2008–09 CERH European League

The 2008–09 CERH European League was the 44th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Eight was held in May 2009 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

Group stage[]

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.

The group winners and runners-up advanced to the Final Eight.

Group A[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	VIC	VAL	ISE
1	Barcelona	6	4	1	1	20	9	+11	13	Advance to Final Eight		—	2–3	2–1	4–0
2	Vic	6	4	0	2	25	15	+10	12			1–3	—	3–2	9–2
3	Valdagno	6	3	1	2	23	12	+11	10			2–2	4–3	—	4–2
4	Iserlohn	6	0	0	6	8	40	−32	0			2–7	2–6	0–10	—

Group B[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		NOI	POR	IGU	QUE
1	Noia	6	4	1	1	22	16	+6	13	Advance to Final Eight		—	3–2	6–4	5–1
2	Porto	6	3	2	1	33	12	+21	11			4–4	—	3–1	10–0
3	Igualada	6	3	1	2	24	17	+7	10			4–1	3–3	—	8–1
4	Quévert	6	0	0	6	7	41	−34	0			1–3	1–11	3–4	—

Group C[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		REU	BAS	TEN	HER
1	Reus	6	4	2	0	35	13	+22	14	Advance to Final Eight		—	2–2	4–3	17–0
2	Bassano	6	3	2	1	50	10	+40	11			3–3	—	3–2	19–0
3	Tenerife	6	3	0	3	38	12	+26	9			1–2	3–2	—	19–1
4	Herne Bay United	6	0	0	6	5	93	−88	0			4–7	0–21	0–10	—

Group D[]

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		LIC	FOL	VIL	BAR
1	Liceo	6	4	0	2	17	10	+7	12	Advance to Final Eight		—	1–0	2–0	6–0
2	Follonica	6	4	1	1	19	11	+8	13			4–3	—	3–3	5–2
3	Vilanova	6	2	1	3	12	14	−2	7			4–0	1–5	—	1–3
4	Barcelos	6	1	0	5	9	22	−13	3			2–5	1–2	1–3	—

Final Eight[]

The Final Eight was played at PalaBassano, in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

Reus Deportiu finally conquered its seventh title, 37 years after their last win.^[1]

Bracket[]

	Quarterfinals				Semifinals				Final
	30 April
	Reus Deportiu	2 (4)
					2 May
	Barcelona	2 (3)
					Reus Deportiu	7
	1 May
					Bassano	1
	Porto	2
									3 May
	Bassano	3
									Reus Deportiu	2 (4)
	30 April
									Vic	2 (3)
	Liceo	5
					2 May
	Noia	2
					Vic	4
	1 May
					Liceo	1
	Roncato Vic	3 (4)
	Follonica	3 (3)

References[]

External links[]

• CERH website