Sam Ward inspired Old Georgians to a 3-2 Ranking Match win over Royal Léopold, a result which earns them a fifth place finish with the Belgians taking seventh overall.

Arthur Verdussen’s powerful hit started the scoring from the right side of the circle in the 10th minute. Sam Ward responded from his side’s fourth corner to make it 1-1 but Léo were back in front when Nelson Onana ran onto a long ball a poked home a first time shot on the run.

Ward, though, levelled for a second time when a long pass found Alan Forsyth in the left corner and his perfect cross was deflected in by the diving striker.

And Ashley Jackson slotted his second goal of the weekend to complete the win midway through the third quarter.

The ABN AMRO EHL U14 hit the turf with a bang on Saturday with 12 of Europe’s finest youth teams battling it out at Den Bosch for glory.

In the girls competitions, Münchner SC (pictured above) and Surbiton topped their respective groups with back to back wins. For the Germans, they opened up with a narrow 2-1 win against Real Club de Polo with Hannah Fix getting the vital goal.

They later added a 2-1 win against HC ’s-Hertogenbosch with Fix on the mark along with Linda Overback to advance to the semi-finals.

Polo joined them there thanks to another 2-1 result, Inez Fabregas’s goal eight minutes from the end earning the result.

In the other group, five second half goals saw Surbiton open up with a 6-0 win over Klein Zwitserland with six different scorers on the mark.

KZ bounced back with a 3-0 win over Braxgata while the Belgians came much closer in the closing group game but a single Izzy Joyce effort earned Surbiton a 1-0 result.

It means Surbiton will play Polo in the first semi-final at 10.00 CET with Münchner SC up against KZ at 11.10 CET. Den Bosch face Braxgata in the 5th/6th place playoff.

On the boys side, Pool A is headed up by HDM with Gantoise adding to their club’s EHL fortunes with the lead in Pool B.

Pool A began with Club de Campo defeating Harvestehuder THC 1-0 through Jacobo Pavon’s single goal in the 26th minute.

HDM entered the tournament with a 3-0 win against Campo with two goals from Quinten Ekkelenkamp and won the group with a 1-0 success against HTHC.

In Pool B, Gantoise won well against Austria’s Post SV 3-0 with early goals from Simon Rogge and Leon Vermeulen critical.

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Old Georgians began their campaign with a 3-1 victory over Post with all their goals coming in the last 13 minutes, Nick Madath getting a pair of them.

Gantoise closed out the group stages with a 3-0 win over OGs, ensuring they top the group with a perfect record.

As such, Gantoise will meet Campo at 10.00 CET and HDM face Old Georgians at 11.10 CET.

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Gantoise are through to the ABN AMRO EHL Men’s GRAND FINAL for the very first time after they won a shoot-out thriller over Rotterdam.

The Belgian side held the lead for much of the first half having taken it when Etienne Tynevez picked up the pieces after Derk Meijer’s initial save in the 15th minute.

But the game turned in the 34th minute; first was the historic goal from Hertzberger, a low penalty corner bullet into the backboard.

Hertzberger then played a huge part in the second one. Thijs van Dam intercepted 30-metres out and played a quick pass with his team mate, putting him through on goal where he lifted the ball deliciously over the on-rushing Jaime Carr.

Gantoise regrouped, though, and they were back on terms with a few seconds left in the third quarter, Alexander Hendrickx connecting with his drag-flick to fire with power down the middle.

It meant normal time ended 2-2 and sent the game to a shoot-out where Carr saved in the first round and then again in round four to edge Gantoise in front, setting the scene for Guillaume Hellin to score the winner.

Zach Wallace produced some moments of magic to inspire Bloemendaal to a 3-0 win over SV Kampong and send them through to Monday’s EHL Men’s GRAND FINAL.

His inspired tackle set in motion for a memorable opening goal for Jorrit Croon in a very tight contest. Another clever through pass to Lucas Veen made it three after Floris Wortelboer’s deflected cross put daylight between the teams.

All of the goals came in the second half after neither side offered up much space in the opening half hour with defences largely on top. Kampong kept out three corners while Maurits Visser saved well before the break to keep it at 0-0.

The chances began to flow in earnest in the second half with Wallace clattering the inside of the post on the run, the ball somehow spinning across the face of goal.

Derck de Vilder almost got on the board at the far end when his juggling act ended with the ball bumping off the crossbar.

The deadlock was broken in the 38th minute when Wallace robbed the ball behind his back on halfway and then freed Croon down the left channel. He applied the backhand finish that beat Estiaan Kriek.

Within two minutes, it was 2-0 with Wortleboer stretching his legs down the right wing and his cross took a heavy deflection past Kriek.

Kampong threw everything forward in the closing 20 minutes but they could find no space or time in the circle to create clear chances while Visser cleaned up everything else.

With the Kampong goalkeeper removed for an extra outfielder, Bloemendaal made the game extra safe with Veen adding the third insurance goal.

Real Club de Polo’s women earned their first ever EHL Women’s win as they fought back to defeat Surbiton in a shoot-out.

The only goal of the first half came when Darcy Bourne provided an innovative backhand scoop into the path of Alice Wells who – baseball-style – swiped the ball into the goal.

From there, the contest went to and fro with Polo eventually getting back on terms with just under 10 minutes to go; Alina Piccardo got it with a direct push into the backboard.

Down the closing stretch, Scandura made a couple of sublime saves to keep her side ahead, sending the game to a shoot-out.

There, Surbiton built an initial 2-0 lead but were denied every time after that, allowing Patricia Alvarez to net twice in succession to win it 3-2.

Surbiton secured fifth spot in EHL Men as their excellent shoot-out series saw them overcome Club de Campo de Madrid in their Ranking Match.

They led twice in normal time but eventually had to go the full distance against their Spanish rivals in an even contest.

Luke Taylor’s drag-flick made it 1-0 before Ricardo Sanchez’s virtuoso one-handed shot tied the game up at half-time.

Barry Middleton put his side back in front when he finished off a swift counter-attack; incredibly, it was his first EHL goal since May 2008, a full 6,188 days in between.

Campo, though, got back on terms when Lucas Garcia rebounded a corner for 2-2. In the shoot-out, James Mazarelo saved in the first two rounds while Struan Walker, Stu Rushmere and Rob Farrington all scored for a 3-2 success.