2002–03 CERH European League

2002–03 CERH European League

Tournament details
Teams	18
Final positions
Champions	Liceo (4th title)
Runners-up	Igualada

The 2002–03 CERH European League was the 38th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 10 and 11 May 2004 at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

Preliminary round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Dornbirn	3–30	Cronenberg	1–5	2–25
Nantes	5–9	Uttigen	3–2	2–7

First round

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Igualada	17–4	Saint-Omer	10–1	7–3
Thunerstern	4–14	Porto	3–6	1–8
Benfica	13–2	Genève	10–1	3–1
Novara	10–6	Cronenberg	5–2	5–4
Quévert	6–7	Uttigen	2–4	4–3
Blanes	4–5	Liceo	2–3	2–2
Bassano	2–19	Barcelona	0–8	2–11
Barcelos	8–9	Prato	4–3	4–6

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		BAR	PRA	BEN	NOV
1	Barcelona	6	5	1	0	31	7	+24	11	Advance to Final Four		—	9–1	6–1	6–2
2	Prato	6	4	1	1	32	19	+13	9			1–1	—	4–1	13–1
3	Benfica	6	2	0	4	15	23	−8	4			1–4	6–7	—	2–1
4	Novara	6	0	0	6	7	36	−29	0			1–5	1–6	1–4	—

Source:

Group B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		IGU	LIC	POR	UTT
1	Igualada	6	4	1	1	28	10	+18	9	Advance to Final Four		—	3–1	7–2	12–0
2	Liceo	6	4	0	2	24	15	+9	8			4–0	—	3–4	7–1
3	Porto	6	3	1	2	26	22	+4	7			2–2	4–5	—	10–2
4	Uttigen	6	0	0	6	10	41	−31	0			1–4	3–4	3–4	—

Source:

Final four

The Final Four was played at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

Home team Liceo achieved its 4th title. Al games were decided after a penalty shootout.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	10 May
	Liceo	1 (3)
					11 May
	Barcelona	1 (1)
					Liceo	2 (4)
	10 May
					Igualada	2 (3)
	Igualada	1 (4)
	Prato	1 (3)

External links

• CERH website