The 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League was 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 was held from 3 to 6 October 2024 in Thames Ditton, England and the final 8 took place from 17 to 21 April 2025 in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands. Pinoké were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous season. 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.
Gantoise won their first title and the became the second Belgian club to win the tournament by defeating record-champions HC Bloemendaal 5–2 in the final. Rotterdam won their fourth bronze Euro Hockey League medal by defeating Kampong 2–0.
Association team allocation A total of 20 teams from 40 of the 42 EHF member associations participated 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 was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–3 each had three teams qualify. Associations 4–6 each had two teams qualify. Associations 7–11 each had one team qualify.
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. + Association ranking for the 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League
Rank Change Association Points Teams 1 Netherlands 44,500 3 2 1 Belgium 34,625 3 2 England 34,125 4 32,917 2 5 3 Germany 32,917 6 1 22,000 7 1 20,625 1 8 1 Ireland 20,000 9 1 Scotland 20,000 10 14,125
Rank Change Association Points Teams 11 13,750 1 12 1 Wales 11,750 0 13 1 10,000 14 7,875 15 5,375 16 4 Turkey 4,750 17 1 4,500 18 2 3,000 19 2 0,000
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season RS: Regular season winners
+ Qualified teams for 2024–25 Men's Euro Hockey League Entry round Teams 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 was hosted by Surbiton Hockey Club at Sugden Road in Thames Ditton, England from 3 to 6 October 2024. The draw took place on 15 July 2024. The schedule was announced on 22 July 2024. The winners of the second round advance to the quarter-finals during Easter 2025.
Bracket
First round
Ranking matches
Second round
Final8 The Final8 was 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. The draw was held on 4 December 2024 and the schedule was announced on 6 December 2024.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Ranking matches
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Final
Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Jeroen Hertzberger Rotterdam46010 2 Tom Boon Léopold150 6 Alexander Hendrickx Gantoise060 4 Gonzalo Peillat Mannheimer HC130 4 Kane Russell Hamburger Polo Club040 Luke Taylor Surbiton031 7 Thijs van Dam Rotterdam300 3 Struan Walker Surbiton210 Dennis Warmerdam Bloemendaal210 Sam Ward Old Georgians120 Philip Brown Banbridge030 Benedikt Schwarzhaupt Real Club de Polo030 Samuel Hooper Wimbledon021
See also 2025 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I 2025 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
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