1998–99 CERH European League

The 1998–99 CERH European League was the 35th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 1 and 2 May 1999 in Igualada, Spain.

1998–99 CERH European League
Tournament details
Teams17
Final positions
ChampionsIgualada (6th title)
Runners-upPorto

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Thunerstern 4–7 Paço de Arcos 0–2 4–5
Mérignac 4–10 Quévert 2–3 2–7

First round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paço de Arcos 7–5 Amatori Vercelli 4–2 3–3
Genève 3–17 Vic 2–8 1–9
Benfica 30–2 Valkenswaardse 19–1 11–1
Porto 10–1 Quévert 7–0 3–1
Noia 3–9 Igualada 3–4 0–5
Uttigen 6–18 Barcelona 2–9 4–9
Prato 4–7 Novara 2–3 2–4
Quévert 3–30 Porto 1–5 2–25
Herne Bay 14–5 La Vendéenne 5–4 9–1

Group stage

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
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR IGU BEN PAR
1 Porto 6 5 1 0 31 13 +18 11 Advance to Final Four — 8–3 3–1 8–2
2 Igualada 6 3 1 2 25 20 +5 7 2–2 — 6–3 6–1
3 Benfica 6 2 0 4 24 25 −1 4 4–5 3–1 — 9–5
4 Paço de Arcos 6 1 0 5 17 39 −22 2 1–5 3–7 5–4 —
Source: [1]

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR NOV VIC HER
1 Barcelona 6 6 0 0 38 12 +26 12 Advance to Final Four — 3–1 6–1 9–3
2 Novara 6 3 1 2 30 16 +14 7 2–5 — 2–2 16–2
3 Vic 6 2 1 3 32 21 +11 5 3–6 2–3 — 9–1
4 Herne Bay 6 0 0 6 13 64 −51 0 2–9 2–6 3–15 —
Source: [2]

Final four

The Final Four was played in the Poliesportiu Les Comes, Igualada, Spain.

Igualada achieved their sixth title.

Bracket
 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 May
 
 
 Igualada3
 
2 May
 
 Barcelona1
 
 Igualada (p) 5 (6)
 
1 May
 
 Porto5 (5)
 
 Porto7
 
 
 Novara4
 
Third place
 
 
2 May
 
 
 Barcelona5
 
 
 Novara2

References
  1. Rinkhockey.net
  2. Rinkhockey.net
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