1997–98 CERH European League
Appearance
Tournament details | |
---|---|
Teams | 17 |
Final positions | |
Champions | Igualada (5th title) |
Runners-up | Amatori Vercelli |
← 1996–97 1998–99 → |
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 |
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Benfica | 17–6 | Vaulx-en-Velin | 10–2 | 7–4 |
First round
[edit]Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Oliveirense | 4–14 | Barcelona | 2–5 | 2–9 |
Uttigen | 7–28 | Porto | 3–7 | 4–21 |
Amatori Vercelli | 10–2 | Genève | 7–0 | 3–2 |
Liceo | 4–4 (p) | Benfica | 2–2 | 2–2 |
Herne Bay | 5–11 | La Vendéenne | 2–3 | 3–8 |
Novara | 5–4 | Vic | 3–2 | 2–2 |
Barcelos | 9–7 | Salerno | 5–1 | 4–6 |
Igualada | 13–1 | Quévert | 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 | |
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1 | Novara | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 15 | +32 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 3–2 | 5–3 | 21–1 | |
2 | Igualada | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 41 | 14 | +27 | 7 | 5–6 | — | 10–3 | 11–0 | ||
3 | Barcelos | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 32 | 29 | +3 | 6 | 3–3 | 1–1 | — | 19–9 | ||
4 | La Vendéenne | 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 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 18 | +11 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 7–1 | 3–3 | 4–3 | |
2 | Amatori Vercelli | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 22 | −1 | 7 | 3–4 | — | 6–3 | 3–1 | ||
3 | Porto | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 27 | −7 | 4 | 5–7 | 5–5 | — | 3–2 | ||
4 | Liceo | 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 | |||||
Igualada | 8 | |||||
Barcelona | 1 | |||||
Igualada (p) | 8 | |||||
Amatori Vercelli | 1 | |||||
Amatori Vercelli | 4 | |||||
Novara | 3 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
Barcelona | 5 | |||||
Novara | 3 |