Women's Euro Hockey League

The Women's Euro Hockey League will be a new annual women's field hockey tournament organised by the EHF for the very top hockey clubs in Europe.

Women's Euro Hockey League
Most recent season or competition:
2020 Euro Hockey League Women
FormerlyEuroHockey Club Cup
SportField hockey
Founded2018 (2018)
Inaugural season2021
No. of teams8
ConfederationEHF (Europe)
Related
competitions		EuroHockey Club Trophy (2nd tier)

The competition was supposed to start in 2020 replacing the old EuroHockey Club Cup.[1] The first edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2]

Format

The new tournament will have the same format as the old EuroHockey Club Cup. This means eight teams will participate in knockout tournament, with the losers playing classification matches for their ranking.[1] The tournament will be held at the same location as the men's Final 8.[3] For the first time the women's competition will be fully produced for television and there will be a video umpire.[1] Teams will qualify for EHL Women in a similar manner to before with the top two nations on the EHL rankings table earning two places in the competition while the next six nations will receive one entry.[1]

Results
Season Host Final Third place match
Winner Score Runner-up Third place Score Fourth place
2020
Details		 Amstelveen, Netherlands Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] Cancelled.

See also

References
  1. "EHL Women set for launch in 2019/20 season". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  2. "Uitgestelde Euro Hockey League in Amstelveen alsnog afgelast". nos.nl (in Dutch). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  3. "Ook vrouwen strijden volgend seizoen in Euro Hockey League". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
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