2005–06 CERH European League

2005–06 CERH European League
Tournament details
Teams20
Final positions
ChampionsFollonica (1st title)
Runners-upPorto

The 2005–06 CERH European League was the 41st edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held in May 2007 in Torres Novas, Portugal.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Cronenberg Germany 5–11 Italy Follonica 2–7 3–4
Iserlohn Germany 9–3 England Bury St Edmunds 5–2 4–1
Wimmis Switzerland 2–4 Spain Noia 0–3 2–1
Mérignac France 6–12 Spain Vic 2–5 4–7

First round

The four eliminated teams with more points in the CERH ranking would be dropped to the 2005–06 CERS Cup.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Barcelona Spain 4–5 Italy Follonica 3–1 1–4
Dornbirn Austria 7–17 Switzerland Thunersten 7–7 0–10
Quevert France 5–9 Italy Prato 1–3 4–6
Oliveirense Portugal 2–7 Italy Bassano 1–4 1–3
La Vendéenne France 1–10 Portugal Porto 1–5 0–5
Noia Spain 10–3 Switzerland Uttigen 6–3 4–0
Reus Deportiu Spain 15–3 Germany Iserlohn 10–3 5–0
Benfica Portugal 4–6 Spain Vic 2–2 2–4

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 FOL POR BAS THU
1 Italy Follonica 6 5 1 0 34 17 +17 16 Advance to Final Four 3–2 5–2 12–3
2 Portugal Porto 6 3 2 1 32 16 +16 11 4–4 3–2 11–0
3 Italy Bassano 6 2 1 3 28 18 +10 7 2–3 5–5 10–2
4 Switzerland Thunerstern 6 0 0 6 11 54 −43 0 4–7 2–7 0–7
Source: [1]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NOI REU VIC PRA
1 Spain Noia 6 4 1 1 16 8 +8 13 Advance to Final Four 5–1 1–1 5–1
2 Spain Reus Deportiu 6 3 1 2 13 11 +2 10 2–0 2–3 4–0
3 Spain Vic 6 2 2 2 10 10 0 8 1–2 2–2 2–1
4 Italy Prato 6 1 0 5 7 17 −10 3 2–3 1–2 2–1
Source: [2]

Final four

The Final Four was played at the Palácio dos Desportos in Torres Novas, Portugal.

Follonica won its first continental title.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FOL POR REU NOI
1 Italy Follonica 3 3 0 0 16 9 +7 9 Champion 3–2 4–3
2 Portugal Porto 3 2 0 1 12 13 −1 6 4–9 4–3
3 Spain Reus Deportiu 3 1 0 2 8 7 +1 3 3–0
4 Spain Noia 3 0 0 3 4 11 −7 0 1–4
Source: OKCat.cat

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