The 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League was the fifth edition of the Women's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | 's-Hertogenbosch | ||
| Dates | 16–21 April | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 8 associations) | ||
| Venue | Sportpark Oosterplas | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Den Bosch (3rd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Braxgata | ||
| Third place | Gantoise | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 16 | ||
| Goals scored | 63 (3.94 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Belén Iglesias (Club de Campo) Yibbi Jansen (SCHC) (4 goals) | ||
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Amsterdam were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2024.[1] They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by HC 's-Hertogenbosch alongside the men's Final8 at Sportpark Oosterplas in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2025.[2][3][4] This was the first edition under a new format, with 12 instead of 8 participating teams. This increased the total number of matches played in the competition from 10 to 16.
The hosts Den Bosch won a record-extending third Euro Hockey League title by defeating Braxgata 5–1 in the final.[5] Gantoise won the bronze medal as they defeated Düsseldorfer HC 3–1.[6]
Format change
editIn March 2024, it was announced the competition would expand to 12 teams. The expansion saw the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which took place at Easter. It meant the top four nations on the EHL Ranking Table received two places for the FINAL12 with the nations ranked fifth to eighth all receiving one spot each. The format saw eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers contested ranking matches for 9th to 11th. The champions from the top four nations on the Ranking Table received byes into the FINAL8.[7][8]
Association team allocation
editA total of 12 teams from 8 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients were used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–4 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 5–8 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
editFor the 2025 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–2024 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.[9]
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Teams
editThe labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd: League positions of the previous season
- RS: Regular season winners
| Entry round | Teams | |
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| Quarter-finals | Den Bosch (1st) |
 Düsseldorfer HC (1st) |
 Real Club de Polo (1st) |
Gantoise (1st) | |
| Preliminary round | SCHC (2nd) |
Mannheimer HC (2nd) |
| Club de Campo (RS) |
Braxgata (2nd) | |
 Surbiton (1st) |
 Railway Union (1st) | |
 Sumchanka (1st) |
 Slavia Prague (1st) | |
Results
editThe draw was held on 4 December 2024 and the schedule was announced on 6 December 2024.[11][12][13][14]
Bracket
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| 18 April | ||||||||||||||
| Den Bosch | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| SCHC | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Railway Union | 0 | |||||||||||||
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| SCHC | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Den Bosch (s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
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| Gantoise | 1 (0) | |||||||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 9 | |||||||||||||
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| Sumchanka | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| Gantoise | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 21 April | ||||||||||||||
| Den Bosch | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Braxgata | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 17 April | ||||||||||||||
| Real Club de Polo | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| Braxgata | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
| 20 April | ||||||||||||||
| Braxgata (s.o.) | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| Braxgata | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 16 April | ||||||||||||||
| Düsseldorfer HC | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
| Slavia Prague | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 17 April | 21 April | |||||||||||||
| Surbiton | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Surbiton | 1 | Gantoise | 3 | |||||||||||
| Düsseldorfer HC | 2 | Düsseldorfer HC | 1 | |||||||||||
Preliminary round
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Quarter-finals
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Ranking matches
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
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Final
editStatistics
editTop goalscorers
edit| Rank | Player[15] | Team | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
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| 1 | Belén Iglesias |
Club de Campo |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Yibbi Jansen |
SCHC |
0 | 3 | 1 | ||
| 3 | Maartje Krekelaar |
Den Bosch |
0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Stéphanie Vanden Borre |
Gantoise |
0 | 2 | 1 | ||
| Darcy Bourne |
Surbiton |
0 | 1 | 2 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Hockeysters Amsterdam beste van Europa na zege op Mannheim". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ↑ "HC 's-Hertogenbosch to host Easter 2025 EHL FINALS". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 7 November 2024. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ↑ Elst, Maarten (7 November 2024). "HC Den Bosch is voor het eerst gastheer van Euro Hockey League Finals: 'Wij kunnen perfecte ambiance bieden'". bd.nl (in Dutch). Brabants Dagblad. Retrieved 7 November 2024.
- ↑ Toussaint, Laurent (7 November 2024). "Une première pour Den Bosch qui accueillera les finales de l'EHL". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Hockey Belgium. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ Fassbender, Wout (21 April 2025). "Hockeysters HC Den Bosch voor negentiende keer beste van Europa, zilver voor Bloemendaal". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ↑ "Ballenghien lights up brilliant bronze for Gantoise". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 24 April 2025.
- ↑ "Euro Hockey League women increases to 12-team competition". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "EHL Women to expand to 12 team competition". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 14 March 2024. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ↑ "Ireland, Ukraine and Czechia places all confirmed for EHL WOMEN FINAL12". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 21 May 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ "Deze damesteams staan komend seizoen in de EHL". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ "Loting EHL: Engelse opponenten voor Kampong en Rotterdam". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ↑ Demaret, Philippe (4 December 2024). "EHL : tirage du tour final". okey.be (in French). Okey. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ↑ "ABN AMRO EHL FINALS draw sets up big knock-out battles". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 4 December 2024. Retrieved 4 December 2024.
- ↑ "Den Bosch fixture schedule confirmed". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 6 December 2024. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ↑ "Euro Hockey League FINAL12 Women 2025 - Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers".