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Tournament details |
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Dates | 4 October 2019 – 13 April 2020 |
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Teams | 20 (from 11 associations) |
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Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
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Tournament statistics |
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Matches played | 16 |
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Goals scored | 91 (5.69 per match) |
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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.[1]
Waterloo Ducks were the defending champions[2] 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.[3] On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the Final 8 was postponed to October 2020.[4] The Final 8 was officially cancelled on 14 August 2020.[5]
Association team allocation
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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:[6]
- 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.
Teams
League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (RS: Regular season winners).[1]
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.[6] Instead, a knock-out format will be used from the start of the tournament.[6] 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.[6] 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.[6] This means that instead of a total of 24 teams from 12 associations there were 20 teams from 11 associations.[6]
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
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Michiel Otten (NED) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Tim Meissner (GER) Mikhail Golovanov (RUS) | |
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) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Xavier Fenaert (FRA) Michael Dutrieux (BEL) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Andres Ortiz (ESP) Ivona Makar (CRO) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Michiel Otten (NED) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Sarah Wilson (SCO) Tim Meissner (GER) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Xavier Fenaert (FRA) | |
Ranking matches
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Michael Dutrieux (BEL) Vincenzo Antonio Ilgrande (ITA) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Mikhail Golovanov (RUS) Luka Zupancic (AUT) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Luka Zupancic (AUT) Xavier Fenaert (FRA) | |
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
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Jakub Mejzlik (CZE) Andres Ortiz (ESP) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Ivona Makar (CRO) Michael Dutrieux (BEL) | |
Pau Negre Stadium, Barcelona Umpires: Paul Walker (ENG) Sarah Wilson (SCO) | |
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.[8] 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.[4] The Final 8 was officially cancelled on 14 August 2020.[5]
Statistics
- As of 6 October 2019
Top goalscorers
See also
References
- ^ a b "Ehl Line-up for New Look 2019/20 Season Taking Shape". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Waterloo Ducks winnen Euro Hockey League na 4-0-winst tegen Köln". www.hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 22 April 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "EHL Final8 Put on Hold". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
- ^ a b "Eindfase Euro Hockey League verplaatst naar oktober". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). NH (media company). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
- ^ a b "Uitgestelde Euro Hockey League in Amstelveen alsnog afgelast". nos.nl (in Dutch). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ a b c d e f "Ehl Men Set for New Knock-out Format in 2019/20 Season". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Euro Hockey League – Final Ranking Positions (2018/19)" (PDF). European Hockey Federation. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.
- ^ "Hockeystrijd om Europese clubtitels met Pasen in Amsterdam". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
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