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Welcome to our EuroHockey page.
 Information about the EuroHockey League and Women’s Club Champions Cup
ROUND ONE RESULTS
Round 1.1 Barcelona
POOL B
Reading
4
Montrouge
3
Atletic Terrassa
4
Montrouge
2
Atletic Terrassa
2
Reading
2
Reading and Atletic Terrassa progress to Round 2.
POOL E
RC Polo de Barcelona
7
Dinamo Kazan
2
Waterloo Ducks
3
Dinamo Kazan
1
Waterloo Ducks
1
RC Polo de Barcelona
2
Barcelona and Waterloo Ducks progress to Round 2.
POOL G
Pembroke Wanderers
4
Kelburne
2
Rotterdam
6
Kelburne
0
Pembroke Wanderers
1
Rotterdam
6
Pembroke Wanderers and Rotterdam progress to Round 2.
POOL H
UHC Hamburg
4
Glenanne
1
Grunwald Poznan
6
Glenanne
1
Grunwald Poznan
2
UHC Hamburg
4
UHC Hamburg and Grunwald Poznan progress to Round 2
Round 1.2 Paris
POOL A
Club an der Alster
5
Rotweiss Wettingen
1
Bloemendaal
7
Rotweiss Wettingen
0
Bloemendaal
2
Club an der Alster
1
Cub an der Alster and Bloemendaal progress to Round 2
POOL C
East Grinstead
4
AWF Poznan
1
East Grinstead
1
Amsterdam
2
Amsterdam
6
AWF Poznan
0
East Grinstead and Amsterdam progress to Round 2
POOL D
Club Egara
3
Bra
2
Rot Weiss Koln
11
Bra
1
Rot Weiss Koln
3
Club Egara
2
Club Egara and Rot Weiss Koln progress to Round 2
POOL F
St Germain
1
Leuven
7
Beeston
3
Leuven
0
St Germain
0
Beeston
1
Beeston and Leuven progress to Round 2
ROUNDS TWO AND THREE (KO16)
Atletic Terrassa
4
Grunwald Poznan
3
Rotterdam
2
Club Egara
1
Bloemendaal
6
Club an der Alster
2
UHC Hamburg
6
Waterloo Ducks
2
These matches were played at Rotterdam Hockey Club during 2-5 April 2010.  All matches from this stage are knock out.
Beeston
1
Leuven
3
RC de Polo Barcelona
2
Reading
1
Amsterdam
3
East Grinstead
2
Rot Weiss Koln
3
Pembroke Wanders
0
Round 2
 Friday 2 April
Round 2
 Saturday 3 April
Round 3
 Sunday 4 April
RC de Polo Barcelona
3
Rot Weiss Koln
2
Amsterdam
3
KHC Leuven
2
Round 3
 Monday 5 April
Rotterdam
5
Atletic Terrassa
3
Bloemendaal
3
UHC Hamburg*
3
*UHC  go through after shoot-out to decide
All the results from the 2009 - 2010 EuroHockey League Season
ROUNDS FOUR AND FIVE (Last four)
These matches were played at Amsterdam Hockey Club during 22-23 May 2010.  
UHC Hamburg*
2
RC Polo de Barcelona
2
Amsterdam
3
Rotterdam
4
RC Polo de Barcelona
2
Amsterdam*
2
UHC Hamburg
3
Rotterdam
1
Round 4 - Semi Finals
 Saturday 22 May
*UHC  go through to final after shoot-out to decide
Round 5 - Final and 3rd/4th place
 Sunday 23 May
*Amsterdam win bronze after shoot out decider.
3rd/4th
Final
Club Champions Cup Rounds Three and Four (Last four)
UHC Hamburg
0
‘s-Hertogenbosch
3
Round 4 - Final
Sunday 23 May
Atasport
1
Amsterdam
4
Round 4 - 3rd/4th place
 Saturday 22 May
Atasport
1
UHC Hamburg
2
Amsterdam
1
‘s-Hertogenbosch
2
Round 3 - Semi-finals
Friday 21 May
These matches were played at Amsterdam Hockey Club during 21-23 May 2010.  
Olton & WW
1
UHC Hamburg
5
Berliner
0
Den Bosch
6
Amsterdam
9
Barcelona
0
Club de Campo
1
Atasport
2
Volga Telecom
1
Grove 0
0
MSC Sumchanka
0
Bowdon Hightown
2
Round 2 - Knock-out round to find last four
 Monday 5 April
Matches show in grey above do not qualify winner for last four.
POOL A
Olton & West WW
1
Volga Telecom
0
Amsterdam
8
Volga Telecom
0
Amsterdam
12
Olton & West WW
0
Olton & West Warwicks and Amsterdam progress to Round 2.
POOL B
RC Club de Barcelona
3
Grove
2
UHC Hamburg
1
Grove
0
UHC Hamburg
3
RC Polo de Barcelona
2
UHC Barcelona and UHC Hamburg progress to Round 2.
POOL C
Berliner
5
Sumchanka
0
Club de Campo
2
Sumchanka
0
Club de Campo
3
Berliner
1
Berliner and Club de Campo progress to Round 2.
POOL D
‘s-Hertogenbosch
4
Atasport
0
Bowdon Hightown
1
Atasport
2
Bowdon Hightown
0
‘s-Hertogenbosch
5
‘S-Hertogenbosch and Atasport progress to Round 2.
All the results from the 2009 - 2010 EuroHockey Women’s Club Champions Cup
ROUNDS ONE AND TWO
These matches were held at Berliner Hockey Club during 2-5 April 2010.  Matches from Round Two onwards are knock out.  
UHC HAMBURG AND ‘s-HERTOGENBOSCH ARE CLUB CHAMPIONS OF EUROPE!
EuroHockey League (men)
EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (women)
1st
UHC Hamburg (Germany)
1st
‘s-Hertogenbosch
(The Netherlands)
2nd
Rotterdam
(The Netherlands)
2nd
UHC Hamburg (Germany)
3rd
Amsterdam
(The Netherlands)
3rd
Amsterdam
(The Netherlands)
Final positions in the 2009-2010 EuroHockey League
and women’s Club Champions Cup
EURO RULES
No - it’s not a directive from Brussels.  The European Hockey Federation has taken the bold step of tinkering with the rules of hockey to make the game more attractive to television and stop some of the time wasting that had become prevalent. Below is a summary of the rule changes - and do remember that these only apply to the EuroHockey League, although in the past some have been adopted into the main Rules of Hockey and others are being used on an experimental basis in some competitions and tournaments.

THERE HAVE BEEN SOME FURTHER CHANGES FOR 2009-2010
• Matches will be played in four quarters with the teams changing ends at half time (ie after the second quarter).  The duration of the breaks after the first and third quarter will be 2.5 minutes, with the half time break being 7.5 minutes.
• A player who breaks the line early at a penalty corner may be banished to the halfway line.  Although he can be replaced by another player (but not a substitute from the bench), defending corners is now a specialist role in top-class hockey and the loss of a defender should discourage players from breaking early. A similar penalty will allow the attacker injecting the ball to be removed to the halfway line.

• The umpire will allow not less than 45 seconds from the time the penalty corner is awarded to the time the ball is injected. (This is to allow for TV replays).  This rule does not apply to the re-take of a penalty corner or the award of any second corner whilst the corner is in progress.

• A green card will now carry a two minute period of suspension.  For a second green card the period of suspension will be doubled.
• Each team will be allowed one referral to the video umpire in each half of the match. This can be for an incident anywhere on the pitch.

• For a goal to be scored the ball must first be played in the ‘D’ by a player of either side.
In Round Two (knock-out stages) onwards:  
• In the event that the match finishes on a draw in normal time, the match will be decided by a silver goal in which the teams play five minutes of extra time.  If the teams are still level after the first period of extra time, a second five minute period of extra time will be played. In the event that the match remains drawn at the end of two periods of extra time, it will be decided by a one-on-one penalty shoot-out as described below.

• The one-on-one penalty shoot-out will take place in the event that the two teams remain level after silver goal extra time.  Each team will nominate three players to take part in the shoot-out.  The defending goalkeeper will start from his own goal line and the attacker from the 23 metre (25 yard) line.  The attacker will have eight seconds to score a goal. If the goalkeeper commits a foul, a goal is awarded.  If the attacker commits a foul or does not score within eight seconds, no goal is awarded.  If the teams are still equal after the first series of three, the shoot-out will then go to sudden death, using the same three players.

Until the 2007-2008 season European outdoor club competition was arranged into two tournaments, the Club Champions Cup and the Cup Winners Cup. Each tournament took place over an extended weekend of four days and consisted of eight teams playing in two pools, with the winners of each pool playing off to decide the final winner. Similar competitions existed for both men’s and women’s hockey.  Both the Club Champions and Cup Winners tournaments had Trophy and Challenge tournaments beneath them, with promotion and relegation between all three.  
2007-2008 saw the first season of the EuroHockey League. The new league consists of 24 club sides from Europe’s top hockey playing nations.

Women have their own European club competition which starts in 2010. You can find more information about this on this page.

So how does the EuroHockey League work?  Each nation is ranked according to its performance in past European outdoor club competitions using a points system, and a number of places in the league are allocated accordingly. There is an on-going system of promotion and relegation to the league, with clubs being promoted from or relegated to a Trophy competition. England has traditionally done well (Cannock and Reading won silver in the old European Club Competitions and Cannock, Loughborough Students, Reading, East Grinstead and Beeston have all  have progressed through to the knock out rounds of the EuroHockey League) and so we are allocated three places, along with Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain. The remaining twelve places will be divided between nine other nations.
Round One involves the twenty-four teams in eight pools of three. Each team plays the other two members of their pool once and the team finishing bottom of each pool is eliminated. Round One is usually split between two venues and on different dates.

Rounds Two and Three are knock-out rounds and takes place over the Easter weekend. Round Two will see the sixteen survivors from Round One reduced to eight. Round Three will see the remaining eight further reduced to four.  
Rounds Four and Five are again knock-out rounds and will be played between the survivors of Round Three.  Round Four will be the semi-final round. Round Five consist of the finals and third/fourth place play-offs.  These rounds will be played at a single venue.
How does the EuroHockey League Work?
WOMEN’S CLUB CHAMPIONS CUP
WOMEN’S CLUB CHAMPIONS CUP
This is a revised version of this long standing competition, which has replaced both the old Club Champions Cup and the Cup Winners Cup.

The competition consists of 12 teams (half the number in the EuroHockey League) and consequently has one less round.  Other than that, the rules and format are virtually the same as the EuroHockey League.

Round 1 consists of four pools of three teams is played at a single location over Easter.  The bottom team from each pool is eliminated.  This leave eight teams to go through to Round 2.

Round 2 is held at the same location over Easter and puts the surviving eight teams into a knock-out to decide which go into the final four.
Rounds 3 and 4 are the semi-finals and finals. In 2010 it was decided to hold these rounds at the same venue as the EuroHockey League semi-finals and finals.  Whether this practice is to be continued is something for the future, although we sincerely hope it will.  
The difference between the men’s and the women’s competition in terms of size has nothing to do with any prejudice against women’s hockey by the European Hockey Federation - it is simply down to cash.  Sponsorship required to match the men’s competition is simply not available for women’s hockey at the present time.