Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I
Most recent season or competition: 2021 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I | |
Formerly | EuroHockey Club Trophy |
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Sport | Field hockey |
Founded | 1981 |
Inaugural season | 1981 |
No. of teams | 8 |
Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
Most recent champion(s) | (1st title) (2021) |
Most titles | Racing Club de France (3 titles) |
Level on pyramid | 2 |
The EuroHockey Club Trophy I is an annual men's field hockey competition organised by the EHF for European hockey clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club competition, being one tier below the top men's European club competition the Euro Hockey League. In that sense, the ECT is hockey's equivalent of the UEFA Europa League.[1]
Format[]
The tournament features 8 clubs from EHF member countries.
Qualification[]
Each year one of the 8 available league places is allocated to an EHF member country's national association. The clubs admitted are the clubs of those nations who finished ranked third to sixth in the previous year's Trophy II; the clubs of those two nations from the previous year's Trophy I; plus the clubs of those two nations promoted from the previous year's Challenge I.
Tournament summary[]
The teams are separated into 2 pools of 4 teams. In each pool (pool A and B) the teams play one match against each of the other three teams in their pool (making a total of six pool matches). The teams then go on to play classification matches based on their relative ranking from these pool matches to determine their final tournament position.
Tournament details[]
In each pool, A, and B, all the teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows:
- 5 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 point for a loss with a goal difference of no more than 2
- 0 points for a loss with a goal difference of more than 2
Once the relative ranking of the teams in pools A and B is settled, the classification matches proceed as follows:
- The teams ranked first in each pool will play for 1st and 2nd place (the Final)
- The teams ranked 2nd in each pool will play for 3rd/4th place (bronze medal)
- The teams ranked 3rd in each pool will play for 5th/6th place
- The teams ranked 4th in each pool will play for 7th/8th place
If the score at the end of the regulation time of a classification match is a draw, then a shoot-out competition is played to establish a winner.
Higher and lower tournaments[]
Above the EuroHockey Club Trophy II is the EuroHockey Club Trophy I, and below it is the , the EuroHockey Club Challenge 2, and so on. This structure is designed to give every EHF member nation the opportunity to enter their best clubs into European competition at an appropriate level, and through that exposure to improve the level of their domestic hockey.
Results[]
1981–1989[]
From 1981 until 1989, the tournament was held once a year and the finalists' countries were promoted to the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1981 Details |
Rome, Italy | Cookstown |
1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–2 (p.s.) |
Arminen |
2–1 | Warta Poznań | |||
1982 Details |
Cardiff, Wales | Cardiff |
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1983 Details |
Subotica, Yugoslavia | 2–0 | Banbridge |
5–0 | Cardiff | ||||
1984 |
Vienna, Austria | Racing Club de France |
Grange |
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1985 |
Banbridge, Northern Ireland | Banbridge |
WAC | ||||||
1986 |
Göteborg, Sweden | 3–1 | Racing Club de France |
4–0 | Olten | ||||
1987 |
Swansea, Wales | Southgate |
Banbridge |
Olten | |||||
1988 |
Helsinki, Finland | Arminen |
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1989 |
Lisburn, Northern Ireland | Léopold |
Lisnagarvey |
Source[2]
1990–1993[]
From 1990 until 1993 the tournament was held twice a year and only the winner's countries were promoted to the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1990 |
Amiens, France | Olten | |||||||
Gothenburg, Sweden | Lech Poznań |
WAC | |||||||
1991 |
Olten, Switzerland | Racing Club de France |
Olten | ||||||
Glasgow, Scotland | Lisnagarvey |
Kelburne |
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1992 |
Gibraltar | Kelburne |
Cardiff |
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Prague, Czechoslovakia | Slavia Praha |
Pocztowiec Poznań |
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1993 |
Havant, England | Havant |
Grunwald Poznań |
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Prague, Czech Republic | Avoca |
Slavia Praha |
Source[3]
1994–2002[]
Because of the introduction of the , the tournament went back to the old format from 1994 until 2002.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
1994 |
Milan, Italy | Grunwald Poznań |
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1995 |
Glasgow, Scotland | Racing Club de France |
Kelburne |
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1996 |
Prague, Czech Republic | Teddington |
Pembroke Wanderers | ||||||
1997 |
Cagliari, Italy | Instonians |
2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p.s.) |
Cannock |
4–2 | ||||
1998 |
Brasschaat, Belgium | Reading |
5–2 | Dragons |
2–1 | ||||
1999 |
Milan, Italy | 2–1 | Western Wildcats |
3–1 | Instonians | ||||
2000 |
Belfast, Northern Ireland | Western Wildcats |
5–3 | Instonians |
Olten |
3–2 | Dragons | ||
2001 |
Antwerp, Belgium | Dragons |
3–1 | 7–5 | Slavia Praha | ||||
2002 |
Wettingen, Switzerland | 3–1 | Pembroke Wanderers |
4–2 |
Source[4]
2003–2007[]
From 2003 until 2007 there was no final but instead, there were two promotion play-offs and the winners were ranked joint first and the winner's countries were promoted. The final ranking was decided based on their record in the pools.[5]
Year | Host | Promotion play-off winners | Promotion play-off losers | ||||
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Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | ||||
2003 |
Rome, Italy | ||||||
2004 |
Prague, Czech Republic | Slavia Praha |
Western Wildcats |
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2005 |
Brest, Belarus | Pocztowiec Poznań |
WAC | ||||
2006 |
Wettingen, Switzerland | Stade Français |
Kelburne |
Lisnagarvey | |||
2007 |
Prague, Czech Republic | Pembroke Wanderers |
Cardiff |
Source[6]
2008–2019[]
In 2008 the tournament went back to its old format with a final but instead of two promotion places, the clubs scored points for their national association in the EHF 3-year rating, which sets the number of clubs in a nation for the European Cup competitions. Qualifying for the trophy were the runners-up of the countries in positions 9 to 12 and the champions of the countries in positions 13 to 16 in the EHF 3-year rating.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2008 |
Paris, France | Glenanne |
5–4 | 3–1 | |||||
2009 |
Dublin, Ireland | Pembroke Wanderers |
4–0 | 3–1 | |||||
2010 |
Cardiff, Wales | 6–3 | Grange |
2–2 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (p.s.) |
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2011 |
Rome, Italy | 4–1 | 2–1 | Saint Germain | |||||
2012 |
Lille, France | 3–2 | Kelburne |
4–2 | |||||
2013 |
Vienna, Austria | Politechnika Poznanska |
4–2 | Cardiff & UWIC |
Arminen |
6–5 (a.e.t.) | |||
2014 |
Cagliari, Italy | Monkstown |
2–0 | 4–0 | |||||
2015 Details |
Dublin, Ireland | 3–1 | Slavia Praha |
3–2 | Three Rock Rovers | ||||
2016 Details |
Glasgow, Scotland | Cardiff & Met |
4–0 | Banbridge |
Kelburne |
3–0 | Slavia Praha | ||
2017 Details |
Elektrostal, Russia | 1–0 | Arminen |
4–0 | |||||
2018 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Grange |
5–2 | 5–3 | |||||
2019 Details |
Wettingen, Switzerland | Cardiff & Met |
4–3 | 4–3 |
Source[7]
2020–present[]
In 2020, the EuroHockey Club Trophy was renamed to EuroHockey Club Trophy I.
Year | Host | Final | Third place match | ||||||
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Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||
2020 Details |
Vienna, Austria | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[8] | Cancelled | ||||||
2021 Details |
Vienna, Austria | 5–0 | Post SV |
2–2 (4–3 s.o.) |
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2022 Details |
Paris, France |
Records and statistics[]
Performance by club[]
Rank | Club | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Racing Club de France | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
2 | Cardiff & Met[b] | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | |
4 | Politechnika Poznanska[a] | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
7 | Kelburne | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | ||
9 | Banbridge | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
10 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | |
11 | Pembroke Wanderers | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
Slavia Prague | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Grange | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||
Western Wildcats | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
Dragons | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
Instonians | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
21–56 | Remaining | 17 | 20 | 25 | 62 |
Totals (56 clubs) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |
Performances by nation[]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | France (FRA) | 8 | 3 | 3 | 14 |
2 | Ireland (IRL) | 7 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
3 | Scotland (SCO) | 4 | 5 | 5 | 14 |
4 | Russia (RUS) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 8 |
5 | Italy (ITA) | 3 | 6 | 2 | 11 |
6 | Poland (POL) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
7 | England (ENG) | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
8 | Austria (AUT) | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
9 | Wales (WAL) | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
10 | Belgium (BEL) | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
11 | Switzerland (SUI) | 2 | 0 | 7 | 9 |
12 | Gibraltar (GIB) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 8 |
13 | Belarus (BLR) | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10 |
14 | Czech Republic (CZE) | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
15 | East Germany (GDR) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
16 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
17 | Yugoslavia (YUG) | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
18 | Azerbaijan (AZE) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
19 | Portugal (POR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (19 nations) | 44 | 44 | 44 | 132 |
Notes[]
- ^ Includes results representing Pocztowiec Poznań until 2012
- ^ Includes results representing Cardiff until 2008 and Cardiff & UWIC until 2013
- ^ Includes results representing Olympia Kolos Sekvoia, Kolos Vinnitsa and OKS-SHVSM
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "2018 EHF Announces Changes to EuroHockey Club Events". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
- ^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 45–46. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Outdoor Clubs – promotion and relegation explained". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. p. 47. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 47–48. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
- ^ "EHF cancels all EuroHockey Club Trophy and Challenge events, 2020". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
External links[]
- Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I
- International club field hockey competitions in Europe
- Recurring sporting events established in 1981
- 1981 establishments in Europe