The 2022–23 Men's Euro Hockey League was the 16th season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's men's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.
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| Host countries | Germany Netherlands | ||
| Dates | 29 September 2022 – 10 April 2023 | ||
| Teams | 20 (from 11 associations) | ||
| Venue | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Bloemendaal (6th title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Rot-Weiss Köln | ||
| Third place |  Racing | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 26 | ||
| Goals scored | 152 (5.85 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Alexander Hendrickx (Pinoké) (10 goals) | ||
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The first round was held from 30 September to 2 October 2022 and the Final8 took place from 6 to 10 April 2023.[1]
Bloemendaal were the defending champions, having won a record fifth title in the previous edition.[2] They defended their title after defeating Rot-Weiss Köln 1–0 in the final.[3]
Association team allocation
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Lille
Montrouge
Terrassa
Rotweiss Wettingen
Location of Benelux teams in 2022–23 Euro Hockey League
A total of 20 teams from 11 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2022–23 Men's Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–3 each had three teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 7–11 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
editFor the 2022–23 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–22 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22.[4]
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Teams
editThe labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season
| Entry round | Teams | |
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| Quarter-finals | Bloemendaal (1st) |
Rot-Weiss Köln (1st) |
 Atlètic Terrassa (1st) |
Racing (1st) | |
| Preliminary round | Pinoké (2nd) |
Amsterdam (3rd) |
| Hamburger Polo Club (2nd) |
Harvestehuder THC (3rd) | |
| Real Club de Polo (2nd) |
Club Egara (3rd) | |
| Gantoise (2nd) |
 Old Georgians (1st) | |
| Wimbledon (2nd) |
 Montrouge (1st) | |
| Lille (2nd) |
 Arminen (1st) | |
 Western Wildcats (1st) |
 Rotweiss Wettingen (1st) | |
 Lisnagarvey (1st) |
 Slavia Prague (1st) | |
Preliminary round
editThe preliminary round was hosted by Harvestehuder THC in Hamburg, Germany from 29 September to 2 October 2022. The draw took place on 18 July 2022.[5][6] The winners of the second round advanced to the quarter-finals during Easter 2023.
Bracket
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| Lille | 1 | |||||
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| Amsterdam | 6 | |||||
| Amsterdam | 1 (2) | |||||
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| Gantoise (s.o.) | 1 (4) | |||||
| Rotweiss Wettingen | 0 | |||||
| Gantoise | 7 | |||||
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| Montrouge | 0 | |||||
| 30 September | ||||||
| Lisnagarvey | 4 | |||||
| Lisnagarvey | 1 | |||||
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| Hamburger Polo Club | 7 | |||||
| Wimbledon | 0 | |||||
| Hamburger Polo Club | 4 | |||||
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| Pinoké | 16 | |||||
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| Slavia Prague | 0 | |||||
| Pinoké | 3 | |||||
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| Old Georgians | 1 | |||||
| Arminen | 0 | |||||
| Old Georgians | 4 | |||||
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| Real Club de Polo | 5 | |||||
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| Club Egara | 2 | |||||
| Real Club de Polo | 0 | |||||
| 1 October | ||||||
| Harvestehuder THC | 3 | |||||
| Western Wildcats | 1 | |||||
| Harvestehuder THC | 9 | |||||
First round
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Ranking matches
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Second round
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Final8
editThe Final8 was hosted by Pinoké at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 6 to 10 April 2023 alongside the women's tournament.[7] The draw was held on 14 December 2022.[8]
Bracket
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| Bloemendaal | 7 | |||||||||
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| Harvestehuder THC | 2 | |||||||||
| Bloemendaal | 4 | |||||||||
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| Racing | 1 | |||||||||
| Pinoké | 2 | |||||||||
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| Racing | 3 | |||||||||
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| Rot-Weiss Köln | 0 | |||||||||
| Atlètic Terrassa (s.o.) | 2 (3) | |||||||||
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| Gantoise | 2 (2) | |||||||||
| Atlètic Terrassa | 3 (3) | |||||||||
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| Rot-Weiss Köln (s.o.) | 3 (4) | Third place | ||||||||
| Hamburger Polo Club | 4 (0) | |||||||||
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| Rot-Weiss Köln (s.o.) | 4 (3) | |||||||||
| Racing | 3 | |||||||||
| Atlètic Terrassa | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Ranking matches
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Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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Top goalscorers
edit| Rank[9] | Player | Team | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
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| 1 | Alexander Hendrickx |
Pinoké |
0 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 |  Kane Russell |
Hamburger Polo Club |
0 | 6 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Michael Körper |
Harvestehuder THC |
4 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Miles Bukkens |
Pinoké |
5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Paul Glander |
Harvestehuder THC |
1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 6 | Roman Duvekot |
Gantoise |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Marlon Landbrug |
Pinoké |
4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Constantin Staib |
Hamburger Polo Club |
4 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tanguy Cosyns |
Racing |
0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 10 | Moritz Frey |
Harvestehuder THC |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Tim Swaen |
Bloemendaal |
0 | 3 | 0 |
See also
editNotes
edit- ↑ Belarusian and Russian clubs were excluded from participation due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine.[1]
References
edit- 1 2 "EHL Ranking Tables and 2022/23 allocations confirmed".
- ↑ Weber, Natasja (18 April 2022). "Er staat geen maat op de hockeyers van Bloemendaal: winst in EHL". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). de Volkskrant. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
- ↑ "Bloemendaal wint voor derde keer op rij Euro Hockey League na krappe zege". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ↑ "Outdoor Clubs Ranking Points Men" (PDF).
- ↑ "EHL Men's KO16 draw confirmed with Hamburg to host". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ↑ "Pinoké in Euro Hockey League tegen Slavia Praag". rtlnieuws.nl (in Dutch). RTL Nieuws. 18 July 2022. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
- ↑ "Pinoké to host next easter's FINAL8". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ Thys, Werner (14 December 2022). "Gantoise-teams krijgen Spaanse opponenten in de kwartfinale van de Euro Hockey League in Amstelveen". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- ↑ "Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers".