2023–24 WSE Champions League

2023–24 WSE Champions League
Tournament details
CityFinal four:
Porto, Portugal
Dates13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) – 12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)
TeamsGroup stage: 16
Total: 30 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSporting CP (4th title)
Runners-upUD Oliveirense

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

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Association ranking

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Main article: Roller hockey rankings § World Skate Europe league 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

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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

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First qualifying round

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Group A

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Follonica flight got cancelled and they failed to attend the competition; they were awarded defeats by 0–10 in both matches.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France VEN Germany HER Italy FOL
1 France La Vendéenne (H) 2 2 0 0 15 0 +15 6 Advance to 2nd qualifying round — 5–0 10–0
2 Germany Germania Herringen 2 1 0 1 10 5 +5 3 — 10–0
3 Italy Follonica 2 0 0 2 0 20 −20 0 Relegated to WSE Cup —
Source: World Skate Europe
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal SCT France CSN Italy GRO Germany WAL
1 Portugal SC Tomar 3 3 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 4–2 5–4 11–0
2 France CS Noisy-le-Grand (H) 3 2 0 1 19 8 +11 6 — 9–2 8–2
3 Italy CP Grosseto 3 1 0 2 13 15 −2 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 7–1
4 Germany RESG Walsum 3 0 0 3 3 26 −23 0 —
Source: World Skate Europe
(H) Hosts

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain IGU Italy SAR Switzerland THU England KIN
1 Spain Igualada (H) 3 3 0 0 32 8 +24 9 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 11–7 5–1 16–0
2 Italy Sarzana 3 2 0 1 26 13 +13 6 — 6–0 13–2
3 Switzerland Thunerstern 3 1 0 2 7 11 −4 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 6–0
4 England King's Lynn 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0 —
Source: [1]
(H) Hosts


Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain LLE France COU Italy VAL
1 Spain Lleida 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 6 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 2–0 6–3
2 France Coutras (H) 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1 — 3–3
3 Italy Valdagno 2 0 1 1 6 9 −3 1 Relegated to WSE Cup —
Source: [2]
(H) Hosts

Second qualifying round

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal OLI Italy FOR Spain IGU Switzerland DIE
1 Portugal Oliveirense 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 9 Advance to Group stage — 3–1 3–1 10–1
2 Italy Forte dei Marmi (H) 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6 — 3–0 8–1
3 Spain Igualada 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 3–1
4 Switzerland RHC Diessbach 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0 —
Source: [3]
(H) Hosts

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal TOM Portugal VAL Spain NOI Germany GER
1 Portugal SC Tomar (H) 3 3 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Advance to Group stage — 5–4 6–2 6–1
2 Portugal Valongo 3 2 0 1 21 11 +10 6 — 6–4 11–2
3 Spain Noia 3 1 0 2 14 12 +2 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 8–0
4 Germany Germania Herringen 3 0 0 3 3 25 −22 0 —
Source: [4]
(H) Hosts

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal POR Spain LEI France NOI France COU
1 Portugal FC Porto 3 2 1 0 22 3 +19 7 Advance to Group stage — 1–1 9–1 12–1
2 Spain Lleida (H) 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 — 4–1 5–1
3 France Noisy Le Grand 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 4–2
4 France Coutras 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0 —
Source: [5]
(H) Hosts

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain CAL Spain REU France VEN Italy SAR
1 Spain Calafell (H) 3 2 1 0 15 5 +10 7 Advance to Group stage — 2–2 4–1 9–2
2 Spain Reus 3 2 1 0 17 8 +9 7 — 8–3 7–3
3 France La Vendéenne 3 0 1 2 9 17 −8 1 Relegated to WSE Cup — 5–5
4 Italy Sarzana 3 0 1 2 10 21 −11 1 —
Source: [6]
(H) Hosts

Group stage

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Group A

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain FCB Portugal OCB Italy FOR Spain LIC
1 Spain FC Barcelona 6 5 1 0 25 7 +18 16 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 6–0 8–2
2 Portugal OC Barcelos 6 3 2 1 18 12 +6 11 1–1 — 2–1 4–4
3 Italy Forte dei Marmi 6 1 1 4 10 22 −12 4 1–3 1–6 — 4–2
4 Spain HC Liceo 6 0 2 4 15 27 −12 2 2–4 2–4 3–3 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal BEN Portugal SPO Spain CAL Spain REU
1 Portugal SL Benfica 6 5 0 1 25 15 +10 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 3–2 4–2
2 Portugal Sporting CP 6 3 2 1 20 17 +3 11 7–6 — 2–2 3–2
3 Spain Calafell 6 1 2 3 14 16 −2 5 0–3 2–2 — 4–1
4 Spain Reus Deportiu 6 1 0 5 15 26 −11 3 3–6 2–5 5–4 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Group C

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal POR Italy TRI Portugal TOM Spain LEI
1 Portugal FC Porto 6 5 0 1 28 15 +13 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 5–4 9–0 4–2
2 Italy Trissino 6 2 2 2 26 23 +3 8 3–5 — 4–2 8–4
3 Portugal SC Tomar 6 2 2 2 14 22 −8 8 5–3 2–2 — 2–1
4 Spain Lleida 6 0 2 4 16 24 −8 2 1–2 5–5 3–3 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Group D

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Portugal OLI Italy LOD France STO Portugal VAL
1 Portugal UD Oliveirense 6 5 0 1 29 15 +14 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–4 7–2 4–2
2 Italy Amatori Lodi 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10 2–3 — 1–4 3–1
3 France SCRA Saint-Omer 6 2 0 4 14 20 −6 6 2–4 0–2 — 5–2
4 Portugal AD Valongo 6 1 1 4 14 23 −9 4 3–8 2–2 4–1 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Knockout stage

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Quarter-finals

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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 Portugal 8–6 Spain FC Barcelona 4–1 4–5
Amatori Lodi Italy 5–13 Portugal FC Porto 1–4 4–9
OC Barcelos Portugal 9–3 Portugal SL Benfica 4–2 5–1
Trissino Italy 9–12 Portugal UD Oliveirense 4–4 5–8
Sporting CP Portugal4–1Spain FC Barcelona
Referee: Filippo Fronte, Marco Rondina (Italy)
FC Barcelona Spain5–4Portugal Sporting CP
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Claudio Ferraro (Italy)

Sporting CP won 8–6 on aggregate.

Amatori Lodi Italy1–4Portugal FC Porto
PalaCastelotti, Lodi
Referee: Sergi Mayor, Alvaro de la Hera Jaudenes (Spain)
FC Porto Portugal9–4Italy Amatori Lodi
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)

FC Porto won 13–5 on aggregate.

OC Barcelos Portugal4–2Portugal SL Benfica
Pavilhão Municipal de Barcelos, Barcelos
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)
SL Benfica Portugal1–5Portugal OC Barcelos
Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sanchez (Spain)

OC Barcelos won 9–3 on aggregate.

Trissino Italy4–4Portugal UD Oliveirense
PalaDante, Trissino
Referee: Ivan Gonzalez, Oriol Perez (Spain)
UD Oliveirense Portugal8–5Italy Trissino
Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado, Oliveira de Azeméis
Referee: Sergi Mayor, David Cantos (Spain)

UD Oliveirense won 12–9 on aggregate.

Final-four

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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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
Portugal Sporting CP6
 
12 May
 
Portugal FC Porto 5
 
Portugal Sporting CP 2
 
11 May
 
Portugal UD Oliveirense 1
 
Portugal OC Barcelos3 (1)
 
 
Portugal UD Oliveirense (p)3 (2)
 

Semi-finals

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Sporting CP Portugal6–5Portugal FC Porto
Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sánchez (Spain)

Final

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Sporting CP Portugal2–1Portugal UD Oliveirense
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)

References

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  1. ^ "Rink Hockey Clubs' European Competitions Schedule - World Skate Europe". worldskate.org. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. ^ "Calendar of the 1st Qualifying Round of WSE Champions League - Men - World Skate Europe". worldskate.org. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. ^ "Results of the WSE Champions League and WSE Cup draws". worldskate.org. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. ^ "Official schedule of the WSE Champions League Men Group Phase". worldskate.org. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. ^ https://hoqueipt.com/artigo/6981-follonica-sem-voo-para-a-champions
  6. ^ "WSE Champions League – Men Rulebook" (pdf). World Skate Europe. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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