2014–15 CERH European League

Tournament details
Dates	18 October 2014 – 3 May 2015
Teams	16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Barcelona (21st title)
Runners-up	Vic
Tournament statistics
Matches played	59
Goals scored	537 (9.1 per match)
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The 2014–15 CERH European League was the 50th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organised by CERH, and the 19th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League.

The final four tournament was played at PalaSind in Bassano del Grappa, Italy. Holders Barcelona defeated fellow Spanish side Vic 4–3 in the final to retain the title and extend their competition record to 21 wins.

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, CW: Cup winners, LSF: Losing semi-finalists).

Group stage
Barcelona TH ( 1st)	Porto ( 3rd)	Dinan Quévert ( 1st)
Liceo La Coruña ( 2nd)	Juventude de Viana ( 4th)	La Vendéenne ( 2nd)
Vic ( 3rd)	Forte dei Marmi ( 1st)	Herringen ( 1st)
Vendrell ( CW)	Valdagno ( 2nd)	Genève ( 1st)
Valongo ( 1st)	Bassano ( LSF)
Benfica ( 2nd)	Breganze ( LSF)

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 6 September 2014).

Group stage

The draw for the group stage was held in Lisbon on 6 September 2014. The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders being placed in Pot 1 automatically. The team were then drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The matchdays are 18 October, 1 November, 22 November, 13 December 2014, 17 January, and 7 February 2015. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarter-finals.

A total of six national associations are represented in the group stage. Juventude de Viana, Forte dei Marmi, Hockey Breganze and La Vendéenne all made their debut appearances in this phase.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		BAR	BEN	BAS	QUE
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	32	10	+22	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	1–1	6–3	9–2
2	Benfica	6	4	1	1	31	20	+11	13			1–3	—	7–3	5–2
3	Bassano	6	2	0	4	24	33	−9	6			3–6	6–8	—	6–5
4	Quévert	6	0	0	6	15	39	−24	0			0–7	5–9	1–3	—

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VIC	BRE	VAL	GEN
1	Vic	6	5	1	0	27	13	+14	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	2–1	3–2	3–1
2	Breganze	6	4	1	1	28	19	+9	13			3–3	—	5–3	7–2
3	Valongo	6	1	1	4	25	33	−8	4			3–8	4–6	—	5–5
4	Genève	6	0	1	5	22	37	−15	1			3–8	5–6	6–8	—

Group C

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FOR	LIC	JUV	HER
1	Forte dei Marmi	6	5	0	1	48	37	+11	15	Advance to knockout phase		—	11–6	6–2	9–7
2	Liceo La Coruña	6	4	0	2	39	33	+6	12			7–8	—	8–4	9–5
3	Juventude de Viana	6	2	1	3	31	31	0	7			8–3	3–5	—	6–1
4	Herringen	6	0	1	5	30	47	−17	1			7–11	2–4	8–8	—

Group D

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		POR	VAL	LAV	VEN
1	Porto	6	5	1	0	41	19	+22	16	Advance to knockout phase		—	6–2	7–1	9–1
2	Valdagno	6	2	2	2	30	24	+6	8			5–5	—	10–3	7–2
3	La Vendéenne	6	2	0	4	21	33	−12	6			3–5	6–4	—	5–3
4	Vendrell	6	1	1	4	19	35	−16	4			7–9	2–2	4–3	—

Knockout phase

The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners will play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which tookplace at the ground of one of the four finalists.

Quarter-finals

The first-leg matches were played on 7 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 21 March 2015.

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valdagno	7–14	Barcelona	2–6	5–8
Liceo La Coruña	4–5	Vic	2–2	2–3 ( a.e.t.)
Breganze	9–6	Forte dei Marmi	5–2	4–4
Benfica	5–6	Porto	3–3	2–3

Final four

The final four tournament took place on 2 and 3 May 2015, and was hosted by Hockey Breganze at PalaSind, in Bassano del Grappa. All times in CEST.

Semi-finals

2 May 2015

17:00

Vic	3–2 ( a.e.t.)	Porto

PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa

Referee: Alessandro Eccelsi, Franco Ferrari (Italy)

2 May 2015

20:30

Barcelona	5–1	Breganze

PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa

Referee: Miguel Guilherme, Rui Torres (Portugal)

Final

3 May 2015

17:00

Barcelona	4–3	Vic

PalaSind, Bassano del Grappa

Referee: Alessandro da Prato, Mateo Galoppi (Italy)

2014–15 CERH European League winners
Barcelona 21st title

See also

• 2014 CERH Continental Cup
• 2014 FIRS Intercontinental Cup
• 2014–15 CERS Cup
• 2014–15 CERH Women's European League

References

External links

• Official website