The 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League was the fifth edition of the Women's Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation.
Amsterdam were the defending champions, having won their second title in 2024. They failed to qualify for this year's edition. The tournament was hosted by HC 's-Hertogenbosch alongside the men's Final8 at Sportpark Oosterplas in 's-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands from 16 to 21 April 2025. This was the first edition under a new format, with 12 instead of 8 participating teams. This increased the total number of matches played in the competition from 10 to 16.
The hosts Den Bosch won a record-extending third Euro Hockey League title by defeating Braxgata 5–1 in the final. Gantoise won the bronze medal as they defeated Düsseldorfer HC 3–1.
Format change In March 2024, it was announced the competition would expand to 12 teams. The expansion saw the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which took place at Easter. It meant the top four nations on the EHL Ranking Table received two places for the FINAL12 with the nations ranked fifth to eighth all receiving one spot each. The format saw eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers contested ranking matches for 9th to 11th. The champions from the top four nations on the Ranking Table received byes into the FINAL8.
Association team allocation A total of 12 teams from 8 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients were used to determine the number of participating teams for each association: Associations 1–4 each had two teams qualify. Associations 5–8 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking For the 2025 Euro Hockey League, the associations were allocated places according to their 2021–2024 EHL country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in European competitions from 2021–22 to 2023–24.
+ Association ranking for the 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League
RankChangeAssociationPointsTeams1 Netherlands45,25022 1 Germany30,3753 130,3754 Belgium23,7505 England23,37516 Ireland14,50077,6258 37,250
Rank Change Association Points Teams 9 Scotland 5,000010 14,87511 34,62512 24,25013 Turkey3,50014 2,00015 Wales 1,000 16 0,000
Teams The labels in the parentheses show how each teams qualified for the place of its starting round: 1st, 2nd: League positions of the previous season RS: Regular season winners
+ Qualified teams for 2025 Women's Euro Hockey League Entry round Teams Quarter-finals Den Bosch (1st) Düsseldorfer HC (1st) Real Club de Polo (1st) Gantoise (1st) Preliminary round SCHC (2nd) Mannheimer HC (2nd) Club de Campo (RS) Braxgata (2nd) Surbiton (1st) Railway Union (1st) Sumchanka (1st) Slavia Prague (1st)
Results The draw was held on 4 December 2024 and the schedule was announced on 6 December 2024.
Bracket
Preliminary round
Quarter-finals
Ranking matches
Semi-finals
Bronze medal match
Final
Statistics Top goalscorers Rank Player Team Goals 1 Belén Iglesias Club de Campo 4 0 0 4 Yibbi Jansen SCHC031 3 Maartje Krekelaar Den Bosch 0 3 0 3 Stéphanie Vanden Borre Gantoise 0 2 1 Darcy Bourne Surbiton 0 1 2
See also 2025 Women's EuroHockey Championship 2025 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Club Cup
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