European Hockey

The Euro Hockey League (EHL) and the European Hockey Federation (EHF) have announced that tickets for the men’s EHL final four and the women’s EuroHockey Club Champions Cup (EHCCC) final four are now available for purchase via our online ticket sales site. 

The event takes place from May 25-27, 2012 in the famous Wagener stadium in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. 

The Euro Hockey League (EHL) has announced that Amsterdam H&BC’s Wagener Stadium in The Netherlands will be the venue for the semi finals and finals of the 2011/12 season. 
  
The final phase of the competition features the four remaining teams. UHC Hamburg (GER), KHC Dragons (BEL), H.C. Rotterdam (NED) and host club Amsterdam H&BC will battle for the EHL crown. The Final Four will be played over the Whitsun weekend from Saturday 26 until Sunday May 27, 2012. 
  

Extra time win: Jeffrey Thys scores for KHC Dragons vs Reading to put the Belgian side 2-1 up - Frank Uijlenbroek/Euro Hockey LeagueReading, East Grinstead and Beeston all fell at the quarter-final stage of the men's Euro Hockey League over the Easter weekend.

To add to the disappointment, England's qualifiers for the women's top-level club competition, the European Club Champions Cup, also crashed out. Leicester and Reading, both minus their GB squad players, finished last in their pool competitions in Spain and Belgium respectively. 

Back in the men's EHL, the Belgian champions KHC Dragons defeated Reading 3-1 after a 1-1 draw in normal time on Monday. East Grinstead also lost on Monday, 3-1 to hosts Rotterdam.

KO16: Erwan Gourdin (CA Montrouge, orange) and Mark Pearn (East Grinstead) - Frank Uijlenbroek/Euro Hockey LeagueH.C. Rotterdam, Reading HC, East Grinstead and KHC Dragons qualified for KO8 on day 2 of the KO16 in Rotterdam. Monday’s quarter finals see East Grinstead facing Rotterdam with KHC Dragons taking on Reading.
 
KO16 host H.C. Rotterdam had given away a convincing 4-0 lead against German runners-up Uhlenhorst Mülheim.

Matchwinner: Carl Smith (centre) celebrates a match-winning goal for Beeston vs Club de Campo in Rotterdam - Frank Uijlenbroek/Euro Hockey LeagueSunday’s Euro Hockey League quarter finals will see Amsterdam H&BC taking on HC Bloemendaal (2.30pm in Rotterdam, 1.30pm UK)and Beeston HC facing Uhlenhorster HC (at 12noon Dutch time, 11am UK). Bloemendaal knocked out the Spanish champions Atletic Terrassa 4-3 on day 1 of the KO16 in Rotterdam.

England's top hockey clubs face a busy 2012 Easter weekend with rounds of the Euro Hockey League (men) and European Club Champions Cup (women) ahead.

English men's champions Beeston (@OfficialBeeHC) play Spain's Club de Campo at 8.30am UK time on Friday in Rotterdam (9.30am local) in an EHL round of 16 clash. A win would see them play UHC Hamburg (GER) or another Spanish side RC Polo de Barcelona at 11am Sunday, UK time (12noon in Rotterdam), for a place in the quarter finals.

The European Hockey Federation announce that H.C. Rotterdam (NED) will be the host club for KO16 of the 2011/12 season. 

A wonderful Round 1.2 tournament in Brasschaat came to an end on Sunday, and it was the host club KHC Dragons that stole the headlines. 

An overtime penalty corner from Loick Luypaert sank former EHL finalists H.C. Rotterdam and sent the home fans wild.  It was not such good news for compatriots Racing Club de Bruxelles, who fell to defeat against Edi Tubau's Club de Campo and therefore missed out on reaching the EHL knock-out stages. Full reports and highlights can be found on the EHL website.