1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup explained

The 1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in The Hague, was the sixth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. The format was changed - standings would be determined by a group stage in four triangular groups and subsequent play-offs.

It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in their second participation, becoming the first Dutch team to win the competition in a final match against the Real Club de Polo from Barcelona.^[1]

Group stage

Group A

1. Edinburgh HC
2. Southgate HC
3. Lech Poznań

Group B

1. Rüsselsheimer RK
2. Slavia Prague
3. Basler HC 1911

Group C

1. HC Klein Zwitserland
2. Guildford HC
3. Stade Français

Group D

1. Real Club de Polo, Barcelona
2. Uccle Sport
3. Dynamo Almaty

Play-offs - 1st knockout stage

1st-4th place

• HC Klein Zwitserland 6-0 Edinburgh HC
• Real Club de Polo, Barcelona 1-1 Rüsselsheimer RK (penalty shoot-out: 5-3)

5th-8th place

• Southgate HC 4-0 Guidford HC
• Slavia Prague 2-1 Uccle Sport

9th-12th place

• Dynamo Almaty 3-0 Basler HC 1911
• Stade Français 2-1 Lech Poznań

Play-offs - 2nd knockout stage

Final

• HC Klein Zwitserland 2-1 Real Club de Polo, Barcelona

3rd place

• Rüsselsheimer RK 5-1 Edinburgh HC

5th place

• Southgate HC 3-1 Slavia Prague

7th place

• Uccle Sport 0-0 Guidford HC (penalty shoot-out: 4-2)

9th place

• Dynamo Almaty 5-2 Stade Français

11th place

• Basler HC 1911 3-0 Lech Poznań

Standings

1. HC Klein Zwitserland
2. Real Club de Polo, Barcelona
3. Rüsselsheimer RK
4. Edinburgh HC
5. Southgate HC (defending champions)
6. Slavia Prague
7. Uccle Sport
8. Guildford HC
9. Dynamo Almaty
10. Stade Français
11. Basler HC 1911
12. Lech Poznań

See also

• European Hockey Federation

Notes and References

1. Web site: Microsoft Word - 1979_ccc_m_hague.doc . Carla2 . https://www.webcitation.org/5hLGl4ylC?url=http://www.eurohockey.org/archive/clubchamp/men/1979_ccc_m_hague.pdf . 2009-06-07 . dead . 2009-06-01 .