2023–24 WSE Champions League

The 2023–24 WSE Champions League is the 59th season of Europe's premier club roller hockey tournament organized by World Skate Europe – Rink Hockey, and the second season under the WSE Champions League branding. Compared to the previous season, the knockout stage quarter-finals will be contested as two-legged fixtures followed by a final-four tournament, scheduled to be played on 11 and 12 May 2024.

2023–24 WSE Champions League
Tournament details
CityFinal four:
Porto, Portugal
Dates13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) – 12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)
TeamsGroup stage: 16
Total: 30 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
ChampionsSporting CP (4th title)
Runners-upUD Oliveirense

FC Porto were the defending champions, having beaten AD Valongo 5–1 in an all-Portuguese 2022–23 final. They were eliminated in the semi-finals by domestic rivals Sporting CP, who went on to beat another Portuguese side in the final (UD Oliveirense, 2–1) and win their fourth title in the competition. This was the second consecutive all-Portuguese final, which was assured after four Portuguese teams – OC Barcelos, UD Oliveirense, FC Porto, and Sporting CP – secured qualification for the final four tournament.

Team allocation

Association ranking
Main article: Roller hockey rankings § World Skate Europe league ranking

For the 2023–24 WSE Champions League, the associations were allocated places according to their coefficient, which takes into account the performance of each association's representative teams in European competitions between the 2018–19 and the 2022–23 seasons (except for the 2019–20 season, which was discarded due to being interrupted). The coefficient is calculated by dividing the total of points accumulated by the number of participating teams.

The D'Hondt method was applied to the coefficient of each association to determine the number of teams entering in each round:

1st qualifying round  PRT SC Tomar  ESP Igualada  ESP Lleida  ITA Follonica Hockey
 ITA Sarzana  ITA Grosseto  ITA Valdagno  FRA CS Noisy
 FRA US Coutras  FRA La Vendéenne   SWI SC Thunerstern  GER SK Germania Herringen
 GER ESG Walsum  ENG King's Lynn RHC
2nd qualifying round  PRT FC Porto  PRT UD Oliveirense  PRT AD Valongo  ESP Reus Deportiu
 ESP CE Noia  ESP CF Calafell  ITA Forte dei Marmi  GER RHC Diessbach
Group stage  POR Benfica  POR Sporting  POR Barcelos  ESP Barcelona
 ESP Liceo Coruña  ITA GSH Trissino  ITA Amatori Lodi  FRA SCRA Saint-Omer

Schedule
Schedule for 2023–24 WSE Champions League[1]
Phase Round Draw date Date
Qualifying rounds First qualifying round 11 August 2023[2] 13–15 October 2023
Second qualifying round 16 October 2023[3] 17–19 November 2023
Group stage Matchday 1 6 November 2023[4] 30 November 2023
Matchday 2 14 December 2023
Matchday 3 11 January 2024
Matchday 4 25 January 2024
Matchday 5 8 February 2024
Matchday 6 29 February 2024
Quarter-finals First leg No draw
(pre-defined)		 14 March 2024
Second leg 11 April 2024
Final four Semi-finals 11 May 2024
Final 12 May 2024

Qualifying rounds

Group A

Follonica flight got cancelled and they failed to attend the competition; they were awarded defeats by 0–10 in both matches.[5]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification VEN HER FOL
1 La Vendéenne (H) 2 2 0 0 15 0 +15 6 Advance to 2nd qualifying round — 5–0 10–0
2 Germania Herringen 2 1 0 1 10 5 +5 3 — 10–0
3 Follonica 2 0 0 2 0 20 −20 0 Relegated to WSE Cup —
Source: World Skate Europe
(H) Hosts

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification SCT CSN GRO WAL
1 SC Tomar 3 3 0 0 20 6 +14 9 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 4–2 5–4 11–0
2 CS Noisy-le-Grand (H) 3 2 0 1 19 8 +11 6 — 9–2 8–2
3 CP Grosseto 3 1 0 2 13 15 −2 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 7–1
4 RESG Walsum 3 0 0 3 3 26 −23 0 —
Source: World Skate Europe
(H) Hosts

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification IGU SAR THU KIN
1 Igualada (H) 3 3 0 0 32 8 +24 9 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 11–7 5–1 16–0
2 Sarzana 3 2 0 1 26 13 +13 6 — 6–0 13–2
3 Thunerstern 3 1 0 2 7 11 −4 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 6–0
4 King's Lynn 3 0 0 3 2 35 −33 0 —
Source:
(H) Hosts


Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification LLE COU VAL
1 Lleida 2 2 0 0 8 3 +5 6 Advance to 2nd Qualifying Round — 2–0 6–3
2 Coutras (H) 2 0 1 1 3 5 −2 1 — 3–3
3 Valdagno 2 0 1 1 6 9 −3 1 Relegated to WSE Cup —
Source:
(H) Hosts

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI FOR IGU DIE
1 Oliveirense 3 3 0 0 16 3 +13 9 Advance to Group stage — 3–1 3–1 10–1
2 Forte dei Marmi (H) 3 2 0 1 12 4 +8 6 — 3–0 8–1
3 Igualada 3 1 0 2 4 7 −3 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 3–1
4 RHC Diessbach 3 0 0 3 3 21 −18 0 —
Source:
(H) Hosts

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification TOM VAL NOI GER
1 SC Tomar (H) 3 3 0 0 17 7 +10 9 Advance to Group stage — 5–4 6–2 6–1
2 Valongo 3 2 0 1 21 11 +10 6 — 6–4 11–2
3 Noia 3 1 0 2 14 12 +2 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 8–0
4 Germania Herringen 3 0 0 3 3 25 −22 0 —
Source:
(H) Hosts

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR LEI NOI COU
1 FC Porto 3 2 1 0 22 3 +19 7 Advance to Group stage — 1–1 9–1 12–1
2 Lleida (H) 3 2 1 0 10 3 +7 7 — 4–1 5–1
3 Noisy Le Grand 3 1 0 2 6 15 −9 3 Relegated to WSE Cup — 4–2
4 Coutras 3 0 0 3 4 21 −17 0 —
Source:
(H) Hosts

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification CAL REU VEN SAR
1 Calafell (H) 3 2 1 0 15 5 +10 7 Advance to Group stage — 2–2 4–1 9–2
2 Reus 3 2 1 0 17 8 +9 7 — 8–3 7–3
3 La Vendéenne 3 0 1 2 9 17 −8 1 Relegated to WSE Cup — 5–5
4 Sarzana 3 0 1 2 10 21 −11 1 —
Source:
(H) Hosts

Group stage

Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification FCB OCB FOR LIC
1 FC Barcelona 6 5 1 0 25 7 +18 16 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 6–0 8–2
2 OC Barcelos 6 3 2 1 18 12 +6 11 1–1 — 2–1 4–4
3 Forte dei Marmi 6 1 1 4 10 22 −12 4 1–3 1–6 — 4–2
4 HC Liceo 6 0 2 4 15 27 −12 2 2–4 2–4 3–3 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification BEN SPO CAL REU
1 SL Benfica 6 5 0 1 25 15 +10 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–1 3–2 4–2
2 Sporting CP 6 3 2 1 20 17 +3 11 7–6 — 2–2 3–2
3 Calafell 6 1 2 3 14 16 −2 5 0–3 2–2 — 4–1
4 Reus Deportiu 6 1 0 5 15 26 −11 3 3–6 2–5 5–4 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification POR TRI TOM LEI
1 FC Porto 6 5 0 1 28 15 +13 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 5–4 9–0 4–2
2 Trissino 6 2 2 2 26 23 +3 8 3–5 — 4–2 8–4
3 SC Tomar 6 2 2 2 14 22 −8 8 5–3 2–2 — 2–1
4 Lleida 6 0 2 4 16 24 −8 2 1–2 5–5 3–3 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Group D
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification OLI LOD STO VAL
1 UD Oliveirense 6 5 0 1 29 15 +14 15 Advance to quarter-finals — 3–4 7–2 4–2
2 Amatori Lodi 6 3 1 2 14 13 +1 10 2–3 — 1–4 3–1
3 SCRA Saint-Omer 6 2 0 4 14 20 −6 6 2–4 0–2 — 5–2
4 AD Valongo 6 1 1 4 14 23 −9 4 3–8 2–2 4–1 —
Source: World Skate Europe

Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

In the quarter-finals, each group stage winner plays against a runner-up from another group over two legs in a home-and-away basis.[6] The group winners play away the first leg on 14 March and host the second leg on 11 April 2024.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Sporting CP 8–6 FC Barcelona 4–1 4–5
Amatori Lodi 5–13 FC Porto 1–4 4–9
OC Barcelos 9–3 SL Benfica 4–2 5–1
Trissino 9–12 UD Oliveirense 4–4 5–8
Sporting CP 4–1 FC Barcelona
Referee: Filippo Fronte, Marco Rondina (Italy)
FC Barcelona 5–4 Sporting CP
Referee: Franco Ferrari, Claudio Ferraro (Italy)

Sporting CP won 8–6 on aggregate.

Amatori Lodi 1–4 FC Porto
PalaCastelotti, Lodi
Referee: Sergi Mayor, Alvaro de la Hera Jaudenes (Spain)
FC Porto 9–4 Amatori Lodi
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)

FC Porto won 13–5 on aggregate.

OC Barcelos 4–2 SL Benfica
Pavilhão Municipal de Barcelos, Barcelos
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)
SL Benfica 1–5 OC Barcelos
Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sanchez (Spain)

OC Barcelos won 9–3 on aggregate.

Trissino 4–4 UD Oliveirense
PalaDante, Trissino
Referee: Ivan Gonzalez, Oriol Perez (Spain)
UD Oliveirense 8–5 Trissino
Pavilhão Dr. Salvador Machado, Oliveira de Azeméis
Referee: Sergi Mayor, David Cantos (Spain)

UD Oliveirense won 12–9 on aggregate.

Final-four

The semi-finals and final were contested as a final-four tournament, which was played on 11 and 12 May 2024 at the Super Bock Arena in Porto, Portugal.

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
11 May
 
 
 Sporting CP6
 
12 May
 
 FC Porto 5
 
 Sporting CP 2
 
11 May
 
 UD Oliveirense 1
 
 OC Barcelos3 (1)
 
 
 UD Oliveirense (p)3 (2)
 

Semi-finals
Sporting CP 6–5 FC Porto
  • Carlo di Benedetto 21', 47', 48'
  • Hélder Nunes 23'
  • Telmo Pinto 40'
Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sánchez (Spain)
OC Barcelos 3–3 UD Oliveirense
  • Miguel Rocha 6'
  • Luís Querido 23'
  • Daniel Oliveira 45'
  • Marc Torra 3'
  • Facundo Navarro van Kets 20', 30'
Penalties
  • Miguel Rocha
  • Daniel Oliveira
  • Danilo Rampulla
  • Luís Querido
  • Álvaro Morais
  • Miguel Rocha
  • Bruno Ferreira
1–2
  • Marc Torra
  • Diogo Araújo Abreu
  • Facundo Navarro van Kets
  • Lucas Martinez Cristal
  • Bruno di Benedetto
  • Diogo Araújo Abreu
  • Marc Torra
Referee: Marco Rondina, Francesco Stallone (Italy)

Final
Sporting CP 2–1 UD Oliveirense
  • Lucas Martinez Cristal 36'
Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)

References
  1. "Rink Hockey Clubs' European Competitions Schedule - World Skate Europe". worldskate.org. 2022-07-01. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
  2. "Calendar of the 1st Qualifying Round of WSE Champions League - Men - World Skate Europe". worldskate.org. 2023-08-16. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  3. "Results of the WSE Champions League and WSE Cup draws". worldskate.org. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  4. "Official schedule of the WSE Champions League Men Group Phase". worldskate.org. 2023-11-06. Retrieved 2023-11-07.
  5. https://hoqueipt.com/artigo/6981-follonica-sem-voo-para-a-champions
  6. "WSE Champions League – Men Rulebook" (pdf). World Skate Europe. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
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