WSE Continental Cup

WSE Continental Cup
Sport	Roller hockey
Founded	1980;43 years ago
Organising body	World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey
No. of teams	4
Most recent; champion(s)	Porto (2nd title)
Most titles	Barcelona (18 titles)
Official website	WSE Continental Cup

Last updated October 02, 2023

The WSE Continental Cup is an annual roller hockey match organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey since 1980, and contested by the winners of the top two European club competitions, the WSE Champions League (1st tier) and the WSE Cup (2nd tier).

History

It was originally contested by the winners of the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, both organised by the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey. In 1997, following the merging of the two competitions to form the Champions League, the Continental Cup began being contested against the winners of the CERS Cup (currently WSE Cup). Mainly contested in a two-team format (one or two legs), it has been played in a final-four format involving the two top-ranked teams of each European club competition since 2017 (except in 2021, played as a one-legged match between two teams).

Matches

Key
	Winner of European Cup/European League/WSE Champions League
	Winner of CERH Cup Winners' Cup
	Winner of CERS/WSE Cup

Year	Champion	Runner-up	Score	Location
Two-team format
1980	Barcelona	Giovinazzo	9–4	Barcelona
1981	Barcelona	Sporting CP	6–2, 12–1	Two-legged finals
1982	Barcelona	Porto	3–2, 7–1
1983	Barcelona	Porto	3–4, 11–5
1984	Barcelona	Reus Deportiu	2–1, 10–1
1985	Barcelona	Sporting CP	9–0, 5–3
1986	Porto	Sanjoanense	9–3, 3–4
1987	Liceo	Barcelona	4–4, 4–1
1988	Liceo	Noia	9–4, 2–4
1989	Noia	Monza	2–3, 7–3
1990	Liceo	Porto	6–4, 3–2
1991	Barcelos	Sporting CP	11–2, 5–3
1992	Liceo	Monza	9–6, 6–4
1993	Igualada	Barcelos	4–1, 3–3
1994	Igualada	Amatori Lodi	1–1, 5–0
1995	Igualada	Monza	1–2, 4–2
1996	Not played^{[lower-alpha 1]}
1997	Barcelona	Oliveirense	6–1, 8–1	Two-legged finals
1998	Igualada	Noia	2–4, 4–1
1999	Igualada	Liceo	7–3, 1–4
2000	Barcelona	Paço d'Arcos	2–1, 7–1
2001	Barcelona	Vic	6–6, 12–3
2002	Barcelona	Voltregà	4–4, 8–1
2003	Liceo	Reus Deportiu	2–1, 3–1
2004	Barcelona	Reus Deportiu	1–1, 6–2
2005	Barcelona	Follonica	4–0, 4–7
2006	Barcelona	Follonica	7–1, 0–2
2007	Barcelona	Vilanova	5–0	Dinan
2008	Barcelona	Tenerife	3–1	Pamplona
2009	Reus Deportiu	Mataró	4–1	Noia
2010	Barcelona	Liceo	7–2	Bilbao
2011	Benfica	Liceo	10–0^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Viana do Castelo
2012	Liceo	Bassano	1–5, 6–2 (2–1 p)	Two-legged finals
2013	Benfica	Vendrell	5–3, 5–0
2014	Noia	Barcelona	0–0, 3–3 (3–2 p)
2015	Barcelona	Sporting CP	0–2, 5–1
2016	Benfica	Barcelos	4–5, 9–2
Final four format
2017	Oliveirense	Reus Deportiu	7–4	Viareggio
2018	Barcelona	Porto	3–3 (3–2 p)	Barcelos
2019	Sporting CP	Porto	3–2	Lisbon
2020	Not played (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).
Two-team format
2021	Sporting CP	Lleida Llista Blava	3–1	Mollerussa
Final four format
2022	AD Valongo	Trissino	2–1	Trissino
2023	Porto	Voltregà	5–3	Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà

↑ The rightful contestants were Igualada and Porto.
↑ HC Liceo La Coruña failed to attend the match, and was punished with a 10–0 defeat, according to the Official Game Rules.

Performances

By teams

Team	Won	Runner-up	Years won	Years runner-up
Barcelona	18	2	1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018	1987, 2014
Liceo	6	3	1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2003, 2012	1999, 2010, 2011
Igualada	5	0	1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999	–
Benfica	3	0	2011, 2013, 2016	–
Porto	2	5	1986, 2023	1982, 1983, 1990, 2018, 2019
Sporting CP	2	4	2019, 2021	1981, 1985, 1991, 2015
Noia	2	2	1989, 2014	1988, 1998
Reus Deportiu	1	4	2009	1984, 2003, 2004, 2017
Barcelos	1	2	1991	1993, 2016
Oliveirense	1	1	2017	1997
AD Valongo	1	0	2022	–
Monza	0	3	–	1989, 1992, 1995
Follonica	0	2	–	2005, 2006
Voltregà	0	2	–	2002, 2023
Giovinazzo	0	1	–	1980
Sanjoanense	0	1	–	1986
Amatori Lodi	0	1	–	1994
Paço d'Arcos	0	1	–	2000
Vic	0	1	–	2001
Vilanova	0	1	–	2007
Tenerife	0	1	–	2008
Mataró	0	1	–	2009
Bassano	0	1	–	2012
Vendrell	0	1	–	2013
Lleida Llista Blava	0	1	–	2021
Trissino	0	1	–	2022

By countries

Nation	Winners	Runners-up	Winning clubs	Runners-up
Spain	32	18	Barcelona (18), Liceo (6), Igualada (5), Noia (2), Reus Deportiu (1)	Reus Deportiu (4), Liceo (3), Noia (2), Barcelona (2), Vic (1), Voltregà (2), Vilanova (1), Tenerife (1), Mataró (1), Vendrell (1), Lleida Llista Blava (1)
Portugal	10	14	Benfica (3), Sporting CP (2), Porto (2), Barcelos (1), Oliveirense (1), AD Valongo (1)	Porto (5), Sporting CP (4), Barcelos (2), Sanjoanense (1), Oliveirense (1), Paço d'Arcos (1)
Italy	0	9	–	Monza (3), Follonica (2), Giovinazzo (1), Amatori Lodi (1), Bassano (1), Trissino (1)

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[1] The rightful contestants were Igualada and Porto.

[2] HC Liceo La Coruña failed to attend the match, and was punished with a 10–0 defeat, according to the Official Game Rules.

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