2013–14 CERH European League

2013–14 CERH European League
Tournament details
Dates 9 November 2013 – 4 May 2014
Teams 16 (from 6 associations)
Final positions
Champions Spain Barcelona (20th title)
Runners-up Portugal Porto
Tournament statistics
Matches played 59
Goals scored 535 (9.07 per match)

The 2013–14 CERH European League was the 49th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey competition organised by CERH, and the 17th season since it was renamed from Champions League to European League. Sixteen teams from six national associations qualified for the competition as a result of their domestic league placing in the previous season. Following a group stage and a knockout round, the four best teams contested a final four tournament,[1] which took place at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona, on 3 and 4 May 2014.

The final match was played between Barcelona and Porto, for the sixth time in the competition's history, after they defeated the defending champions Benfica and the 2012–13 CERS Cup winners Vendrell in the semi-finals, respectively. Barcelona beat Porto 3–1 and won their twentieth title, establishing a new record. The Portuguese team lost their second consecutive final and finished the competition as runners-up for a record tenth time.

Barcelona will play against Noia, the winners of the 2013–14 CERS Cup, for the 2014 CERH Continental Cup, and against the winners of the 2014 South American Club Championship for the 2014 FIRS Intercontinental Cup.

Teams

Sixteen teams from six national associations qualified for the 2013–14 CERH European League as a result of their placing in their respective national leagues. The number of berths allocated to each national association was dependent on the association's ranking coefficient.

Country Team Qualified as
 Spain Liceo 1st in 2012–13 OK Liga
 Spain Barcelona 2nd in 2012–13 OK Liga
 Spain Vendrell 3rd in 2012–13 OK Liga
 Spain Reus Deportiu 4th in 2012–13 OK Liga
 Portugal Benfica Winner of 2012–13 CERH European League
 Portugal Porto 1st in 2012–13 1ª Divisão
 Portugal Oliveirense 3rd in 2012–13 1ª Divisão
 Portugal Valongo 4th in 2012–13 1ª Divisão
 Italy Valdagno 1st in 2012–13 Serie A1
 Italy Viareggio 2nd in 2012–13 Serie A1
 Italy Amatori Lodi 3rd in 2012–13 Serie A1
 France Saint Omer 1st in 2012–13 Nationale 1
 France Dinan Quévert 2nd in 2012–13 Nationale 1
 Germany Herringen 1st in 2012–13 Bundesliga
 Germany Iserlohn 2nd in 2012–13 Bundesliga
  Switzerland Diessbach 1st in 2012–13 LNA

Group stage

Key to colours in group tables
Group winners and runners-up advanced to the quarter-finals.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
Spain Liceo 1464203918+21
Portugal Valongo 1364112817+11
France Saint Omer 561232136−15
Italy Amatori Lodi 160151835−17
  LIC LOD VAL STO
Liceo   6–2 8–3 13–7
Amatori Lodi 2–8   1–4 5–5
Valongo 2–2 7–4   8–0
Saint Omer 2–2 5–4 2–4  

Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
Portugal Benfica 1565014320+23
Spain Vendrell 1264022720+7
France Quévert 762132624+2
Switzerland Diessbach 160151850−32
  BEN VEN QUE DIE
Benfica   1–3 7–5 13–3
Vendrell 3–6   4–1 9–6
Quévert 4–5 4-3   9–2
Diessbach 2–11 2–5 3–3  

Group C

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
Italy Valdagno 1565012919+10
Spain Reus Deportiu 1264024227+15
Portugal Oliveirense 963033225+7
Germany Iserlohn 060061749−32
  VAL REU OLI ISE
Valdagno   4–3 5–4 6–2
Reus Deportiu 4–6   8–5 11–2
Oliveirense 5–2 3–5   8–1
Iserlohn 1–6 7–11 4–7  

Group D

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Diff
Spain Barcelona 1565014215+27
Portugal Porto 1565013619+17
Italy Viareggio 362041832−14
Germany Herringen 060062252−30
  BAR POR VIA HER
Barcelona   7–0 5–0 14–4
Porto 6–2   10–2 10–3
Viareggio 1–4 3–4   7–5
Herringen 4–10 2–6 4–5  

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, the group stage winners played against the group stage runners-up over two legs, in a home-and-away basis. The first leg matches were played on 29 March and the second leg matches were played on 12 April 2014.

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Porto Portugal 7–5 Spain Liceo 1–2 4–3 (2–0 p)
Reus Deportiu Spain 6–7 Portugal Benfica 5–2 1–5 (aet)
Vendrell Spain 11–10 Italy Valdagno 4–6 7–4
Valongo Portugal 3–10 Spain Barcelona 2–3 1–7

Final four

The quarter-final winners contested a final four tournament, held at the Palau Blaugrana in Barcelona. The semi-finals were played on 3 May and the final was played on 4 May 2014.

Semi-finals Final
3 May 2014
 Portugal Porto 6  
 Spain Vendrell 3  
 
4 May 2014
     Portugal Porto 1
   Spain Barcelona 3
3 May 2014
 Portugal Benfica 2
 Spain Barcelona 3  

Semi-finals

3 May 2014
16:15 CEST
Porto Portugal 6–3 Spain Vendrell
1-0 Jorge Silva (9', 1st Hf)
2-0 Jorge Silva (13', 1st Hf)
3-1 Vitor Hugo (25', 1st Hf)
4-1 Helder Nunes (7', 2nd Hf)
5-1 Caio (8', 2nd Hf)
6-3 Hélder Nunes, LD 10th (25', 2nd Hf)
Report 2-1 Jordi Ferrer (23', 1st Hf)
5-2 Eloi Albesa (23', 2nd Hf)
5-3 Sergi Miras (23', 2nd Hf)
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Matteo Galoppi (Italy)

3 May 2014
18:15 CEST
Benfica Portugal 2–3 Spain Barcelona
1-0 João Rodrigues (6', 1st Hf)
2-3 João Rodrigues, LD 15th (22', 2nd Hf)
Report 1-1 Matias Pascual (17', 1st Hf)
1-2 Pablo Alvrez (23', 2nd Hf)
1-3 Marc Gual (6', 2nd Hf)
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Referee: Alessandro Eccelsi, Alessandro Da Prato (Italy)

Final

4 May 2014
12:00 CEST
Porto Portugal 1–3 Spain Barcelona
1-1 Hélder Nunes (2'21 2nd Hf) Report 0–1 Marc Torra (17'30 1st Hf)
1–2 Xavi Barroso (13'47 2nd Hf)
1–3 Marc Torra (18'47 2nd Hf)
Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Alessandro Eccelsi (Italy)
2013–14 CERH European League winners
Spain
Barcelona
20th title

See also

References

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