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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)
All statistics correct as of 5 November 2017.

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

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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

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Federation ranking

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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 10.048 6.699 5.024
2   Spain 19.79 9.959 6.640 4.980
3   Italy 15.18 3 7.591 5.061 3.795
4   France 8.84 2 4.420 2.947 2.210
5   Germany 6.27 1 3.136 2.091 1.568
6    Switzerland 6.08 3.042 2.028 1.521
7   Austria 3.86 0 Not eligible
8   England 3.00 1 1.500 1.000 0.750

Teams

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Reus Deportiu Spain 2–4Spain  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 Portugal 5–2Portugal  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

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Barcelona Spain 4–2Portugal  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

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References

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  1. ^ a b "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. ^ a b "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.[permanent dead link‍]
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