The 2026 Women's Euro Hockey League was the sixth 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 | 1–6 April | ||
| Teams | 12 (from 8 associations) | ||
| Venue | Sportpark Oosterplas | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  SCHC (1st title) | ||
| Runner-up | Den Bosch | ||
| Third place |  Mannheimer HC | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 16 | ||
| Goals scored | 73 (4.56 per match) | ||
| Top scorer | Frédérique Matla (Den Bosch) (8 goals) | ||
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The tournament was hosted by HC 's-Hertogenbosch alongside the men's final eight at Sportpark Oosterplas in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 1 to 6 April 2025.[1][2] The hosts Den Bosch were the defending champions, having won a record third title at the previous edition.[3] They did not defend their title as they were beaten 1–0 in the final by SCHC, it was SCHC their first title.[4] Mannheimer HC won the bronze medal by defeating Club de Campo 3–2.
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.
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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Quarter-finals | Den Bosch (1st) |
 Braxgata (1st) |
| Harvestehuder THC (1st) |
 Club de Campo (1st) | |
| Preliminary round | SCHC (2nd) |
Gantoise (2nd) |
| Mannheimer HC (2nd) |
Club Egara (CW) | |
 Reading (1st) |
 Railway Union (1st) | |
 Watsonians (1st) |
 Slavia Prague (1st) | |
Results
editThe draw was held on 12 October, and the schedule was announced on 17 October 2025.[6][7]
Bracket
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| 2 April | ||||||||||||||
| Gantoise | 0 (5) | |||||||||||||
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| Club de Campo (s.o.) | 0 (6) | |||||||||||||
| Slavia Prague | 0 | |||||||||||||
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| Gantoise | 9 | |||||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 1 | |||||||||||||
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| Den Bosch | 5 | |||||||||||||
| Railway Union | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 April | ||||||||||||||
| Watsonians | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Den Bosch | 6 | |||||||||||||
| Watsonians | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||||||
| Den Bosch | 0 | |||||||||||||
| SCHC | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 April | ||||||||||||||
| Harvestehuder THC | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 1 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Reading | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 4 April | ||||||||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 0 | |||||||||||||
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| SCHC | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||||||
| SCHC | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 3 April | 6 April | |||||||||||||
| Club Egara | 1 | |||||||||||||
| SCHC | 4 | Club de Campo | 2 | |||||||||||
| Braxgata | 0 | Mannheimer HC | 3 | |||||||||||
Preliminary round
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Quarter-finals
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Ranking matches
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Semi-finals
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Final
editTop goalscorers
edit| Rank | Player[8] | Team | FG | PC | PS | Goals |
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| 1 | Frédérique Matla |
Den Bosch |
2 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 2 | Yibbi Jansen |
SCHC |
0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Ambre Ballenghien |
Gantoise |
3 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Stéphanie Vanden Borre |
Gantoise |
0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Pien Dicke |
SCHC |
2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "Den Bosch gastheer EHL, loting Nederlandse teams bekend". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ "Den Bosch to host ABN AMRO EHL FINALS next Easter". ehlhockey.tv. 12 October 2025. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ 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.
- ↑ de Groot, Joep (6 April 2026). "Euro Hockey League naar de vrouwen van SCHC na winst op Den Bosch". nrc.nl (in Dutch). NRC. Retrieved 18 April 2026.
- ↑ "Deze damesteams staan komend seizoen in de EHL". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. 18 June 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- ↑ Demaret, Philippe (13 October 2025). "EHL Dames : le tirage du final". okey.be (in French). Okey. Retrieved 13 October 2025.
- ↑ "ABN AMRO EHL FINALS tickets and match schedule release". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 17 October 2025. Retrieved 17 October 2025.
- ↑ "Euro Hockey League FINAL12 Women 2026 - Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers".