The 2024 Women's Euro Hockey League was the fourth 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | Amstelveen | ||
| Dates | 28 March – 1 April | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 6 associations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Wagener Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Amsterdam (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Mannheimer HC | ||
| Third place | SCHC | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Goals scored | 38 (3.8 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Yibbi Jansen (SCHC) (4 goals) | ||
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Den Bosch were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2023.[1] They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by Pinoké and Amsterdam and held alongside the men's Final8 at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 28 March to 1 April 2023.[2][3][4]
The hosts Amsterdam won their second Euro Hockey League title by defeating Mannheimer HC 2–1 in the final.[5] SCHC won their first EHL medal by defeating Junior FC 3–2 in the bronze medal match.[6]
Association team allocation edit
A total of 8 teams from 6 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2024 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 1–2 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 3–6 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking edit
For the 2024 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2020–2023 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2022–23.[7]
| Rank | Change | Association | Points | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 
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Netherlands
|
42,500 | 2 |
| 2 |
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 Spain
|
33,875 | |
| 3 |  1
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Germany
|
27,750 | 1 |
| 3 |  1
|
 Belgium
|
25,750 | |
| 5 |
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 England
|
20,500 | |
| 6 |
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 Ireland
|
10,875 | |
| 7 | 3
|
 Ukraine
|
6,250 | 0 |
| 8 |
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 Italy
|
5,250 | |
| 9 | 2
|
 Switzerland
|
4,750 | |
| 10 | 3
|
 France
|
4,375 | |
| 11 | 
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 Czech Republic
|
2,500 | |
| 12 | 3
|
 Belarus
|
2,000 | |
| 13 | 1
|
 Russia
|
0,500 |
Teams edit
The numberin the parentheses show each team's domestic league position of the previous season.
Amsterdam (1st)- SCHC (2nd)
Junior FC (1st)- Club de Campo (2nd)
Mannheimer HC (1st)
Gantoise (1st)
East Grinstead (1st)
Loreto (1st)
Results edit
The draw was held on 13 December 2023 and the schedule was announced on 15 December 2023.[8][9]
Bracket edit
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
| Amsterdam | 3 | |||||||||
| 31 March | ||||||||||
| East Grinstead | 1 | |||||||||
| Amsterdam | 2 | |||||||||
| 29 March | ||||||||||
| SCHC | 1 | |||||||||
| SCHC | 2 | |||||||||
| 1 April | ||||||||||
| Gantoise | 1 | |||||||||
| Amsterdam | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 March | ||||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 1 | |||||||||
| Mannheimer HC (s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 30 March | ||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| Mannheimer HC | 2 | |||||||||
| 28 March | ||||||||||
| Junior FC | 0 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Loreto | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 April | ||||||||||
| Junior FC | 5 | |||||||||
| SCHC | 3 | |||||||||
| Junior FC | 2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals edit
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Ranking matches edit
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Semi-finals edit
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Bronze medal match edit
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Final edit
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See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Den Bosch zegeviert weer en wordt voor de achttiende maal Europees kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Demaret, Philippe (1 December 2023). "Le final 8 de l'EHL à Amsterdam". okey.lalibre.be (in French). Okey. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Euro Hockey League 2024 finals set for Amsterdam once again". thehockeypaper.co.uk. The Hockey Paper. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ Toussaint, Laurent (1 December 2023). "L'EHL de retour au Wagener Stadium". hockeybelgium.lesoir.be (in French). Retrieved 3 December 2023.
- ^ "Hockeysters Amsterdam beste van Europa na zege op Mannheim". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Hockeysters SCHC winnen troostfinale Euro Hockey League". rtvutrecht.nl (in Dutch). RTV Utrecht. 1 April 2024. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
- ^ "Outdoor Clubs Ranking Points Women" (PDF).
- ^ Scheire, Robben (13 December 2023). "België-Nederland in de Euro Hockey League: Gantoise neemt het in kwartfinales op tegen het Nederlandse Kampong, Léopold treft Keulen". nieuwsblad.be (in Dutch). Het Nieuwsblad. Retrieved 14 December 2023.
- ^ Klanke, Peter (15 December 2023). "Speelschema EHL: Pinoké als eerste Nederlandse club in actie". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 16 December 2023.