# 1981 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup

The 1981 EuroHockey Club Champions Cup, taking place in Brussels, was the eighth edition of Europe's premier field hockey club competition. It was the first edition were two divisions were established. Otherwise, the competition format established in 1977 was preserved.
It was won by HC Klein Zwitserland in a final match against SKA Sverdlovsk, which was the revelation of the competition considering Soviet hockey, represented by Dynamo Almaty, had failed to rank among the top 8 clubs in previous editions. It was the Dutch club's 2nd European Champions Cup trophy. Barcelona's Real Club de Polo attained the 3rd place by defeating defending champions Slough HC.

## EuroHockey Club Champions Cup
### Teams

* Edinburgh
* FC Lyon
* Klein Zwitserland
* Real Club de Polo
* SKA-Sverdlovsk
* Slough
* TG Frankenthal
* Uccle Sport

### Preliminary round
#### Pool A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | SKA-Sverdlovsk | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 5 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Slough | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | +2 | 3 | Advance to third place match |
| 3 | TG Frankenthal | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 2 | Advance to fifth place match |
| 4 | FC Lyon (R) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 10 | −5 | 2 | Relegation to Trophy |
* May 1981
| TG Frankenthal | 2–2 | SKA-Sverdlovsk |
* May 1981
| Slough | 6–2 | FC Lyon |
* May 1981
| FC Lyon | 2–1 | TG Frankenthal |
* May 1981
| SKA-Sverdlovsk | 2–0 | Slough |
* May 1981
| SKA-Sverdlovsk | 3–1 | FC Lyon |
* May 1981
| TG Frankenthal | 1–1 | Slough |

#### Pool B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Klein Zwitserland | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 5 | Advance to final |
| 2 | Real Club de Polo | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | +6 | 5 | Advance to third place match |
| 3 | Uccle Sport (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | −4 | 2 | Advance to fifth place match |
| 4 | Edinburgh (R) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | −9 | 0 | Relegation to Trophy |
* May 1981
| Klein Zwitserland | 4–1 | Edinburgh |
* May 1981
| Real Club de Polo | 3–1 | Uccle Sport |
* May 1981
| Klein Zwitserland | 1–1 | Real Club de Polo |
* May 1981
| Uccle Sport | 2–0 | Edinburgh |
* May 1981
| Real Club de Polo | 5–1 | Edinburgh |
* May 1981
| Klein Zwitserland | 4–0 | Uccle Sport |

### Classification round
#### Seventh and eighth place

* May 1981
| FC Lyon | 2–3 | Edinburgh |

#### Fifth and sixth place

* May 1981
| TG Frankenthal | 0–0 (a.e.t.) | Uccle Sport |
| Penalties |||
| | 8–7 | |

#### Third and fourth place

* May 1981
| Slough | 2–5 | Real Club de Polo |

#### Final

* May 1981
| SKA-Sverdlovsk | 0–4 | Klein Zwitserland |

## EuroHockey Club Trophy

EuroHockey Club Trophy in Rome.

### Group stage
#### Group A

* Cookstown HC - 5 points
* Warta Poznań - 4 points
* Rock Gunners - 3 points
* HC Olten - 0 points

#### Group B

* HC EUR Algida - 5 points
* SV Arminen Vienna - 3 points
* HK Jedinstvo - 3 points
* Withchurch HC - 1 point

### Play-offs
#### 1st place

* Cookstown HC 1-1 HC EUR Algida (penalty shoot-out: 5-2)

#### 3rd place

* SV Arminen Vienna 2-1 Warta Poznań

#### 5th place

* HK Jedinstvo 3-2 Rock Gunners

#### 7th place

* Withchurch HC 3-2 HC Olten

#### Standings

* Cookstown HC
* HC EUR Algida
* SV Arminen Vienna
* Warta Poznań
* HK Jedinstvo
* Rock Gunners
* Withchurch HC
* HC Olten
* Ireland and Italy are promoted to 1st Division for the 1982 Champions Cup.