2008 CERH Women's European Cup

2008 CERH European League

Tournament details
Teams	13
Final positions
Champions	Voltregà (1st title)
Runners-up	Fundação Nortecoope
Tournament statistics
Matches played	30
Goals scored	220 (7.33 per match)

The 2008 CERH Women's European Cup was the 2nd edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Eight was held in May 2008 at Mealhada, Portugal.

Voltregà achieved their first title.^[1]

Preliminary round

Gijón, Herringen and Voltregà received a bye for the final stage.

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Eboli	0–15	Mataró	0–9	0–6
Mealhada	12–4	Diessbach	4–2	8–2
Fundação Nortecoope	8–3	Düsseldorf-Nord	4–2	4–1
Noisy le Grand	8–4	Nortecoope	3–2	5–2
Montreux	5–9	Coutras	2–2	3–7

Final Eight

The Final Eight was played by eight teams in Mealhada, Portugal. Teams were divided into two groups, where the two first qualified teams would join the semifinals.

Group stage

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

The group winners advanced to the Final Four.

Group A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		FNO	GIJ	MAT	NOI
1	Fundação Nortecoope	3	2	1	0	11	2	+9	7	Advance to semifinals		—	1–1	2–0	—
2	Gijón	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4			—	—	1–0	—
3	Mataró	3	1	0	2	3	5	−2	3			—	—	—	3–2
4	Noisy le Grand	3	1	0	2	9	16	−7	3			1–8	6–5	—	—

Source: Rinkhockey.net

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		VOL	COU	MEA	HER
1	Voltregà	3	3	0	0	16	4	+12	9	Advance to semifinals		—	4–0	7–3	5–1
2	Coutras	3	1	1	1	6	6	0	4			—	—	—	—
3	Mealhada	3	1	1	1	9	10	−1	4			—	1–1	—	5–2
4	Herringen	3	0	0	3	4	15	−11	0			—	1–5	—	—

Source: Rinkhockey.net

5th to 8th position

	Play-outs				Fifth place
	24 May
	Noisy le Grand	2
					25 May
	Mealhada	3
					Mealhada	0
	24 May
					Mataró	1
	Herringen	0
	Mataró	1
					Seventh place
					25 May
					Noisy le Grand	1
					Herringen	3

Final Four

	Semifinals				Final
	24 May
	Gijón	0
					25 May
	Voltregà	1
					Voltregà	2
	24 May
					Fundação Nortecoope	1
	Coutras	0
	Fundação Nortecoope	2
					Third place
					25 May
					Gijón	2
					Coutras	0

References

External links

• CERH website