WSE Continental Cup

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WSE Continental Cup
SportRoller hockey
Founded1980; 44 years ago (1980)
Organising bodyWorld Skate Europe - Rink Hockey
No. of teams4
Most recent
champion(s)
Portugal Porto (2nd title)
Most titlesSpain Barcelona (18 titles)
Official websiteWSE Continental Cup

The WSE Continental Cup is an annual roller hockey match organised by the World Skate Europe - Rink Hockey since 1980, and contested by the winners of the top two European club competitions, the WSE Champions League (1st tier) and the WSE Cup (2nd tier).

The current winners are Portuguese side Porto, who defeated Spanish side Voltregà 5–3 in the 2023 final-four edition to win their second title.

History[edit]

It was originally contested by the winners of the European Cup and the Cup Winners' Cup, both organised by the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey. In 1997, following the merging of the two competitions to form the Champions League, the Continental Cup began being contested against the winners of the CERS Cup (currently WSE Cup). Mainly contested in a two-team format (one or two legs), it has been played in a final-four format involving the two top-ranked teams of each European club competition since 2017 (except in 2021, played as a one-legged match between two teams).

Matches[edit]

Key
Winner of European Cup/European League/WSE Champions League
Winner of CERH Cup Winners' Cup
Winner of CERS/WSE Cup
Year Champion Runner-up Score Location
Two-team format
1980 Spain Barcelona Italy Giovinazzo 9–4 Spain Barcelona
1981 Spain Barcelona Portugal Sporting CP 6–2, 12–1 Two-legged finals
1982 Spain Barcelona Portugal Porto 3–2, 7–1
1983 Spain Barcelona Portugal Porto 3–4, 11–5
1984 Spain Barcelona Spain Reus Deportiu 2–1, 10–1
1985 Spain Barcelona Portugal Sporting CP 9–0, 5–3
1986 Portugal Porto Portugal Sanjoanense 9–3, 3–4
1987 Spain Liceo Spain Barcelona 4–4, 4–1
1988 Spain Liceo Spain Noia 9–4, 2–4
1989 Spain Noia Italy Monza 2–3, 7–3
1990 Spain Liceo Portugal Porto 6–4, 3–2
1991 Portugal Barcelos Portugal Sporting CP 11–2, 5–3
1992 Spain Liceo Italy Monza 9–6, 6–4
1993 Spain Igualada Portugal Barcelos 4–1, 3–3
1994 Spain Igualada Italy Amatori Lodi 1–1, 5–0
1995 Spain Igualada Italy Monza 1–2, 4–2
1996 Not played[a]
1997 Spain Barcelona Portugal Oliveirense 6–1, 8–1 Two-legged finals
1998 Spain Igualada Spain Noia 2–4, 4–1
1999 Spain Igualada Spain Liceo 7–3, 1–4
2000 Spain Barcelona Portugal Paço d'Arcos 2–1, 7–1
2001 Spain Barcelona Spain Vic 6–6, 12–3
2002 Spain Barcelona Spain Voltregà 4–4, 8–1
2003 Spain Liceo Spain Reus Deportiu 2–1, 3–1
2004 Spain Barcelona Spain Reus Deportiu 1–1, 6–2
2005 Spain Barcelona Italy Follonica 4–0, 4–7
2006 Spain Barcelona Italy Follonica 7–1, 0–2
2007 Spain Barcelona Spain Vilanova 5–0 France Dinan
2008 Spain Barcelona Spain Tenerife 3–1 Spain Pamplona
2009 Spain Reus Deportiu Spain Mataró 4–1 Spain Noia
2010 Spain Barcelona Spain Liceo 7–2 Spain Bilbao
2011 Portugal Benfica Spain Liceo 10–0[b] Portugal Viana do Castelo
2012 Spain Liceo Italy Bassano 1–5, 6–2 (2–1 p) Two-legged finals
2013 Portugal Benfica Spain Vendrell 5–3, 5–0
2014 Spain Noia Spain Barcelona 0–0, 3–3 (3–2 p)
2015 Spain Barcelona Portugal Sporting CP 0–2, 5–1
2016 Portugal Benfica Portugal Barcelos 4–5, 9–2
Final four format
2017 Portugal Oliveirense Spain Reus Deportiu 7–4 Italy Viareggio
2018 Spain Barcelona Portugal Porto 3–3 (3–2 p) Portugal Barcelos
2019 Portugal Sporting CP Portugal Porto 3–2 Portugal Lisbon
2020 Not played (due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe).
Two-team format
2021 Portugal Sporting CP Spain Lleida Llista Blava 3–1 Spain Mollerussa
Final four format
2022 Portugal AD Valongo Italy Trissino 2–1 Italy Trissino
2023 Portugal Porto Spain Voltregà 5–3 Spain Sant Hipòlit de Voltregà
  1. ^ The rightful contestants were Spain Igualada and Portugal Porto.
  2. ^ HC Liceo La Coruña failed to attend the match, and was punished with a 10–0 defeat, according to the Official Game Rules.

Performances[edit]

By teams[edit]

Team Won Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
Spain Barcelona 18 2 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2015, 2018 1987, 2014
Spain Liceo 6 3 1987, 1988, 1990, 1992, 2003, 2012 1999, 2010, 2011
Spain Igualada 5 0 1993, 1994, 1995, 1998, 1999
Portugal Benfica 3 0 2011, 2013, 2016
Portugal Porto 2 5 1986, 2023 1982, 1983, 1990, 2018, 2019
Portugal Sporting CP 2 4 2019, 2021 1981, 1985, 1991, 2015
Spain Noia 2 2 1989, 2014 1988, 1998
Spain Reus Deportiu 1 4 2009 1984, 2003, 2004, 2017
Portugal Barcelos 1 2 1991 1993, 2016
Portugal Oliveirense 1 1 2017 1997
Portugal AD Valongo 1 0 2022
Italy Monza 0 3 1989, 1992, 1995
Italy Follonica 0 2 2005, 2006
Spain Voltregà 0 2 2002, 2023
Italy Giovinazzo 0 1 1980
Portugal Sanjoanense 0 1 1986
Italy Amatori Lodi 0 1 1994
Portugal Paço d'Arcos 0 1 2000
Spain Vic 0 1 2001
Spain Vilanova 0 1 2007
Spain Tenerife 0 1 2008
Spain Mataró 0 1 2009
Italy Bassano 0 1 2012
Spain Vendrell 0 1 2013
Spain Lleida Llista Blava 0 1 2021
Italy Trissino 0 1 2022

By countries[edit]

Nation Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Runners-up
Spain Spain 32 18 Barcelona (18), Liceo (6), Igualada (5), Noia (2), Reus Deportiu (1) Reus Deportiu (4), Liceo (3), Noia (2), Barcelona (2), Vic (1), Voltregà (2), Vilanova (1), Tenerife (1), Mataró (1), Vendrell (1), Lleida Llista Blava (1)
Portugal Portugal 10 14 Benfica (3), Sporting CP (2), Porto (2), Barcelos (1), Oliveirense (1), AD Valongo (1) Porto (5), Sporting CP (4), Barcelos (2), Sanjoanense (1), Oliveirense (1), Paço d'Arcos (1)
Italy Italy 0 9 Monza (3), Follonica (2), Giovinazzo (1), Amatori Lodi (1), Bassano (1), Trissino (1)

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