2020 Women's Euro Hockey League

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2020 EHL Women
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Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
City Amstelveen
DatesCancelled
Teams8 (from 6 associations)
Venue(s) Wagener Stadium
(next) 2021

The 2020 Euro Hockey League Women was supposed to be the first edition of the Euro Hockey League Women, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was originally scheduled to be held at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 9 to 13 April 2020. [1] [2]

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe the tournament was put on hold in March 2020. [3] On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the tournament was postponed to October 2020. [4] The tournament was officially cancelled on 14 August 2020. [5]

Association team allocation

A total of 8 teams from 6 of the 45 EHF member associations would participate in the 2020 EHL Women. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: [6]

Association ranking

For the 2020 Euro Hockey League Women, the associations were allocated places according to their 2019 EHCC country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in the EuroHockey Club Cup and the EuroHockey Club Trophy from 2016–17 to 2018–19.

Association ranking for 2020 Euro Hockey League [7]
RankChangeAssociationPointsTeams
1Steady2.svg Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 44.8752
2Steady2.svg Flag of Germany.svg Germany 34.875
3Steady2.svgFlag of Spain.svg  Spain 32.7501
4Steady2.svg Flag of England.svg England 25.250
5Increase2.svg 1 Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Ireland 17.875
6Decrease2.svg 1Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 17.500
7Steady2.svg Flag of Russia.svg Russia 7.1250
8Increase2.svg 2 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium 5.500
9Increase2.svg 2 Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland 2.625
10New black yellow.svgFlag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2.500
11Decrease2.svg 3Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1.250
12Decrease2.svg 3Flag of France.svg  France 1.000

Teams

See also

References

  1. "Ehl Line-up for New Look 2019/20 Season Taking Shape". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 11 June 2019. Archived from the original on June 23, 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  2. "Hockeystrijd om Europese clubtitels met Pasen in Amsterdam". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 17 December 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  3. "EHL Final8 Put on Hold". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 12 March 2020. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
  4. "Eindfase Euro Hockey League verplaatst naar oktober". nhnieuws.nl (in Dutch). NH (media company). 12 May 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2020.
  5. "Uitgestelde Euro Hockey League in Amstelveen alsnog afgelast". nos.nl (in Dutch). 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  6. "Ehl Women's Ranking Table Revealed as Surbiton First Side to Qualify". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 30 April 2019. Archived from the original on 7 May 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  7. "EHCC – Final Ranking Positions (2018/19)" (PDF). European Hockey Federation. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 19 June 2019.