2014–15 CERH European League

2014–15 CERH European League
Tournament details
Dates 18 October 2014 – 3 May 2015
Teams 16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions Spain Barcelona (21st title)
Runners-up Spain Vic
Tournament statistics
Matches played 59
Goals scored 537 (9.1 per match)

The 2014–15 CERH European League was the 50th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 19th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League.

The final four tournament was played at PalaSind in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Holders Barcelona defeated fellow Spanish side Vic 4–3 in the final to retain the title and extend their competition record to 21 wins.

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, CW: Cup winners, LSF: Losing semi-finalists).

Group stage
Spain BarcelonaTH (1st) Portugal Porto (3rd) France Dinan-Quévert (1st)
Spain Liceo La Coruña (2nd) Portugal Juventude de Viana (4th) France La Vendéenne (2nd)
Spain Vic (3rd) Italy Forte dei Marmi (1st) Germany Herringen (1st)
Spain Vendrell (CW) Italy Valdagno (2nd) Switzerland Genève (1st)
Portugal Valongo (1st) Italy Bassano (LSF)
Portugal Benfica (2nd) Italy Breganze (LSF)

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 September 2014).

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 18 October 2014
Matchday 2 1 November 2014
Matchday 3 22 November 2014
Matchday 4 13 December 2014
Matchday 5 17 January 2015
Matchday 6 7 February 2015
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 7 March 2015 21 March 2015
Semi-finals 2 May 2015
Final 3 May 2015

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Lisbon on 6 September 2014. The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. The team were then drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 18 October, 1 November, 22 November, 13 December 2014, 17 January, and 7 February 2015. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

A total of six national associations are represented in the group stage. Juventude de Viana, Forte dei Marmi, Hockey Breganze and La Vendéenne all made their debut appearances in this phase.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR BEN BAS QUE
1 Spain Barcelona 6 5 1 0 32 10 +22 16 Advance to knockout phase — 1–1 6–3 9–2
2 Portugal Benfica 6 4 1 1 31 20 +11 13 1–3 — 7–3 5–2
3 Italy Bassano 6 2 0 4 24 33 −9 6 3–6 6–8 — 6–5
4 France Quévert 6 0 0 6 15 39 −24 0 0–7 5–9 1–3 —
Source: CERH

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VIC BRE VAL GEN
1 Spain Vic 6 5 1 0 27 13 +14 16 Advance to knockout phase — 2–1 3–2 3–1
2 Italy Breganze 6 4 1 1 28 19 +9 13 3–3 — 5–3 7–2
3 Portugal Valongo 6 1 1 4 25 33 −8 4 3–8 4–6 — 5–5
4 Switzerland Genève 6 0 1 5 22 37 −15 1 3–8 5–6 6–8 —
Source: CERH

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FOR LIC JUV HER
1 Italy Forte dei Marmi 6 5 0 1 48 37 +11 15 Advance to knockout phase — 11–6 6–2 9–7
2 Spain Liceo La Coruña 6 4 0 2 39 33 +6 12 7–8 — 8–4 9–5
3 Portugal Juventude de Viana 6 2 1 3 31 31 0 7 8–3 3–5 — 6–1
4 Germany Herringen 6 0 1 5 30 47 −17 1 7–11 2–4 8–8 —
Source: CERH

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR VAL LAV VEN
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 0 41 19 +22 16 Advance to knockout phase — 6–2 7–1 9–1
2 Italy Valdagno 6 2 2 2 30 24 +6 8 5–5 — 10–3 7–2
3 France La Vendéenne 6 2 0 4 21 33 −12 6 3–5 6–4 — 5–3
4 Spain Vendrell 6 1 1 4 19 35 −16 4 7–9 2–2 4–3 —
Source: CERH

Knockout phase

The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners will play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.

Quarter-finals

The first-leg matches were played on 7 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 21 March 2015.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Valdagno Italy 7–14 Spain Barcelona 2–6 5–8
Liceo La Coruña Spain 4–5 Spain Vic 2–2 2–3 (a.e.t.)
Breganze Italy 9–6 Italy Forte dei Marmi 5–2 4–4
Benfica Portugal 5–6 Portugal Porto 3–3 2–3

Final four

The final four tournament will take place on 2 and 3 May 2015, and will be hosted by Hockey Breganze at PalaSind, in Bassano del Grappa. All times in CEST.

Semi-finals

2 May 2015
17:00
Vic Spain 3–2 (a.e.t.) Portugal Porto
PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa
Referee: Alessandro Eccelsi, Franco Ferrari (Italy)

2 May 2015
20:30
Barcelona Spain 5–1 Italy Breganze
PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa
Referee: Miguel Guilherme, Rui Torres (Portugal)

Final

3 May 2015
17:00
Barcelona Spain 4–3 Spain Vic
PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa
Referee: Alessandro da Prato, Mateo Galoppi (Italy)
2014–15 CERH European League winners
Spain
Barcelona
21st title

See also

References

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