2020 Women's Euro Hockey League

2020 EHL Women
Tournament details
Host countryNetherlands
CityAmstelveen
DatesCancelled
Teams8 (from 6 associations)
Venue(s)Wagener Stadium
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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]

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]

  • Associations 1–2 each had two teams qualify.
  • Associations 3–6 each had one team qualify.

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]
Rank Change Association Points Teams
1 Steady Netherlands Netherlands 44.875 2
2 Steady Germany Germany 34.875
3 Steady  Spain 32.750 1
4 Steady England England 25.250
5 Increase 1 Ireland Ireland 17.875
6 Decrease 1  Belarus 17.500
7 Steady Russia Russia 7.125 0
8 Increase 2 Belgium Belgium 5.500
9 Increase 2 Scotland Scotland 2.625
10 New entry  Ukraine 2.500
11 Decrease 3  Czech Republic 1.250
12 Decrease 3  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. Retrieved 11 June 2019.[permanent dead link‍]
  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.