The 2022 Men's Euro Hockey League was the 15th season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's men's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.
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| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | Amstelveen | ||
| Dates | 13–18 April | ||
| Teams | 10 (from 7 associations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Wagener Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Bloemendaal (5th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Rot-Weiss Köln | ||
| Third place |  Surbiton | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 13 | ||
| Goals scored | 57 (4.38 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) |  Pau Cunill Luke Taylor (4 goals) | ||
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It took place alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 13 to 18 April 2022.[1] Due to the delayed 2021 edition of the Euro Hockey League, only 12 teams participated in this edition. The remaining eight teams played in the 2022 Euro Hockey League Ranking Cup.
Bloemendaal were the defending champions.[2] They defended their title by defeating Rot-Weiss Köln 4–0 in the final. Bloemendaal became the first club to successfully defend their Euro Hockey League title.[3] Surbiton won the bronze medal by defeating Club de Campo 2–1 and became the first English club in 11 years to win an EHL medal.[4]
Association team allocation
editA total of 12 teams from 9 of the 45 EHF member associations would participate in the 2022 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–3 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 4–9 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
editFor the 2022 Euro Hockey League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2020 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2020–21.[5]
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Teams
editThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season
- Abd-: League positions of the abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association.
| Entry round | Teams | |
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| Quarter-finals | Rot-Weiss Köln (1st)
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Bloemendaal (1st)
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| Club de Campo (1st)
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 Dragons (1st)
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| Preliminary round | Uhlenhorst Mülheim (2nd)
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Kampong (2nd)
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| Atlètic Terrassa (2nd)
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Surbiton (Abd-1st)
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 Arminen (1st)
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 Saint Germain (1st)
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 Minsk (1st)
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 Dinamo Ak-Bars (1st)
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Mannheimer HC (3rd)
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Rotterdam (3rd)
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| Club Egara (3rd)
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Waterloo Ducks (2nd)
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| Hampstead (Abd-2nd)
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Post SV (2nd)
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 Grange (1st)
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 Three Rock Rovers
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Results
editThe draw took place on 30 November 2021.[6] The schedule was released on 8 December 2021.[7]
Bracket
edit| Preliminary round | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
| 15 April | ||||||||||||||
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 13 April | ||||||||||||||
| Kampong | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Kampong | 4 | |||||||||||||
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| Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Rot-Weiss Köln | 5 | |||||||||||||
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| Surbiton | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Saint Germain | 2 | |||||||||||||
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| Surbiton | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Surbiton | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Dragons | 0 | |||||||||||||
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| Rot-Weiss Köln | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bloemendaal | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 14 April | ||||||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Arminen | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Minsk | ||||||||||||||
| 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| Arminen | w/o | |||||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Bloemendaal | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
| Atlètic Terrassa | w/o | |||||||||||||
| 14 April | 18 April | |||||||||||||
| Dinamo Ak-Bars | ||||||||||||||
| Atlètic Terrassa | 1 | Surbiton | 2 | |||||||||||
| Bloemendaal | 3 | Club de Campo | 1 | |||||||||||
Preliminary round
editOn 1 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, EHF excluded Russian and Belarusian clubs from all competitions.[8]
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Quarter-finals
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Ranking matches
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Final
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Top goalscorers
edit| Rank[9] | Player | Team | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
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| 1 | Pau Cunill
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Atlètic Terrassa
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0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
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Surbiton
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0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 3 | Jip Janssen
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Kampong
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0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Eindtoernooi Euro Hockey League opnieuw in Amstelveen". rtlnieuws.nl (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Hockeyers Bloemendaal winnen Euro Hockey League". noordhollandsdagblad.nl (in Dutch). Noordhollands Dagblad. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ Weber, Natasja (18 April 2022). "Er staat geen maat op de hockeyers van Bloemendaal: winst in EHL". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Surbiton end 11-year wait for English EHL medal with BRONZE victory". 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ^ "Euro Hockey League - Final Rankings Positions (2020/21)" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "Belgische topteams loten gunstig voor kwartfinales Euro Hockey League". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "ABN AMRO EHL Fixture Schedule for Amsterdam Confirmed". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
- ^ "EHF excludes the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers".