, which was played on 11 and 12 May 2024 at the Super Bock Arena in Porto , Portugal.
Semi-finals Final
11 May
Sporting CP 6
12 May
FC Porto 5
Sporting CP 2
11 May
UD Oliveirense 1
OC Barcelos 3 (1)
UD Oliveirense (p)3 (2)
Semi-finals
Final
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External links Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey (official website)