1997–98 CERH European League
Appearance
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Teams | 17 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Igualada (5th title) |
Runners-up | Amatori Vercelli |
The 1997–98 CERH European League was the 34th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held in Vercelli, Italy.
Preliminary round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Benfica ![]() |
17–6 | ![]() |
10–2 | 7–4 |
First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
---|---|---|---|---|
Oliveirense ![]() |
4–14 | ![]() |
2–5 | 2–9 |
Uttigen ![]() |
7–28 | ![]() |
3–7 | 4–21 |
Amatori Vercelli ![]() |
10–2 | ![]() |
7–0 | 3–2 |
Liceo ![]() |
4–4 (p) | ![]() |
2–2 | 2–2 |
Herne Bay ![]() |
5–11 | ![]() |
2–3 | 3–8 |
Novara ![]() |
5–4 | ![]() |
3–2 | 2–2 |
Barcelos ![]() |
9–7 | ![]() |
5–1 | 4–6 |
Igualada ![]() |
13–1 | ![]() |
9–1 | 4–0 |
Group stage
[edit]In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.
The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.
Group A
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NOV | IGU | BCS | VEN | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 3–2 | 5–3 | 21–1 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 7 | 5–6 | — | 10–3 | 11–0 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 6 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 19–9 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 75 | −62 | 0 | 1–9 | 1–12 | 1–3 | — |
Source: [1]
Group B
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | VER | POR | LIC | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 7–1 | 3–3 | 4–3 | |
2 | ![]() |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 7 | 3–4 | — | 6–3 | 3–1 | ||
3 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 4 | 5–7 | 5–5 | — | 3–2 | ||
4 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 18 | −3 | 2 | 3–4 | 2–3 | 4–1 | — |
Source: [2]
Final four
[edit]The Final Four was played in Vercelli, Italy.
Igualada achieved their fifth title.
Bracket
[edit]Semifinals | Final | |||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 8 | |||||
![]() | 1 | |||||
![]() | 4 | |||||
![]() | 3 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
![]() | 5 | |||||
![]() | 3 |