Women's Euro Hockey League
| Most recent season or competition: 2024 Women's Euro Hockey League | |
 | |
| Formerly | EuroHockey Club Cup |
|---|---|
| Sport | Field hockey |
| Founded | 2018 |
| First season | 2021 |
| No. of teams | 12 |
| Confederation | EHF (Europe) |
| Most recent champion(s) |  Amsterdam (2nd title) (2024) |
| Most titles | Amsterdam Den Bosch (2nd title) |
| Related competitions | EuroHockey Club Trophy I (2nd tier) |
The Women's Euro Hockey League is the newest annual women's field hockey tournament organised by the EHF for the very top hockey clubs in Europe.
The competition was supposed to start in 2020 replacing the old EuroHockey Club Cup.[1] The first edition was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe.[2]
The tournament has only been won by Dutch teams with Den Bosch and Amsterdam both claiming two titles.
Format
[edit]The tournament is held at the same location as the men's Final 8.[3] For the first time the women's competition will be fully produced for television and there will be a video umpire.[1]
Original format (2020–2024)
[edit]The new tournament had the same format as the old EuroHockey Club Cup. This meant eight teams participated in a knockout tournament, with the losers playing classification matches for their ranking.[1] Teams qualified for the Euro Hockey League similarly to before with the top two nations on the EHL rankings table earning two places in the competition while the next six nations received one entry.[1]
Expansion (2025–)
[edit]In March 2024, it was announced the competition would expand to 12 teams. The expansion will see the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which will take place at Easter. It means the top four nations on the EHL Ranking Table will receive two places for the FINAL12 with the nations ranked fifth to eighth all receiving one spot each. The format sees eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers will contest Ranking Matches for 9th to 11th. The champions from the top four nations on the Ranking Table will receive byes into the FINAL8.[4][5]
Results
[edit]| Season | Host | Final | Bronze medal match | Number of teams | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winner | Score | Runner-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place | ||||||
| 2020 Details |
Amstelveen, Netherlands | Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[2] | 8 | ||||||||
| 2021 Details |
 Den Bosch |
5–0 |  Club de Campo |
Amsterdam |
4–2 |  Club an der Alster |
4 | ||||
| 2022 Details |
Amsterdam |
2–2 (3–2 s.o.) |
Den Bosch |
Junior |
2–1 |  Gantoise |
8 | ||||
| 2023 Details |
Den Bosch |
1–0 | Club de Campo |
Düsseldorfer HC |
3–0 | Complutense |
8 | ||||
| 2024 Details |
Amsterdam |
2–1 | Mannheimer HC |
SCHC |
3–2 | Junior |
8 | ||||
| 2025 Details |
12 | ||||||||||
Records and statistics
[edit]Performances by club
[edit]| Rank | Club | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Den Bosch | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Amsterdam | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 |  Club de Campo | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 |  Mannheimer HC | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Düsseldorfer HC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Junior | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| SCHC | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (7 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Performances by nation
[edit]| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Netherlands (NED) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 7 |
| 2 | Spain (ESP) | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
See also
[edit]- Euro Hockey League
- EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (women)
- Women's EuroHockey Club Trophy
- Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "EHL Women set for launch in 2019/20 season". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. Archived from the original on 8 May 2019. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ a b "Uitgestelde Euro Hockey League in Amstelveen alsnog afgelast". nos.nl (in Dutch). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
- ^ "Ook vrouwen strijden volgend seizoen in Euro Hockey League". ad.nl (in Dutch). Algemeen Dagblad. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
- ^ "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.