2013–14 Euro Hockey League

The 2013–14 Euro Hockey League was the sixth season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The group phase was held in Barcelona, Spain and Lille, France in October 2013 and the knockout stage was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands in April 2014.

2013–14 Euro Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates11 October 2013 (2013-10-11)–21 April 2014 (2014-04-21)-->
Teams24
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Harvestehude (1st title)
Runner-up Oranje Zwart
Third place Dragons
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
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The final was played between Harvestehude and Oranje Zwart at Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Harvestehude defeated the hosts Oranje Zwart 3–1 in a shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Bloemendaal were the defending champions but they did not qualify for this season's edition. Dragons took the bronze medal.

Association team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2013–14 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 2013–14 Euro Hockey League
Rank Change Association Points Teams
1 Netherlands47.2523
2 Germany36.917
3 1 Belgium34.000
4 1 England31.667
5  Spain24.1672
6 Russia16.375
7 3 Poland15.750
8 1 France15.750
9 1 Scotland14.7501
10 2 Austria13.500
11  Belarus11.500
12 4 Wales11.250
13 4 Ireland11.2500
14 1 Ukraine8.250
15 2 Italy7.500
16 2  Switzerland5.000
17  Czech Republic0.250

Teams

Group phase

The 24 teams were drawn into eight pools of three. In each pool, teams played against each other once in a round-robin format. The pool winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16. Pools D, E, F, and G were played in Barcelona, Spain from 11 to 13 October 2013 and the other pools were played in Lille, France from 25 to 27 October 2013. If a game was won, the winning team received five points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving two points. A loss gave the losing team one point unless the losing team lost by three or more goals, then they received zero points.

Pool A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rotterdam 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Reading 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 5
3 Lille (H) 2 0 0 2 1 7 −6 0
Source:
(H) Host.

Pool B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Kampong 2 2 0 0 18 2 +16 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Rot-Weiss Köln 2 1 0 1 7 5 +2 6
3 Stroitel Brest 2 0 0 2 1 19 −18 0
Source:

Pool C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Waterloo Ducks 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Uhlenhorst Mülheim 2 1 0 1 4 3 +1 6
3 Politechnika Poznanska 2 0 0 2 1 6 −5 1
Source:

Pool D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Harvestehude 2 2 0 0 12 3 +9 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Beeston 2 1 0 1 5 4 +1 6
3 Cardiff & Met 2 0 0 2 2 12 −10 1
Source:

Pool E
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Club de Polo 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Surbiton 2 1 0 1 5 3 +2 5
3 Arminen 2 0 0 2 1 8 −7 1
Source:

Pool F
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Club de Campo 2 1 1 0 3 2 +1 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Dragons 2 1 0 1 4 2 +2 6
3 Dinamo Kazan 2 0 1 1 1 4 −3 2
Source:

Pool G
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Oranje Zwart 2 2 0 0 10 1 +9 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Grunwald Poznań 2 1 0 1 5 5 0 5
3 Kelburne 2 0 0 2 1 10 −9 0
Source:

Pool H
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Racing Club de Bruxelles 2 2 0 0 9 3 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Saint Germain 2 0 1 1 4 6 −2 3
3 Dinamo Elektrostal 2 0 1 1 5 9 −4 2
Source:

Knockout stage

The knockout stage was played in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2014.

Bracket
 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
16 April
 
 
 Club de Campo5
 
18 April
 
 Saint Germain0
 
 Club de Campo1
 
16 April
 
 Harvestehude4
 
 Harvestehude1
 
20 April
 
 Uhlenhorst Mülheim0
 
 Harvestehude3
 
17 April
 
 Racing Bruxelles2
 
 Waterloo Ducks4
 
18 April
 
 Beeston3
 
 Waterloo Ducks2
 
17 April
 
 Racing Bruxelles4
 
 Racing Bruxelles (s.o.)2 (3)
 
21 April
 
 Rot-Weiss Köln2 (2)
 
 Harvestehude (s.o.)2 (3)
 
16 April
 
 Oranje Zwart2 (1)
 
 Rotterdam6
 
18 April
 
 Grunwald Poznań1
 
 Rotterdam0
 
16 April
 
 Dragons1
 
 Kampong2 (3)
 
20 April
 
 Dragons (s.o.)2 (4)
 
 Dragons0
 
17 April
 
 Oranje Zwart3 Bronze medal match
 
 Oranje Zwart3
 
18 April21 April
 
 Surbiton1
 
 Oranje Zwart (s.o.)0 (3) Racing Bruxelles1
 
17 April
 
 Real Club de Polo0 (1) Dragons2
 
 Real Club de Polo4
 
 
 Reading2
 

Quarter-finals
18 April 2014
11:30
Club de Campo 1 – 4 Harvestehuder THC
Mulder  65' Report Björkmann  14', 64'
Brockmann  67'
Körper  70'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Sebastien Duterme (BEL)
18 April 2014
14:00
Waterloo Ducks 2 – 4 RC Bruxelles
de Saedeleer  30', 32' Report Dalla Palma  3'
Versluys  40'
Tupper  43'
Charlier  68'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Christian Blasch (GER)
18 April 2014
16:30
HC Rotterdam 0 – 1 KHC Dragons
Report Denayer  29'
Umpires:
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Paco Vasques (ESP)
18 April 2014
19:00
Oranje Zwart 0 – 0 Real Club de Polo
Report
Penalties
Dabanch
Rizwan
Galema
Baart
de Voogd 		3 – 1 Padrós
D. Alegre
Lleonart
Rey
Umpires:
Marcin Grochal (POL)
Hamish Jamson (ENG)

Semi-finals
20 April 2014
11:00
Harvestehuder THC 3 – 2 RC Bruxelles
Hauke  7'
Hasun  55'
Körper  64'		 Report Beckers  7', 35'
Umpires:
Roel van Eert (NED)
Marcin Grochal (POL)
20 April 2014
14:00
KHC Dragons 0 – 3 Oranje Zwart
Report Galema  35'
van der Weerden  41'
Dabanch  53'
Umpires:
Christian Blasch (GER)
Martin Madden (SCO)

Third place
21 April 2014
12:00
RC Bruxelles 1 – 2 KHC Dragons
Rickli  20' Report van Aubel  16', 68'
Umpires:
Jakub Mejzlik (CZE)
Paco Vazquez (ESP)

Final
21 April 2014
14:30
Harvestehuder THC 2 – 2 Oranje Zwart
Spooner  42'
Michael Körper  53'		 Report van der Weerden  35'
Reckers  50'
Penalties
Hauke , Pongs [Note 1]
Pongs
Stanzl
Körper 		3 – 1 Dabanch
van der Horst
Galema
Baart
Umpires:
Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Nathan Stagno (GIB)
Notes
  1. ^
    Oranje Zwart goalkeeper fouled Tobias Hauke during shoot-out. Referee awarded penalty stroke which was converted by Paul Pongs.

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