Draw details announcement

The EHL Men’s KO16 line-up has been confirmed with the tournament set to be played at Real Club de Polo’s home in Barcelona from October 9th to 12th.

The competition sees each club face an initial KO16 fixture. The winners of each of those games will move on to the KO8 where a ticket to next Easter’s FINAL8 will be up for grabs.

The losers from the KO16 phase will face an important ranking match to determine the allocation of European tickets for 2026/27.

The match schedule will be announced in due course.

EHL KO16 draw (October 9th to 12th, 2025)

SV Kampong vs Real Club de Polo de Barcelona

Western Wildcats HC v Braxgata HC

Saint Germain HC v SK Slavia Prague

Wimbledon HC v Hamburger Polo Club

Old Georgians HC v HC Olten

Banbridge HC v HC Bloemendaal

Club de Campo v CAM 92

HC Wien v Royal Léopold

KO8 

SV Kampong/Real Club de Polo de Barcelona v Western Wildcats HC/Braxgata HC

Saint Germain HC/SK Slavia Prague v Wimbledon HC/Hamburger Polo Club

Old Georgians HC/HC Olten v Banbridge HC/HC Bloemendaal

Club de Campo/CAM 92 v HC Wien/Royal Léopold

Real Club de Polo de Barcelona will host the ABN AMRO EHL Men’s KO16 at Camp Eduardo Dualde from October 9th to 12th, kickstarting the 19th season of the world’s premier club competition.

Reacting to the announcement, Real Club de Polo’s competition board member Leandro Martinez Zurita said: “Hosting the EHL KO16 is an exciting challenge for the club and the team, bringing some of the world’s best players to our venue to take on our local heroes. We cannot wait for it.”

Polo player Guillermo Fortuño added: “We are thrilled to have home advantage once again for the KO16. In 2023, we had a great crowd behind us which played a big part in us advancing to the FINAL8.”

“Real Club de Polo is one of the clubs who have played such a pivotal part in the EHL story and so we are delighted to once again be back in Barcelona for the EHL KO16,” said EHL President Peter Elders.

“I am sure it will be a very memorable weekend in such an iconic city synonymous with stylish hockey!”

The event will see 16 clubs from 11 different countries competing in a straight knock-out format. Here is the confirmed list of teams who will be in the line-up:

HC Bloemendaal, SV Kampong (Netherlands); Royal Léopold Club, Braxgata HC (Belgium), Old Georgians HC, Wimbledon HC (England); Hamburger Polo Club (Germany); Real Club de Polo de Barcelona, Club de Campo de Madrid (Spain), CAM 92, Saint Germain HC (France), HC Wien (Austria), Banbridge HC (Ireland), Western Wildcats HC (Scotland), SK Slavia Prague (Czechia), HC Olten (Switzerland)

For teams who win two successive games, they will earn one of the precious FINAL8 tickets on offer where they will join already qualified AH&BC Amsterdam (Netherlands), Gantoise (Belgium), Surbiton HC (England) and Crefelder HTC (Germany).

It will be the third time the Barcelona club has hosted the event, the previous time being ROUND1A in 2009 and the KO16 in 2023. 

** The draw for the EHL Men’s KO16 will take place on July 15 LIVE on the Euro Hockey League Facebook page.

HC Olten have an EHL Men’s debut to look forward to as they emerged as the Swiss champions over the weekend, getting the better of Rotweiss Wettingen and Luzerner SC.

Lorenz Gassner was the semi-final hero against Rotweiss after normal time had ended 3-3, leading to a shoot-out where he netted the winner.

Regular season winners Grasshoppers came surprisingly unstuck in the semi-final by the hosts 5-1 to take their place in the final.

In the decider, young talent Noa Peyer gave Olten a 1-0 lead with a precise backhand shot, which lasted until the half-time break.

Lucerne equalised after the restart, Orell Küttel remained ice-cold after a counterattack and scored to make it 1-1.

In the third quarter, it was Lukas Hengartner – the NLA men’s top scorer – who gave Olten back the lead with a powerful penalty corner.

In the final period, Lucerne pressed hard for the equaliser, earning a total of eight penalty corners, but were unable to convert any of them.

Olten counter-attacked again in the final minutes and scored into an empty net to make the final score 3-1.

HC Wien will play in the EHL for the second time after they won the Austrian title over the weekend with a 3-2 final win over SV Arminen.

It was something of a surprise after they finished the regular season in third place but they defeated both Post SV 4-2 on Saturday and then the table-toppers for glory.

Picture: Austria_Hockey/Elmaximusmanfredo_Photography

Arminen did take the lead in the 18th minute via Benjamin Kelner but Wien replied quickly, Benedikt Meisel equalising two minutes later. It remained 1-1 through to half-time.

In Q3, Julian Kaiser put Wien ahead for the first time from a corner only for Jonas Fischer to pick out Alexander Bele whose quick touch found the net, 2-2.

And the game was eventually settled when Josef Winkler’s great work found Franz Lindengrün in the circle and he placed home the crucial goal.

Wien last played in the EHL in 2015’s ROUND1 in Hamburg and so they will be looking forward to their second campaign in the competition as Austria’s representative in October.