2022 Men's Euro Hockey League

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.

2022 Euro Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmstelveen
Dates13–18 April
Teams10 (from 7 associations)
Venue(s)Wagener Stadium
Final positions
ChampionsNetherlands Bloemendaal (5th title)
Runner-upGermany Rot-Weiss Köln
Third placeEngland Surbiton
Tournament statistics
Matches played13
Goals scored57 (4.38 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Pau Cunill
England Luke Taylor (4 goals)
2021 (previous) (next) 2022–23

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

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A 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

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For 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]

Association ranking for the 2022 Euro Hockey League
Rank Association Points Teams
1   Germany 37.583 3
2   Netherlands 36.500
3   Spain 33.625
4   Belgium 32.750 2
5   England 25.375
6   Austria 21.813
7   France 20.000 1
8   Belarus 19.813
9   Russia 19.688
10   Scotland 14.188
Rank Association Points Teams
11   Ireland 12.750 1
12    Switzerland 9.063 0
13   Wales 7.688
14   Ukraine 6.813
15   Poland 6.438
16   Italy 5.750
17   Czech Republic 5.625
18   Portugal 5.375
19   Denmark 3.625
20   Croatia 1.625

Teams

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The 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.
Qualified teams for 2022 Euro Hockey League
Entry round Teams
Quarter-finals   Rot-Weiss Köln (1st)   Bloemendaal (1st)
  Club de Campo (1st)   Dragons (1st)
Preliminary round   Uhlenhorst Mülheim (2nd)   Kampong (2nd)
  Atlètic Terrassa (2nd)   Surbiton (Abd-1st)
  Arminen (1st)   Saint Germain (1st)
  Minsk (1st)   Dinamo Ak-Bars (1st)
Euro Hockey League
Ranking Cup
  Mannheimer HC (3rd)   Rotterdam (3rd)
  Club Egara (3rd)   Waterloo Ducks (2nd)
  Hampstead (Abd-2nd)   Post SV (2nd)
  Grange (1st)   Three Rock Rovers

Results

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The draw took place on 30 November 2021.[6] The schedule was released on 8 December 2021.[7]

Bracket

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Preliminary roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
15 April
 
 
  Rot-Weiss Köln2
 
13 April
 
  Kampong1
 
  Kampong4
 
17 April
 
  Uhlenhorst Mülheim0
 
  Rot-Weiss Köln5
 
13 April
 
  Surbiton1
 
  Saint Germain2
 
15 April
 
  Surbiton7
 
  Surbiton1
 
 
  Dragons0
 
 
18 April
 
 
  Rot-Weiss Köln0
 
 
  Bloemendaal4
 
 
14 April
 
 
  Club de Campo3
 
 
 
  Arminen0
 
  Minsk
 
16 April
 
  Arminenw/o
 
  Club de Campo0
 
 
 
  Bloemendaal3 Bronze medal match
 
  Atlètic Terrassaw/o
 
14 April18 April
 
  Dinamo Ak-Bars
 
  Atlètic Terrassa1  Surbiton2
 
 
  Bloemendaal3   Club de Campo1
 
 
 
 

Preliminary round

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On 1 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, EHF excluded Russian and Belarusian clubs from all competitions.[8]

13 April 2022
Minsk   w/o   Arminen
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13 April 2022
Atlètic Terrassa   w/o   Dinamo Ak-Bars
Report

13 April 2022
16:15
Saint Germain   2–7   Surbiton
Semenol   33'
Jouin   60+'
Report L. Taylor   1'14'
Boon   25'45'
Ja. Gall   27'
Goodfield   30'
Middleton   43'
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Tim Meissner (GER)

13 April 2022
18:30
Kampong   4–0   Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Janssen   8'
Van Bijnen   10'
Gruter   32'
Lageman   43'
Report
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Sean Edwards (ENG)

Quarter-finals

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14 April 2022
14:45
Club de Campo   3–0   Arminen
Abajo   25'
Tello   27'
Puglisi   40'
Report
Umpires:
Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

14 April 2022
19:15
Atlètic Terrassa   1–3   Bloemendaal
Cabré-Verdiel   55' Report T. Brinkman   19'
Swaen   30'
Fuchs   59'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

15 April 2022
13:45
Surbiton   1–0   Dragons
L. Taylor   39' Report
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

15 April 2022
20:30
Rot-Weiss Köln   2–1   Kampong
T. Grambusch   26'
Van der Weerden   41'
Report Janssen   59'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Ranking matches

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14 April 2022
17:00
Saint Germain   1–3   Uhlenhorst Mülheim
Perrin   19' Report Ludwig   28'
Hellwig   32'46'
Umpires:
Shane O'Donnell (IRL)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

16 April 2022
18:15
Arminen   2–7   Atlètic Terrassa
Uher   13'59' Report Pa. Cunill   11'11'24'33'
Cabré-Verdiel   35'
Malgosa   39'
Pe. Cunill   55'
Umpires:
Shane O'Donnell (IRL)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

17 April 2022
16:15
Kampong   2–2   Dragons
Gruter   36'
Janssen   46'
Report Denayer   20'
Della Torre   35'
Penalties
De Geus  
Lageman  
Pieters  
De Vilder  
1–3   Denayer
  Raes
  Rubens
  Della Torre
  Martínez
Umpires:
Tim Meissner (GER)
Shane O'Donnell (IRL)

Semi-finals

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16 April 2022
16:00
Club de Campo   0–3   Bloemendaal
Report Croon   1'
Swaen   7'
T. Brinkman   33'
Umpires:
Sean Edwards (ENG)
Martin Madden (SCO)

17 April 2022
14:00
Rot-Weiss Köln   5–1   Surbiton
Siegburg   5'12'
Rühr   5'27'
M. Grambusch   35'
Report L. Taylor   52'
Umpires:
Laurine Delforge (BEL)
Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)

Bronze medal match

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18 April 2022
11:30
Surbiton   2–1   Club de Campo
Goodfield   18'
Furlong   27'
Report Rodríguez   51'
Umpires:
Michelle Meister (GER)
Paul van den Assum (NED)

Final

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18 April 2022
16:15
Rot-Weiss Köln   0–4   Bloemendaal
Report Croon   17'
Fuchs   24'
J. Brinkman   56'
Bovendeert   56'
Umpires:
Martin Madden (SCO)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Top goalscorers

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Rank[9] Player Team FG PC PS Goals
1   Pau Cunill   Atlètic Terrassa 0 4 0 4
  Luke Taylor   Surbiton 0 4 0
3   Jip Janssen   Kampong 0 3 0 3

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Eindtoernooi Euro Hockey League opnieuw in Amstelveen". rtlnieuws.nl (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 26 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  2. ^ "Hockeyers Bloemendaal winnen Euro Hockey League". noordhollandsdagblad.nl (in Dutch). Noordhollands Dagblad. 5 April 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ "Surbiton end 11-year wait for English EHL medal with BRONZE victory". 18 April 2022. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
  5. ^ "Euro Hockey League - Final Rankings Positions (2020/21)" (PDF). Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  6. ^ "Belgische topteams loten gunstig voor kwartfinales Euro Hockey League". sporza.be (in Dutch). Sporza. 30 November 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  7. ^ "ABN AMRO EHL Fixture Schedule for Amsterdam Confirmed". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 8 December 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
  8. ^ "EHF excludes the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 1 March 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2022.
  9. ^ "Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers".
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