The 1979 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in The Hague, was the sixth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. The format was changed - standings would be determined by a group stage in four triangular groups and subsequent play-offs.

It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in their second participation, becoming the first Dutch team to win the competition in a final match against the Real Club de Polo from Barcelona.[1]

Group stage

Group A

  1. Scotland Edinburgh HC
  2. England Southgate HC
  3. Poland Lech Poznań

Group B

  1. West Germany Rüsselsheimer RK
  2. Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
  3. Switzerland Basler HC 1911

Group C

  1. Netherlands HC Klein Zwitserland
  2. England Guildford HC
  3. France Stade Français

Group D

  1. Spain Real Club de Polo, Barcelona
  2. Belgium Uccle Sport
  3. Soviet Union Dynamo Almaty

Play-offs - 1st knockout stage

1st-4th place

5th-8th place

9th-12th place

Play-offs - 2nd knockout stage

Final

3rd place

5th place

7th place

9th place

11th place

Standings

  1. Netherlands HC Klein Zwitserland
  2. Spain Real Club de Polo, Barcelona
  3. West Germany Rüsselsheimer RK
  4. Scotland Edinburgh HC
  5. England Southgate HC (defending champions)
  6. Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague
  7. Belgium Uccle Sport
  8. England Guildford HC
  9. Soviet Union Dynamo Almaty
  10. France Stade Français
  11. Switzerland Basler HC 1911
  12. Poland Lech Poznań

References

  1. ^ Carla2. "Microsoft Word - 1979_ccc_m_hague.doc" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-06-07. Retrieved 2009-06-01.((cite web)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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