# 2008–09 CERH European League

The 2008–09 CERH European League was the 44th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Eight was held in May 2009 in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.

## Group stage

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.
The group winners and runners-up advanced to the final eight.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | VIC | VAL | ISE |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 9 | +11 | 13 | Advance to Final Eight | — | 2–3 | 2–1 | 4–0 |
| 2 | Vic | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | +10 | 12 | Advance to Final Eight | 1–3 | — | 3–2 | 9–2 |
| 3 | Valdagno | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 12 | +11 | 10 | | 2–2 | 4–3 | — | 4–2 |
| 4 | Iserlohn | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 40 | −32 | 0 | | 2–7 | 2–6 | 0–10 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | NOI | POR | IGU | QUE |
| 1 | Noia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 16 | +6 | 13 | Advance to Final Eight | — | 3–2 | 6–4 | 5–1 |
| 2 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 33 | 12 | +21 | 11 | Advance to Final Eight | 4–4 | — | 3–1 | 10–0 |
| 3 | Igualada | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 24 | 17 | +7 | 10 | | 4–1 | 3–3 | — | 8–1 |
| 4 | Quévert | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 41 | −34 | 0 | | 1–3 | 1–11 | 3–4 | — |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | REU | BAS | TEN | HER |
| 1 | Reus | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 13 | +22 | 14 | Advance to Final Eight | — | 2–2 | 4–3 | 17–0 |
| 2 | Bassano | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 50 | 10 | +40 | 11 | Advance to Final Eight | 3–3 | — | 3–2 | 19–0 |
| 3 | Tenerife | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 9 | | 1–2 | 3–2 | — | 19–1 |
| 4 | Herne Bay United | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 93 | −88 | 0 | | 4–7 | 0–21 | 0–10 | — |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | LIC | FOL | VIL | BAR |
| 1 | Liceo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | +7 | 12 | Advance to Final Eight | — | 1–0 | 2–0 | 6–0 |
| 2 | Follonica | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 11 | +8 | 13 | Advance to Final Eight | 4–3 | — | 3–3 | 5–2 |
| 3 | Vilanova | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 7 | | 4–0 | 1–5 | — | 1–3 |
| 4 | Barcelos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 22 | −13 | 3 | | 2–5 | 1–2 | 1–3 | — |

## Final eight

The final eight was played at PalaBassano, in Bassano del Grappa, Italy.
Reus Deportiu finally conquered its seventh title, 37 years after their last win.

### Bracket

| Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | | Final | Final |
| 30 April | 30 April | | | |
| Reus Deportiu | 2 (4) | | | |
| Reus Deportiu | 2 (4) | 2 May | 2 May | | |
| Barcelona | 2 (3) | 2 May | 2 May | |
| Barcelona | 2 (3) | Reus Deportiu | 7 | |
| 1 May | 1 May | | Reus Deportiu | 7 | |
| 1 May | 1 May | Bassano | 1 | |
| Porto | 2 | Bassano | 1 | |
| Porto | 2 | | | | 3 May | 3 May |
| Bassano | 3 | | | | 3 May | 3 May |
| Bassano | 3 | | | | Reus Deportiu | 2 (4) |
| 30 April | 30 April | | | | | Reus Deportiu | 2 (4) |
| 30 April | 30 April | | | | Vic | 2 (3) |
| Liceo | 5 | | | | Vic | 2 (3) |
| Liceo | 5 | 2 May | 2 May | | | |
| Noia | 2 | 2 May | 2 May | | | |
| Noia | 2 | Vic | 4 | | | |
| 1 May | 1 May | | Vic | 4 | | | |
| 1 May | 1 May | Liceo | 1 | |
| Roncato Vic | 3 (4) | Liceo | 1 | |
| Follonica | 3 (3) | | | |