1997–98 CERH European League

The 1997–98 CERH European League was the 34th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held in Vercelli, Italy.

1997–98 CERH European League
Tournament details
Teams17
Final positions
ChampionsIgualada (5th title)
Runners-upAmatori Vercelli

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica 17–6 Vaulx-en-Velin 10–2 7–4

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oliveirense 4–14 Barcelona 2–5 2–9
Uttigen 7–28 Porto 3–7 4–21
Amatori Vercelli 10–2 Genève 7–0 3–2
Liceo 4–4 (p) Benfica 2–2 2–2
Herne Bay 5–11 La Vendéenne 2–3 3–8
Novara 5–4 Vic 3–2 2–2
Barcelos 9–7 Salerno 5–1 4–6
Igualada 13–1 Quévert 9–1 4–0

Group stage

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.

The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NOV IGU BCS VEN
1 Novara 6 5 1 0 47 15 +32 11 Advance to Final Four 3–2 5–3 21–1
2 Igualada 6 3 1 2 41 14 +27 7 5–6 10–3 11–0
3 Barcelos 6 2 2 2 32 29 +3 6 3–3 1–1 19–9
4 La Vendéenne 6 0 0 6 13 75 62 0 1–9 1–12 1–3
Source: [1]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR VER POR LIC
1 Barcelona 6 5 1 0 29 18 +11 11 Advance to Final Four 7–1 3–3 4–3
2 Amatori Vercelli 6 3 1 2 21 22 1 7 3–4 6–3 3–1
3 Porto 6 1 2 3 20 27 7 4 5–7 5–5 3–2
4 Liceo 6 1 0 5 15 18 3 2 3–4 2–3 4–1
Source: [2]

Final four

The Final Four was played in Vercelli, Italy.

Igualada achieved their fifth title.

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Igualada8
 
 
 
Barcelona1
 
Igualada (p) 8
 
 
 
Amatori Vercelli1
 
Amatori Vercelli4
 
 
Novara3
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Barcelona5
 
 
Novara3

References

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