2011–12 CERH European League

Tournament details
Dates	19 December 2010 - 27 May 2011
Teams	16 (group stage) 8 (final eight) (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions	HC Coinasa Liceo (6th title)
Runners-up	Barcelona Sorli Discau

The 2011–12 CERH European League was the 47th season of the CERH European League, Europe's premier roller hockey tournament, and the 15th season since it was renamed from Champions League to European League. It took place from 19 December 2011 to 27 May 2011. Sixteen teams from seven national associations qualified for the competition as a result of their domestic league placing in the previous season. Following a group stage the eight best teams contested a final eight tournament, which took place at the PalaCastellotti arena in Lodi. The tournament was won by HC Coinasa Liceo, who beat Barcelona Sorli Discau, obtaining their second consecutive win.

Teams distribution

Since the title holders, HC Coinasa Liceo, qualified to the group stage through their domestic league, the spot reserved to the defending champion spot was vacated. The CERH decided to discontinue club ranking as a criterion to select the participating teams. In 2011–2012, for the first year, the qualifying clubs were selected using association ranking, with a criterion similar to that of the UEFA Champions League.^[1]

Teams allocation by country:

Rank Association Coeff. Teams 1st Spain 5 2nd Portugal 4 3rd Italy 3 4th France 1 5th Germany 1 6th Switzerland 1 7th England 1

Teams

The following teams participated to the group stage:

Country	Team	Qualified as
	HC Coinasa Liceo	Title holders
	Tecnol Reus Deportiu	1st Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
	Barcelona Sorli Discau	3rd Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
	CE Noia Freixenet	4th Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
	Roncato Patí Vic	7th Position in 2010-11 OK Liga
	FC Porto Império Bonança	1st Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
	Benfica	2nd Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
	UD Oliveirense	3rd Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
	Candelária Sport Clube	4th Position in 2010-11 1ª Divisão
	CGC Viareggio	1st Position in 2010-11 Serie A1
	Isello Hockey Valdagno	2nd Position in 2010-11 Serie A1
	Amatori Lodi	3rd Position in 2010-11 Serie A1
	US Coutras	1st Position in 2010-11 Nationale 1
	RSC Cronenberg	1st Position in 2010-11 Bundesliga
	ERG Iserlohn	2nd Position in 2010-11 Bundesliga
	Genève RHC	1st Position in 2010-11 LNA

Group stage

The 16 teams were placed in 4 groups, with the two best placed teams from each group advancing to the Final Eight.

Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Barcelona Sorli Discau	6	3	2	1	23	14	+9	11
Candelária Sport Clube	6	3	1	2	16	14	+2	10
CGC Viareggio	6	3	1	2	23	26	−3	10
CE Noia Freixenet	6	1	0	5	16	24	−8	3

Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Tecnol Reus Deportiu	6	4	2	0	25	13	+12	14
UD Oliveirense	6	3	3	0	23	7	+16	12
RSC Cronenberg	6	2	0	4	14	27	−13	6
US Coutras	6	0	1	5	14	29	−15	1

Group C

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
HC Coinasa Liceo	6	4	0	2	29	19	+10	12
Isello Hockey Valdagno	6	4	0	2	32	24	+8	12
FC Porto Império Bonança	6	4	0	2	42	30	+12	12
Genève RHC	6	0	0	6	19	49	−30	0

Group D

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Benfica	6	4	1	1	38	17	+21	13
Amatori Lodi	6	4	0	2	24	20	+4	12
Roncato Patí Vic	6	3	1	2	21	19	+2	10
ERG Iserlohn	6	0	0	6	9	36	−27	0

Final Eight

The 2012 Final Eight was contested in Lodi, in the PalaCastellotti arena, from 24 to 27 May 2012. HC Coinasa Liceo won the tournament, beating Barcelona Sorli Discau in the final.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 May - PalaCastellotti
	UD Oliveirense	2
					26 May - PalaCastellotti
	Barcelona Sorli Discau	6
					Barcelona Sorli Discau	5
	24 May - PalaCastellotti
					Tecnol Reus Deportiu	2
	Tecnol Reus Deportiu	3
									27 May - PalaCastellotti
	Amatori Lodi	1
									Barcelona Sorli Discau	2
	25 May - PalaCastellotti
									HC Coinasa Liceo	4
	Candelária Sport Clube	2
					26 May - PalaCastellotti
	HC Coinasa Liceo	4
					Isello Hockey Valdagno	3
	25 May - PalaCastellotti
					HC Coinasa Liceo	5
	Benfica	5
	Isello Hockey Valdagno	11

2012 CERH European League winners
HC Coinasa Liceo Fifth title

References

External links

• CERH website