The 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League was the fifth edition of the
Women's Euro Hockey League
The Women's Euro Hockey League is the newest annual women's field hockey tournament organised by the European Hockey Federation, EHF for the very top hockey clubs in Europe.
The competition was supposed to start in 2020 replacing the old EuroHock ...
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Europe
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's premier women's club
field hockey
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tournament, organized by the
European Hockey Federation
EuroHockey is a European sports federation for field hockey, based in Brussels. It is the umbrella organisation for all European national federations, and organises the Euro Hockey League. The president of the league is Marcos Hofmann. In reactio ...
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Amsterdam
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were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2024. They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by
HC 's-Hertogenbosch alongside the
men's Final8 at Sportpark Oosterplas in
's-Hertogenbosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...
, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2025.
This was the first edition under a new format, with 12 instead of 8 participating teams. This increased the total number of matches played in the competition from 10 to 16.
The hosts
Den Bosch
s-Hertogenbosch (), colloquially known as Den Bosch (), is a List of cities in the Netherlands by province, city and List of municipalities of the Netherlands, municipality in the Netherlands with a population of 160,783. It is the capital of ...
won a record-extending third Euro Hockey League title by defeating
Braxgata 5–1 in the final.
Gantoise won the bronze medal as they defeated
Düsseldorfer HC 3–1.
Format change
In March 2024, it was announced the competition would expand to 12 teams. The expansion saw the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which took place at Easter. It meant the top four nations on the EHL Ranking Table received two places for the FINAL12 with the nations ranked fifth to eighth all receiving one spot each. The format saw eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers contested ranking matches for 9th to 11th. The champions from the top four nations on the Ranking Table received byes into the FINAL8.
Association team allocation
A total of 12 teams from 8 of the 45
EHF member associations participated in the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients were used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
* Associations 1–4 each had two teams qualify.
* Associations 5–8 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2025 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–2024 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.
Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round:
* 1st, 2nd: League positions of the previous season
* RS: Regular season winners
Results
The draw was held on 4 December 2024 and the schedule was announced on 6 December 2024.
Bracket
Preliminary round
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Quarter-finals
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Ranking matches
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Semi-finals
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Bronze medal match
Final
Statistics
Top goalscorers
See also
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2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship
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2025 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
References
External links
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{{2024–25 European club competitions
Women's Euro Hockey League
Euro Hockey League Women
Euro Hockey League Women
International women's field hockey competitions hosted by the Netherlands
Euro Hockey League Women
Sports competitions in 's-Hertogenbosch