The 2009–10 Euro Hockey League was the third season of the

Euro Hockey League The Euro Hockey League is an annual men's field hockey cup competition organized by the EHF for the very top field hockey clubs in Europe. The competition was launched at the start of the 2007-08 field hockey season when it merged and replaced th ...

, Europe's premier club

field hockey Field hockey is a team sport structured in standard hockey format, in which each team plays with ten outfield players and a goalkeeper. Teams must drive a round hockey ball by hitting it with a hockey stick towards the rival team's shooting ci ...

tournament organized by the EHF. The final was played between UHC Hamburg and

Rotterdam Rotterdam ( , , , lit. ''The Dam on the River Rotte'') is the second largest city and municipality in the Netherlands. It is in the province of South Holland, part of the North Sea mouth of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta, via the ''"N ...

at the

Wagener Stadium Wagener Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. It is currently used mostly for field hockey matches and hosted matches for the 1973 World Hockey Cup. The stadium holds 7,600 people. The complex has belonged to the Dutc ...

Amstelveen Amstelveen () is a municipality in the province of North Holland, Netherlands with a population of 92.353 as of 2022. It is a suburban part of the Amsterdam metropolitan area. The municipality of Amstelveen consists of the historical villages o ...

, Netherlands. UHC Hamburg beat Rotterdam 3–1 to win their second title.

Bloemendaal Bloemendaal () is a municipality and a town in the Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands. In October 2015, after persistent problems with the local governa ...

were the title holders, but were eliminated by UHC Hamburg in the quarter-finals.

Association team allocation

A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2019–20 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: * Associations 1–4 each have three teams qualify. * Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify. * Associations 9–12 each have one team qualify.

Association ranking

Teams

Round one

In each group, teams played against each other once in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16. Pools A, C, D, and F were played in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

, France, between 23 and 25 October 2009 and the other pools were played in

Barcelona Barcelona ( , , ) is a city on the coast of northeastern Spain. It is the capital and largest city of the autonomous community of Catalonia, as well as the second most populous municipality of Spain. With a population of 1.6 million within ci ...

, Spain, between 9 and 11 October 2009. If a game was won, the winning team received 5 points. A draw resulted in both teams receiving 2 points. A loss gave the losing team 1 point unless the losing team lost by 3 or more goals, then they received 0 points.

Pool A

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Pool B

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Pool C

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Pool D

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Pool E

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Pool F

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Pool G

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Pool H

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Knockout stage

The Round of 16 and the quarterfinals were played in

, Netherlands between 2 and 5 April 2010 and the semifinals, third place match and the final were played in

, Netherlands between 22 and 23 May 2010. Matches that ended in a draw would then play two periods of 7.5 minutes, with the "

Silver Goal The golden goal or golden point is a rule used in association football, lacrosse, field hockey, and ice hockey to decide the winner of a match (typically a knock-out match) in which scores are equal at the end of normal time. It is a type of sud ...

" rule being enforced. Matches that remain tied at the end of extra time were settled by a penalty shoot-out.

Bracket

Round of 16

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze place match

Final

Statistics

Top goalscorers

Test Rules

The Euro Hockey League is considered to be something of a pioneer when it comes to rules and regulations. The tournament has introduced various test rules which have now been adopted by the global game, with the "Self Pass" - which allows players to dribble with the ball from a free hit rather than passing it - being arguably the most revolutionary. The 2009-2010 Season saw the introduction of the "Own Goal" trial, which meant that defenders and goalkeepers could no longer force the ball into their own net when an opposing player has hit the ball from outside the circle. The first ever own goal in hockey arrived during Round 1.1, when Atletic Terrassa's Xavi Ribas accidentally deflected into his own goal during their match against Reading HC of England. In total, five own goals were scored during the 2009-2010 season.

References

External links

Official Website (English)
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