2025–26 Men's Euro Hockey League
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Spain | ||
| Dates | 9 October 2025 – 6 April 2026 | ||
| Teams | 20 (from 11 associations) | ||
| Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) | ||
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The 2025–26 Men's Euro Hockey League will be the 19th edition of the Men's Euro Hockey League, Europe's men's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation.
The first round will be held from 9 to 12 October 2025 in Barcelona, Spain and the final 8 will be held from 2 to 6 April 2026. The second host is yet to be confirmed.[1] Gantoise are the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.[2][3]
Association team allocation
A total of 20 teams from 40 of the 42 EHF member associations participated in the 2025–26 Men's Euro Hockey League (the exceptions being Belarus and Russia which are currently suspended). The association ranking based on the EHL men's ranking table was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
- Associations 1–3 each had three teams qualify.
- Associations 4–6 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 7–11 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
The associations were allocated places for the 2025–26 Euro Hockey League according to their 2024–25 EHL country coefficients, considering their performance in European competitions from 2022–23 to 2024–25.[4]
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Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round:
- 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season
- RS: Regular season winners
- CW: Cup winners
| Entry round | Teams | |
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| Quarter-finals | Amsterdam (1st) | Gantoise (1st) |
| Surbiton (1st) | Crefelder HTC (1st) | |
| Preliminary round | Kampong (2nd) | Bloemendaal (RS) |
| Léopold (2nd) | Braxgata (3rd) | |
| Old Georgians (2nd) | Wimbledon (3rd) | |
| Hamburger Polo Club (RS) | Real Club de Polo (1st) | |
| Club de Campo (CW) | CAM 92 (1st) | |
| Saint Germain (2nd) | HC Wien (1st) | |
| Banbridge (1st) | Western Wildcats (1st) | |
| Slavia Prague (1st) | Olten (1st) | |
Preliminary round
The preliminary round will be hosted by Real Club de Polo de Barcelona at the Camp Eduardo Dualde in Barcelona, Spain from 9 to 12 October 2025. The draw will take place on 15 July 2025.[6]
See also
References
- ^ "EuroHockey Competition Season 2025/26". eurohockey.org. European Hockey Federation. 19 April 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
- ^ Weber, Natasja (21 April 2025). "Hockeyers Bloemendaal in EHL-finale te kijk gezet door Belgische club Gantoise". volkskrant.nl (in Dutch). Volkskrant. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Gantoise kroont zich in Nederland tot beste hockeyteam van Europa, vrouwen van Braxgata kansloos ten onder in finale". standaard.be (in Dutch). De Standaard. 21 April 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Switzerland confirmed to take last remaining EHL Men's spot".
- ^ Borcherts, Reemt (6 July 2025). "Van Duitse herintreder tot Schotse primeur: dit zijn alle EHL-teams". hockey.nl (in Dutch). Hockey.nl. Retrieved 7 July 2025.
- ^ "Real Club de Polo confirmed to host EHL Men's KO16 in October". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 7 July 2025. Retrieved 7 July 2025.