# 2017–18 CERH Women's European League

The 2017–18 CERH Women's European Cup is the 12th season of Europe's premier female club roller hockey competition organized by CERH.

## Format

Fourteen teams joined the first round while title holders Voltregà got a wildcard for the quarterfinals.

## Teams

Fifteen teams from six federations joined the competition. The participants were confirmed on 19 September 2017.
Participating teams :
| Gijón (1st) | Noisy le Grand (2nd) | Benfica (1st) |
| Voltregà (2nd) | Mérignac (3rd) | Stuart (2nd) |
| Palau de Plegamans (3rd) | Iserlohn (1st) | Vordemwald (1st) |
| Bigues i Riells (4th) | Bison Calenberg (2nd) | Uttigen (2nd) |
| Coutras (1st) | Düsseldorf-Nord (3rd) | Estrelas Molfetta (1st) |

## Results

The draw was held at CERH headquarters in Lisbon, Portugal, on 23 September 2017.
| Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Preliminary round | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Palau de Plegamans | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Benfica (p) | 0 | 3 | 3 | | | | | | | | |
| Benfica (p) | 0 | 3 | 3 | Benfica | 15 | 10 | 25 | | | | |
| | | | | Estrelas Molfetta | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Estrelas Molfetta | 4 | 3 | 7 | Estrelas Molfetta | 2 | 2 | 4 | | | | |
| Vordemwald | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| Vordemwald | 1 | 4 | 5 | | | | | Benfica | Benfica | Benfica | 5 |
| | | | | | | | | Voltregà | Voltregà | Voltregà | 4 |
| | | | | Voltregà | 4 | 3 | 7 | | | | |
| | | | | Iserlohn | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Uttigen | 0 | 0 | 0 | Iserlohn | 4 | 2 | 6 | | | | |
| Iserlohn | 14 | 12 | 26 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Iserlohn | 14 | 12 | 26 | | | | | | | | | Benfica | Benfica | Benfica | 3 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Gijón | Gijón | Gijón | 4 |
| Düsseldorf-Nord | 0 | 1 | 1 | | | | | | | | | Gijón | Gijón | Gijón | 4 |
| Noisy le Grand | 9 | 5 | 14 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Noisy le Grand | 9 | 5 | 14 | Noisy le Grand | 2 | 3 | 5 | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Stuart | 7 | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Stuart | 10 | 10 | 20 | Stuart | 7 | 3 | 10 | | | | | | | | |
| Bison Calenberg | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Bison Calenberg | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | | Stuart | Stuart | Stuart | 4 | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Gijón | Gijón | Gijón | 7 |
| Mérignac | 4 | 1 | 5 | | | | | Gijón | Gijón | Gijón | 7 |
| Gijón | 10 | 11 | 21 | | | | | | | | |
| Gijón | 10 | 11 | 21 | Gijón | 7 | 6 | 13 | | | | |
| | | | | Bigues i Riells | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Coutras | 0 | 1 | 1 | Bigues i Riells | 1 | 2 | 3 | | | | |
| Bigues i Riells | 5 | 4 | 9 | | | | | | | | |

### Preliminary round

The first leg was played on 11 November and the second leg on 2 December 2017.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Coutras | 1–9 | Bigues i Riells | 0–5 | 1–4 |
| Palau de Plegamans | 3–3 (1–2 p) | Benfica | 1–0 | 2–3 |
| Uttigen | 0–26 | Iserlohn | 0–14 | 0–12 |
| Stuart | 20–3 | Bison Calenberg | 10–1 | 10–2 |
| Estrelas Molfetta | 7–5 | Vordemwald | 4–1 | 3–4 |
| Mérignac | 5–21 | Gijón | 4–10 | 1–11 |
| Düsseldorf-Nord | 1–14 | Noisy le Grand | 0–9 | 1–5 |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals will be played on 20 January and 17 February 2018.
| Team 1 | Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| Voltregà | 7–6 | Iserlohn | 4–4 | 3–2 |
| Gijón | 13–3 | Bigues i Riells | 7–1 | 6–2 |
| Noisy le Grand | 5–10 | Stuart | 2–7 | 3–3 |
| Benfica | 25–4 | Estrelas Molfetta | 15–2 | 10–2 |

## Final Four

The Final Four was hosted in Lisbon, Portugal.