2017–18 Euro Hockey League

Tournament details
City	Barcelona Rotterdam Bloemendaal
Dates	6 October 2017 – 27 May 2018
Teams	24
Venue(s)	3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Bloemendaal (3rd title)
Runner-up	Kampong
Third place	Rotterdam
Tournament statistics
Matches played	28
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]

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.

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

Round One
Champions	Non-champions
Kelburne	Bloemendaal	Wimbledon
Grunwald Poznań	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	Banbridge
Arminen	Racing Club de Bruxelles	Saint Germain
Cardiff & Met	Club Egara	Dinamo Elektrostal
KO16
Champions		Non-champions
Kampong	Surbiton Holcombe[5]	Rotterdam
Mannheim	Three Rock Rovers	Rot-Weiss Köln
Dragons	Racing Club de France	Royal Herakles
Real Club de Polo	Dinamo Kazan	Atlètic Terrassa

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

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Bloemendaal	2	2	0	0	19	2	+17	10
2	Wimbledon	2	1	0	1	9	4	+5	5
3	Arminen	2	0	0	2	2	24	–22	0

6 October 2017 16:15 Bloemendaal 4–0 Wimbledon Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

7 October 2017 14:45 Arminen 0–9 Wimbledon Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

8 October 2017 14:00 Bloemendaal 15–2 Arminen Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Uhlenhorst Mülheim	2	1	1	0	13	3	+10	7
2	Dinamo Elektrostal	2	1	1	0	14	5	+9	7
3	Cardiff & Met	2	0	0	2	2	21	–19	0

6 October 2017 11:45 Uhlenhorst Mülheim 10–0 Cardiff & Met Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

7 October 2017 10:15 Dinamo Elektrostal 11–2 Cardiff & Met Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

8 October 2017 09:30 Uhlenhorst Mülheim 3–3 Dinamo Elektrostal Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

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

6 October 2017 14:00 Racing Club de Bruxelles 6–2 Grunwald Poznań Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

7 October 2017 12:30 Banbridge 0–6 Grunwald Poznań Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

8 October 2017 11:45 Racing Club de Bruxelles 6–2 Banbridge HC Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Saint Germain	2	2	0	0	7	4	+3	10
2	Club Egara	2	1	0	1	13	7	+6	6
3	Kelburne	2	0	0	2	1	10	–9	1

6 October 2017 18:30 Club Egara 9–1 Kelburne Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

7 October 2017 17:00 Saint Germain 1–0 Kelburne Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

8 October 2017 16:15 Club Egara 4–6 Saint Germain Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona

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.

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

30 March 2018

Racing Club de Bruxelles

9

1 April 2018

Dinamo Kazan

0

Racing Club de Bruxelles

1

30 March 2018

Kampong

4

Kampong

1

26 May 2018

Rot-Weiss Köln

0

Kampong

6

30 March 2018

Herakles

2

Holcombe

4

1 April 2018

Real Club de Polo

7

Real Club de Polo

1 (6)

30 March 2018

Herakles (p.s.o.)

1 (7)

Herakles

4

27 May 2018

Atlètic Terrassa

2

Kampong

2

31 March 2018

Bloemendaal

8

Dragons

0

2 April 2018

Bloemendaal

8

Bloemendaal

8

31 March 2018

Saint Germain

0

Saint Germain

3

26 May 2018

Three Rock Rovers

2

Bloemendaal

6

31 March 2018

Rotterdam

0

Third place

Racing Club de France

0

2 April 2018

27 May 2018

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

3

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

1

Herakles

4

31 March 2018

Rotterdam

13

Rotterdam

5

Rotterdam (p.s.o.)

4 (5)

Mannheimer HC

4 (4)

30 March 2018 13:15 Holcombe 4–7 Real Club de Polo Bandurak  15', 60' Report Plennevaux  18' Llorens  30' Ortiz  48' Casasayas  50' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Michael Pontus (BEL)

30 March 2018 15:30 Herakles 4–2 Atlètic Terrassa Smith  2' Hottlet  43' Report Oliva  3', 45' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Paul van den Assum (NED)

30 March 2018 17:45 Racing Club de Bruxelles 9–0 Dinamo Kazan Boon  14' Truyens  15' Harte  22' Willems  25' Garcia  47' Report Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP) Malcolm Coombes (IRL)

30 March 2018 20:00 Kampong 1–0 Rot-Weiss Köln Phijffer  23' Report Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Dan Barstow (ENG)

31 March 2018 11:30 Saint Germain 3–2 Three Rock Rovers M. Genestet  23' Goyet  34' Report Morris  30' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Ian Diamond (SCO)

31 March 2018 13:45 Racing Club de France 0–3 Uhlenhorst Mülheim Report Windfeder  14' Ho-Garcia  44' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

31 March 2018 16:00 Rotterdam 4–4 Mannheim Hoedemakers  53' Catlin  59' Report Haase  11' Vila  25' Penalties Hertzberger van Ass van Dam Polkamp Beltraan Hertzberger 5–4 Fischer Harris Barreiros Peillat Zmyslony Barreiros Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP) Michael Pontus (BEL)

31 March 2018 18:15 Dragons 0–8 Bloemendaal Report Dwyer  16' Bovendeert  24', 39', 41' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG)

1 April 2018 10:30 Holcombe 4–8 Atlètic Terrassa Bandurak  7', 14' Report Salles  1' Oliva  12' Malgosa  16' Tarrés  53' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Malcolm Coombes (IRL)

1 April 2018 12:45 Rot-Weiss Köln 8–10 Dinamo Kazan T. Grambusch  3', 28', 52' Miltkau  46' M. Grambusch  57' Report Shchipachev  15' Fattakhov  20' Golubev  42' Komarov  48', 56' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Ian Diamond (SCO) Dan Barstow (ENG)

2 April 2018 09:15 Dragons 20–10 Three Rock Rovers Thys  9' Van Doren  17' Hendrickx  24', 47' Luyten  25' Raes  26' Van Aubel  32', 53' Denayer  33', 54' Rubens  38' Stockbroekx  45' Report J. Mullins  48' Morris  48' K. Mullins  57' Walsh  57' Hosking  59' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Ian Diamond (SCO)

2 April 2018 11:30 Racing Club de France 0–7 Mannheim Report D. Nguyen  3' Haase  9' T. Nguyen  37' Harris  42' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Malcolm Coombes (IRL) Paul van den Assum (NED)

1 April 2018 15:00 Real Club de Polo 1–1 Herakles Llorens  31' Report Keusters  40' Penalties Casasayas Plennevaux Plennevaux Piera Rey Rey Alegre Piera 6–7 Sanz Keusters De Kerpel Haig De Kerpel Sanz Keusters De Kerpel Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Ben Göntgen (GER) Paul van den Assum (NED)

1 April 2018 17:15 Racing Club de Bruxelles 1–4 Kampong Harte  13' Report Caspers  9' Kellerman  28' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP) Marcin Grochal (POL)

2 April 2018 13:45 Bloemendaal 8–0 Saint Germain Fuchs  19' Bovendeert  24', 49' Dwyer  44' Report Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Michael Pontus (BEL) Marcin Grochal (POL)

2 April 2018 16:00 Uhlenhorst Mülheim 1–13 Rotterdam Windfeder  5' Report Hertzberger  6' Hoedemakers  10', 24' van Ass  21', 29', 48' Catlin  54' van Dam  57' Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP)

26 May 2018 13:30 Kampong 6–2 Herakles Kemperman  3' Jonker  9' Kellerman  48' Report De Kerpel  37' Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG)

26 May 2018 16:00 Bloemendaal 6–0 Rotterdam Dwyer  22' Fuchs  36' Brinkman  60' Report Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Martin Madden (SCO) Marcin Grochal (POL)

27 May 2018 13:30 Herakles 4–5 Rotterdam Sanz  4', 50' Report Hoedemakers  42' Hertzberger  46' Van Dam  59' Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Martin Madden (SCO)

27 May 2018 16:00 Kampong 2–8 Bloemendaal Jonker  30' Report Lleonart  40' Bovendeert  43' Brinkman  58' Dwyer  60' Sportpark 't Kopje, Bloemendaal Umpires: Francisco Vázquez López (ESP) Marcin Grochal (POL)

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