The WSE Champions League is an annual club roller hockey competition organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey and contested by teams from the top-ranked European leagues. It is the top-level European club competition and its winner earns the right to play the Continental Cup , against the winners of the second-tier World Skate Europe Cup , and the Intercontinental Cup , against the winners of the South American Club Championship .
7-559: The current champions are Portuguese side Sporting CP , who beat another Portuguese side, UD Oliveirense , in the 2024 final to secure their fourth title in the competition. Since its foundation in 1965, under the name of European Cup, the competition has been dominated by teams from Spain (mainly from Catalonia ), Portugal and Italy. In 1997, the European Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup were merged to create
14-454: Is Barcelona , having won a record 22 titles, including eight consecutive between 1978 and 1985. Barcelona are followed by four other Spanish teams, making Spain the most successful country in the competition, with 44 titles. Four Portuguese teams have won the trophy by nine times, while two Italian teams have won the trophy by two times. Since 2023, the competition is composed by 16 teams placed into 4 groups. The first 2 teams of each group play
21-559: The 1976-77 edition.. Pavilhão João Rocha is a multi-sports pavilion located in the parish of Lumiar, in Lisbon. Located next to the Estádio José Alvalade , it is the home of Sporting CP sports. In honor of one of the most distinguished figures in the history of Sporting, the pavilion was named after former club president, João Rocha , who remained in office from September 1973 to October 1986. Its inauguration took place on
28-619: The Champions League. In 2007, the competition name and format was changed to form the European League, a 16-team competition with no preliminary rounds. In 2020, the format was changed to a 9-team competition with no preliminary rounds. In 2021, the format was changed to an 8-team competition with no preliminary rounds. In 2023, along with a renaming back to Champions League, the format was again changed to accommodate 32 teams and two preliminary rounds. The most successful team
35-462: The club being one of the biggest 4 teams' in Portugal. Due to the popularity of the sport and the success of the national side, many of Sporting's past and present players have represented Portugal many times over the years at international level. In domestic competitions, they have won 9 league titles, 4 Portuguese Cups, 2 Portuguese Super Cups and two Portuguese Elite Cups. At international level,
42-520: The final-eight. Sporting CP (roller hockey) Sporting Clube de Portugal is a professional multi-sports club, with a roller hockey section, from Lisbon , Portugal . They compete in the Portuguese First Division, the top-tier league in the country, and dispute their home matches at João Rocha Arena. Roller Hockey at Sporting CP is highly successful and popular sports’ mobility followed, after its football department and
49-534: The team has won 4 WSE Champions League titles, 2 WSE Cups, 3 CERH Cup Winners' Cups and 2 WSE Continental Cups. By winning the 2023-24 edition against FC Porto in the final four and UD Oliveirense in an all Portuguese final, Sporting CP are currently the most successful Portuguese side internationally and were the first Portuguese team to win the WSE Champions League (formally the Euroleague) in
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