2018–19 Euro Hockey League

The Euro Hockey League 2018–19 was the twelfth season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation. Round One was held in Barcelona from 5 until 7 October 2018 and the knockout stage was held in Eindhoven from 17 until 22 April 2019.

2018–19 Euro Hockey League

Tournament details
Dates	5 October 2018 – 22 April 2019
Teams	24 (from 12 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Waterloo Ducks (1st title)
Runner-up	Rot-Weiss Köln
Third place	Mannheimer HC
Tournament statistics
Matches played	32
Goals scored	171 (5.34 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Gonzalo Peillat (9 goals)
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The final was played between Waterloo Ducks and Rot-Weiss Köln. The Waterloo Ducks defeated Rot-Weis Köln 4–0 to become the first Belgian club to win the Euro Hockey League.^[1][2] Mannheimer HC took the bronze medal and Gonzalo Peillat became the top scorer with nine goals.

Association team allocation

Arminen

Minsk

London

Paris

Mannheimer HC

Rot-Weiss Köln

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

Three Rock Rovers

Grunwald Poznań

Dinamo Elektrostal

Dinamo Kazan

Grange

Grove Menzieshill

Club Egara

Barcelona

Barcelona teams
Junior
Real Club de Polo

London teams
Surbiton
Wimbledon

Paris teams
Racing Club de France
Saint Germain

Location of teams in 2018–19 Euro Hockey League

Oranje-Rood

Amsterdam

Kampong

Waterloo Ducks

Dragons

Léopold

Location of Benelux teams in 2018–19 Euro Hockey League

A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated 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

Association ranking for 2018–19 Euro Hockey League^[3]

Rank	Change	Association	Points	Teams
1		Netherlands	50.000	3
2		Germany	33.417
3		Belgium	33.333
4		Spain	28.250
5	2	France	24.250	2
6	1	England	22.000
7	1	Russia	20.500
8	1	Scotland	19.125
9	3	Ireland	18.875	1
10		Poland	13.625
11		Austria	12.750
12	3	Belarus	11.375
13	1	Switzerland	9.125	0
14	2	Wales	8.875
15	2	Ukraine	6.500
16	3	Italy	6.250
17	1	Czech Republic	2.125

Qualified teams

The following teams qualified for the 2018-19 Euro Hockey League. 12 teams got a bye to the KO16.^[4]

Round One

Champions	Non-champions
Three Rock Rovers	Oranje-Rood	Racing France
Grunwald Poznań	Mannheimer HC	Wimbledon
Arminen	Léopold	Dinamo Elektrostal
Minsk	Junior	Grange

Round of 16

Champions		Non-champions
Kampong	Saint Germain	Amsterdam
Uhlenhorst Mülheim	Surbiton	Rot-Weiss Köln
Dragons	Dinamo Kazan	Waterloo Ducks
Real Club de Polo	Grove Menzieshill	Club Egara

Format Changes

The EHL board has decided not to continue with the field goal equals two trial, used last season, so this season every goal will return to equaling one whether it comes from the field or a penalty corner. Due to the overcrowded international hockey calendar from 2019 onwards because of the 2019 Men's FIH Pro League, the EHL has combined the KO16 and FINAL4 events at Easter, making a six-day event from April 17 to 22, 2019.^[5]

Round One

Round One was held from 5 until 7 October 2018 at the Pau Negre Stadium in Barcelona. The draw took place on 17 July 2018.^[5] 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 by 3 or more goals, then they receive 0 points.

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).^[6]

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Oranje-Rood	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Arminen	2	1	0	1	5	3	+2	6
3	Grange	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[7]

5 October 2018 13:30 Arminen 4–1 Grange Ph. Schmidt  4' Bele  17', 28' Pa. Schmidt  33' Report Tweedie  40' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Rob Abbot (IRL) Laurine Delforge (BEL)

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6 October 2018 12:30 Oranje-Rood 6–0 Grange Briels  13', 42' De Voogd  15' Beins  21' Martinez  24', 56' Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Luca Ferrara (ITA) Tim Meissner (GER)

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7 October 2018 11:45 Oranje-Rood 2–1 Arminen Stanzl  14', 22' Report Bele  22' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Michelle Meister (GER)

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Mannheimer HC	2	1	1	0	8	3	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Wimbledon	2	1	1	0	6	3	+3	7
3	Dinamo Elektrostal	2	0	0	2	4	12	−8	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[7]

5 October 2018 18:00 Wimbledon 5–2 Dinamo Elektrostal Malthouse  9' Lewers  22' Codling  26' Sloan  27' Roper  29' Report Dvoretskii  30' Proskuriakov  50' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Andres Ortiz (ESP)

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6 October 2018 17:00 Mannheimer HC 7–2 Dinamo Elektrostal Peillat  17', 32' Nguyen  34' Schües  46' Barreiros  50' Vila  53', 60' Report Dvoretskii  7' Larikov  59' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Andres Ortix (ES) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

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7 October 2018 14:00 Mannheimer HC 1–1 Wimbledon Peillat  19' Report Horler  48' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Andres Ortiz (ESP) Michiel Otten (NED)

Pool C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Léopold	2	2	0	0	8	1	+7	10	Advance to knockout stage
2	Grunwald Poznań	2	1	0	1	3	4	−1	6
3	Minsk	2	0	0	2	1	7	−6	1

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[7]

5 October 2018 11:15 Minsk 1–2 Grunwald Poznań Kochkin  58' Report Hulboj  13' Mikula  56' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Luca Ferrara (ITA) Michelle Meister (GER)

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6 October 2018 10:15 Léopold 3–1 Grunwald Poznań Russell  5', 19' Zimmer  25' Report Mikula  56' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Alex Fedenczuk (SCO)

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7 October 2018 9:30 Léopold 5–0 Minsk Russell  33' Degroote  46', 59' Baumgarten  49', 59' Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Rob Abbott (IRL) Alex Fedenczuk (SCO)

Pool D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Three Rock Rovers	2	1	1	0	7	1	+6	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Junior	2	1	1	0	6	2	+4	7
3	Racing Club de France	2	0	0	2	1	11	−10	0

Source: EHF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) matches won; 3) goal difference; 4) goals scored; 5) head-to-head result; 6) field goals scored.^[7]

5 October 2018 15:45 Racing Club de France 0–6 Three Rock Rovers Report Empey  27' Walsh  36' Darling  50', 52' English  56' Canning  57' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

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6 October 2018 14:45 Junior 1–1 Three Rock Rovers Enrique  53' Report Madeley  59' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Laurine Delforge (BEL) Michiel Otten (NED)

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7 October 2018 16:15 Junior 5–1 Racing Club de France J. Garcia  2' Dabanch  13' Gil  22' Mari  47' L. Garcia  53' Report Fouquet  52' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Laurine Belforge (BEL) Tim Meissner (GER)

Knockout stage

The knockout stage took place at Sportpark Aalsterweg in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 17 until 22 April 2019. The draw took place at 21 October 2018^[8] and the schedule was announced on 15 November 2018.^[9]

All times are local, CET (UTC+1).^[9]

Qualified teams

The knockout phase involves 16 teams, consisting of the 4 pool winners and the 12 already qualified teams.

Champions (seeded in round of 16 draw)	Non-champions and pool winners (unseeded in round of 16 draw)
Kampong	Amsterdam
Uhlenhorst Mülheim	Rot-Weiss Köln
Dragons	Waterloo Ducks
Real Club de Polo	Club Egara
Saint Germain	Oranje-Rood
Surbiton	Mannheimer HC
Dinamo Kazan	Léopold
Grove Menzieshill	Three Rock Rovers

Bracket

Round of 16

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

17 April

Dragons

4

20 April

Three Rock Rovers

2

Dragons

1 (2)

17 April

Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)

1 (3)

Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)

1 (4)

21 April

Surbiton

1 (2)

Waterloo Ducks (s.o.)

1 (3)

17 April

Mannheimer HC

1 (1)

Dinamo Kazan

0

20 April

Mannheimer HC

6

Mannheimer HC (s.o.)

4 (4)

17 April

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

4 (2)

Oranje-Rood

2

22 April

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

3

Waterloo Ducks

4

18 April

Rot-Weiss Köln

0

Kampong

2

20 April

Rot-Weiss Köln

3

Rot-Weiss Köln (s.o.)

2 (6)

18 April

Amsterdam

2 (5)

Amsterdam

12

21 April

Grove Menzieshill

1

Rot-Weiss Köln

3

18 April

Real Club de Polo

1

Bronze medal match

Saint Germain

1 (1)

20 April

22 April

Club Egara (s.o.)

1 (2)

Club Egara

3 (0)

Mannheimer HC

3

18 April

Real Club de Polo (s.o.)

3 (3)

Real Club de Polo

1

Léopold

3

Real Club de Polo

4

Round of 16

17 April 2019 12:45 Dinamo Kazan 0–6 Mannheimer HC Report Peillat  13', 19', 55' Vila  17' Schües  41' Holste  45' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen (BEL) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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17 April 2019 15:00 Dragons 4–2 Three Rock Rovers Raes  12' O'Donoghue  22' Van Aubel  44' Denayer  46' Report Hosking  22' Morris  35' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) David Sweetman (SCO)

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17 April 2019 17:15 Waterloo Ducks 1–1 Surbiton Pangrazio  26' Report Goodfield  23' Penalties Boccard Gougnard Van Straaten Dohmen Penelle 4–2 Drayton Chana Wallace Forsyth Goodfield Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Fraser Bell (SCO)

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17 April 2019 19:30 Oranje-Rood 2–3 Uhlenhorst Mülheim Van der Weerden  22' De Voogd  43' Report Schiffer  3' Herzbruch  35', 51' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP)

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18 April 2019 12:45 Saint Germain 1–1 Club Egara Rogeau  36' Report Aura  8' Penalties T. Genestet Gohlke F. Goyet Mercurio Pauchet 1–2 Ruiz Divorra Clapés P. Gispert Romeu Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Fraser Bell (SCO) Christian Blasch (GER)

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18 April 2019 15:00 Léopold 3–4 Real Club de Polo Cuvelier  25' Russell  39' A. Verdussen  43' Report A. Reyne  13', 22' Llorens  45' Rey  59' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Michiel Otten (NED)

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18 April 2019 17:15 Amsterdam 12–1 Grove Menzieshill Reid-Ross  5', 17', 25' Burkhardt  20', 45', 49' Pruyser  22', 32', 56' Verga  39' Hiebendaal  39' Van Kan  57' Report J. Golden  31' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

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18 April 2019 19:30 Kampong 2–3 Rot-Weiss Köln Janssen  29' Havenga  55' Report T. Grambusch  34' M. Grambusch  51', 60' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP)

Ranking matches

19 April 2019 12:45 Three Rock Rovers 1–4 Surbiton Darling  6' Report Taylor  26', 30' Goodfield  35' Forsyth  54' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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19 April 2019 15:00 Saint Germain 1–7 Léopold M. Genestet  1' Report Russell  2', 44', 45' Englebert  15', 37' Baumgarten  48' Muschs  52' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Christian Blasch (GER)

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19 April 2019 17:15 Dinamo Kazan 2–6 Oranje-Rood Mahmood  2' Shan  27' Report Beins  1' Van de Venne  7', 9', 45' Van der Weerden  29', 54' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: David Sweetman (SCO) Fraser Bell (SCO)

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19 April 2019 19:30 Kampong 12–0 Grove Menzieshill Meulenbroek  5', 25', 43' Lageman  11' Visser  14', 30', 54', 56' Kropholler  15' Havenga  26', 49' Report Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Dan Barstow (ENG)

Quarter-finals

20 April 2019 09:30 Mannheimer HC 4–4 Uhlenhorst Mülheim Vila  6', 29' Haase  13', 50' Report Windfeder  17', 27', 35', 53' Penalties Fischer Harris Hinrichs Barreiros 4–2 Bosserhoff Herzbruch Pereira Weinke Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Coen van Bunge (NED) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

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20 April 2019 11:45 Dragons 1–1 Waterloo Ducks Rubens  56' Report Boccard  37' Penalties Van Aubel Denayer Rubens O'Donoghue Raes 2–3 Boccard Dohmen Van Straaten Dohmen Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Ben Goentgen (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)

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20 April 2019 14:00 Club Egara 3–3 Real Club de Polo Romeu  5' Mercadé  35', 48' Report Alegre  37', 53' Oliva  51' Penalties Ruiz Farrés-Palet Clapés 0–3 Oliva Alegre Llorens Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Dan Barstow (ENG)

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20 April 2019 16:15 Rot-Weiss Köln 2–2 Amsterdam Große  35' Rühr  47' Report Pruyser  52' Verga  54' Penalties Große M. Grambusch Rühr Miltkau Prinz M. Grambusch Rühr Rühr 6–5 Verga Bakker Hiebendaal Rohof Pruyser Pruyser Verga Hiebendaal Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP)

Semi-finals

21 April 2019 13:00 Waterloo Ducks 1–1 Mannheimer HC Ghislain  59' Report Peillat  60' Penalties Boccard Gougnard Van Straaten Dohmen Penelle 3–1 Fischer Harris Hinrichs Barreiros Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP) Coen van Bunge (NED)

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21 April 2019 15:15 Real Club de Polo 1–3 Rot-Weiss Köln L. Baron  22' Report Rühr  14' T. Grambusch  32', 40' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Bruce Bale (ENG) Dan Barstow (ENG)

Bronze medal match

22 April 2019 13:00 Mannheimer HC 3–1 Real Club de Polo Peillat  33', 51' Haase Report L. Baron  50' Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Michiel Otten (NED) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

Final

22 April 2019 15:15 Waterloo Ducks 4–0 Rot-Weiss Köln Ghislain  42' Boccard  58' Bertrand  60' Van Lierde  60' Report Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven Umpires: Dan Barstow (ENG) Coen van Bunge (NED)

See also

• 2019 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
• 2019 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy
• 2019 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup