2008–09 Euro Hockey League Host countries France Germany Netherlands Dates 24 October 2008 – 31 May 2009 Teams 24 (from 12 associations) Venue(s) 4 (in 4 host cities) Champions Bloemendaal (1st title) Runner-up UHC Hamburg Third place Rotterdam Matches played 40 Goals scored 211 (5.28 per match) Top scorer(s) Guillermo Schickendantz (11 goals)Best player Teun de Nooijer
The 2008–09 Euro Hockey League was the second season of the Euro Hockey League , Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organised by the EHF .
The final was played between UHC Hamburg and Bloemendaal at the Hazelaarweg Stadion in Rotterdam , Netherlands. Bloemendaal beat UHC Hamburg, the defending champions, 5–4 to win their first Euro Hockey League title. Rotterdam took the bronze medal.
Association team allocation [ edit ] Location of teams in
2008–09 Euro Hockey League .
Pink: Group A;
Green: Group B;
Deep Pink: Group C;
Yellow: Group D;
Red: Group E;
Cyan: Group F;
Blue: Group G;
Purple: Group H
Location of
Benelux teams in
2008–09 Euro Hockey League Association ranking [ edit ] Pools A, B, C and D were played in Amstelveen , the Netherlands between 24 and 26 October 2008 and the other four pools were played in Lille , France. 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.
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP) Marc Knulle (FRA)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Will Drury (FRA)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Geoff Conn (IRL)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Francisco Vazquez Lopez (ESP) Knut Lohrisch (GER)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Marc Knulle (FRA) Knut Lohrisch (GER)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Marcin Grochal (POL)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Roel van Eert (NED) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Will Drury (WAL)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Hamish Jamson (ENG) Will Drury (WAL)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Rob ten Cate (NED)
Stade de la reu Henri Delescaux, Lille Umpires: Rob ten Cate (NED) Roel van Eert (NED)
The round of 16 and the quarter-finals were played in Hamburg , Germany between 10 and 13 April 2009 and the semi-finals, third place match and the final were played in Rotterdam , the Netherlands between 30 and 31 May 2009.
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Andrew Mair (SCO)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Geoff Conn (IRL)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Michiel Brüning (NED) Christian Blasch (GER)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Thomas Dumon (BEL) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Geoff Conn (IRL) Hamish Jamson (ENG)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Marcin Grochal (POL) Marcelo Servetto (ESP)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Michiel Brüning (GER) Andrew Mair (SCO)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Christian Blasch (GER) Juan Manuel Requena (ESP)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Marcelo Servetto (ESP) Christian Blasch (GER)
UHC Clubanlage, Hamburg Umpires: Andrew Mair (SCO) Hamish Jamson (ENG)