2023–24 WSE Champions League

2023–24 WSE Champions League

Tournament details
City	Final four: Porto, Portugal
Dates	13 October 2023 (2023-10-13) – 12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)
Teams	Group stage: 16 Total: 30 (from 7 associations)
Final positions
Champions	Sporting CP (4th title)
Runners-up	UD Oliveirense
← 2022–23 2024–25 →

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.

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

First qualifying round

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: [1]
(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: [2]
(H) Hosts

Second qualifying round

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: [3]
(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: [4]
(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: [5]
(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: [6]
(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

14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)

18:30

Sporting CP	4–1	FC Barcelona

Pavilhão João Rocha, Lisbon

Referee: Filippo Fronte, Marco Rondina (Italy)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

20:30

FC Barcelona	5–4	Sporting CP

Palau Blaugrana, Barcelona

Referee: Franco Ferrari, Claudio Ferraro (Italy)

Sporting CP won 8–6 on aggregate.

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14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)

21:00

Amatori Lodi	1–4	FC Porto

PalaCastelotti, Lodi

Referee: Sergi Mayor, Alvaro de la Hera Jaudenes (Spain)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

20:00

FC Porto	9–4	Amatori Lodi

Dragão Arena, Porto

Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)

FC Porto won 13–5 on aggregate.

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14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)

21:00

OC Barcelos	4–2	SL Benfica

Pavilhão Municipal de Barcelos, Barcelos

Referee: Ruben Fernandez, Daniel Villar (Spain)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

18:00

SL Benfica	1–5	OC Barcelos

Pavilhão Fidelidade, Lisbon

Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sanchez (Spain)

OC Barcelos won 9–3 on aggregate.

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14 March 2024 (2024-03-14)

20:45

Trissino	4–4	UD Oliveirense

PalaDante, Trissino

Referee: Ivan Gonzalez, Oriol Perez (Spain)

11 April 2024 (2024-04-11)

21:00

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-finals				Final
	11 May
	Sporting CP	6
					12 May
	FC Porto	5
					Sporting CP	2
	11 May
					UD Oliveirense	1
	OC Barcelos	3 (1)
	UD Oliveirense (p)	3 (2)

Semi-finals

11 May 2024 (2024-05-11)

12:00

Sporting CP	6–5	FC Porto
Gonzalo Romero 7' Toni Pérez 16' Alessandro Verona 28' Henrique Magalhães 32', 45' Rafael Bessa 46'		Carlo di Benedetto 21', 47', 48' Hélder Nunes 23' Telmo Pinto 40'

Super Bock Arena, Porto

Referee: Miguel Diaz, Jonathan Sánchez (Spain)

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11 May 2024 (2024-05-11)

16:30

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

Super Bock Arena, Porto

Referee: Marco Rondina, Francesco Stallone (Italy)

Final

12 May 2024 (2024-05-12)

15:00

Sporting CP	2–1	UD Oliveirense
Gonzalo Romero 4' João Souto 38'		Lucas Martinez Cristal 36'

Super Bock Arena, Porto

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.

External links

• Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey (official website)