European Hockey

AMSTERDAM, April 1 - Two sparkling matches brought the curtain down on a sensational four days of hockey at the Wagener Stadium, with HC Bloemendaal and host club Amsterdam H&BC sealing their place in the Euro Hockey League Semi Finals with superb wins.

Bloemendaal ended Beeston's EHL dream with a 4-1 win. While Amsterdam produced a nail-biting 3-2 win over HC Berliner.

On Sunday, KHC Dragons overcame Reading 5-1 and Rot Weiss Koln defeated HTC Uhlenhorst 3-2. 

UK Times listed below - add one hour for local time)

Quarter-final previews by Jon Williams

Group A - must be billed as the battle of the drag flickers in both matches. 

In the all German clash it is Strawlowski against Zeller - both deadly from set pieces. Koln perhaps have a touch more experience but essentially nearly all of the German Olympic squad are on show.

Below is the Friday/Saturday schedule for the Euro Hockey League with UK times (add one our for Amsterdam times).

AMSTERDAM, January 24 - The schedule for the last 16 and quarter finals of the 2012/13 Euro Hockey League has been announced.

For UK fans there will be guaranteed home interest on Good Friday, Easter Saturday and Easter Monday. Easter Sunday may also see some local interest - if results go the right way.

AMSTERDAM, December 22 - Amsterdam is calling for hockey fans this Easter with the Wagener Stadium - home of Amsterdam H&BC - named as the venue for the Euro Hockey League round of 16 and round of eight fixtures.

Beeston, East Grinstead, Reading, Scotland's Glynhill Hotel Kelburne and Ireland's Lisnagarvey have all made the final 16 of Europe's top-level club hockey event.

And their is a guarantee of at least one English team making into the last eight with Beeston and East Gristead taking their domestic rivalry on to the European stage.

The Wagener Stadium has hosted some of the biggest international events in hockey, including the 1973 Hockey World Cup, the 1983 and 2009 EuroHockey Nations Championships - when England won gold - as well as numerous FIH Champions Trophy events.

EAST GRINSTEAD, October 28 - Ireland, England and Scotland's repersentatives in the Euro Hockey League round 1.2 have all moved through to the last 16 stage of the competition.

Reading HC continued their fine record of never failing round two qualification when they narrowly defeated Saint Germain 2-1 in Pool B. Having six points now the English league champions will follow Pool winners KHC Dragons (BEL) into the next Round while the French league runners-up are eliminated from this year’s competition.