The 1981 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in Brussels, was the eighth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. It was the first edition were two divisions were established. Otherwise, the competition format established in 1977 was preserved.
It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in a final match against SKA Sverdlovsk, which was the revelation of the competition considering Soviet hockey, represented by Dynamo Almaty, had failed to rank among the top 8 clubs in previous editions. It was the Dutch club's 2nd European Champions Cup trophy. Barcelona's Real Club de Polo attained the 3rd place by defeating defending champions Slough HC.[1]
EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
Teams
Preliminary round
Pool A
Pool B
Source:
EHF(H) Hosts;
(R) Relegated
Classification round
Seventh and eighth place
Fifth and sixth place
Third and fourth place
Final
EuroHockey Club Trophy
EuroHockey Club Trophy in Rome.
Group stage
Group A
Cookstown HC - 5 points
Warta Poznań - 4 points
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HC Olten - 0 points
Group B
HC EUR Algida - 5 points
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HK Jedinstvo - 3 points
Withchurch HC - 1 point
Play-offs
1st place
3rd place
- SV Arminen Vienna 2-1 Warta Poznań
5th place
- HK Jedinstvo 3-2 Rock Gunners
7th place
- Withchurch HC 3-2 HC Olten
Standings
- Cookstown HC
- HC EUR Algida
- SV Arminen Vienna
- Warta Poznań
- HK Jedinstvo
- Rock Gunners
- Withchurch HC
- HC Olten
- Ireland and Italy are promoted to 1st Division for the 1982 Champions Cup.
See also
References
Klein Zwitserland (2nd title)
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Real Club de Polo
Edinburgh
FC Lyon
Slough
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