2025 Women's Euro Hockey League

2025 Women's Euro Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
City's-Hertogenbosch
Dates16–21 April
Teams12 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)Sportpark Oosterplas
Final positions
Champions Den Bosch (3rd title)
Runner-up Braxgata
Third place Gantoise
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored63 (3.94 per match)
Top scorer(s)Belén Iglesias (Club de Campo)
Yibbi Jansen (SCHC) (4 goals)
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The 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League was the fifth edition of the Women's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.

Amsterdam were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2024.[1] They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by HC 's-Hertogenbosch alongside the men's Final8 at Sportpark Oosterplas in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2025.[2][3][4] This was the first edition under a new format, with 12 instead of 8 participating teams. This increased the total number of matches played in the competition from 10 to 16.

The hosts Den Bosch won a record-extending third Euro Hockey League title by defeating Braxgata 5–1 in the final.[5] Gantoise won the bronze medal as they defeated Düsseldorfer HC 3–1.[6]

Format change

In March 2024, it was announced the competition would expand to 12 teams. The expansion saw the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which took place at Easter. It meant the top four nations on the EHL Ranking Table received two places for the FINAL12 with the nations ranked fifth to eighth all receiving one spot each. The format saw eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers contested ranking matches for 9th to 11th. The champions from the top four nations on the Ranking Table received byes into the FINAL8.[7][8]

Association team allocation

A total of 12 teams from 8 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients were used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

  • Associations 1–4 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 5–8 each had one team qualify.

Association ranking

For the 2025 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–2024 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.[9]

Association ranking for the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round:

  • 1st, 2nd: League positions of the previous season
  • RS: Regular season winners
Qualified teams for 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League[10]
Entry round Teams
Quarter-finals Den Bosch (1st) Düsseldorfer HC (1st)
Real Club de Polo (1st) Gantoise (1st)
Preliminary round SCHC (2nd) Mannheimer HC (2nd)
Club de Campo (RS) Braxgata (2nd)
Surbiton (1st) Railway Union (1st)
Sumchanka (1st) Slavia Prague (1st)

Results

The draw was held on 4 December 2024 and the schedule was announced on 6 December 2024.[11][12][13][14]

Bracket

 
Preliminary roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
18 April
 
 
 Den Bosch3
 
16 April
 
 SCHC2
 
 Railway Union0
 
20 April
 
 SCHC4
 
 Den Bosch (s.o.)1 (3)
 
16 April
 
 Gantoise1 (0)
 
 Mannheimer HC9
 
18 April
 
 Sumchanka0
 
 Mannheimer HC0
 
 
 Gantoise3
 
 
21 April
 
 
 Den Bosch5
 
 
 Braxgata1
 
 
17 April
 
 
 Real Club de Polo1
 
16 April
 
 Braxgata2
 
 Club de Campo1 (3)
 
20 April
 
 Braxgata (s.o.)1 (4)
 
 Braxgata3
 
16 April
 
 Düsseldorfer HC0 Bronze medal match
 
 Slavia Prague0
 
17 April21 April
 
 Surbiton8
 
 Surbiton1 Gantoise3
 
 
 Düsseldorfer HC2 Düsseldorfer HC1
 
 
 
 

Preliminary round

16 April 2024
12:30
Slavia Prague 0–8 Surbiton
Report Bourne  15+', 36'
Yonge  25'
Sanders  26', 34'
Dowthwaite  41', 42'
Taylor  57'
Umpires:
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
16 April 2024
14:45
Club de Campo 1–1 Braxgata
Iglesias  35' Report Vanden Borre  22'
Penalties
C. Amundson
Pérez
F. Amundson
Iglesias
Agullo 		3–4 Vandermeiren
Dewaet
Vanden Borre
Versavel
Caarls
Umpires:
Nick Bennett (ENG)
Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
16 April 2024
17:00
Mannheimer HC 9–0 Sumchanka
Kanler  26', 47'
Jiménez  27', 28'
Kurz  29'
Kresken  51', 53'
Badia  56'
Zimmermann  59' 		Report
Umpires:
Clare Barwood (WAL)
Michiel Otten (NED)
16 April 2024
19:15
Railway Union 0–4 SCHC
Report Jansen  6', 45'
Van den Heuvel  27'
Dicke  45'
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Gemma Calderon (ESP)

Quarter-finals

17 April 2024
12:45
Surbiton 1–2 Düsseldorfer HC
Bourne  33' Report Nolte  19', 37'
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Gemma Calderon (ESP)
17 April 2024
15:00
Real Club de Polo 1–2 Braxgata
Bruguera  21' Report M. Carey  37'
Van Dieren  39'
Umpires:
Michiel Otten (NED)
Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
18 April 2024
13:15
Mannheimer HC 0–3 Gantoise
Report Bonami  44'
Van Remortel  49'
Struijk  58'
Umpires:
Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
Gemma Calderon (ESP)
18 April 2024
20:00
Den Bosch 3–2 SCHC
Wijckmans  9'
Englebert  21'
Krekelaar  36' 		Report Jansen  41', 60'
Umpires:
Clare Barwood (WAL)
Sarah Wilson (SCO)

Ranking matches

17 April 2024
10:30
Club de Campo 4–0 Slavia Prague
Monsalve  25'
Iglesias  35', 41', 45+' 		Report
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
18 April 2024
11:00
Railway Union 1–0 Sumchanka
Lloyd  33' Report
Umpires:
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)
Ben Goentgen (GER)
19 April 2024
13:45
Real Club de Polo 1–1 Surbiton
Piccardo  51' Report Wills  14'
Penalties
Bruguera
Segú
Piccardo
Giné
Álvarez
Álvarez 		3–2 Bourne
Petter
Curtis
Sanders
Wills
Bourne
Umpires:
Clare Barwood (WAL)
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
20 April 2024
17:00
SCHC 3–1 Mannheimer HC
Van den Heuvel  6'
Dicke  9'
Richardson  20' 		Report Von der Heyde  37'
Umpires:
Magali Sergeant (BEL)
Michael Dutrieux (BEL)

Semi-finals

20 April 2024
12:30
Düsseldorfer HC 0–3 Braxgata
Report Vanden Borre  23'
Dewaet  34'
Verlinden  42'
Umpires:
Lorijn de Kraker (NED)
Clare Barwood (WAL)
20 April 2024
14:45
Den Bosch 1–1 Gantoise
Wijckmans  43' Report Gerniers  60'
Penalties
Sanders
Matla
Krekekaar 		3–0 Ballenghien
Van Remortel
Gerniers
Umpires:
Rebecca Edwards (ENG)
Gemma Calderon (ESP)

Bronze medal match

21 April 2024
11:30
Gantoise 3–1 Düsseldorfer HC
Bonami  5'
Van Remortel  42'
Ballenghien  45' 		Report Stoffelsma  52'
Umpires:
Benjamin Messerli (SUI)
Lukasz Zwierzchowski (POL)

Final

21 April 2024
16:00
Den Bosch 5–1 Braxgata
Matla  7', 28'
Krekelaar  30', 39'
De Wit  34' 		Report Vanden Borre  44'
Umpires:
Gemma Calderon (ESP)
Rebecca Edwards (ENG)

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Rank Player[15] Team FG PC PS Goals
1 Belén Iglesias Club de Campo 4 0 0 4
Yibbi Jansen SCHC 0 3 1
3 Maartje Krekelaar Den Bosch 0 3 0 3
Stéphanie Vanden Borre Gantoise 0 2 1
Darcy Bourne Surbiton 0 1 2

See also

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