The 2016–17 CERH European League was the 52nd season of Europe's premier club

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tournament organised by

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, and the 20th season since it was renamed from European Champion Clubs' Cup to the CERH Champions League/European League. The winners of the 2016–17 CERH European League earn the right to play against the winners of the

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in the 2017 CERH Continental Cup. Benfica were the defending champions.

Teams

League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses (TH: Title holders, LQF: Losing quarter-finalists). Bold means seeded teams. * There was a berth for the winner of the National Roller Hockey League (from

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), but the champions

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declined the invitation. The losing quarter-finalists of the

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, Bassano, were then awarded with the spot. * There was also a berth for the winner of the

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(from

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), but the champions

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also declined the invitation. The 3rd place of the Nationale 1 Elite, Dinan Quévert, were then awarded with the spot.

Round dates

The schedule of the competition is as follows (draw held in

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, Spain, on 10 September 2016).

Group stage

The 16 teams were allocated into four pots, with the title holders, Benfica, being placed in Pot 1 automatically. The other 3 seeded teams,

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and

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, were automatically placed in groups B, C and D, respectively. They were drawn into four groups of four, with the restriction that teams from the same association could not be drawn against each other. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format. A total of 5 national associations were represented in the group stage.

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made its debut appearance in the group stage. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the

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Group A

Group B

Group C

Group D

Knockout phase

The knockout phase comprises a quarter-final round and the final four tournament. In the quarter-finals, group stage winners play against group stage runners-up, the latter hosting the first of two legs. The winners qualify for the final four, which will take place at the ground of one of the four finalists.

Quarter-finals

The first-leg matches were played on 11 March, and the second-leg matches were played on 1 April 2017.

Final four

The final four tournament took place on 13 and 14 May 2017. It was hosted by

at the

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, Spain. ''All times listed below are local time ( UTC+02:00).''

Semi-finals

Final

References

External links

Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey
(official website) {{DEFAULTSORT:2016-17 CERH European League WSE Champions League 2016 in roller hockey

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