2011–12 CERH European League

2011–12 CERH European League
Tournament details
Dates19 December 2010 - 27 May 2011
Teams16 (group stage)
8 (final eight) (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions HC Coinasa Liceo (6th title)
Runners-up Barcelona Sorli Discau

The 2011–12 CERH European League was the 47th season of the CERH European League, Europe's premier roller hockey tournament, and the 15th season since it was renamed from Champions League to European League. It took place from 19 December 2011 to 27 May 2011. Sixteen teams from seven national associations qualified for the competition as a result of their domestic league placing in the previous season. Following a group stage the eight best teams contested a final eight tournament, which took place at the PalaCastellotti arena in Lodi. The tournament was won by HC Coinasa Liceo, who beat Barcelona Sorli Discau, obtaining their second consecutive win.

Teams distribution

Since the title holders, HC Coinasa Liceo, qualified to the group stage through their domestic league, the spot reserved to the defending champion spot was vacated. The CERH decided to discontinue club ranking as a criterion to select the participating teams. In 2011–2012, for the first year, the qualifying clubs were selected using association ranking, with a criterion similar to that of the UEFA Champions League.[1]

Teams allocation by country:

Rank Association Coeff. Teams
1st Spain 5
2nd Portugal 4
3rd Italy 3
4th France 1
5th Germany 1
6th Switzerland 1
7th England 1

Teams

The following teams participated to the group stage:

Country Team Qualified as
HC Coinasa Liceo Title holders
Tecnol Reus Deportiu 1st Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
Barcelona Sorli Discau 3rd Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
CE Noia Freixenet 4th Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
Roncato Patí Vic 7th Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
FC Porto Império Bonança 1st Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
Benfica 2nd Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
UD Oliveirense 3rd Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
Candelária Sport Clube 4th Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
CGC Viareggio 1st Position in 2010-11 Serie A1
Isello Hockey Valdagno 2nd Position in 2010-11 Serie A1
Amatori Lodi 3rd Position in 2010-11 Serie A1
US Coutras 1st Position in 2010-11 Nationale 1
RSC Cronenberg 1st Position in 2010-11 Bundesliga
ERG Iserlohn 2nd Position in 2010-11 Bundesliga
Genève RHC 1st Position in 2010-11 LNA

Group stage

The 16 teams were placed in 4 groups, with the two best placed teams from each group advancing to the Final Eight.

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Barcelona Sorli Discau 6 3 2 1 23 14 +9 11
Candelária Sport Clube 6 3 1 2 16 14 +2 10
CGC Viareggio 6 3 1 2 23 26 −3 10
CE Noia Freixenet 6 1 0 5 16 24 −8 3

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Tecnol Reus Deportiu 6 4 2 0 25 13 +12 14
UD Oliveirense 6 3 3 0 23 7 +16 12
RSC Cronenberg 6 2 0 4 14 27 −13 6
US Coutras 6 0 1 5 14 29 −15 1

Group C

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
HC Coinasa Liceo 6 4 0 2 29 19 +10 12
Isello Hockey Valdagno 6 4 0 2 32 24 +8 12
FC Porto Império Bonança 6 4 0 2 42 30 +12 12
Genève RHC 6 0 0 6 19 49 −30 0

Group D

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
Benfica 6 4 1 1 38 17 +21 13
Amatori Lodi 6 4 0 2 24 20 +4 12
Roncato Patí Vic 6 3 1 2 21 19 +2 10
ERG Iserlohn 6 0 0 6 9 36 −27 0

Final Eight

The 2012 Final Eight was contested in Lodi, in the PalaCastellotti arena, from 24 to 27 May 2012. HC Coinasa Liceo won the tournament, beating Barcelona Sorli Discau in the final.

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 May - PalaCastellotti
 
 
UD Oliveirense2
 
26 May - PalaCastellotti
 
Barcelona Sorli Discau6
 
Barcelona Sorli Discau5
 
24 May - PalaCastellotti
 
Tecnol Reus Deportiu2
 
Tecnol Reus Deportiu3
 
27 May - PalaCastellotti
 
Amatori Lodi1
 
Barcelona Sorli Discau2
 
25 May - PalaCastellotti
 
HC Coinasa Liceo4
 
Candelária Sport Clube2
 
26 May - PalaCastellotti
 
HC Coinasa Liceo4
 
Isello Hockey Valdagno3
 
25 May - PalaCastellotti
 
HC Coinasa Liceo5
 
Benfica5
 
 
Isello Hockey Valdagno11
 
2012 CERH European League winners

HC Coinasa Liceo
Fifth title

References

  1. ^ "Hockey sobre Patines - Comisión Técnica Europea del CERH" (PDF). mundook.net. Archived from the original on August 17, 2011.

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