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2014–15 CERH European League

The 2014–15 CERH European League was the 50th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 19th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League.

2014–15 CERH European League
Tournament details
Dates18 October 2014 – 3 May 2015
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (21st title)
Runners-upSpain Vic
Tournament statistics
Matches played59
Goals scored537 (9.1 per match)

The final four tournament was played at PalaSind in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Holders Barcelona defeated fellow Spanish side Vic 4–3 in the final to retain the title and extend their competition record to 21 wins.

Teams edit

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, CW: Cup winners, LSF: Losing semi-finalists).

Group stage
  BarcelonaTH (1st)   Porto (3rd)   Dinan Quévert (1st)
  Liceo La Coruña (2nd)   Juventude de Viana (4th)   La Vendéenne (2nd)
  Vic (3rd)   Forte dei Marmi (1st)   Herringen (1st)
  Vendrell (CW)   Valdagno (2nd)   Genève (1st)
  Valongo (1st)   Bassano (LSF)
  Benfica (2nd)   Breganze (LSF)

Round dates edit

The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 September 2014).

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 18 October 2014
Matchday 2 1 November 2014
Matchday 3 22 November 2014
Matchday 4 13 December 2014
Matchday 5 17 January 2015
Matchday 6 7 February 2015
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 7 March 2015 21 March 2015
Semi-finals 2 May 2015
Final 3 May 2015

Group stage edit

The draw for the group stage was held in Lisbon on 6 September 2014. The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. The team were then 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 play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 18 October, 1 November, 22 November, 13 December 2014, 17 January, and 7 February 2015. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

A total of six national associations are represented in the group stage. Juventude de Viana, Forte dei Marmi, Hockey Breganze and La Vendéenne all made their debut appearances in this phase.

Group A edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR BEN BAS QUE
1   Barcelona 6 5 1 0 32 10 +22 16 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 6–3 9–2
2   Benfica 6 4 1 1 31 20 +11 13 1–3 — 7–3 5–2
3   Bassano 6 2 0 4 24 33 −9 6 3–6 6–8 — 6–5
4   Quévert 6 0 0 6 15 39 −24 0 0–7 5–9 1–3 —
Source: CERH

Group B edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIC BRE VAL GEN
1   Vic 6 5 1 0 27 13 +14 16 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–2 3–1
2   Breganze 6 4 1 1 28 19 +9 13 3–3 — 5–3 7–2
3   Valongo 6 1 1 4 25 33 −8 4 3–8 4–6 — 5–5
4   Genève 6 0 1 5 22 37 −15 1 3–8 5–6 6–8 —
Source: CERH

Group C edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FOR LIC JUV HER
1   Forte dei Marmi 6 5 0 1 48 37 +11 15 Advance to knockout phase — 11–6 6–2 9–7
2   Liceo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 39 33 +6 12 7–8 — 8–4 9–5
3   Juventude de Viana 6 2 1 3 31 31 0 7 8–3 3–5 — 6–1
4   Herringen 6 0 1 5 30 47 −17 1 7–11 2–4 8–8 —
Source: CERH

Group D edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR VAL LAV VEN
1   Porto 6 5 1 0 41 19 +22 16 Advance to knockout phase — 6–2 7–1 9–1
2   Valdagno 6 2 2 2 30 24 +6 8 5–5 — 10–3 7–2
3   La Vendéenne 6 2 0 4 21 33 −12 6 3–5 6–4 — 5–3
4   Vendrell 6 1 1 4 19 35 −16 4 7–9 2–2 4–3 —
Source: CERH

Knockout phase edit

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

Quarter-finals edit

The first-leg matches were played on 7 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 21 March 2015.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valdagno   7–14   Barcelona 2–6 5–8
Liceo La Coruña   4–5   Vic 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Breganze   9–6   Forte dei Marmi 5–2 4–4
Benfica   5–6   Porto 3–3 2–3

Final four edit

The final four tournament took place on 2 and 3 May 2015, and was hosted by Hockey Breganze at PalaSind, in Bassano del Grappa. All times in CEST.

Semi-finals edit

Vic  3–2 (a.e.t.)  Porto
Referee: Alessandro Eccelsi, Franco Ferrari (Italy)
Barcelona  5–1  Breganze
Referee: Miguel Guilherme, Rui Torres (Portugal)

Final edit

Barcelona  4–3  Vic
Referee: Alessandro da Prato, Mateo Galoppi (Italy)
2014–15 CERH European League winners
 
Barcelona
21st title

See also edit

References edit

External links edit

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