The 2013–14 Euro Hockey League was the seventh season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the European Hockey Federation. The group phase was held in Barcelona, Spain, and Lille, France, in October 2013 and the knockout stage was held in Eindhoven, Netherlands in April 2014.
The final was played between Harvestehuder THC and Oranje Zwart at Sportpark Aalsterweg, Eindhoven, Netherlands. Harvestehude defeated the hosts Oranje Zwart 3–1 in a shoot-out after a 1–1 draw. Bloemendaal were the defending champions but they did not qualify for this season's edition. Dragons took the bronze medal.
Association team allocation A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2013–14 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–4 each have three teams qualify. Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify. Associations 9–12 each have one team qualify.
EHL Rankings +RankChangeAssociationPointsTeams 1 Netherlands 47.252 3 2 Germany 36.917 3 1 34.000 4 1 England 31.667 5 24.167 2 6 Russia 16.375 7 3 15.750 8 1 15.750 9 1 Scotland 14.750 1 10 2 13.500 11 11.500 12 4 Wales 11.250 13 4 Ireland 11.250 0 14 1 8.250 15 2 7.500 16 2 5.000 17 0.250
Teams Champions Rotterdam Real Club de Polo Kelburne Rot-Weiss Köln Dinamo Kazan Arminen Waterloo Ducks Grunwald Poznań Stroitel Brest Beeston Saint Germain Cardiff & Met Runners-up Third placed Oranje Zwart Club de Campo Kampong Uhlenhorst Mülheim Dinamo Elektrostal Harvestehuder THC Racing Club de Bruxelles Politechnika Poznanska Dragons Surbiton Lille Reading
Group phase The 24 teams were drawn into eight pools of three. In each pool, teams played against each other once in a round-robin format. The pool winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16. Pools D, E, F, and G were played in Barcelona, Spain, from 11 to 13 October 2013 and the other pools were played in Lille, France, from 25 to 27 October 2013. If a game was won, the winning team received five points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving two points. A loss gave the losing team one point unless the losing team lost by three or more goals, then they received zero points.
Pool A
Pool B
Pool C
Pool D
Pool E
Pool F
Pool G
Pool H
Knockout stage The knockout stage was played in Eindhoven, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2014.
Bracket
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Final
Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Michael Körper Harvestehuder THC 2 4 0 6 Mink van der Weerden Oranje Zwart 0 6 0 3 Constantijn Jonker Kampong 5 0 0 5 Sam Ward Beeston 4 1 0 Roger Padrós Real Club de Polo 2 1 2 6 Johan Björkman Harvestehuder THC 4 0 0 4 Robbert Kemperman Kampong400 Gabriel Dabanch Oranje Zwart400 Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam220 Roderick Weusthof Kampong130 Scott Tupper Racing Club de Bruxelles040 Jan-Marco Montag Rot-Weiss Köln040 Alexandre De Saedeleer Waterloo Ducks022
References
External links Official Website (English) YouTube Channel for EHL European Hockey Federation