Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I

The EuroHockey Club Trophy I is an annual men's field hockey competition organised by the EHF for European hockey clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club competition, being one tier below the top men's European club competition the Euro Hockey League. In that sense, the ECT is hockey's equivalent of the UEFA Europa League.^[1]

EuroHockey Club Trophy I

Current season, competition or edition: 2025 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I
Formerly	EuroHockey Club Trophy
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
First season	1981
No. of teams	8
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent champion(s)	Montrouge (3rd title) (2025)
Most titles	Cardiff & Met Racing Club de France Montrouge (3 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2
Relegation to	EuroHockey Club Trophy II

Format

The tournament features 8 clubs from EHF member countries.

Qualification

Each year one of the 8 available league places is allocated to an EHF member country's national association. The clubs admitted are the clubs of those nations who finished ranked third to sixth in the previous year's Trophy II; the clubs of those two nations from the previous year's Trophy I; plus the clubs of those two nations promoted from the previous year's Challenge I.

Tournament summary

The teams are separated into 2 pools of 4 teams. In each pool (pool A and B) the teams play one match against each of the other three teams in their pool (making a total of six pool matches). The teams then go on to play classification matches based on their relative ranking from these pool matches to determine their final tournament position.

Tournament details

In each pool, A, and B, all the teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows:

• 5 points for a win
• 2 points for a draw
• 1 point for a loss with a goal difference of no more than 2
• 0 points for a loss with a goal difference of more than 2

Once the relative ranking of the teams in pools A and B is settled, the classification matches proceed as follows:

• The teams ranked first in each pool will play for 1st and 2nd place (the Final)
• The teams ranked 2nd in each pool will play for 3rd/4th place (bronze medal)
• The teams ranked 3rd in each pool will play for 5th/6th place
• The teams ranked 4th in each pool will play for 7th/8th place

If the score at the end of the regulation time of a classification match is a draw, then a shoot-out competition is played to establish a winner.

Higher and lower tournaments

Above the EuroHockey Club Trophy II is the EuroHockey Club Trophy I, and below it is the EuroHockey Club Challenge 1, the EuroHockey Club Challenge 2, and so on. This structure is designed to give every EHF member nation the opportunity to enter their best clubs into European competition at an appropriate level, and through that exposure to improve the level of their domestic hockey.

Results

1981–1989

From 1981 until 1989, the tournament was held once a year and the finalists' countries were promoted to the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1981 Details	Rome, Italy		Cookstown	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–2 (p.s.)	Eur		Arminen	2–1	Warta Poznań
1982 Details	Cardiff, Wales		Rock Gunners		Amiens		Cardiff		Edinburgh
1983 Details	Subotica, Yugoslavia		Eur	2–0	Banbridge		Suboticanka	5–0	Cardiff
1984 Details	Vienna, Austria		Racing Club de France		Suboticanka		Grange		Espoo
1985 Details	Banbridge, Northern Ireland		Banbridge		Amsicora		Ramaldense		WAC
1986 Details	Gothenburg, Sweden		Edinburgh	3–1	Grammarians		Racing Club de France	4–0	Olten
1987 Details	Swansea, Wales		Southgate		Banbridge		Amiens		Olten
1988 Details	Helsinki, Finland		Amiens		Arminen		Whitchurch		Grammarians
1989 Details	Lisburn, Northern Ireland		Léopold		Lisnagarvey		Grammarians		Amsicora

Source^[2]

1990–1993

From 1990 until 1993 the tournament was held twice a year and only the winner's countries were promoted to the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1990 Details	Amiens, France		Osternienburg		Amiens		Grammarians		Olten
	Gothenburg, Sweden		Lech Poznań		Amsicora		Menzieshill		WAC
1991 Details	Olten, Switzerland		Racing Club de France		Grammarians		Amsicora		Olten
	Glasgow, Scotland		Lisnagarvey		Kelburne		Zorka Subotica		HC Wien
1992 Details	Gibraltar		Kelburne		Grammarians		Cardiff		Espoo
	Prague, Czechoslovakia		HC Wien		Slavia Praha		Pocztowiec Poznań		Zorka Subotica
1993 Details	Havant, England		Havant		Grunwald Poznań		Minsk		Stockholm
	Prague, Czech Republic		Dinamo Stroitel		Amsicora		Avoca		Slavia Praha

Source^[3]

1994–2002

Because of the introduction of the EuroHockey Club Challenge, the tournament went back to the old format from 1994 until 2002.

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
1994 Details	Milan, Italy		Cernusco		Grunwald Poznań		Minsk		HC Wien
1995 Details	Glasgow, Scotland		Racing Club de France		Minsk		Kelburne		Grammarians
1996 Details	Prague, Czech Republic		Samara		Grammarians		Teddington		Pembroke Wanderers
1997 Details	Cagliari, Italy		Instonians	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p.s.)	Amsicora		Cannock	4–2	White Star
1998 Details	Brasschaat, Belgium		Reading	5–2	Dragons		Samara	2–1	Eagles
1999 Details	Milan, Italy		Cernusco	2–1	Eagles		Western Wildcats	3–1	Instonians
2000 Details	Belfast, Northern Ireland		Western Wildcats	5–3	Instonians		Olten	3–2	Dragons
2001 Details	Antwerp, Belgium		Dragons	3–1	Stroitel Brest		Rotweiss Wettingen	7–5	Slavia Praha
2002 Details	Wettingen, Switzerland		Lille	3–1	Pembroke Wanderers		Dinamo Stroitel	4–2	Rotweiss Wettingen

Source^[4]

2003–2007

From 2003 until 2007 there was no final but instead, there were two promotion play-offs and the winners were ranked joint first and the winner's countries were promoted. The final ranking was decided based on their record in the pools.^[5]

Year	Host		Promotion play-off winners			Promotion play-off losers
			Winner	Runner-up		Third place	Fourth place
2003 Details	Rome, Italy		Rotweiss Wettingen	AHTC Wien		Roma	Dinamo Stroitel
2004 Details	Prague, Czech Republic		Slavia Praha	Western Wildcats		Kolos Vinnitsa	Lille
2005 Details	Brest, Belarus		Pocztowiec Poznań	Stroitel Brest		Montrouge	WAC
2006 Details	Wettingen, Switzerland		Stade Français	Kelburne		Rotweiss Wettingen	Lisnagarvey
2007 Details	Prague, Czech Republic		Dinamo Kazan	Pembroke Wanderers		Rotweiss Wettingen	Cardiff

Source^[6]

2008–2019

In 2008 the tournament went back to its old format with a final but instead of two promotion places, the clubs scored points for their national association in the EHF 3-year rating, which sets the number of clubs in a nation for the European Cup competitions. Qualifying for the trophy were the runners-up of the countries in positions 9 to 12 and the champions of the countries in positions 13 to 16 in the EHF 3-year rating.

Year	Host		Final				Third place match
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2008 Details	Paris, France		Glenanne	5–4	Montrouge		Olympia Kolos Sekvoia	3–1	Roma
2009 Details	Dublin, Ireland		Pembroke Wanderers	4–0	Dinamo Elektrostal		Stroitel Brest	3–1	Rotweiss Wettingen
2010 Details	Cardiff, Wales		Dinamo Elektrostal	6–3	Grange		Olympia Kolos Sekvoia	2–2 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (p.s.)	Stroitel Brest
2011 Details	Rome, Italy		AHTC Wien	4–1	Roma		Rotweiss Wettingen	2–1	Saint Germain
2012 Details	Lille, France		Lille	3–2	Kelburne		Stroitel Brest	4–2	Roma
2013 Details	Vienna, Austria		Politechnika Poznanska	4–2	Cardiff & UWIC		Arminen	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Olympia Kolos Sekvoia
2014 Details	Cagliari, Italy		Monkstown	2–0	OKS-SHVSM		Atasport	4–0	Amsicora
2015 Details	Dublin, Ireland		Stroitel Brest	3–1	Slavia Praha		Atasport	3–2	Three Rock Rovers
2016 Details	Glasgow, Scotland		Cardiff & Met	4–0	Banbridge		Kelburne	3–0	Slavia Praha
2017 Details	Elektrostal, Russia		Rotweiss Wettingen	1–0	Arminen		Dinamo Elektrostal	4–0	Grove Menzieshill
2018 Details	Vienna, Austria		Grange	5–2	OKS Vinnitsa		Minsk	5–3	Rotweiss Wettingen
2019 Details	Wettingen, Switzerland		Cardiff & Met	4–3	Stroitel Brest		Rotweiss Wettingen	4–3	OKS Vinnitsa

Source^[7]

2020–present

In 2020, the EuroHockey Club Trophy was renamed to EuroHockey Club Trophy I.

Year	Host		Final				Third place match				Number of teams
			Winner	Score	Runner-up		Third place	Score	Fourth place
2020 Details	Vienna, Austria		Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8]				Cancelled				8
2021 Details			Montrouge	5–0	Post SV		Rotweiss Wettingen	2–2 (4–3 s.o.)	Stroitel Brest		6
2022 Details	Paris, France		Montrouge	2–1	Rotweiss Wettingen		Lousada	2–1	Bohemians Prague		4
2023 Details	Vienna, Austria		Cardiff & Met	4–2	OKS Vinnitsa		Grange	5–4	Grasshoppers		8
2024 Details	Lousada, Portugal		Lisnagarvey	4–2	Cardiff & Met		Arminen	3–3 (3–1 s.o.)	Grange		8
2025 Details	Lisburn, Northern Ireland		Montrouge	3–3 (4–2 s.o.)	Lisnagarvey		Cardiff & Met	6–0	Grange		7

Records and statistics

Performance by club

Medal table by club

Rank	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cardiff & Met[a]	3	2	3	8
2	Montrouge	3	1	1	5
3	Racing Club de France	3	0	1	4
4	Lisnagarvey	2	2	0	4
5	Rotweiss Wettingen	2	1	6	9
6	Politechnika Poznanska[b]	2	0	1	3
7	Cernusco	2	0	0	2
	Lille	2	0	0	2
9	Kelburne	1	3	2	6
	Stroitel Brest	1	3	2	6
11	Banbridge	1	3	0	4
12	Amiens	1	2	1	4
13	Pembroke Wanderers	1	2	0	3
	Slavia Prague	1	2	0	3
15	Grange	1	1	2	4
16	Dinamo Elektrostal	1	1	1	3
	Western Wildcats	1	1	1	3
18	AHTC Wien	1	1	0	2
	Dragons	1	1	0	2
	Eur	1	1	0	2
21–57	Remaining	17	21	27	65
Totals (57 entries)		48	48	48	144

Performances by nation

Medal table by nation

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	10	3	3	16
2	Ireland (IRL)	8	8	1	17
3	Scotland (SCO)	4	5	6	15
4	Russia (RUS)	4	1	3	8
5	Italy (ITA)	3	6	2	11
6	Wales (WAL)	3	2	4	9
7	Poland (POL)	3	2	1	6
8	England (ENG)	3	0	2	5
9	Austria (AUT)	2	4	3	9
10	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	7	10
11	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
12	Gibraltar (GIB)	1	5	2	8
13	Belarus (BLR)	1	4	5	10
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	0	3
15	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
16	Ukraine (UKR)	0	3	3	6
17	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	2	3
18	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	2	2
	Portugal (POR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (19 entries)		48	48	48	144

Notes

1. Includes results representing Cardiff until 2008 and Cardiff & UWIC until 2013
2. Includes results representing Pocztowiec Poznań until 2012

See also

• EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
• Euro Hockey League
• Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy