2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League Explained

Tournament:2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League
Country:England
Country2:Netherlands
Dates:3 October 2024 – 21 April 2025
Venues:2
Cities:2
Teams:20
Associations:11
Matches:16
Goals:80
Top Scorer:Jeroen Hertzberger (Rotterdam)
Top Scorer Goals:7
Previous Year:2023–24
Previous Tournament:2023–24 Men's Euro Hockey League
Next Year:2025–26
Next Tournament:2025–26 Men's Euro Hockey League

The 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League is the 18th season of the Men's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier men's club field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation.

The first round will be held from 3 to 6 October 2024 in Thames Ditton, England and the final 8 will take place from 17 to 21 April 2025 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands.[1]

Pinoké were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season.[2] They were not able to defend their title as they did not qualify for this season's edition as they finished fifth in the Dutch Hoofdklasse.[3]

Association team allocation

A total of 20 teams from 40 of the 42 EHF member associations are set to participate in the 2024–25 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 is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

Association ranking

The associations were allocated places for the 2024–25 Euro Hockey League according to their 2022–23 EHL country coefficients, considering their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.[4]

Teams

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

Qualified teams for 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League[5]
Entry roundTeams
Quarter-finals Kampong (1st) Gantoise (1st)
Old Georgians (1st) Club de Campo (1st)
Preliminary round Bloemendaal (RS) Rotterdam (2nd)
Léopold (RS) Waterloo Ducks (2nd)
Surbiton (2nd) Wimbledon (3rd)
Real Club de Polo (2nd) Mannheimer HC (1st)
Hamburger Polo Club (2nd) AHTC Wien (1st)
SV Arminen (RS) Lille MHC (1st)
Banbridge (1st) Western Wildcats (1st)
Grasshopper Club (1st) Plzeň-Litice (1st)

Preliminary round

The preliminary round will be hosted by Surbiton Hockey Club at Sugden Road in Thames Ditton, England.[6] The draw took place on 15 July 2024.[7] [8] The schedule was announced on 22 July 2024.[9] The winners of the second round advance to the quarter-finals during Easter 2025.

First round

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Ranking matches

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Second round

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Final8

The Final8 will be hosted by HC 's-Hertogenbosch and held alongside the women's tournament at the Oosterplas Sportpark in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 17 to 21 April 2025.[1] [10] [11] The draw was held on 4 December 2024.[12] [13] [14]

Bracket

Top goalscorers

RankPlayer[15] TeamGoals
1 Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam3407
2 Tom Boon Léopold1506
3 Gonzalo Peillat Mannheimer HC1304
Kane Russell Hamburger Polo Club040
5 Struan Walker Surbiton2103
Philip Brown Banbridge030
Benedikt Schwarzhaupt Real Club de Polo030
Samuel Hooper Wimbledon021
Luke Taylor Surbiton021

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: HC ‘s-Hertogenbosch to host Easter 2025 EHL FINALS . ehlhockey.tv . . 7 November 2024 . 7 November 2024.
  2. Web site: Weber . Natasja . De ‘Patron van Pinoké’ leidt zijn ploeg naar de Europese hockeytitel . volkskrant.nl . . 2 April 2024 . nl . 1 April 2024.
  3. Web site: Pinoké kan play-offs vergeten na nederlaag tegen Kampong, monsterzege Rotterdam . nos.nl . . 5 July 2024 . nl . 5 May 2024.
  4. Web site: EHL Men’s Ranking Table finalised after 2023/24 season .
  5. Web site: Klanke . Peter . Deze herenteams staan komend seizoen in de EHL . hockey.nl . Hockey.nl . 5 July 2024 . nl . 30 June 2024.
  6. Web site: EHL : le KO16 en Angleterre . okey.lalibre.be . 5 July 2024 . fr . 4 July 2024.
  7. Web site: Surbiton to host EHL Men KO16 in October . ehlhockey.tv . 5 July 2024 . 4 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Klanke . Peter . Loting EHL KO16: Rotterdam treft Plzen, Bloemendaal tegen Polo . hockey.nl . Hockey.nl . 15 July 2024 . nl . 15 July 2024.
  9. Web site: Klanke . Peter . EHL KO16: speelschema bekend en kaartverkoop van start . hockey.nl . Hockey.nl . 3 October 2024 . nl . 22 July 2024.
  10. Web site: Elst . Maarten . HC Den Bosch is voor het eerst gastheer van Euro Hockey League Finals: ‘Wij kunnen perfecte ambiance bieden’ . bd.nl . . 7 November 2024 . nl . 7 November 2024.
  11. Web site: Toussaint . Laurent . Une première pour Den Bosch qui accueillera les finales de l’EHL . hockeybelgium.lesoir.be . Hockey Belgium . 12 November 2024 . fr . 7 November 2024.
  12. Web site: Loting EHL: Engelse opponenten voor Kampong en Rotterdam . hockey.nl . Hockey.nl . 4 December 2024 . nl . 4 December 2024.
  13. Web site: Demaret . Philippe . EHL : tirage du tour final . okey.be . Okey . 4 December 2024 . fr . 4 December 2024.
  14. Web site: ABN AMRO EHL FINALS draw sets up big knock-out battles . ehlhockey.tv . . 4 December 2024 . 4 December 2024.
  15. Web site: Euro Hockey League Men KO16 2024-2025 - Individual Statistics - Goal Scorers .