2014–15 CERH European League

CERH European League 2014–15 18 October 2014 – 3 May 2015 16 6 ESP Barcelona 21 ESP Vic 59 537 2013–14 2015–16 The 2014–15 CERH European League was the 50th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 19th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League. The final four tournament was played at PalaSind in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Holders Barcelona defeated fellow Spanish side Vic 4–3 in the final to retain the title and extend their competition record to 21 wins. Teams League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, CW: Cup winners, LSF: Losing semi-finalists). Group stageESP BarcelonaTH (1st)POR Porto (3rd)FRA Dinan Quévert (1st)ESP Liceo La Coruña (2nd)POR Juventude de Viana (4th)FRA La Vendéenne (2nd)ESP Vic (3rd)ITA Forte dei Marmi (1st)GER Herringen (1st)ESP Vendrell (CW)ITA Valdagno (2nd)SWI Genève (1st)POR Valongo (1st)ITA Bassano (LSF)POR Benfica (2nd)ITA Breganze (LSF) Round dates The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 September 2014). PhaseRoundFirst legSecond legGroup stageMatchday 118 October 2014Matchday 21 November 2014Matchday 322 November 2014Matchday 413 December 2014Matchday 517 January 2015Matchday 67 February 2015Knockout phaseQuarter-finals7 March 201521 March 2015Semi-finals2 May 2015Final3 May 2015 Group stage The draw for the group stage was held in Lisbon on 6 September 2014. The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. The team were then 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 play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 18 October, 1 November, 22 November, 13 December 2014, 17 January, and 7 February 2015. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals. A total of six national associations are represented in the group stage. Juventude de Viana, Forte dei Marmi, Hockey Breganze and La Vendéenne all made their debut appearances in this phase. Group A main WDL complete CERH BAR BAS BEN QUE KO KO 5 1 0 32 10 2 0 4 24 33 4 1 1 31 20 0 0 6 15 39 ESP Barcelona BAR ITA Bassano BAS POR Benfica BEN FRA Quévert QUE Q green1 Advance to knockout phase true 6–3 1–1 9–2 3–6 6–8 6–5 1–3 7–3 5–2 0–7 1–3 5–9 Group B main WDL complete CERH BRE GEN VAL VIC KO KO 4 1 1 28 19 0 1 5 22 37 1 1 4 25 33 5 1 0 27 13 ITA Breganze BRE SUI Genève GEN POR Valongo VAL ESP Vic VIC Q green1 Advance to knockout phase true 7–2 5–3 3–3 5–6 6–8 3–8 4–6 5–5 3–8 2–1 3–1 3–2 Group C main WDL complete CERH FOR HER JUV LIC KO KO 5 0 1 48 37 0 1 5 30 47 2 1 3 31 31 4 0 2 39 33 ITA Forte dei Marmi FOR GER Herringen HER POR Juventude de Viana JUV ESP Liceo La Coruña LIC Q green1 Advance to knockout phase true 9–7 6–2 11–6 7–11 8–8 2–4 8–3 6–1 3–5 7–8 9–5 8–4 Group D main WDL complete CERH LAV POR VAL VEN KO KO 2 0 4 21 33 5 1 0 41 19 2 2 2 30 24 1 1 4 19 35 FRA La Vendéenne LAV POR Porto POR ITA Valdagno VAL ESP Vendrell VEN Q green1 Advance to knockout phase true 3–5 6–4 5–3 7–1 6–2 9–1 10–3 5–5 7–2 4–3 7–9 2–2 Knockout phase The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners will play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which tookplace at the ground of one of the four finalists. Quarter-finals The first-leg matches were played on 7 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 21 March 2015. Valdagno ITA 7–14 ESP Barcelona 2–6 5–8 Liceo La Coruña ESP 4–5 ESP Vic 2–2 2–3 Breganze ITA 9–6 ITA Forte dei Marmi 5–2 4–4 Benfica POR 5–6 POR Porto 3–3 2–3 |} Final four The final four tournament took place on 2 and 3 May 2015, and was hosted by Hockey Breganze at PalaSind, in Bassano del Grappa. All times in CEST. Semi-finals 2 May 2015 17:00 Vic ESP 3–2 yes POR Porto PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa Alessandro Eccelsi, Franco Ferrari (Italy) 2 May 2015 20:30 Barcelona ESP 5–1 ITA Breganze PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa Miguel Guilherme, Rui Torres (Portugal) Final 3 May 2015 17:00 Barcelona ESP 4–3 ESP Vic PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa Alessandro da Prato, Mateo Galoppi (Italy) 2014–15 CERH European League winners Spain Barcelona 21st See also 2014 CERH Continental Cup 2014 FIRS Intercontinental Cup 2014–15 CERS Cup 2014–15 CERH Women's European League References External links http://www.cerh.eu/user/index.php Category:WSE Champions League Category:2014 in roller hockey CERH European League