1998–99 CERH European League

1998–99 CERH European League

Tournament details
Teams	17
Final positions
Champions	Igualada (6th title)
Runners-up	Porto

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.

Preliminary round

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

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

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		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:

Group B

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:

Final four

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

Igualada achieved their sixth title.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	1 May
	Igualada	3
					2 May
	Barcelona	1
					Igualada (p)	5 (6)
	1 May
					Porto	5 (5)
	Porto	7
	Novara	4
					Third place
					2 May
					Barcelona	5
					Novara	2

External links

• CERH website