1996–97 CERH European League

The 1996–97 CERH European League was the 32nd edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held in Barcelona, Spain.

1996–97 CERH European League
Tournament details
Teams21
Final positions
ChampionsBarcelona (11th title)
Runners-upPorto
Tournament statistics
Matches played52
Goals scored479 (9.21 per match)

Format changes

As a result of the expansion of the competition, two preliminary rounds were played before the group stage, composed by eight teams divided into two groups of four each one, thus qualifying the two first qualified teams to the Final Four.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Wimmis 11–8 Agor Dordrecht 6–3 5–5
Reus Deportiu 4–5 Salerno 4–2 0–3
Wolfurt 3–26 Vic 1–9 2–17
Saint-Omer 8–12 La Vendéenne 5–4 3–8
Herne Bay 7–11 Quévert 4–7 3–4

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cronenberg 6–23 Porto 3–10 3–13
Barcelona 24–2 Thunerstern 14–1 10–1
Genève 2–10 Novara 1–1 1–9
La Vendéenne w.o. Benfica w.o. w.o.
Quévert 4–26 Igualada 1–11 3–15
Amatori Vercelli 19–1 Wimmis 12–0 7–1
Salerno 6–5 Barcelos 4–3 2–2
Liceo 7–4 Vic 6–3 1–1

Group stage

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.

The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IGU POR NOV SAL
1 Igualada 6 4 0 2 21 9 +12 8 Advance to Final Four 4–3 4–1 7–0
2 Porto 6 4 0 2 24 21 +3 8 2–1 5–4 4–2
3 Novara 6 3 1 2 23 17 +6 7 3–0 7–5 7–2
4 Salerno 6 0 1 5 8 29 21 1 0–5 3–5 1–1
Source: [1]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LIC BAR VER VEN
1 Liceo 6 4 1 1 43 19 +24 9 Advance to Final Four 4–1 4–0 12–1
2 Barcelona 6 3 2 1 46 16 +30 8 5–5 4–3 25–2
3 Amatori Vercelli 6 3 1 2 32 19 +13 7 10–4 1–1 10–3
4 La Vendéenne 6 0 0 6 12 79 67 0 2–14 1–10 3–8
Source: [2]

Final four

The Final Four was played in the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona, Spain.

Barcelona achieved their eleventh title.

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Barcelona3
 
 
 
Igualada2
 
Barcelona 9
 
 
 
Liceo2
 
Liceo6
 
 
Porto8
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Igualada (p)3
 
 
Porto3

References

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