The 1981

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, taking place in Brussels, was the eighth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. It was the first edition were two divisions were established. Otherwise, the competition format established in

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was preserved. It was won by

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in a final match against SKA Sverdlovsk, which was the revelation of the competition considering Soviet hockey, represented by Dynamo Almaty, had failed to rank among the top 8 clubs in previous editions. It was the Dutch club's 2nd European Champions Cup trophy. Barcelona's Real Club de Polo attained the 3rd place by defeating defending champions Slough HC.

EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

Teams

* Edinburgh *

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* Klein Zwitserland * Real Club de Polo * SKA-Sverdlovsk *

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* TG Frankenthal * Uccle Sport

Preliminary round

Pool A

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Pool B

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Classification round

Seventh and eighth place

Fifth and sixth place

Third and fourth place

Final

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in Rome.

Group stage

Group A

# Cookstown HC - 5 points # Warta Poznań - 4 points # Rock Gunners - 3 points # HC Olten - 0 points

Group B

# HC EUR Algida - 5 points # SV Arminen Vienna - 3 points # HK Jedinstvo - 3 points # Withchurch HC - 1 point

Play-offs

1st place

* Cookstown HC 1-1 HC EUR Algida ''( penalty shoot-out: 5-2)''

3rd place

* SV Arminen Vienna 2-1 Warta Poznań

5th place

* HK Jedinstvo 3-2 Rock Gunners

7th place

* Withchurch HC 3-2 HC Olten

Standings

# Cookstown HC # HC EUR Algida # SV Arminen Vienna # Warta Poznań # HK Jedinstvo # Rock Gunners # Withchurch HC # HC Olten * Ireland and Italy are promoted to 1st Division for the 1982 Champions Cup.

References

{{Reflist EuroHockey Club Champions Cup International field hockey competitions hosted by Belgium International field hockey competitions hosted by Italy