Rink Hockey Champions League
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The Rink Hockey Champions League is an annual rink hockey club competition organized by CERH (Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey) with the most successful teams of Europe. It is the most prestigious club competition in this sport. Since its foundation in 1965 under the name of the European Cup, the Catalan teams have dominated the competition. In 1997, the European Cup and the European Cup Winners Cup merged as the Champions League.
The current holder of the CERH Champions League is FC Barcelona Sorli Discau , from Spain, who beat Bassano Hockey 5-2 at Bassano, Italy, on 1 April 2007.
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[edit] Format
Nowadays, the competition is composed by a qualifying round and then a 1st round. Then, 8 teams are placed into 2 groups and the 2 best classificated of each group play a final-four playoff in an European city.
[edit] Winners
[edit] Wins by team
| Wins | Team |
|---|---|
| 17 |   FC Barcelona |
| 6 | Igualada HC, Reus Deportiu |
| 4 |  HC Liceo La Coruña |
| 3 | Voltregá |
| 2 |  FC Porto |
| 1 | Sporting CP, CE Noia, OC Barcelos,  AP Follonica H |
| 42 | TOTAL |
[edit] Wins by Country
| Wins | Country |
|---|---|
| 37 | Spain |
| 4 | Portugal |
| 1 |  Italy |
| 42 | TOTAL |
[edit] External links
| Rink Hockey in the World | ||
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Club Competitions World Club Championship | European Champions League | Cers Cup National Teams Competitions European Championship (2006) | World Championship Governing Bodies |
