The 2022–23 Men's Euro Hockey League was the 16th season of the Euro Hockey League , Europe 's men's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation .
2022–23 Men's Euro Hockey League Host countries Germany Netherlands Dates 29 September 2022 – 10 April 2023 Teams 20 (from 11 associations) Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities) Champions Bloemendaal (6th title) Runner-up Rot-Weiss Köln Third place Racing Matches played 26 Goals scored 152 (5.85 per match) Top scorer(s) Alexander Hendrickx (Pinoké) (10 goals)
The first round was held from 30 September to 2 October 2022 and the Final8 took place from 6 to 10 April 2023.[ 1]
Bloemendaal were the defending champions, having won a record fifth title in the previous edition .[ 2] They defended their title after defeating Rot-Weiss Köln 1–0 in the final.[ 3]
Association team allocation
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Location of teams of the
2022–23 Euro Hockey League
Location of
Benelux teams in
2022–23 Euro Hockey League
A total of 20 teams from 11 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2022–23 Men's 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 three teams qualify.
Associations 4–6 each had two teams qualify.
Associations 7–11 each had one team qualify.
For the 2022–23 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–22 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22.[ 4]
Association ranking for the 2022–23 Men's Euro Hockey League
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
The preliminary round was hosted by Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg , Germany from 29 September to 2 October 2022. The draw took place on 18 July 2022.[ 5] [ 6] The winners of the second round advanced to the quarter-finals during Easter 2023.
Umpires: Benjamin Messerli (SUI) Sean Edwards (ENG)
Umpires: Xavier Fenaer (FRA) Daniël Veerman (NED)
Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Tim Meissner (GER)
Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniël Veerman (NED)
Umpires: Rachel Williams (ENG) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)
Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL)
Umpires: Daniël Veerman (NED) Benjamin Messerli (BEL)
Umpires: Jaroslav Suchocki (LTU) Rachel Williams (ENG)
Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Rachel Williams (ENG)
Umpires: Celine Martin-Schmets (BEL) Tim Meissner (GER)
Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Daniël Veerman (NED)
The Final8 was hosted by Pinoké at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen , Netherlands from 6 to 10 April 2023 alongside the women's tournament .[ 7] The draw was held on 14 December 2022.[ 8]
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Tim Meissner (GER)
Umpires: Harry Collinson (ENG) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)
Umpires: Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Paul van den Assum (NED)
Umpires: Hannah Harrison (ENG) Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)
Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Tim Meissner (GER)
Umpires: Sebastien Michielsen (BEL) Paul van den Assum (NED)
Third and fourth place
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Umpires: Harry Collinson (ENG) Paul van den Assum (NED)
Umpires: Sean Edwards (ENG) Sebastien Michielsen (BEL)