The 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League will be the 18th season of the Men's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier men's club field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host countries | England TBC | ||
| Dates | 3 October 2024 – 21 April 2025 | ||
| Teams | 20 (from 11 associations) | ||
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
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The first round will be held from 3 to 6 October 2024 in Thames Ditton, England and the final 8 will take place during Easter 2025.[1]
Pinoké were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.[2] They were not able to defend their title as they did not qualify for this season's edition as they finished fifth in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.[3]
Association team allocation
editA total of 20 teams from 40 of the 42 EHF member associations are set to participate in the 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League (the exceptions being Belarus and Russia which are currently suspended). The association ranking based on the EHL men's ranking table is 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.
Association ranking
editThe associations were allocated places for the 2024–25 Euro Hockey League according to their 2022–23 EHL country coefficients, considering their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.[4]
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Teams
editThe labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season
- RS: Regular season winners
| Entry round | Teams | |
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| Quarter-finals |  Kampong (1st)
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 Gantoise (1st)
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 Old Georgians (1st)
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 Club de Campo (1st)
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| Preliminary round | Bloemendaal (RS)
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Rotterdam (2nd)
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| Léopold (RS)
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Waterloo Ducks (2nd)
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| Surbiton (2nd)
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Wimbledon (3rd)
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| Real Club de Polo (2nd)
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 Mannheimer HC (1st)
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| Hamburger Polo Club (2nd)
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 AHTC Wien (1st)
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| Arminen (RS)
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 Lille (1st)
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 Banbridge (1st)
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 Western Wildcats (1st)
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 Grashopper Zürich (1st)
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 Plzeň-Litice (1st)
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Preliminary round
editThe preliminary round will be hosted by Surbiton Hockey Club at Sugden Road in Thames Ditton, England.[6] The draw will take place on 15 July 2024.[1] The winners of the second round advance to the quarter-finals during Easter 2025.
References
edit- ^ a b "Surbiton to host EHL Men KO16 in October". ehlhockey.tv. 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ Weber, Natasja (1 April 2024). "De 'Patron van Pinoké' leidt zijn ploeg naar de Europese hockeytitel". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). De Volkskrant. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
- ^ "Pinoké kan play-offs vergeten na nederlaag tegen Kampong, monsterzege Rotterdam". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 5 May 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "EHL Men's Ranking Table finalised after 2023/24 season".
- ^ Klanke, Peter (30 June 2024). "Deze herenteams staan komend seizoen in de EHL". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ^ "EHL : le KO16 en Angleterre". okey.lalibre.be (in French). 4 July 2024. Retrieved 5 July 2024.