Tournament details | |||
---|---|---|---|
Dates | 7 October 2011 – 27 May 2012 | ||
Teams | 24 | ||
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) | ||
Final positions | |||
Champions | UHC Hamburg (3rd title) | ||
Runner-up | Amsterdam | ||
Third place | Dragons | ||
Tournament statistics | |||
Matches played | 40 | ||
Goals scored | 224 (5.6 per match) | ||
Top scorer(s) | Mirco Pruyser Roderick Weusthof (8 goals) | ||
Best player | Nicolas Jacobi | ||
|
The 2011–12 Euro Hockey League was the fifth season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF. It was held at four different locations from October 2011 to May 2012.
The final was played between Hamburg and Amsterdam at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Hamburg defeated Amsterdam 2–1 on penalty strokes (2–2 after extra time) to win a record third title. HGC were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for this season's edition.
Association team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2011–12 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.
Teams
Champions | ||
---|---|---|
Amsterdam | Dragons | Montrogue |
Atlètic Terrassa | Banbridge | AHTC Wien |
Beeston | Grunwald Poznań | Olympia Kolos Sekvoia |
Club an der Alster | Dinamo Kazan | Rotweiss Wettingen |
Runners-up | Third placed | |
Bloemendaal | Racing Bruxelles | Rotterdam |
Club de Campo | Cookstown | Real Club de Polo |
East Grinstead | Pomorzanin Torún | Reading |
Uhlenhorst Mülheim | Dinamo Elektrostal | UHC Hamburg |
Round One
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 A, D, E, and F were played in Brasschaat, Belgium from 21 to 23 October 2011 and the other pools were played in Mülheim, Germany. If a game was won, the winning team received 5 points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gave the losing team 1 point unless the losing team lost by 3 or more goals, then they received 0 points.
Pool A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Amsterdam | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | +10 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Reading | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | +4 | 6 | |
3 | Cookstown | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 15 | −14 | 0 |
|
|
|
Pool B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Uhlenhorst Mülheim (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Atlètic Terrassa | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | AHTC Wien | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 2 |
|
|
|
Pool C
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Beeston | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Real Club de Polo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 | |
3 | Pomorzanin Torún | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | −7 | 1 |
|
|
|
Pool D
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Club an der Alster | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | +1 | 7 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Club de Campo | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 6 | |
3 | Racing Bruxelles | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 2 |
|
|
|
Pool E
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dragons (H) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | +8 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Rotterdam | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 6 | +9 | 6 | |
3 | Rotweiss Wettingen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 18 | −17 | 0 |
|
|
|
Pool F
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | UHC Hamburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Montrouge | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | Banbridge | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 2 |
|
|
|
Pool G
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | East Grinstead | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 5 | +4 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Dinamo Elektrostal | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 5 | |
3 | Grunwald Poznań | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | −2 | 2 |
|
|
|
Pool H
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Bloemendaal | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 1 | +12 | 10 | Advance to knockout stage |
2 | Dinamo Kazan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 6 | |
3 | Olympia Kolos Sekvoia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 12 | −11 | 1 |
|
|
|
Knockout stage
The round of 16 and the quarter-finals were played in Rotterdam, Netherlands from 6 to 9 April 2012 and the semi-finals, bronze medal match and the final were played in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 26 to 27 May 2012. If the score remained tied, the match went to extra time with the silver goal rule being enforced. Matches that remained tied at the end of extra time were settled by a penalty shoot-out.
Bracket
Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||||||||||
6 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Beeston | 2 | |||||||||||||
8 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Club de Campo | 1 | |||||||||||||
Beeston | 1 | |||||||||||||
6 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
UHC Hamburg | 7 | |||||||||||||
UHC Hamburg | 3 | |||||||||||||
26 May – Amstelveen | ||||||||||||||
Real Club de Polo | 0 | |||||||||||||
UHC Hamburg (s.o.) | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||
7 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Dragons | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||
Dragons | 2 | |||||||||||||
9 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Dinamo Elektrostal | 0 | |||||||||||||
Dragons (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||||||||||
7 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Reading | 1 | |||||||||||||
Club an der Alster | 1 | |||||||||||||
27 May – Amstelveen | ||||||||||||||
Reading | 3 | |||||||||||||
UHC Hamburg (s.o.) | 2 (2) | |||||||||||||
6 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Amsterdam | 2 (1) | |||||||||||||
Amsterdam | 6 | |||||||||||||
8 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Dinamo Kazan | 0 | |||||||||||||
Amsterdam | 3 | |||||||||||||
6 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Bloemendaal | 2 | |||||||||||||
Bloemendaal | 4 | |||||||||||||
26 May – Amstelveen | ||||||||||||||
Atlètic Terrassa | 3 | |||||||||||||
Amsterdam | 3 | |||||||||||||
7 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Rotterdam | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
East Grinstead | 8 | |||||||||||||
9 April – Rotterdam | 27 May – Amstelveen | |||||||||||||
Montrouge | 0 | |||||||||||||
East Grinstead | 1 | Dragons (a.e.t.) | 4 | |||||||||||
7 April – Rotterdam | ||||||||||||||
Rotterdam | 3 | Rotterdam | 3 | |||||||||||
Uhlenhorst Mülheim | 4 (4) | |||||||||||||
Rotterdam (s.o.) | 4 (5) | |||||||||||||
Round of 16
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quarter-finals
|
|
|
|
Semi-finals
|
|
Bronze medal match
|
Final
|