2016–17 CERH European League

The 2016–17 CERH European League was the 52nd season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 20th season since it was renamed from European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League.

2016–17 CERH European League
The Pavelló Barris Nord in Lleida hosted the Final Four.
Tournament details
Dates5 November 2016 – 14 May 2017
Teams16 (from 5 associations)
Final positions
Champions Reus (8th title)
Runners-up Oliveirense
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored472 (8 per match)
Top scorer(s) Federico Ambrosio
(15 goals)

The winners of the 2016–17 CERH European League earn the right to play against the winners of the 2016–17 CERS Cup in the 2017 CERH Continental Cup.

Benfica were the defending champions.

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, LQF: Losing quarter-finalists). Bold means seeded teams.

Group stage
Barcelona (1st) BenficaTH (1st) Forte dei Marmi (1st) La Vendéenne (1st)
Vic (2nd) Porto (2nd) Amatori Lodi (2nd) Mérignac (2nd)
Liceo (3rd) Oliveirense (3rd) Breganze (LQF) Dinan Quévert (3rd)
Reus (4th) Sporting CP (4th) Bassano (LQF) Diessbach (1st)
  • There was a berth for the winner of the National Roller Hockey League (from England), but the champions King's Lynn declined the invitation. The losing quarter-finalists of the Lega Nazionale Hockey, Bassano, were then awarded with the spot.
  • There was also a berth for the winner of the Roller Hockey Bundesliga (from Germany), but the champions Iserlohn also declined the invitation. The 3rd place of the Nationale 1 Elite, Dinan Quévert, were then awarded with the spot.

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held in Mieres, Spain, on 10 September 2016).

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 5 November 2016
Matchday 2 26 November 2016
Matchday 3 17 December 2016
Matchday 4 14 January 2017
Matchday 5 4 February 2017
Matchday 6 18 February 2017
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 11 March 2017 1 April 2017
Semi-finals 13 May 2017
Final 14 May 2017

Group stage
Location of teams of the 2016–17 CERH European League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Benfica, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. The other 3 seeded teams, Barcelona, Forte dei Marmi and Liceo, were automatically placed in groups B, C and D, respectively.[1] They were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

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

A total of 5 national associations were represented in the group stage. Sporting CP made its debut appearance in the group stage.

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.[2]

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN LOD VIC DIE
1 Benfica 6 5 1 0 37 20 +17 16 Advance to knockout phase — 7–3 3–2 12–2
2 Amatori Lodi 6 3 1 2 30 25 +5 10 6–7 — 6–3 8–3
3 Vic 6 2 2 2 30 18 +12 8 4–4 2–2 — 10–1
4 Diessbach 6 0 0 6 14 48 −34 0 3–4 3–5 2–9 —
Source: CERH

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR POR BAS MER
1 Barcelona 6 5 0 1 32 11 +21 15 Advance to knockout phase — 3–1 14–3 5–1
2 Porto 6 4 1 1 27 13 +14 13 2–1 — 13–3 1–1
3 Bassano 6 2 0 4 24 40 −16 6 2–3 3–4 — 6–4
4 Mérignac 6 0 1 5 12 31 −19 1 2–6 2–6 2–7 —
Source: CERH

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification REU FOR SPO QUE
1 Reus 6 5 0 1 25 18 +7 15 Advance to knockout phase — 7–5 3–2 5–4
2 Forte dei Marmi 6 4 0 2 27 24 +3 12 2–4 — 3–1 2–1
3 Sporting CP 6 3 0 3 23 19 +4 9 6–3 5–7 — 5–1
4 Dinan Quévert 6 0 0 6 16 27 −11 0 2–3 6–8 2–4 —
Source: CERH

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI LIC BRE VEN
1 Oliveirense 6 6 0 0 29 20 +9 18 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 5–4 4–2
2 Liceo 6 4 0 2 32 20 +12 12 6–7 — 5–2 8–2
3 Breganze 6 0 2 4 23 31 −8 2 3–4 4–7 — 4–4
4 La Vendéenne 6 0 2 4 21 34 −13 2 4–7 3–5 6–6 —
Source: CERH

Knockout phase

The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.[2]

Quarter-finals

The first-leg matches were played on 11 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 1 April 2017.[2]

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liceo 4–9 Benfica 2–3 2–6
Forte dei Marmi 5–6 Barcelona 1–3 4–3
Porto 9–9 (0–2 p) Reus 7–7 2–2 (a.e.t.)
Amatori Lodi 6–8 Oliveirense 3–5 3–3

Final four
The final was played by Reus Deportiu and Oliveirense.

The final four tournament took place on 13 and 14 May 2017.[2] It was hosted by Barcelona at the Pavelló Barris Nord in Lleida, Spain.[3]

All times listed below are local time (UTC+02:00).

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
13 May 2017
 
 
 Benfica4 (1)
 
14 May 2017
 
 Reus (pen.) 4 (2)
 
 Reus4
 
13 May 2017
 
 Oliveirense1
 
 Barcelona0
 
 
 Oliveirense (a.e.t.)1
 

Semi-finals
Barcelona 0–1 (a.e.t.) Oliveirense
Report Ricardo Barreiros  56'
Attendance: Alessandro Eccelsi, Filippo Fronte (Italy)
Benfica 4–4 (a.e.t.) Reus
Diogo Rafael  3'
João Rodrigues  11'
Carlos Nicolía  36'
Jordi Adroher  40'		 Report Albert Casanovas  1', 22'
Raül Marín  13'
Matías Platero  42'
Penalties
Miguel Rocha
Jordi Adroher
João Rodrigues
Carlos Nicolía
Valter Neves 		1–2 Raül Marín
Àlex Rodríguez
Marc Torra
Joan Salvat
Albert Casanovas
Referee: Massimiliano Carmazzi, Franco Ferrari (Italy)

Final
Reus 4–1 Oliveirense
Raül Marín  2'
Albert Casanovas  33'
Marc Torra  40', 41'		 Report Pablo Cancela  25'
Referee: Filippo Fronte, Alessandro Eccelsi (Italy)

See also

References
  1. "Uma 'Champions' sobre patins". hoqueipt.com. HóqueiPT. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
  2. "CERS/CERH Media Guide 2015–2016" (PDF). CERH. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. "The spanish city of Lleida will host the Final Four of the Male Euroleague". CERH. Archived from the original on 16 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
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