Rink Hockey Euroleague

Rink Hockey Euroleague
Founded	1965
Region	Europe
Number of teams	16
Current champions	Sporting CP (2nd title)
Most successful club(s)	Barcelona (22 titles)
	2019–20 Rink Hockey Euroleague

The Rink Hockey Euroleague is an annual club roller hockey competition organised by World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey and contested by the top ranked teams in European domestic leagues.

The current champions are Portuguese team Sporting CP, who beat Portuguese side Porto 5–2 in the 2019 final, to secure their 2nd title.

History

Since its foundation in 1965, under the name of European Cup, the competition has been dominated by teams from Spain (mainly from Catalonia), Portugal and Italy. In 1997, the European Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup were merged to create the Champions League, whose winners have since been decided in a final tournament contested by the best four to eight teams and held in a single venue. In 2007, the competition name and format was changed to form the European League, a 16-team competition with no preliminary rounds.

The most successful team is Barcelona, having won a record 22 titles, including eight consecutive between 1978 and 1985. Barcelona are followed by four other Spanish teams, making Spain the most successful country in the competition, with 44 titles. Four Portuguese teams have won the trophy by seven times (most recently Sporting CP in 2019), while Italy joined the list of European League-winning nations after Follonica's victory in 2006.

Format

Since 2012, the competition is composed by 16 teams placed into 4 groups, playing against each other home and away. The first 2 teams of each group play the two-legged quarter-finals, and the winners advance to the final-four playoff (organized by one of the four contestants).

Finals

Trophy given to the winners

Season	Winners	Score	Runners-up	Venue (finals)
1965–66	Voltregà	3–1, 6–2	HC Monza	Two-legged finals
1966–67	Reus Deportiu	3–3, 6–3	HC Monza
1967–68	Reus Deportiu (2)	2–0, 6–2	Triestina
1968–69	Reus Deportiu (3)	7–1, 0–3	Benfica
1969–70	Reus Deportiu (4)	12–5, 8–6	Voltregà
1970–71	Reus Deportiu (5)	7–7, 9–4	Novara
1971–72	Reus Deportiu (6)	2–10, 11–0	Novara
1972–73	Barcelona	5–3, 7–7	Benfica
1973–74	Barcelona (2)	8–5, 4–5	Lourenço Marques
1974–75	Voltregà (2)	5–5, 6–4	Barcelona
1975–76	Voltregà (3)	2–2, 3–1	Barcelona
1976–77	Sporting CP	6–0, 6–3	Vilanova
1977–78	Barcelona (3)	8–3, 5–1	Royal Sunday
1978–79	Barcelona (4)	1–3, 6–2	Reus Deportiu
1979–80	Barcelona (5)	5–2, 6–3	Benfica
1980–81	Barcelona (6)	6–1, 6–2	Giovinazzo
1981–82	Barcelona (7)	4–1, 6–4	Amatori Lodi
1982–83	Barcelona (8)	9–1, 14–6	Sentmenat
1983–84	Barcelona (9)	2–3, 6–2	Liceo
1984–85	Barcelona (10)	4–5, 6–4	Porto
1985–86	Porto	5–3, 7–5	Novara
1986–87	Liceo	4–2, 4–3	Porto
1987–88	Liceo (2)	1–2, 4–1	Novara
1988–89	Noia	7–4, 3–1	Sporting CP
1989–90	Porto (2)	6–0, 5–2	Noia
1990–91	Barcelos	4–4, 4–3	Roller Monza
1991–92	Liceo (3)	7–6, 2–2	Seregno
1992–93	Igualada	4–1, 8–3	Benfica
1993–94	Igualada (2)	7–4, 2–3	Barcelos
1994–95	Igualada (3)	3–4, 3–1	Benfica
1995–96	Igualada (4)	0–0, 2–2 (a)	Barcelona
1996–97	Barcelona (11)	4–3	Porto	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
1997–98	Igualada (5)	8–1	Amatori Vercelli	PalaPregnolato, Vercelli
1998–99	Igualada (6)	6–5	Porto	Pavelló Poliesportiu de Les Comes, Igualada
1999–2000	Barcelona (12)	3–2	Porto	Pavilhão Rosa Mota, Porto
2000–01	Barcelona (13)	4–2	Liceo	Palacio de Deportes San Pablo, Seville
2001–02	Barcelona (14)	2–1	Barcelos	Pavilhão Multiusos, Guimarães
2002–03	Liceo (4)	4–3	Igualada	Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, A Coruña
2003–04	Barcelona (15)	3–0	Porto	PalaBarsacchi, Viareggio
2004–05	Barcelona (16)	3–2	Porto	Palau d'Esports del Reus Deportiu, Reus
2005–06	Follonica	League	Porto	Palácio dos Desportos, Torres Novas
2006–07	Barcelona (17)	5–2	Bassano	PalaBassano, Bassano del Grappa
2007–08	Barcelona (18)	5–2	Reus Deportiu	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
2008–09	Reus Deportiu (7)	2–2 (2–1 p)	Vic	PalaBassano, Bassano del Grappa
2009–10	Barcelona (19)	4–1	Vic	PalaLido, Valdagno
2010–11	Liceo (5)	7–4	Reus Deportiu	Poliesportiu d'Andorra, Andorra la Vella
2011–12	Liceo (6)	4–2	Barcelona	PalaCastellotti, Lodi
2012–13	Benfica	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Porto	Dragão Caixa, Porto
2013–14	Barcelona (20)	3–1	Porto	Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
2014–15	Barcelona (21)	4–3	Vic	PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa
2015–16	Benfica (2)	5–3	Oliveirense	Pavilhão Fidelidade, Lisbon
2016–17	Reus Deportiu (8)	4–1	Oliveirense	Pavelló Barris Nord, Lleida
2017–18	Barcelona (22)	4–2	Porto	Dragão Caixa, Porto
2018–19	Sporting CP (2)	5–2	Porto	Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon

Performances

By club

Club	Winners	Runners-up	Years won	Years runners-up
Barcelona	22	4	1973, 1974, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2018	1975, 1976, 1996, 2012
Reus Deportiu	8	3	1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 2009, 2017	1979, 2008, 2011
Liceo	6	2	1987, 1988, 1992, 2003, 2011, 2012	1984, 2001
Igualada	6	1	1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 1999	2003
Voltregà	3	1	1966, 1975, 1976	1970
Porto	2	12	1986, 1990	1985, 1987, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019
Benfica	2	5	2013, 2016	1969, 1973, 1980, 1993, 1995
Sporting CP	2	1	1977, 2019	1989
Barcelos	1	2	1991	1994, 2002
Noia	1	1	1989	1990
Follonica	1	0	2006	—
Novara	0	4	—	1971, 1972, 1986, 1988
Vic	0	3	—	2009, 2010, 2015
HC Monza	0	2	—	1966, 1967
Oliveirense	0	2	—	2016, 2017
Triestina	0	1	—	1968
Lourenço Marques	0	1	—	1974
Vilanova	0	1	—	1977
Royal Sunday	0	1	—	1978
Giovinazzo	0	1	—	1981
Amatori Lodi	0	1	—	1982
Sentmenat	0	1	—	1983
Roller Monza	0	1	—	1991
Seregno	0	1	—	1992
Amatori Vercelli	0	1	—	1998
Bassano	0	1	—	2007

By country

Country	Winners	Runners-up	Winners	Runners-up
Spain	46	17	Barcelona (22), Reus Deportiu (8), Liceo (6), Igualada (6), Voltregà (3), Noia	Barcelona (4), Vic (3), Reus Deportiu (3), Liceo (2), Voltregà, Vilanova, Sentmenat, Noia, Igualada
Portugal	7	23	Porto (2), Benfica (2), Sporting CP (2), Barcelos	Porto (12), Benfica (5), Barcelos (2), Oliveirense (2), Lourenço Marques, Sporting CP
Italy	1	13	Follonica	Novara (4), HC Monza (2), Triestina, Giovinazzo, Amatori Lodi, Roller Monza, Seregno, Amatori Vercelli, Bassano
Belgium	0	1	—	Royal Sunday

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