2017–18 CERS Cup

The 2017–18 CERS Cup is the 38th season of the

Format

All the thirty two teams will play a double-legged knockout tournament with the only rule of avoiding that two teams from the same nation play together in the first round.^[1]

Teams

Thirty two teams from eight national associations qualified for the competition and were confirmed on 19 September 2017.^[1] League positions of the previous season shown in parentheses.

Participating teams
Saint-Omer (3rd)	Darmstadt (5th)	Vendrell (6th)	Genève (2nd)
Mérignac (4th)	Düsseldorf-Nord (6th)	Igualada (7th)	Diessbach (3rd)
Coutras (5th)	Barcelos TH (5th)	Noia (8th)	Uttigen (6th)
Nantes (6th)	Juventude Viana (6th)	Lleida Llista Blava (9th)	Uri (7th)
Noisy le Grand (7th)	Valença (8th)	Breganze (6th)	Dornbirn (1st)
Remscheid (2nd)	Turquel (9th)	Valdagno (7th)	Wolfurt (2nd)
Walsum (3rd)	Sporting Tomar (10th)	Sarzana (8th)	Herne Bay (2nd)
Germania Herringen (4th)	Voltregà (5th)	Correggio (11th)	Soham (3rd)

Bracket

The draw was held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 23 September 2017.^[2]

	Round of 32						Round of 16						Quarterfinals						Semifinals						Final
	Sarzana	1	2	3
	Igualada	3	6	9
							Igualada	4	1	5
							Lleida Llista Blava	3	4	7
	Walsum	3	2	5
	Lleida Llista Blava	5	7	12
													Lleida Llista Blava	4	4	8
													Sporting Tomar	2	4	6
	Valdagno	4	6	10
	Germania Herringen	2	4	6
							Valdagno	6	0	6
							Sporting Tomar (p)	6	0	6
	Sporting Tomar	4	6	10
	Mérignac	4	1	5
																			Lleida Llista Blava (aet)			4
																			Breganze			3
	Genève	3	2	5
	Turquel	5	1	6
							Turquel	2	5	7
							Saint-Omer	1	2	3
	Diessbach	6	3	9
	Saint-Omer	3	7	10
													Turquel	4	3	7
													Breganze	5	4	9
	Nantes	2	1	3
	Breganze	4	6	10
							Breganze	9	9	18
							Dornbirn	2	2	4
	Herne Bay	3	2	5
	Dornbirn	10	7	17
																									Lleida Llista Blava (p)			2 (1)
																									Barcelos			2 (0)
	Soham	1	1	2
	Noisy le Grand	4	4	8
							Noisy le Grand	2	4	6
							Correggio	2	7	9
	Uri	1	5	6
	Correggio	6	6	12
													Correggio	6	3	9
													Voltregà	6	4	10
	Remscheid	4	1	5
	Voltregà	6	8	14
							Voltregà	5	1	6
							Valença	1	2	3
	Valença	5	3	8
	Wolfurt	1	3	4
																			Voltregà			2
																			Barcelos			5
	Coutras	3	2	5
	Vendrell	5	5	10
							Vendrell	3	1	4
							Juventude Viana	1	4	5
	Juventude Viana	7	6	13
	Düsseldorf-Nord	1	0	1
													Juventude Viana	2	3	5
													Barcelos	5	4	9
	Noia	11	10	21
	Darmstadt	2	3	5
							Noia	1	1	2
							Barcelos	1	3	4
	Barcelos	12	10	22
	Uttigen	3	6	9

Round of 32

The first leg was played on 4 November and the second leg on 23 November 2017.^[3]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Valdagno	10–6	Germania Herringen	4–2	6–4
Uri	6–12	Correggio	1–6	5–6
Sarzana	3–9	Igualada	1–3	2–6
Valença	8–4	Wolfurt	5–1	3–3
Sporting Tomar	10–5	Mérignac	4–4	6–1
Diessbach	9–10	Saint-Omer	6–3	3–7
Walsum	5–12	Lleida Llista Blava	3–5	2–7
Remscheid	5–14	Voltregà	4–6	1–8
Barcelos	22–9	Uttigen	12–3	10–6
Noia	21–5	Darmstadt	11–2	10–3
Coutras	5–10	Vendrell	3–5	2–5
Nantes	3–10	Breganze	2–4	1–6
Genève	5–6	Turquel	3–5	2–1
Juventude Viana	13–1	Düsseldorf-Nord	7–1	6–0
Soham	2–8	Noisy le Grand	1–4	1–4
Herne Bay	5–17	Dornbirn	3–10	2–7

Round of 16

The first leg was played on 9 December 2017 and the second leg on 13 January 2018.^[4]

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Noia	2–4	Barcelos	1–1	1–3
Breganze	18–4	Dornbirn	9–2	9–2
Turquel	7–3	Saint-Omer	2–1	5–2
Igualada	5–7	Lleida Llista Blava	4–3	1–4
Vendrell	4–5	Juventude Viana	3–1	1–4
Noisy le Grand	6–9	Correggio	2–2	4–7
Voltregà	6–3	Valença	5–1	1–2
Valdagno	6–6 (0–3 p)	Sporting Tomar	6–6	0–0

Quarterfinals

The first leg will be played on 17 February 2017 and the second leg on 10 March 2018.

Team 1	Agg. Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Juventude Viana	5–9	Barcelos	2–5	3–4
Correggio	9–10	Voltregà	6–6	3–4
Lleida Llista Blava	8–6	Sporting Tomar	4–2	4–4
Turquel	7–9	Breganze	4–5	3–4

Final Four

The Final Four will be played on 28 and 29 April in Lleida, Spain.

Bracket

	Semifinals				Final
	Lleida Llista Blava (aet)	4
	Breganze	3
					Lleida Llista Blava (p)	2 (1)
					Barcelos	2 (0)
	Voltregà	2
	Barcelos	5

Semifinals

28 April 2018

18:30 (CEST)

Voltregà	2–5	Barcelos
Aleix Molas 39' Eric Vargas 41'	Report	José Pereira 3' (d.f.) João Almeida 8', 47' Rubén de Sousa 13' (pen.) Juan José López 49'

Pavelló Onze de Setembre, Lleida

Referee: Joseph Silecchia (ITA), Xavier Bleuzen (FRA)

28 April 2018

21:00 (CEST)

Lleida Llista Blava	4–3 (a.e.t.)	Breganze
Darío Giménez 7' Andreu Tomàs 8' Roberto di Benedetto 40' (d.f.) Joan Cañellas 60'	Report	Álvaro Giménez 45' Emanuel Platero 46' Federico Ambrosio 48'

Pavelló Onze de Setembre, Lleida

Referee: Luís Peixoto (POR), Miguel Guilherme (POR)

Final

29 April 2018

18:00 (CEST)

Lleida Llista Blava	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Barcelos
Andreu Tomàs 35' (pen.) Dario Giménez 41' (d.f.)	Report	João Guimarães 18' João Almeida 32'
Penalties
Andreu Tomàs César Candanedo Jordi Creus Darío Giménez Roberto di Benedetto	1–0	Rubén de Sousa Juan José López João Guimarães José Pereira Mário Rodrigues

Pavelló Onze de Setembre, Lleida

Referee: Xavier Bleuzen (FRA), Julien Thibaud (FRA)

See also

• 2017–18 CERH European League
• 2017 CERH Continental Cup
• 2017–18 CERH Women's European Cup

References

External links

• CERH website
• Roller Hockey links worldwide
• Mundook-World Roller Hockey