The 2023–24 Men's Euro Hockey League was the 17th season of the Men's Euro Hockey League, Europe's men's premier club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.
The first round was held from 6 to 8 October 2023 in Barcelona, Spain and the Final8 took place from 28 March to 1 April 2024 in Amstelveen, Netherlands.
Bloemendaal were the defending champions, having won the last three editions. They were eliminated in the first round by Kampong. The hosts Pinoké won their first title by defeating Kampong 1–0 in the final. Old Georgians won their first medal by defeating Rot-Weiss Köln 3–2 in the bronze medal match.
Association team allocation A total of 20 teams from 11 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2023–24 Men's Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–3 each had three teams qualify. Associations 4–6 each had two teams qualify. Associations 7–11 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking For the 2023–24 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2022–23 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2020–21 to 2022–23. + Association ranking for the 2023–24 Men's Euro Hockey League
Rank Change Association Points Teams 1 Netherlands 41,167 3 2 Germany 38,500 3 1 Belgium 37,750 4 1 32,833 2 5 England 27,250 6 22,375 7 20,625 1 8 Scotland 16,750 9 1 Ireland 16,375 10 1 15,625 11 2 12,500
Rank Change Association Points Teams 12 4 11,875 0 13 2 Wales 11,125 14 6,625 15 2 6,375 16 4 3,125 17 6 3,125 18 2,875 19 7 Russia 2,750 20 Turkey 1,500 21 2 0,750
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd, 3rd: League positions of the previous season RS: Regular season winners
+ Qualified teams for 2023–24 Men's Euro Hockey League Entry round Teams Quarter-finals Pinoké (1st) Rot-Weiss Köln (1st) Gantoise (1st) Club de Campo (1st) Preliminary round Bloemendaal (2nd) Kampong (RS) Mannheimer HC (2nd) Harvestehuder THC (3rd) Léopold (RS) Waterloo Ducks (2nd) Real Club de Polo (2nd) Old Georgians (1st) Holcombe (2nd) CAM 92 (1st) Racing Club de France (2nd) Post SV (1st) Western Wildcats (1st) Banbridge (1st) Rotweiss Wettingen (1st) Plzeň-Litice (1st)
Preliminary round The preliminary round was hosted by Real Club de Polo de Barcelona in Barcelona, Spain from 7 to 9 October 2023. The draw took place on 26 July 2023. The winners of the second round advanced to the quarter-finals during Easter 2024.
Bracket
First round
Ranking matches
Second round
Final8 The Final8 was hosted by Pinoké and Amsterdam and held alongside the women's tournament at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 28 March to 1 April 2024. The draw was held on 13 December 2023. The schedule was announced on 15 December 2023.
Bracket
Quarter-finals
Ranking matches
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Final
Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals1 Duco Telgenkamp Kampong60062 Tom Boon Léopold2305 Tom Grambusch Rot-Weiss Köln050 Jip Janssen Kampong0505 Thierry Brinkman Bloemendaal4004 James Carson Old Georgians310 José Basterra Club de Campo220 Alan Forsyth Old Georgians202 Victor Charlet Waterloo Ducks400
See also 2024 Men's EuroHockey Club Trophy I 2024 Men's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
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