2017–18 CERH European League

The 2017–18 CERH European League was the 53rd season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 21st season since it was renamed from European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League.

2017–18 CERH European League
Tournament details
Dates4 November 2017 – 13 May 2018
Teams16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (22nd title)
Runners-upPortugal Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played55
Goals scored439 (7.98 per match)
Top scorer(s)Portugal Gonçalo Alves
(20 goals)

Reus Deportiu were the defending champions. Barcelona won the trophy for a record 22nd time, winning 4–2 over Porto, who lost their 9th consecutive final and 11th overall, 7 of which against Barcelona.

Format changes

There are not any format changes in the competition system but, as new, the CERH introduced possession clocks as in basketball.[1] Each possession would have a maximum of 45 seconds.

Team allocation

Federation ranking
Main article: Roller hockey rankings

For the 2017–18 CERH European League, the associations are allocated places according to their Federation points, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from the 2013–14 to the 2015–16 seasons. Points are calculated by dividing the total of points accumulated by the number of participating teams.

Participation in the European League is reserved to that federations that have an effective capacity to organize annually their own national championships.[2] They all will have at least one place. For allocating the other nine places, the D'Hondt method is used with the coefficient of each federation.

In case of resigns, priority will be given according to the order established by the D'Hondt method.

Rank Association Coeff. Teams D'Hondt points
1  Portugal 20.10 4 10.0486.6995.024
2  Spain 19.79 9.9596.6404.980
3  Italy 15.18 3 7.5915.0613.795
4  France 8.84 2 4.4202.9472.210
5  Germany 6.27 1 3.1362.0911.568
6   Switzerland 6.08 3.0422.0281.521
7  Austria 3.86 0 Not eligible
8  England 3.00 1 1.5001.0000.750

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders). As English champions King's Lynn resigned to its place, following the allocation criteria, Italian Follonica occupied its vacant berth.

Participant teams were confirmed on 19 September 2017.[3]

Group stage
Portugal Porto (1st) Spain Barcelona (1st) Italy Amatori Lodi (1st) France La Vendéenne (1st)
Portugal Benfica (2nd) Spain ReusTH (2nd) Italy Forte dei Marmi (2nd) France Quévert (2nd)
Portugal Oliveirense (3rd) Spain Liceo (3rd) Italy Viareggio (3rd) Germany Iserlohn (1st)
Portugal Sporting CP (4th) Spain Vic (4th) Italy Follonica (4th) Switzerland Montreux (1st)

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows.[4]

Phase Round First leg Second leg
Group stage Matchday 1 4 November 2017
Matchday 2 25 November 2017
Matchday 3 9 December 2017
Matchday 4 13 January 2018
Matchday 5 17 February 2018
Matchday 6 10 March 2018
Knockout phase Quarter-finals 25 March 2018 7 April 2018
Semi-finals 12 May 2018
Final 13 May 2018

Draw

The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Reus Deportiu, being placed directly as head-team of the Group A. The other three seeded teams will be from the three top ranked federations according to these priorities:

  1. National champions of those leagues.
  2. Highest ranked teams.

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

The group stage will be drawn on 23 September 2017 in Lisbon.[1]

Pots

Below are the participating teams (with their points at the CERS ranking). Title holders and the champions of the three top leagues in the ranking were assigned to pot 1, while the rest of the pots were established by nationalities.

Pot 1 (by Fed. rank)
Team Pts
Spain Reus[TH] 80
Portugal Porto[POR] 135
Spain Barcelona[ESP] 160
Italy Amatori Lodi[ITA] 45
Pot 2 (Portugal)
Team Pts
Portugal Benfica 155
Portugal Oliveirense 90
Portugal Sporting CP 52
Pot 3 (Italy)
Team Pts
Italy Forte dei Marmi 80
Italy Viareggio 66
Italy Follonica 25
Pot 4 (Spain)
Team Pts
Spain Liceo 100
Spain Vic 95
Pot 5 (rest of Europe)
Team Pts
France Quévert 65
France La Vendéenne 36
Germany Iserlohn 36
Switzerland Montreux 6
Notes
  1. TH Title holders, automatically placed in Group A.
  2. POR Portuguese league champions, automatically placed in Group B.
  3. ESP Spanish league champions, automatically placed in Group C.
  4. ITA Italian league champions, automatically placed in Group D.

Group stage
Location of teams of the 2017–18 CERH European League group stage.
Red: Group A; Green: Group B; Blue: Group C; Yellow: Group D.

The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Reus Deportiu, being placed as seeded team in the Group A automatically. The other 3 seeded teams, Porto, Barcelona and Amatori Lodi, were automatically placed in groups B, C and D, respectively.[3] The rest of the teams were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other.

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

A total of six national associations were represented in the group stage.

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification REU OLI VIA ISE
1 Spain Reus Deportiu 6 5 1 0 37 15 +22 16 Advance to quarterfinals — 5–0 4–4 10–2
2 Portugal Oliveirense 6 3 1 2 33 19 +14 10 3–6 — 9–3 8–1
3 Italy Viareggio 6 2 2 2 31 24 +7 8 2–4 4–4 — 15–2
4 Germany Iserlohn 6 0 0 6 10 53 −43 0 4–8 0–9 1–3 —
Source: CERS-Rink Hockey

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification POR FOL VEN VIC
1 Portugal Porto 6 5 1 0 50 17 +33 16 Advance to quarterfinals — 7–4 8–3 13–2
2 Italy Follonica 6 4 0 2 29 29 0 12 1–7 — 6–4 9–6
3 France La Vendéenne 6 1 1 4 21 34 −13 4 3–11 5–8 — 1–1
4 Spain Vic 6 0 2 4 13 33 −20 2 4–4 0–1 0–5 —
Source: CERS-Rink Hockey

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification BAR BEN FOR MON
1 Spain Barcelona 6 6 0 0 29 6 +23 18 Advance to quarterfinals — 2–0 2–0 3–0
2 Portugal Benfica 6 3 1 2 36 21 +15 10 4–8 — 6–4 14–2
3 Italy Forte dei Marmi 6 2 1 3 23 16 +7 7 2–4 1–1 — 12–1
4 Switzerland Montreux 6 0 0 6 9 54 −45 0 0–10 4–11 1–4 —
Source: CERS-Rink Hockey

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification SCP LIC LOD QUE
1 Portugal Sporting CP 6 4 1 1 24 13 +11 13 Advance to quarterfinals — 5–3 7–1 6–1
2 Spain Liceo 6 3 2 1 23 16 +7 11 1–1 — 1–1 6–3
3 Italy Amatori Lodi 6 2 2 2 19 24 −5 8 7–4 4–7 — 3–3
4 France Quévert 6 0 1 5 11 24 −13 1 0–1 3–5 2–3 —
Source: CERS-Rink Hockey

Knockout phase

The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.

Quarter-finals
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Liceo Spain 6–8 Spain Reus Deportiu 4–1 2–7
Benfica Portugal 5–11 Portugal Porto 3–2 2–9
Follonica Italy 4–8 Spain Barcelona 3–3 1–5
Oliveirense Portugal 4–6 Portugal Sporting CP 2–3 2–3

Final Four bracket

The Final Four will be played on 12 and 13 May in Porto, Portugal.

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Spain Reus Deportiu2
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona4
 
Spain Barcelona4
 
 
 
Portugal Porto2
 
Portugal Porto5
 
 
Portugal Sporting CP2
 

Semifinals
Reus Deportiu Spain2–4Spain Barcelona
Raül Marín 4', 34' Report Pau Bargalló 2'
Xavi Barroso 19' (pen.)
Lucas Ordóñez 21'
Pablo Álvarez 22'
Referee: Paulo Rainha (POR), Joaquim Pinto (POR)
Porto Portugal5–2Portugal Sporting CP
Antoni Baliu 8', 45'
Hélder Nunes 9', 34'
Gonçalo Alves 12' (pen.)		 Report Toni Pérez 22', 48'
Referee: Óscar Valverde (ESP), Alberto López (ESP)

Final
Barcelona Spain4–2Portugal Porto
Lucas Ordóñez 12'
Pablo Alvarez 27'
Pau Bargalló 32', 49'		 Report Gonçalo Alves 33'
Hélder Nunes 36'
Referee: Alessandro Eccelsi (ITA), Filippo Fronte (ITA)

See also

References
  1. "European Club Competitions – Draw and new regulations in force". CERS. 24 August 2017. Archived from the original on 25 August 2017. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
  2. "Club inscription shares by Federation". CERS. 19 June 2017. Archived from the original on 28 August 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
  3. "Official Teams Registered to European Competitions". CERS Rink Hockey. 19 September 2017. Archived from the original on 21 September 2017. Retrieved 20 September 2017.
  4. "Revised European competitions calendar 2017/18". CERS. 4 July 2017. Retrieved 8 July 2017.
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