2025 Women's Euro Hockey League

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2025 Women's Euro Hockey League
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
City 's-Hertogenbosch
Dates16–21 April
Teams12 (from 8 associations)
Venue(s)Sportpark Oosterplas
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The 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League will be fifth edition of the Women's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.

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Amsterdam were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2024. [1] They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament will be hosted by HC 's-Hertogenbosch alongside the men's Final8 at Sportpark Oosterplas in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2025. [2] [3] [4] This will be the first edition under a new format, with 12 instead of 8 participating teams. This will increase the total number of matches played in the competition from 10 to 16.

Format change

In March 2024, it was announced the competition would expand to 12 teams. The expansion will see the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which will take place at Easter. It means the top four nations on the EHL Ranking Table will receive two places for the FINAL12 with the nations ranked fifth to eighth all receiving one spot each. The format sees eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers will contest Ranking Matches for 9th to 11th. The champions from the top four nations on the Ranking Table will receive byes into the FINAL8. [5] [6]

Association team allocation

A total of 12 teams from 8 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients were used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:

Association ranking

For the 2025 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–2024 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24. [7]

Association ranking for the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League

Teams

The labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round:

Qualified teams for 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League [8]
Entry roundTeams
Quarter-finals Flag of the Netherlands.svg Den Bosch (1st) Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorfer HC (1st)
Flag of Spain.svg Real Club de Polo (1st) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gantoise (1st)
Preliminary round Flag of the Netherlands.svg SCHC (2nd) Flag of Germany.svg Mannheimer HC (2nd)
Flag of Spain.svg Club de Campo (RS) Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Braxgata (2nd)
Flag of England.svg Surbiton (1st) Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Railway Union (1st)
Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumchanka (1st) Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague (1st)

Results

The draw was held on 4 December 2024 and the schedule was announced on 6 December 2024. [9] [10] [11] [12]

Bracket

 
Preliminary roundQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
              
 
 
 
 
18 April
 
 
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Den Bosch
 
16 April
 
 
 
 Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg Railway Union
 
20 April
 
 Flag of the Netherlands.svg SCHC
 
 
 
16 April
 
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Mannheimer HC
 
18 April
 
 Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumchanka
 
 
 
 
 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gantoise
 
 
21 April
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
17 April
 
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Real Club de Polo
 
16 April
 
 
 
 Flag of Spain.svg Club de Campo
 
20 April
 
 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Braxgata
 
 
 
16 April
 
 Bronze medal match
 
 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Slavia Prague
 
17 April21 April
 
 Flag of England.svg Surbiton
 
  
 
 
 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorfer HC  
 
 
 
 

Preliminary round

16 April 2024
12:30
Slavia Prague Flag of the Czech Republic.svg M01 Flag of England.svg Surbiton
Report
16 April 2024
14:45
Club de Campo Flag of Spain.svg M02 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Braxgata
Report
16 April 2024
17:00
Mannheimer HC Flag of Germany.svg M03 Flag of Ukraine.svg Sumchanka
Report
16 April 2024
19:15
Railway Union Flag of Ireland hockey team.svg M04 Flag of the Netherlands.svg SCHC
Report

Quarter-finals

17 April 2024
12:45
Winner M01M06 Flag of Germany.svg Düsseldorfer HC
Report
17 April 2024
15:00
Real Club de Polo Flag of Spain.svg M07Winner M02
Report
18 April 2024
13:15
Winner M03M09 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Gantoise
Report
18 April 2024
20:00
Den Bosch Flag of the Netherlands.svg M10Winner M04
Report

Ranking matches

17 April 2024
10:30
Loser M01vLoser M02
Report
18 April 2024
11:00
Loser M04vLoser M03
Report
19 April 2024
13:45
Loser M07vLoser M08
Report
20 April 2024
17:00
Loser M10vLoser M09
Report

Semi-finals

20 April 2024
12:30
Winner M06M12Winner M07
Report
20 April 2024
14:45
Winner M10M13Winner M09
Report

Bronze medal match

21 April 2024
11:30
Loser M12vLoser M13
Report

Final

21 April 2024
16:00
Winner M13vWinner M12
Report

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