2023_Women's_Euro_Hockey_League
The 2023 Women's Euro Hockey League was the third edition of the Women's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.
| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | Amstelveen | ||
| Dates | 6–10 April | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 6 associations) | ||
| Venue(s) | Wagener Stadium | ||
| Final positions | |||
| Champions |  Den Bosch (2nd title) | ||
| Runner-up |  Club de Campo | ||
| Third place |  Düsseldorfer HC | ||
| Tournament statistics | |||
| Matches played | 10 | ||
| Goals scored | 29 (2.9 per match) | ||
| Top scorer(s) | Yibbi Jansen Frédérique Matla (3 goals) | ||
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Amsterdam were the defending champions, having won their first title in the previous edition.[1] They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by Pinoké at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 6 to 10 April 2023 alongside the men's Final8.[2] The draw was held on 14 December 2022.[3]
Den Bosch won their second EHL title by defeating Club de Campo 1–0 in the final.[4]
A total of 8 teams from 6 of the 45 EHF member associations would participate in the 2023 EHL Women. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[5]
- Associations 1–2 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 3–6 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2023 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–22 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2019–20 to 2021–22.[6]
| Rank | Change | Association | Points | Teams |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Netherlands |
39.000 | 2 |
| 2 | |
Spain |
24.750 | |
| 3 |  2 |
 Belgium |
22.500 | 1 |
| 4 |  1 |
Germany |
21.500 | |
| 5 | 1 |
 England |
18.000 | |
| 6 | |
 Ireland |
9.750 | |
| 7 | 1 |
 France |
4.750 | 0 |
| 8 |  |
 Italy |
4.500 | |
| 9 | 2 |
 Belarus |
4.000 | |
| 10 | |
 Ukraine |
3.500 | |
| 11 | |
 Switzerland |
2.500 | |
| 12 | 3 |
 Russia |
1.000 |
Teams
Den Bosch (1st)- SCHC (2nd)
Complutense (1st)- Club de Campo (2nd)
Gantoise (1st)
Düsseldorfer HC (1st)
Surbiton (1st)
Pembroke Wanderers (1st)
Bracket
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||
| Den Bosch (s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| 9 April | ||||||||||
| SCHC | 1 (2) | |||||||||
| Den Bosch | 2 | |||||||||
| 7 April | ||||||||||
| Düsseldorfer HC | 1 | |||||||||
| Surbiton | 1 (1) | |||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||
| Düsseldorfer HC (s.o.) | 1 (3) | |||||||||
| Den Bosch | 1 | |||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 0 | |||||||||
| Gantoise | 0 | |||||||||
| 8 April | ||||||||||
| Club de Campo | 3 | |||||||||
| Club de Campo | 2 | |||||||||
| 6 April | ||||||||||
| Complutense | 0 | Third place | ||||||||
| Pembroke Wanderers | 0 | |||||||||
| 10 April | ||||||||||
| Complutense | 4 | |||||||||
| Düsseldorfer HC | 3 | |||||||||
| Complutense | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
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Ranking matches
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Semi-finals
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Third and fourth place
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Final
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- "Amsterdamse vrouwen winnen na shoot-out Euro Hockey League, Bloemendaal bij de mannen". telegraaf.nl (in Dutch). De Telegraaf. 18 April 2022. Retrieved 19 April 2022.
- "Pinoké to host next easter's FINAL8". ehlhockey.tv. Euro Hockey League. 12 December 2022. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- Thys, Werner (14 December 2022). "Gantoise-teams krijgen Spaanse opponenten in de kwartfinale van de Euro Hockey League in Amstelveen". hln.be (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. Retrieved 21 December 2022.
- "Den Bosch zegeviert weer en wordt voor de achttiende maal Europees kampioen". nos.nl (in Dutch). NOS. 10 April 2023. Retrieved 12 April 2023.