1981 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

Eighth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club The 1981 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in Brussels, was the eighth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. It was the first edition were two divisions were established. Otherwise, the competition format established in 1977 was preserved. It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in a final match against SKA Sverdlovsk, which was the revelation of the competition considering Soviet hockey, represented by Dynamo Almaty, had failed to rank among the top 8 clubs in previous editions. It was the Dutch club's 2nd European Champions Cup trophy. Barcelona's Real Club de Polo attained the 3rd place by defeating defending champions Slough HC.Microsoft Word - 1981_ccc_m_brussels_rome.doc Carla2 http://www.eurohockey.org/archive/clubchamp/men/1981_ccc_m_brussels_rome.pdf https://www.webcitation.org/5hLKBhVQG?url=http://www.eurohockey.org/archive/clubchamp/men/1981_ccc_m_brussels_rome.pdf 2009-06-07 dead 2009-06-01 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup 1981 Men's EuroHockey Club Champions Cup Belgium Brussels May 1982 8 8 NED Klein Zwitserland URS SKA-Sverdlovsk ESP 1977 Real Club de Polo 2 16 62 Teams SCO Edinburgh FRA FC Lyon NED Klein Zwitserland ESP 1977 Real Club de Polo URS SKA-Sverdlovsk ENG Slough FRG TG Frankenthal BEL Uccle Sport Preliminary round Pool A main WDL complete EHF SKA, SLO, TGF, FCL F T f R 2 1 0 7 3 1 1 1 7 5 0 2 1 4 5 1 0 2 5 10 R URS SKA-Sverdlovsk ENG Slough FRG TG Frankenthal FRA FC Lyon 2 QR green1 Advance to final blue1 Advance to third place match yellow1 Advance to fifth place match red1 Relegation to Trophy May 1981 TG Frankenthal FRG 2–2 URS SKA-Sverdlovsk May 1981 Slough ENG 6–2 FRA FC Lyon May 1981 FC Lyon FRA 2–1 FRG TG Frankenthal May 1981 SKA-Sverdlovsk URS 2–0 ENG Slough May 1981 SKA-Sverdlovsk URS 3–1 FRA FC Lyon May 1981 TG Frankenthal FRG 1–1 ENG Slough Pool B main WDL complete EHF KZL, RCP, UCC, EDI F T f R 2 1 0 9 2 2 1 0 9 3 1 0 2 3 7 H 0 0 3 2 11 R NED Klein Zwitserland ESP 1977 Real Club de Polo BEL Uccle Sport SCO Edinburgh 2 QR green1 Advance to final blue1 Advance to third place match yellow1 Advance to fifth place match red1 Relegation to Trophy May 1981 Klein Zwitserland NED 4–1 SCO Edinburgh May 1981 Real Club de Polo ESP 1977 3–1 BEL Uccle Sport May 1981 Klein Zwitserland NED 1–1 ESP 1977 Real Club de Polo May 1981 Uccle Sport BEL 2–0 SCO Edinburgh May 1981 Real Club de Polo ESP 1977 5–1 SCO Edinburgh May 1981 Klein Zwitserland NED 4–0 BEL Uccle Sport Classification round Seventh and eighth place May 1981 FC Lyon FRA 2–3 SCO Edinburgh Fifth and sixth place May 1981 TG Frankenthal FRG 0–0 BEL Uccle Sport yes 8–7 Third and fourth place May 1981 Slough ENG 2–5 ESP 1977 Real Club de Polo Final May 1981 SKA-Sverdlovsk URS 0–4 NED Klein Zwitserland EuroHockey Club Trophy EuroHockey Club Trophy in Rome. Group stage Group A Ireland field hockey Cookstown HC - 5 points Poland Warta Poznań - 4 points Gibraltar Rock Gunners - 3 points Switzerland HC Olten - 0 points Group B Italy HC EUR Algida - 5 points Austria SV Arminen Vienna - 3 points Yugoslavia HK Jedinstvo - 3 points Wales Withchurch HC - 1 point Play-offs 1st place Cookstown HC 1-1 HC EUR Algida (penalty shoot-out: 5-2) 3rd place SV Arminen Vienna 2-1 Warta Poznań 5th place HK Jedinstvo 3-2 Rock Gunners 7th place Withchurch HC 3-2 HC Olten Standings Ireland field hockey Cookstown HC Italy HC EUR Algida Austria SV Arminen Vienna Poland Warta Poznań Yugoslavia HK Jedinstvo Gibraltar Rock Gunners Wales Withchurch HC Switzerland HC Olten Ireland and Italy are promoted to 1st Division for the 1982 Champions Cup. See also European Hockey Federation References Category:EuroHockey Club Champions Cup Category:International field hockey competitions hosted by Belgium Category:International field hockey competitions hosted by Italy EuroHockey Club Champions Cup EuroHockey Club Champions Cup EuroHockey Club Champions Cup EuroHockey Club Champions Cup