Hosts Rotweiss Wettingen and Cardiff & Met are in pole position to land a place in the men’s EuroHockey Club Trophy final following back-to-back wins in Switzerland.
Rotweiss did it the hard way on Friday to beat Portugal’s Casa Pia Atletico Clube 4-3, fighting back from 3-1 down with 20 minutes to go with Manuel Keller scoring twice.
They backed that up with a 3-1 win over Ireland’s Glenanne with Michel Morard starting and finishing the scoring for the Swiss club.
His first goal was cancelled out by Shannon Boucher’s 22nd-minute goal but Rotweiss restored the advantage via Robin Aebi before half-time and Morard’s second corner completed the win.
They now face Belarus’s SC Stroitel Brest with the winner going through to Monday’s final while a draw would favour Rotweiss. Brest drew 4-4 with Glenanne before hammering Casa Pia 8-1 with two goals each from Aliaksandr Radzivinovich and Artur Kadran.
In the other pool, Cardiff & Met have two wins from two. They started off with a narrow 2-1 win over Austra’s WAC with all the goals coming in the first half, Jack Pritchard’s 27th-minute stroke proving the winner.
On Saturday, they won another close one against OKS SHVSM Vinnitsa 3-2. Alf Dinnie scored twice for a 2-0 lead before the Ukrainian side bounced back via Maksym Onofriiuk early in the second half.
Luke Hawker replied almost instantly for 3-1 and while Onofriiuk got another back, Cardiff held on for the victory and they now need just a draw against current bottom side Bohemians to reach the final.
Vinnitsa must hope for a win over WAC and a favour from Bohemians to have any chance of nicking a final place.
Results:
7th June:
| Time | Teams | Title | Scoreline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18:45 | WETTINGEN – CASAPIA | Pool A | 4 – 3 | ||
| 16:30 | GLENANNE – BREST | Pool A | 4 – 4 | ||
| 14:15 | OKSVINNITSA – BOHPRAGUE | Pool B | 5 – 1 | ||
| 12:00 | CARDIFFMET – WAC | Pool B | 2 – 1 |
8th June:
| Time | Teams | Title | Scoreline | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | WAC – BOHPRAGUE | Pool B | 2 – 2 | ||
| 12:15 | OKSVINNITSA – CARDIFFMET | Pool B | 2 – 3 | ||
| 14:30 | BREST – CASAPIA | Pool A | 8 – 1 | ||
| 16:45 | WETTINGEN – GLENANNE | Pool A | 3 – 1 |
Upcoming games 9th June:
| Time | Teams | Title | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10:00 | CARDIFFMET – BOHPRAGUE | Pool B | |||
| 12:15 | WAC – OKSVINNITSA | Pool B | |||
| 14:30 | GLENANNE – CASAPIA | Pool A | |||
| 16:45 | BREST – WETTINGEN | Pool A |
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