WSE Continental Cup explained

The WSE Continental Cup is an annual roller hockey match organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey since 1980, and contested by the winners of the top two European club competitions, the WSE Champions League (1st tier) and the WSE Cup (2nd tier).

The current winners are Portuguese side Porto, who defeated Spanish side Voltregà 5–3 in the 2023 final-four edition to win their second title.

History

It was originally contested by the winners of the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, both organised by the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey. In 1997, following the merging of the two competitions to form the Champions League, the Continental Cup began being contested against the winners of the CERS Cup (currently WSE Cup).Mainly contested in a two-team format (one or two legs), it has been played in a final-four format involving the two top-ranked teams of each European club competition since 2017 (except in 2021, played as a one-legged match between two teams).

Matches

Key

	Winner of European Cup/European League/WSE Champions League
	Winner of CERH Cup Winners' Cup
	Winner of CERS/WSE Cup

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Location
Two-team format
1980			9–4	Barcelona
1981			6–2, 12–1	rowspan=15
1982			3–2, 7–1
1983			3–4, 11–5
1984			2–1, 10–1
1985			9–0, 5–3
1986			9–3, 3–4
1987			4–4, 4–1
1988			9–4, 2–4
1989			2–3, 7–3
1990			6–4, 3–2
1991			11–2, 5–3
1992			9–6, 6–4
1993			4–1, 3–3
1994			1–1, 5–0
1995			1–2, 4–2
1996	align=center colspan=4	Not played
1997			6–1, 8–1	rowspan=10
1998			2–4, 4–1
1999			7–3, 1–4
2000			2–1, 7–1
2001			6–6, 12–3
2002			4–4, 8–1
2003			2–1, 3–1
2004			1–1, 6–2
2005			4–0, 4–7
2006			7–1, 0–2
2007			5–0	Dinan
2008			3–1	Pamplona
2009			4–1	Noia
2010			7–2	Bilbao
2011			10–0	Viana do Castelo
2012			1–5, 6–2 (2–1 p)	rowspan=5
2013			5–3, 5–0
2014			0–0, 3–3 (3–2 p)
2015			0–2, 5–1
2016			4–5, 9–2
Final four format
			7–4	Viareggio
	Barcelona		3–3 (3–2 p)	Barcelos
	Sporting CP		3–2	Lisbon
2020	Not played (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).
Two-team format
	Sporting CP		3–1	Mollerussa
Final four format
	AD Valongo		2–1	Trissino
	Porto		5–3	Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà

Performances

By teams

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
	18	2	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018	1987, 2014
	6	3	1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2003, 2012	1999, 2010, 2011
	5	0	1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999	–
	3	0	2011, 2013, 2016	–
	2	5	1986, 2023	1982, 1983, 1990, 2018, 2019
	2	4	2019, 2021	1981, 1985, 1991, 2015
	2	2	1989, 2014	1988, 1998
	1	4	2009	1984, 2003, 2004, 2017
	1	2	1991	1993, 2016
	1	1	2017	1997
	1	0	2022	–
	0	3	–	1989, 1992, 1995
	0	2	–	2005, 2006
	0	2	–	2002, 2023
	0	1	–	1980
	0	1	–	1986
	0	1	–	1994
	0	1	–	2000
	0	1	–	2001
	0	1	–	2007
	0	1	–	2008
	0	1	–	2009
	0	1	–	2012
	0	1	–	2013
	0	1	–	2021
	0	1	–	2022

By countries

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width=10%	Nation	width=5%	Winners	width=5%	Runners-up	width=40%	Winning clubs	width=40%	Runners-up
Spain	32	18	Barcelona (18), Liceo (6), Igualada (5), Noia (2), Reus Deportiu (1)	Reus Deportiu (4), Liceo (3), Noia (2), Barcelona (2), Vic (1), Voltregà (2), Vilanova (1), Tenerife (1), Mataró (1), Vendrell (1), Lleida Llista Blava (1)
Portugal	10	14	Benfica (3), Sporting CP (2), Porto (2), Barcelos (1), Oliveirense (1), AD Valongo (1)	Porto (5), Sporting CP (4), Barcelos (2), Sanjoanense (1), Oliveirense (1), Paço d'Arcos (1)
Italy	0	9	–	Monza (3), Follonica (2), Giovinazzo (1), Amatori Lodi (1), Bassano (1), Trissino (1)