2011–12 Euro Hockey League
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The 2011–12 Euro Hockey League was the fifth season of the Euro Hockey League, Europe's premier club field hockey tournament organized by the EHF. It was held at four different locations from October 2011 to May 2012.
The final was played between Hamburg and Amsterdam at the Wagener Stadium in Amstelveen, Netherlands. Hamburg defeated Amsterdam 2–1 on penalty strokes (2–2 after extra time) to win a record third title. HGC were the defending champions, but they did not qualify for this season's edition.
Association team allocation
A total of 24 teams from 12 of the 45 EHF member associations participated in the 2011–12 Euro Hockey League. The association ranking based on the EHL country coefficients is used to determine the number of participating teams for each association:
Associations 1–4 each have three teams qualify.
Associations 5–8 each have two teams qualify.
Associations 9–12 each have one team qualify.
Teams
Round One
The 24 teams were drawn into eight pools of three. In each pool, teams played against each other once in a round-robin format.
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