2022 Men's Euro Hockey League Explained

Tournament:2022 Euro Hockey League
Country:Netherlands
City:Amstelveen
Dates:13–18 April
Venues:Wagener Stadium
Teams:10
Associations:7
Champions: Bloemendaal
Second: Rot-Weiss Köln
Third: Surbiton
Count:5
Matches:13
Goals:57
Top Scorer: Pau Cunill
Luke Taylor
Top Scorer Goals:4
Previous Year:2021
Previous Tournament:2021 Men's Euro Hockey League
Next Year:2022–23
Next Tournament:2022–23 Men's Euro Hockey League

The 2022 Men's Euro Hockey League was the 15th season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's men's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.

It took place alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 13 to 18 April 2022.[1] Due to the delayed 2021 edition of the Euro Hockey League, only 12 teams participated in this edition. The remaining eight teams played in the 2022 Euro Hockey League Ranking Cup.

Bloemendaal were the defending champions.[2] They defended their title by defeating Rot-Weiss Köln 4–0 in the final. Bloemendaal became the first club to successfully defend their Euro Hockey League title.[3] Surbiton won the bronze medal by defeating Club de Campo 2–1 and became the first English club in 11 years to win an EHL medal.[4]

Association team allocation

A total of 12 teams from 9 of the 45 EHF member associations would participate in the 2022 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

Association ranking

For the 2022 Euro Hockey League, the associations are allocated places according to their 2020 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2018–19 to 2020–21.[5]

Association ranking for the 2022 Euro Hockey League
RankAssociationPointsTeams
1 Germany37.5833
2 Netherlands36.500
3 Spain33.625
4 Belgium32.7502
5 England25.375
6 Austria21.813
7 France20.0001
8 Belarus19.813
9 Russia19.688
10 Scotland14.188
RankAssociationPointsTeams
11 Ireland12.7501
12 Switzerland9.0630
13 Wales7.688
14 Ukraine6.813
15 Poland6.438
16 Italy5.750
17 Czech Republic5.625
18 Portugal5.375
19 Denmark3.625
20 Croatia1.625

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:

Qualified teams for 2022 Euro Hockey League
Entry roundTeams
Quarter-finals Rot-Weiss Köln (1st) Bloemendaal (1st)
Club de Campo (1st) Dragons (1st)
Preliminary round Uhlenhorst Mülheim (2nd) Kampong (2nd)
Atlètic Terrassa (2nd) Surbiton (Abd-1st)
Arminen (1st) Saint Germain (1st)
Minsk (1st) Dinamo Ak-Bars (1st)
Euro Hockey League
Ranking Cup
Mannheimer HC (3rd) Rotterdam (3rd)
Club Egara (3rd) Waterloo Ducks (2nd)
Hampstead (Abd-2nd) Post SV (2nd)
Grange (1st) Three Rock Rovers

Results

The draw took place on 30 November 2021.[6] The schedule was released on 8 December 2021.[7]

Preliminary round

On 1 March 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, EHF excluded Russian and Belarusian clubs from all competitions.[8] ------------

Quarter-finals

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Ranking matches

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Semi-finals

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Final

Top goalscorers

Rank[9] PlayerTeamGoals
1 Pau Cunill Atlètic Terrassa0404
Luke Taylor Surbiton040
3 Jip Janssen Kampong0303

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eindtoernooi Euro Hockey League opnieuw in Amstelveen . rtlnieuws.nl . . 3 January 2022 . nl . 26 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Hockeyers Bloemendaal winnen Euro Hockey League . noordhollandsdagblad.nl . . 4 January 2022 . nl . 5 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Weber . Natasja . Er staat geen maat op de hockeyers van Bloemendaal: winst in EHL . volkskrant.nl . . 18 April 2022 . nl . 18 April 2022.
  4. Web site: Surbiton end 11-year wait for English EHL medal with BRONZE victory . 18 April 2022 . 18 April 2022.
  5. Web site: Euro Hockey League - Final Rankings Positions (2020/21) . 3 January 2022.
  6. Web site: Belgische topteams loten gunstig voor kwartfinales Euro Hockey League . sporza.be . . 3 January 2022 . nl . 30 November 2021.
  7. Web site: ABN AMRO EHL Fixture Schedule for Amsterdam Confirmed . ehlhockey.tv . . 3 January 2022 . 8 December 2021.
  8. Web site: EHF excludes the participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes and officials . ehlhockey.tv . . 2 March 2022 . 1 March 2022.
  9. Web site: Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers .