1998–99 CERH European League

The 1998–99 CERH European League was the 35th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 1 and 2 May 1999 in Igualada, Spain.

1998–99 CERH European League
Tournament details
Teams17
Final positions
ChampionsIgualada (6th title)
Runners-upPorto

Preliminary round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Thunerstern   4–7   Paço de Arcos 0–2 4–5
Mérignac   4–10   Quévert 2–3 2–7

First round

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Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Paço de Arcos   7–5   Amatori Vercelli 4–2 3–3
Genève   3–17   Vic 2–8 1–9
Benfica   30–2   Valkenswaardse 19–1 11–1
Porto   10–1   Quévert 7–0 3–1
Noia   3–9   Igualada 3–4 0–5
Uttigen   6–18   Barcelona 2–9 4–9
Prato   4–7   Novara 2–3 2–4
Quévert   3–30   Porto 1–5 2–25
Herne Bay   14–5   La Vendéenne 5–4 9–1

Group stage

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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

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR IGU BEN PAR
1   Porto 6 5 1 0 31 13 +18 11 Advance to Final Four 8–3 3–1 8–2
2   Igualada 6 3 1 2 25 20 +5 7 2–2 6–3 6–1
3   Benfica 6 2 0 4 24 25 −1 4 4–5 3–1 9–5
4   Paço de Arcos 6 1 0 5 17 39 −22 2 1–5 3–7 5–4
Source: [1]

Group B

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BAR NOV VIC HER
1   Barcelona 6 6 0 0 38 12 +26 12 Advance to Final Four 3–1 6–1 9–3
2   Novara 6 3 1 2 30 16 +14 7 2–5 2–2 16–2
3   Vic 6 2 1 3 32 21 +11 5 3–6 2–3 9–1
4   Herne Bay 6 0 0 6 13 64 −51 0 2–9 2–6 3–15
Source: [2]

Final four

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The Final Four was played in the Poliesportiu Les Comes, Igualada, Spain.

Igualada achieved their sixth title.

Bracket

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SemifinalsFinal
 
      
 
1 May
 
 
  Igualada3
 
2 May
 
  Barcelona1
 
  Igualada (p) 5 (6)
 
1 May
 
  Porto5 (5)
 
  Porto7
 
 
  Novara4
 
Third place
 
 
2 May
 
 
  Barcelona5
 
 
  Novara2

References

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