Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I

EuroHockey Club Trophy I
Most recent season or competition:; 2023 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I
Formerly	EuroHockey Club Trophy
Sport	Field hockey
Founded	1981; 43 years ago
First season	1981
No. of teams	8
Confederation	EHF (Europe)
Most recent; champion(s)	Cardiff & Met (3rd title) ; (2023)
Most titles	Cardiff & Met; Racing Club de France; (3 titles each)
Level on pyramid	2

The EuroHockey Club Trophy I is an annual men's field hockey competition organised by the EHF for European hockey clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club competition, being one tier below the top men's European club competition the Euro Hockey League. In that sense, the ECT is hockey's equivalent of the UEFA Europa League.^[1]

Format

The tournament features 8 clubs from EHF member countries.

Qualification

Each year one of the 8 available league places is allocated to an EHF member country's national association. The clubs admitted are the clubs of those nations who finished ranked third to sixth in the previous year's Trophy II; the clubs of those two nations from the previous year's Trophy I; plus the clubs of those two nations promoted from the previous year's Challenge I.

Tournament summary

The teams are separated into 2 pools of 4 teams. In each pool (pool A and B) the teams play one match against each of the other three teams in their pool (making a total of six pool matches). The teams then go on to play classification matches based on their relative ranking from these pool matches to determine their final tournament position.

Tournament details

In each pool, A, and B, all the teams play each other once, with points awarded as follows:

5 points for a win
2 points for a draw
1 point for a loss with a goal difference of no more than 2
0 points for a loss with a goal difference of more than 2

Once the relative ranking of the teams in pools A and B is settled, the classification matches proceed as follows:

The teams ranked first in each pool will play for 1st and 2nd place (the Final)
The teams ranked 2nd in each pool will play for 3rd/4th place (bronze medal)
The teams ranked 3rd in each pool will play for 5th/6th place
The teams ranked 4th in each pool will play for 7th/8th place

If the score at the end of the regulation time of a classification match is a draw, then a shoot-out competition is played to establish a winner.

Higher and lower tournaments

Above the EuroHockey Club Trophy II is the EuroHockey Club Trophy I, and below it is the EuroHockey Club Challenge 1, the EuroHockey Club Challenge 2, and so on. This structure is designed to give every EHF member nation the opportunity to enter their best clubs into European competition at an appropriate level, and through that exposure to improve the level of their domestic hockey.

Results

1981–1989

From 1981 until 1989, the tournament was held once a year and the finalists' countries were promoted to the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1981 Details	Rome, Italy	Cookstown	1–1 (a.e.t.) 5–2 (p.s.)	Eur	Arminen	2–1	Warta Poznań
1982 Details	Cardiff, Wales	Rock Gunners		Amiens	Cardiff		Edinburgh
1983 Details	Subotica, Yugoslavia	Eur	2–0	Banbridge	Suboticanka	5–0	Cardiff
1984 Details	Vienna, Austria	Racing Club de France		Suboticanka	Grange		Espoo
1985 Details	Banbridge, Northern Ireland	Banbridge		Amsicora	Ramaldense		WAC
1986 Details	Göteborg, Sweden	Edinburgh	3–1	Grammarians	Racing Club de France	4–0	Olten
1987 Details	Swansea, Wales	Southgate		Banbridge	Amiens		Olten
1988 Details	Helsinki, Finland	Amiens		Arminen	Whitchurch		Grammarians
1989 Details	Lisburn, Northern Ireland	Léopold		Lisnagarvey	Grammarians		Amsicora

Source^[2]

1990–1993

From 1990 until 1993 the tournament was held twice a year and only the winner's countries were promoted to the EuroHockey Club Champions Cup.

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1990 Details	Amiens, France	Osternienburg		Amiens	Grammarians		Olten
1990 Details	Gothenburg, Sweden	Lech Poznań		Amsicora	Menzieshill		WAC
1991 Details	Olten, Switzerland	Racing Club de France		Grammarians	Amsicora		Olten
1991 Details	Glasgow, Scotland	Lisnagarvey		Kelburne	Zorka Subotica		HC Wien
1992 Details	Gibraltar	Kelburne		Grammarians	Cardiff		Espoo
1992 Details	Prague, Czechoslovakia	HC Wien		Slavia Praha	Pocztowiec Poznań		Zorka Subotica
1993 Details	Havant, England	Havant		Grunwald Poznań	Minsk		Stockholm
1993 Details	Prague, Czech Republic	Dinamo Stroitel		Amsicora	Avoca		Slavia Praha

Source^[3]

1994–2002

Because of the introduction of the EuroHockey Club Challenge, the tournament went back to the old format from 1994 until 2002.

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
1994 Details	Milan, Italy	Cernusco		Grunwald Poznań	Minsk		HC Wien
1995 Details	Glasgow, Scotland	Racing Club de France		Minsk	Kelburne		Grammarians
1996 Details	Prague, Czech Republic	Samara		Grammarians	Teddington		Pembroke Wanderers
1997 Details	Cagliari, Italy	Instonians	2–2 (a.e.t.) 4–3 (p.s.)	Amsicora	Cannock	4–2	White Star
1998 Details	Brasschaat, Belgium	Reading	5–2	Dragons	Samara	2–1	Eagles
1999 Details	Milan, Italy	Cernusco	2–1	Eagles	Western Wildcats	3–1	Instonians
2000 Details	Belfast, Northern Ireland	Western Wildcats	5–3	Instonians	Olten	3–2	Dragons
2001 Details	Antwerp, Belgium	Dragons	3–1	Stroitel Brest	Rotweiss Wettingen	7–5	Slavia Praha
2002 Details	Wettingen, Switzerland	Lille	3–1	Pembroke Wanderers	Dinamo Stroitel	4–2	Rotweiss Wettingen

Source^[4]

2003–2007

From 2003 until 2007 there was no final but instead, there were two promotion play-offs and the winners were ranked joint first and the winner's countries were promoted. The final ranking was decided based on their record in the pools.^[5]

Year	Host	Promotion play-off winners		Promotion play-off losers
Year	Host	Winner	Runner-up	Third place	Fourth place
2003 Details	Rome, Italy	Rotweiss Wettingen	AHTC Wien	Roma	Dinamo Stroitel
2004 Details	Prague, Czech Republic	Slavia Praha	Western Wildcats	Kolos Vinnitsa	Lille
2005 Details	Brest, Belarus	Pocztowiec Poznań	Stroitel Brest	Montrouge	WAC
2006 Details	Wettingen, Switzerland	Stade Français	Kelburne	Rotweiss Wettingen	Lisnagarvey
2007 Details	Prague, Czech Republic	Dinamo Kazan	Pembroke Wanderers	Rotweiss Wettingen	Cardiff

Source^[6]

2008–2019

In 2008 the tournament went back to its old format with a final but instead of two promotion places, the clubs scored points for their national association in the EHF 3-year rating, which sets the number of clubs in a nation for the European Cup competitions. Qualifying for the trophy were the runners-up of the countries in positions 9 to 12 and the champions of the countries in positions 13 to 16 in the EHF 3-year rating.

Year	Host	Final			Third place match
Year	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place
2008 Details	Paris, France	Glenanne	5–4	Montrouge	Olympia Kolos Sekvoia	3–1	Roma
2009 Details	Dublin, Ireland	Pembroke Wanderers	4–0	Dinamo Elektrostal	Stroitel Brest	3–1	Rotweiss Wettingen
2010 Details	Cardiff, Wales	Dinamo Elektrostal	6–3	Grange	Olympia Kolos Sekvoia	2–2 (a.e.t.) 6–5 (p.s.)	Stroitel Brest
2011 Details	Rome, Italy	AHTC Wien	4–1	Roma	Rotweiss Wettingen	2–1	Saint Germain
2012 Details	Lille, France	Lille	3–2	Kelburne	Stroitel Brest	4–2	Roma
2013 Details	Vienna, Austria	Politechnika Poznanska	4–2	Cardiff & UWIC	Arminen	6–5 (a.e.t.)	Olympia Kolos Sekvoia
2014 Details	Cagliari, Italy	Monkstown	2–0	OKS-SHVSM	Atasport	4–0	Amsicora
2015 Details	Dublin, Ireland	Stroitel Brest	3–1	Slavia Praha	Atasport	3–2	Three Rock Rovers
2016 Details	Glasgow, Scotland	Cardiff & Met	4–0	Banbridge	Kelburne	3–0	Slavia Praha
2017 Details	Elektrostal, Russia	Rotweiss Wettingen	1–0	Arminen	Dinamo Elektrostal	4–0	Grove Menzieshill
2018 Details	Vienna, Austria	Grange	5–2	OKS Vinnitsa	Minsk	5–3	Rotweiss Wettingen
2019 Details	Wettingen, Switzerland	Cardiff & Met	4–3	Stroitel Brest	Rotweiss Wettingen	4–3	OKS Vinnitsa

Source^[7]

2020–present

In 2020, the EuroHockey Club Trophy was renamed to EuroHockey Club Trophy I.

Season	Host	Final			Third place match			Number of teams
Season	Host	Winner	Score	Runner-up	Third place	Score	Fourth place	Number of teams
2020 Details	Vienna, Austria	Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[8]			Cancelled			8
2021 Details	Vienna, Austria	Montrouge	5–0	Post SV	Rotweiss Wettingen	2–2 (4–3 s.o.)	Stroitel Brest	6
2022 Details	Paris, France	Montrouge	2–1	Rotweiss Wettingen	Lousada	2–1	Bohemians Prague	4
2023 Details	Vienna, Austria	Cardiff & Met	4–2	OKS Vinnitsa	Grange	5–4	Grasshoppers	8

Records and statistics

Performance by club

Medal table by club
Rank	Club	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Cardiff & Met^[c]	3	1	2	6
2	Racing Club de France	3	0	1	4
3	Rotweiss Wettingen	2	1	6	9
4	Montrouge	2	1	1	4
5	Politechnika Poznanska^[a]	2	0	1	3
6	Cernusco	2	0	0	2
6	Lille	2	0	0	2
8	Kelburne	1	3	2	6
8	Stroitel Brest	1	3	2	6
10	Banbridge	1	3	0	4
11	Amiens	1	2	1	4
12	Pembroke Wanderers	1	2	0	3
12	Slavia Prague	1	2	0	3
14	Grange	1	1	2	4
15	Dinamo Elektrostal	1	1	1	3
15	Western Wildcats	1	1	1	3
17	AHTC Wien	1	1	0	2
	Dragons	1	1	0	2
	Eur	1	1	0	2
	Instonians	1	1	0	2
21–57	Remaining	17	21	26	64
Totals (57 entries)		46	46	46	138

Performances by nation

Medal table by nation
Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	France (FRA)	9	3	3	15
2	Ireland (IRL)	7	7	1	15
3	Scotland (SCO)	4	5	6	15
4	Russia (RUS)	4	1	3	8
5	Italy (ITA)	3	6	2	11
6	Poland (POL)	3	2	1	6
7	Wales (WAL)	3	1	3	7
8	England (ENG)	3	0	2	5
9	Austria (AUT)	2	4	2	8
10	Switzerland (SUI)	2	1	7	10
11	Belgium (BEL)	2	1	0	3
12	Gibraltar (GIB)	1	5	2	8
13	Belarus (BLR)	1	4	5	10
14	Czech Republic (CZE)	1	2	0	3
15	East Germany (GDR)	1	0	0	1
16	Ukraine (UKR)	0	3	3	6
17	Yugoslavia (YUG)	0	1	2	3
18	Azerbaijan (AZE)	0	0	2	2
18	Portugal (POR)	0	0	2	2
Totals (19 entries)		46	46	46	138

Notes

^ Includes results representing Pocztowiec Poznań until 2012
^ Includes results representing Olympia Kolos Sekvoia, Kolos Vinnitsa and OKS-SHVSM
^ Includes results representing Cardiff until 2008 and Cardiff & UWIC until 2013

References

^ "2018 EHF Announces Changes to EuroHockey Club Events". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.
^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 45–46. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "Outdoor Clubs – promotion and relegation explained". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. p. 47. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 47–48. Retrieved 19 March 2019.
^ "EHF cancels all EuroHockey Club Trophy and Challenge events, 2020". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

External links

[9] Includes results representing Pocztowiec Poznań until 2012

[10] Includes results representing Olympia Kolos Sekvoia, Kolos Vinnitsa and OKS-SHVSM

[11] Includes results representing Cardiff until 2008 and Cardiff & UWIC until 2013

[1] "2018 EHF Announces Changes to EuroHockey Club Events". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 2 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2019.

[2] "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 44–45. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[3] "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 45–46. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[4] "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 46–47. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[5] "Outdoor Clubs – promotion and relegation explained". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[6] "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. p. 47. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[7] "Competition Archive". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. pp. 47–48. Retrieved 19 March 2019.

[8] "EHF cancels all EuroHockey Club Trophy and Challenge events, 2020". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 24 March 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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