Continental Cup (rink hockey)

Continental Cup
Founded	1980
Region	Europe
Number of teams	4
Current champions	Sporting CP (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Barcelona (18 titles)

The Continental Cup is a rink hockey competition which was created in 1980 under the name of the European Super Cup.

History[]

It was contested by the winners of the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, both ruled by the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey.

In 1997 the two competitions merged as the Champions League (now the European League) and, since then, the Continental Cup is contested by the winners of the European League and the CERS Cup / World Skate Europe Cup (2nd tier competition in Europe).

In 2017, it was approved a Final Four format between the two first qualified teams of the European League and the CERS Cup / World Skate Europe Cup.

Matches[]

Key
	Winner of European League
	Winner of CERH Cup Winners' Cup
	Winner of CERS Cup / World Skate Europe Cup

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Location
Two team format
1980	Barcelona		9–4	Barcelona
1981	Barcelona	Sporting CP	6–2, 12–1	Two-legged finals
1982	Barcelona	Porto	3–2, 7–1
1983	Barcelona	Porto	3–4, 11–5
1984	Barcelona	Reus Deportiu	2–1, 10–1
1985	Barcelona	Sporting CP	9–0, 5–3
1986	Porto	Sanjoanense	9–3, 3–4
1987	Liceo	Barcelona	4–4, 4–1
1988	Liceo	Noia	9–4, 2–4
1989	Noia		2–3, 7–3
1990	Liceo	Porto	6–4, 3–2
1991	Barcelos	Sporting CP	11–2, 5–3
1992	Liceo		9–6, 6–4
1993	Igualada	Barcelos	4–1, 3–3
1994	Igualada	Amatori Lodi	1–1, 5–0
1995	Igualada		1–2, 4–2
1996	Not played^[a]
1997	Barcelona	Oliveirense	6–1, 8–1	Two-legged finals
1998	Igualada	Noia	2–4, 4–1
1999	Igualada	Liceo	7–3, 1–4
2000	Barcelona	Paço d'Arcos	2–1, 7–1
2001	Barcelona	Vic	6–6, 12–3
2002	Barcelona	Voltregà	4–4, 8–1
2003	Liceo	Reus Deportiu	2–1, 3–1
2004	Barcelona	Reus Deportiu	1–1, 6–2
2005	Barcelona	Follonica	4–0, 4–7
2006	Barcelona	Follonica	7–1, 0–2
2007	Barcelona	Vilanova	5–0	Dinan
2008	Barcelona	Tenerife	3–1	Pamplona
2009	Reus Deportiu		4–1	Noia
2010	Barcelona	Liceo	7–2	Bilbao
2011	Benfica	Liceo	10–0^[b]	Viana do Castelo
2012	Liceo	Bassano	1–5, 6–2 (2–1 p)	Two-legged finals
2013	Benfica	Vendrell	5–3, 5–0
2014	Noia	Barcelona	0–0, 3–3 (3–2 p)
2015	Barcelona	Sporting CP	0–2, 5–1
2016	Benfica	Barcelos	4–5, 9–2
Final Four format
2017	Oliveirense	Reus Deportiu	7–4	Viareggio
2018	Barcelona	Porto	3–3 (3–2 p)	Barcelos
2019	Sporting CP	Porto	3–2	Lisbon
2020	Not played (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).
Two team format
	Sporting CP	Lleida Llista Blava	3–1	Mollerussa

^ The rightful contestants were Igualada and Porto.
^ HC Liceo La Coruña failed to attend the match, and was punished with a 10–0 defeat, according to the Official Game Rules.

Performances[]

By teams[]

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Barcelona	18	2	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018	1987, 2014
Liceo	6	3	1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2003, 2012	1999, 2010, 2011
Igualada	5	0	1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999	–
Benfica	3	0	2011, 2013, 2016	–
Sporting CP	2	4	2019, 2021	1981, 1985, 1991, 2015
Noia	2	2	1989, 2014	1988, 1998
Porto	1	5	1986	1982, 1983, 1990, 2018, 2019
Reus Deportiu	1	4	2009	1984, 2003, 2004, 2017
Barcelos	1	2	1991	1993, 2016
Oliveirense	1	1	2017	1997
	0	3	–	1989, 1992, 1995
Follonica	0	2	–	2005, 2006
	0	1	–	1980
Sanjoanense	0	1	–	1986
Amatori Lodi	0	1	–	1994
Paço d'Arcos	0	1	–	2000
Vic	0	1	–	2001
Voltregà	0	1	–	2002
Vilanova	0	1	–	2007
Tenerife	0	1	–	2008
	0	1	–	2009
Bassano	0	1	–	2012
Vendrell	0	1	–	2013
Lleida Llista Blava	0	1	–	2021

By countries[]

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Spain	32	17	Barcelona (18), Liceo (6), Igualada (5), Noia (2), Reus Deportiu (1)	Reus Deportiu (4), Liceo (3), Noia (2), Barcelona (2), Vic (1), Voltregà (1), Vilanova (1), Tenerife (1), (1), Vendrell (1), Lleida Llista Blava (1)
Portugal	8	14	Benfica (3), Sporting CP (2), Porto (1), Barcelos (1), Oliveirense (1)	Porto (5), Sporting CP (4), Barcelos (2), Sanjoanense (1), Oliveirense (1), Paço d'Arcos (1)
Italy	0	8	–	(3), Follonica (2), (1), Amatori Lodi (1), Bassano (1)

References[]

[1] The rightful contestants were Igualada and Porto.

[2] HC Liceo La Coruña failed to attend the match, and was punished with a 10–0 defeat, according to the Official Game Rules.

[a]

[b]