2008–09 Euro Hockey League

The 2008–09 Euro Hockey League was the second season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organised by the EHF.

2008–09 Euro Hockey League
Tournament details
Dates24 October 2008 – 31 May 2009
Teams24
Venue(s)4 (in 4 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Bloemendaal (1st title)
Runner-up UHC Hamburg
Third place Rotterdam
Tournament statistics
Matches played40
Goals scored211 (5.28 per match)
Best player Teun de Nooijer
2007–08 (previous) (next) 2009–10

The final was played between UHC Hamburg and Bloemendaal at the Hazelaarweg Stadion in Rotterdam, Netherlands. Bloemendaal beat UHC Hamburg, the defending champions, 5–4 to win their first Euro Hockey League title. Rotterdam took the bronze medal.

Teams

Champions
Bloemendaal Saint Germain Dinamo Kazan
Real Club de Polo Grunwald Poznań Three Rock Rovers
Reading Leuven Olimpia Kolos Sekvoia
Club an der Alster Kelburne Bra
Runners-up Third placed
Amsterdam Lille Rotterdam
Atlètic Terrassa Pocztowiec Poznań Club Egara
East Grinstead Waterloo Ducks Cannock
Düsseldorfer HC Western Wildcats UHC Hamburg

Round one

Pools A, B, C and D were played in Amstelveen, the Netherlands between 24 and 26 October 2008 and the other four pools were played in Lille, France. If a game was won, the winning team received 5 points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gave the losing team 1 point unless the losing team lost by 3 or more goals, then they received 0 points.

Pool A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Club Egara 2 2 0 0 12 1 +11 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Club an der Alster 2 1 0 1 3 4 1 5
3 Pocztowiec Poznań 2 0 0 2 1 11 10 0
Source:
24 October 2008
Club an der Alster 3–0 Pocztowiec Poznań
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 October 2008
Club Egara 8–1 Pocztowiec Poznań
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 October 2008
Club Egara 4–0 Club an der Alster
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Pool B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Düsseldorfer HC 2 1 1 0 7 5 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Saint Germain 2 1 1 0 6 4 +2 7
3 Bra 2 0 0 2 3 7 4 2
Source:
24 October 2008
Saint Germain 3–1 Bra
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 October 2008
Düsseldorfer HC 4–2 Bra
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 October 2008
Düsseldorfer HC 3–3 Saint Germain
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Pool C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Amsterdam (H) 2 2 0 0 16 1 +15 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Grunwald Poznań 2 1 0 1 6 10 4 5
3 Olimpia Kolos Sekvoia 2 0 0 2 2 13 11 0
Source:
(H) Host.
24 October 2008
Grunwald Poznań 5–2 Olimpia Kolos Sekvoia
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 October 2008
Amsterdam 8–1 Grunwald Poznań
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 October 2008
Amsterdam 8–0 Olimpia Kolos Sekvoia
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Pool D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Bloemendaal 2 2 0 0 13 3 +10 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Cannock 2 1 0 1 7 9 2 5
3 Dinamo Kazan 2 0 0 2 5 13 8 1
Source:
24 October 2008
Cannock 5–4 Dinamo Kazan
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

25 October 2008
Bloemendaal 8–1 Dinamo Kazan
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

26 October 2008
Bloemendaal 5–2 Cannock
Wagener Stadium, Amstelveen

Pool E

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Rotterdam 2 2 0 0 7 1 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Reading 2 1 0 1 3 2 +1 6
3 Western Wildcats 2 0 0 2 0 7 7 1
Source:
31 October 2008
Reading 2–0 Western Wildcats
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

1 November 2008
Rotterdam 5–0 Western Wildcats
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

2 November 2008
Rotterdam 2–1 Reading
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

Pool F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 East Grinstead 2 2 0 0 6 2 +4 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 Waterloo Ducks 2 1 0 1 6 4 +2 6
3 Kelburne 2 0 0 2 1 7 6 0
Source:
31 October 2008
Waterloo Ducks 4–1 Kelburne
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

1 November 2008
East Grinstead 3–2 Waterloo Ducks
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

2 November 2008
East Grinstead 3–0 Kelburne
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

Pool G

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Real Club de Polo 2 2 0 0 8 2 +6 10 Advance to knockout stage
2 UHC Hamburg 2 1 0 1 5 6 1 5
3 Lille (H) 2 0 0 2 3 8 5 1
Source:
(H) Host.
31 October 2008
Real Club de Polo 4–1 Lille
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

1 November 2008
Real Club de Polo 4–1 UHC Hamburg
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

2 November 2008
UHC Hamburg 4–2 Lille
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

Pool H

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Leuven 2 1 1 0 4 2 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2 Three Rock Rovers 2 0 2 0 1 1 0 4
3 Atlètic Terrassa 2 0 1 1 1 3 2 3
Source:
31 October 2008
Atlètic Terrassa 0–0 Three Rock Rovers
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

1 November 2008
Three Rock Rovers 1–1 Leuven
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

2 November 2008
Leuven 3–1 Atlètic Terrassa
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille

Knockout stage

The Round of 16 and the quarterfinals were played in Hamburg, Germany between 10 and 13 April 2009 and the semifinals, third place match and the final were played in Rotterdam, the Netherlands between 30 and 31 May 2009.

Bracket

 
Round of 16Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
10 April
 
 
Düsseldorfer HC2
 
12 April
 
UHC Hamburg3
 
UHC Hamburg4
 
10 April
 
Club Egara3
 
Club Egara4
 
30 May
 
Club an der Alster2
 
UHC Hamburg3
 
11 April
 
Leuven2
 
Leuven2
 
12 April
 
Three Rock Rovers1
 
Leuven2
 
11 April
 
Reading1
 
Real Club de Polo0
 
31 May
 
Reading1
 
UHC Hamburg4
 
10 April
 
Bloemendaal5
 
Bloemendaal3
 
13 April
 
Cannock1
 
Bloemendaal3
 
10 April
 
East Grinstead2
 
East Grinstead3
 
30 May
 
Saint Germain2
 
Bloemendaal4
 
11 April
 
Rotterdam3 Third place
 
Rotterdam4
 
13 April31 May
 
Grunwald Poznań2
 
Rotterdam (p.s.o.)2 (5) Leuven1
 
11 April
 
Amsterdam2 (3) Rotterdam8
 
Amsterdam4
 
 
Waterloo Ducks2
 

Round of 16

10 April 2009
Club Egara 4–2 Club an der Alster
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

10 April 2009
East Grinstead 3–2 Saint Germain
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

10 April 2009
Düsseldorfer HC 2–3 UHC Hamburg
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

10 April 2009
Bloemendaal 3–1 Cannock
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

11 April 2009
Rotterdam 3–1 Grunwald Poznań
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

11 April 2009
Amsterdam 4–2 Waterloo Ducks
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

11 April 2009
Real Club de Polo 0–1 Reading
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

11 April 2009
Leuven 2–1 Three Rock Rovers
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

Quarter-finals

12 April 2009
Bloemendaal 3–2 East Grinstead
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

12 April 2009
UHC Hamburg 4–3 Club Egara
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

13 April 2009
Rotterdam 2–2 (a.e.t.) Amsterdam
Penalties
5–3
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

13 April 2009
Leuven 2–1 Reading
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg

Semi-finals

30 May 2009
Bloemendaal 4–3 Rotterdam
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

30 May 2009
UHC Hamburg 3–2 Leuven
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

Third place match

31 May 2009
Leuven 1–8 Rotterdam
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam

Final

31 May 2009
UHC Hamburg 4–5 Bloemendaal
Hazelaarweg Stadion, Rotterdam
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