2019–20 Men's Euro Hockey League

2019–20 Euro Hckey League

Tournament details
Dates	4 October 2019 – 13 April 2020
Teams	20 (from 11 associations)
Venue(s)	2 (in 2 host cities)
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	91 (5.69 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Alan Forsyth (5 goals)
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The 2019–20 Euro Hockey League was the 13th season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation. The Knockout 16 was held in Barcelona in October 2019 and the Final 8 was originally scheduled to be held in Amstelveen in April 2020.

Waterloo Ducks were the defending champions but they failed to qualify for this year's edition.

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe the Final 8 was put on hold. On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the Final 8 was postponed to October 2020. The Final 8 was officially cancelled on 14 August 2020.

Association team allocation

Arminen

Minsk

London

Montrouge

Saint Germain

Mannheimer HC

Rot-Weiss Köln

Uhlenhorst Mülheim

Three Rock Rovers

Dinamo Kazan

Grange

Club Egara

Real Club de Polo

London teams
Hampstead
Surbiton

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Location of teams in 2019–20 Euro Hockey League

Bloemendaal

HGC

Kampong

Beerschot

Herakles

Léopold

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Location of Benelux teams in 2019–20 Euro Hockey League

A total of 20 teams from 11 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2019–20 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 1–3 each have three teams qualify.
• Associations 4–6 each have two teams qualify.
• Associations 7–11 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2019 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in the Euro Hockey League and the EuroHockey Club Trophy from 2016–17 to 2018–19.

Association ranking for 2019–20 Euro Hockey League

Rank	Change	Association	Points	Teams
1	1	Germany	40.833	3
2	1	Belgium	38.583
3	2	Netherlands	38.500
4		Spain	29.917	2
5	1	England	22.625
6	1	France	20.875
7		Russia	19.000	1
8		Scotland	18.375
9		Ireland	16.500
10	2	Belarus	15.875
11		Austria	14.375
12	2	Wales	11.000	0
13	3	Poland	10.625
14	1	Switzerland	9.625
15		Ukraine	7.750
16		Portugal	3.000
17		Czech Republic	2.500
18	2	Italy	2.375

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (RS: Regular season winners).

Final 8
Uhlenhorst Mülheim (1st)	Bloemendaal (1st)
Léopold (1st)	Club Egara (1st)
Knockout 16
Mannheimer HC (2nd)	Surbiton (RS)
Rot-Weiss Köln (3rd)	Saint Germain (1st)
Beerschot (2nd)	Montrouge (2nd)
Herakles (3rd)	Dinamo Kazan (1st)
Kampong (2nd)	Grange (1st)
HGC (3rd)	Three Rock Rovers (1st)
Real Club de Polo (RS)	Minsk (1st)
Hampstead & Westminster (1st)	Arminen (1st)

Format changes

For the 2019–20 season the EHL moved to a new format with the removal of the round-robin tournament in round one. Instead, a knock-out format will be used from the start of the tournament. Round one was replaced by the knockout 16 with four sides advancing to the quarter-finals, or Final 8 as it's called, on Easter. The Final 8 will consist of the champions from the top four nations on the EHL rankings table alongside the four sides that qualified from the knockout 16. This means that instead of a total of 24 teams from 12 associations there were 20 teams from 11 associations.

Knockout 16

The Knockout 16 was held at the Pau Negre Stadium in Barcelona, Spain from 4 to 6 October 2019. The draw took place on 18 July 2019. The four winners from the knockout 8 advance to the Final 8 in April 2020.

Bracket

	Knockout 16				Knockout 8
	4 October
	Mannheimer HC	6
					6 October
	Montrouge	0
					Mannheimer HC	2
	4 October
					Hampstead	1
	HGC	1
	Hampstead	2
	4 October
	Dinamo Kazan	4
					6 October
	Saint Germain	2
					Dinamo Kazan	1
	4 October
					Surbiton	4
	Surbiton	5
	Real Club de Polo	2
	5 October
	Grange	0
					6 October
	Three Rock Rovers	5
					Three Rock Rovers	2
	5 October
					Rot-Weiss Köln	4
	Rot-Weiss Köln	3
	Beerschot	1
	5 October
	Kampong	8
					6 October
	Minsk	1
					Kampong	6
	5 October
					Herakles	0
	Herakles	10
	Arminen	0

Knockout 16

4 October 2019 11:5 Mannheimer HC 6–0 Montrouge Peillat  11', 35' Weigand  17', 49' Vila  26' Schües  40' Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Michiel Otten (NED)

4 October 2019 13:30 HGC 1–2 Hampstead & Westminster Van Ass  56' Report Guise-Brown  12' Smith  40' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Mikhail Golovanov (RUS)

4 October 2019 15:45 Dinamo Kazan 4–2 Saint Germain Gilev  9' Kornilov  16', 49' Iankun  42' Report Jouin  57' Goyet  58' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

4 October 2019 18:00 Surbiton 5–2 Real Club de Polo Forsyth  6', 33', 54' Taylor  10', 47' Report Cabot  7' Ruiz  34' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

5 October 2019 09:45 Grange 0–5 Three Rock Rovers Report Hosking  9' Grace  29' B. Walker  37' J. Walker  42' Empey  53' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Andres Ortiz (ESP) Ivona Makar (CRO)

5 October 2019 12:00 Rot-Weiss Köln 3–1 Beerschot Gomoll  43' Rühr  51', 59' Report De Sloover  49' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Michiel Otten (NED)

5 October 2019 14:15 Herakles 10–0 Arminen Amorosini  6' Keusters  8' Arana  9', 20' Hottlet  28' De Kerpel  34' Haig  40' Van Stratum  42', 44' Puglisi  53' Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Tim Meissner (GER)

5 October 2019 16:30 Kampong 8–1 Minsk Janssen  1' Pieters  2', 32' Kellerman  6', 18', 48' Kemperman  29' Phijffer  60' Report Hancharou  60' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

Ranking matches

5 October 2019 11:45 Montrouge 0–3 HGC Report Walmiki  24' Harjeet  29' Vis  59' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA)

5 October 2019 16:15 Saint Germain 1–5 Real Club de Polo W.I. Jeammot  32' Report Llorens  6' Borras  9' A. Reyne  14' Zaldua  19' Alegre  26' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Mikhail Golovanov (RUS) Luka Zupancic (AUT)

6 October 2019 11:45 Grange 1–7 Beerschot Nairn  55' Report De Sloover  4', 39', 53' Catlin  24' Carson  26' Perez  27' Duvekot  60' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Luka Zupancic (AUT) Xavier Fenaert (FRA)

6 October 2019 16:15 Minsk 1–3 Arminen Luppa  60' Report Ph. Schmidt  19' Klimon  21' Eitenberger  30' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Mikhal Golovanov (RUS) Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrance (ITA)

Knockout 8

6 October 2019 09:45 Mannheimer HC 2–1 Hampstead & Westminster Knisel  15' Peillat  47' Report Guise-Brown  39' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Andres Ortiz (ESP)

6 October 2019 12:00 Three Rock Rovers 2–4 Rot-Weiss Köln B. Walker  31' Canning  39' Report M. Grambusch  4' Flekchaus  19' T. Grambusch  37' Rühr  59' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

6 October 2019 14:15 Kampong 6–0 Herakles Janssen  1', 17' Phijffer  16', 31' Havenga  39' Kellerman  45' Report Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Sarah Wilson (SCO)

6 October 2019 16:30 Dinamo Kazan 1–4 Surbiton Fattakhov  12' Report Royce  32' Forsyth  40', 54' Sorsby  42' Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Michiel Otten (NED)

Final 8

The Final 8 was originally scheduled to be held at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 9 to 13 April 2020. The draw took place on 18 October 2019. On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the Final 8 was postponed to be held from 14 to 18 October 2020. The Final 8 was officially cancelled on 14 August 2020.

Statistics

As of 6 October 2019

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Team	FG	PC	PS	Goals
1	Alan Forsyth	Surbiton	3	1	1	5
2	Bjorn Kellerman	Kampong	4	0	0	4
	Arthur De Sloover	Beerschot	0	4	0
4	Boet Phijffer	Kampong	2	1	0	3
	Jip Janssen	Kampong	0	3	0
	Gonzalo Peillat	Mannheimer HC	0	3	0
	Christopher Rühr	Rot-Weiss Köln	0	1	2
8	Diego Arana	Herakles	2	0	0	2
	Anton Kornilov	Dinamo Kazan	2	0	0
	Terrance Pieters	Kampong	2	0	0
	Anthony Van Stratum	Herakles	2	0	0
	Justus Weigand	Mannheimer HC	2	0	0
	Matt Guise-Brown	Hampstead	0	2	0
	Luke Taylor	Surbiton	0	2	0
	Benjamin Walker	Three Rock Rovers	0	2	0

See also

• 2020 Euro Hockey League Women
• 2020 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I
• 2020 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup

External links

• Official website