2020 Women's Euro Hockey League
Cancelled field hockey tournament
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The 2020 Euro Hockey League Women was supposed to be the first edition of the Euro Hockey League Women, Europe's premier women's club field hockey tournament, organized by the European Hockey Federation. It was originally scheduled to be held at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands from 9 to 13 April 2020.[1][2]
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| Tournament details | |||
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| Host country | Netherlands | ||
| City | Amstelveen | ||
| Dates | Cancelled | ||
| Teams | 8 (from 6 associations) | ||
| Venue | Wagener Stadium | ||
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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe the tournament was put on hold in March 2020.[3] On 12 May 2020, it was announced that the tournament was postponed to October 2020.[4] The tournament was officially cancelled on 14 August 2020.[5]
Association team allocation
A total of 8 teams from 6 of the 45 EHF member associations would participate in the 2020 EHL Women. The association rankings based on the EHL country coefficients was used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:[6]
- Associations 1–2 each had two teams qualify.
- Associations 3–6 each had one team qualify.
Association ranking
For the 2020 Euro Hockey League Women, the associations were allocated places according to their 2019 EHCC country coefficients, which takes into account their performance in the EuroHockey Club Cup and the EuroHockey Club Trophy from 2016–17 to 2018–19.
