1997–98 CERH European League
Tournament details
Teams17
Final positions
ChampionsIgualada (5th title)
Runners-upAmatori Vercelli

The 1997–98 CERH European League was the 34th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held in Vercelli, Italy.

Preliminary round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Benfica Portugal 17–6 France Vaulx-en-Velin 10–2 7–4

First round

Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Oliveirense Switzerland 4–14 Spain Barcelona 2–5 2–9
Uttigen Switzerland 7–28 Portugal Porto 3–7 4–21
Amatori Vercelli Italy 10–2 Switzerland Genève 7–0 3–2
Liceo Spain 4–4 (p) Portugal Benfica 2–2 2–2
Herne Bay England 5–11 France La Vendéenne 2–3 3–8
Novara Italy 5–4 Spain Vic 3–2 2–2
Barcelos Portugal 9–7 Italy Salerno 5–1 4–6
Igualada Spain 13–1 France Quévert 9–1 4–0

Group stage

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.

The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification NOV IGU BCS VEN
1 Italy Novara 6 5 1 0 47 15 +32 11 Advance to Final Four 3–2 5–3 21–1
2 Spain Igualada 6 3 1 2 41 14 +27 7 5–6 10–3 11–0
3 Portugal Barcelos 6 2 2 2 32 29 +3 6 3–3 1–1 19–9
4 France La Vendéenne 6 0 0 6 13 75 62 0 1–9 1–12 1–3
Source: [1]

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR VER POR LIC
1 Spain Barcelona 6 5 1 0 29 18 +11 11 Advance to Final Four 7–1 3–3 4–3
2 Italy Amatori Vercelli 6 3 1 2 21 22 1 7 3–4 6–3 3–1
3 Portugal Porto 6 1 2 3 20 27 7 4 5–7 5–5 3–2
4 Spain Liceo 6 1 0 5 15 18 3 2 3–4 2–3 4–1
Source: [2]

Final four

The Final Four was played in Vercelli, Italy.

Igualada achieved their fifth title.

Bracket

 
SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
 
 
 
Spain Igualada8
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona1
 
Spain Igualada (p) 8
 
 
 
Italy Amatori Vercelli1
 
Italy Amatori Vercelli4
 
 
Italy Novara3
 
Third place
 
 
 
 
 
Spain Barcelona5
 
 
Italy Novara3

References

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