The action begins on Thursday 3rd October with Lille MHC facing Grasshopper Club Zurich (12.45 local time), Banbridge playing Royal Léopold (15.00), Mannheimer HC taking on AHTC Wien (17.15) and HC Bloemendaal playing Real Club de Polo de Barcelona (19.30).
Each winner will advance to a KO8 match to be played on Friday 4th October with the loser of each game going into a Ranking Match on the same day.
Host club Surbiton enter the fray on Saturday 5th October when they take on Belgian giants Waterloo Ducks at 17.30 (local time). It forms part of an enticing double-header for local fans with near neighbours Wimbledon playing the game before against Scotland’s Western Wildcats at 15.15.
The winners of those two games will meet a day later in the KO8 on Sunday 6th October at 17.00, providing a big finale to the weekend.
Prior to those games, the Saturday schedule also features Hamburger Polo Club against Austrian champions SV Arminen (10.45) and HC Rotterdam against Czechia side TJ Plzeň-Litice (13.00). All will be hoping to take up a place in the other KO8 game on Sunday 6th October.
It promises to be another special edition in the history of the EHL, the world’s premier club hockey competition.
EHL Men KO16 2024-2025 Match schedule
3rd-6th October 2024 at Surbiton HC, London (ENG)
Thursday 3rd October 2024
M1 12.45 KO16 Lille MHC – Grasshopper Club Zürich
M2 15.00 KO16 Banbridge HC – Royal Leopold Club
M3 17.15 KO16 Mannheimer HC – AHTC Wien
M4 19.30 KO16 HC Bloemendaal – Real Club de Polo de Barcelona
Friday 4th October 2024
M5 12.15 Ranking match Loser M1 – Loser M2
M6 14.30 KO8 Winner M1 – Winner M2
M7 16.45 Ranking match Loser M3 – Loser M4
M8 19.00 KO8 Winner M3 – Winner M4
Saturday 5th October 2024
M9 10.45 KO16 Hamburger Polo Club – SV Arminen
M10 13.00 KO16 HC Rotterdam – TJ Plzeň Litice
M11 15.15 KO16 Wimbledon HC – Western Wildcats HC
M12 17.30 KO16 Surbiton HC – Waterloo Ducks HC
Sunday 6th October 2024
M13 10.15 Ranking match Loser M10 – Loser M9
M14 12.30 KO8 Winner M10 – Winner M9
M15 14.45 Ranking match Loser M12 – Loser M11
M16 17.00 KO8 Winner M12 – Winner M11
Note: Match times and schedule subject to change due to the requirements of television or other factors as determined by EHL.
EHL – 18th July 2024
