15th March 2007
EHF announce new Club Euro Competition for Men
The European Hockey Federation has released details of their new men’s clubs European Competition. The new tournament will replace the existing Champions and Cup Winners competitions and will commence next season. For the first season a nation’s entries will be based on their European competition results from the previous 3 years (2005/6/7) with all nominated clubs playing in either the EuroHockey League or further down the ladder in the Trophy or Challenge I, II or III etc. The top 12 ranked nations will be providing either 1, 2 or 3 teams (dependent on ranking) into the League with Wales currently standing 19th in the order. This position could alter dependent on our representatives (Cardiff HC & UW Cardiff HC) results in their forthcoming tournaments. The two teams that will represent Wales next year will be the European Qualifying tournament winners (on current rankings in Challenge I) and the Cup Winners (Challenge II). Qualification for future years is currently being considered as part of the ongoing competitions review.

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