1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

The 1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in The Hague, was the sixth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. The format was changed - standings would be determined by a group stage in four triangular groups and subsequent play-offs.

It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in their second participation, becoming the first Dutch team to win the competition in a final match against the Real Club de Polo from Barcelona.[1]

Group stage

Group A

  1. Scotland Edinburgh HC
  2. England Southgate HC
  3. Poland Lech Poznań

Group B

  1. West Germany Rüsselsheimer RK
  2. Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
  3. Switzerland Basler HC 1911

Group C

  1. Netherlands HC Klein Zwitserland
  2. England Guildford HC
  3. France Stade Français

Group D

  1. Spain Real Club de Polo, Barcelona
  2. Belgium Uccle Sport
  3. Soviet Union Dynamo Almaty

Play-offs - 1st knockout stage

1st-4th place

  • HC Klein Zwitserland 6-0 Edinburgh HC
  • Real Club de Polo, Barcelona 1-1 Rüsselsheimer RK (penalty shoot-out: 5-3)

5th-8th place

  • Southgate HC 4-0 Guidford HC
  • Slavia Prague 2-1 Uccle Sport

9th-12th place

  • Dynamo Almaty 3-0 Basler HC 1911
  • Stade Français 2-1 Lech Poznań

Play-offs - 2nd knockout stage

Final

  • HC Klein Zwitserland 2-1 Real Club de Polo, Barcelona

3rd place

  • Rüsselsheimer RK 5-1 Edinburgh HC

5th place

  • Southgate HC 3-1 Slavia Prague

7th place

  • Uccle Sport 0-0 Guidford HC (penalty shoot-out: 4-2)

9th place

  • Dynamo Almaty 5-2 Stade Français

11th place

  • Basler HC 1911 3-0 Lech Poznań

Standings

  1. Netherlands HC Klein Zwitserland
  2. Spain Real Club de Polo, Barcelona
  3. West Germany Rüsselsheimer RK
  4. Scotland Edinburgh HC
  5. England Southgate HC (defending champions)
  6. Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
  7. Belgium Uccle Sport
  8. England Guildford HC
  9. Soviet Union Dynamo Almaty
  10. France Stade Français
  11. Switzerland Basler HC 1911
  12. Poland Lech Poznań

References

  1. ^ Carla2. "Microsoft Word - 1979_ccc_m_hague.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-01.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

See also

  • European Hockey Federation