2002–03 CERH European League
# 2002–03 CERH European League

The 2002–03 CERH European League was the 38th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 10 and 11 May 2004 at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Dornbirn | 3–30 | Cronenberg | 1–5 | 2–25 |
| Nantes | 5–9 | Uttigen | 3–2 | 2–7 |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Igualada | 17–4 | Saint-Omer | 10–1 | 7–3 |
| Thunerstern | 4–14 | Porto | 3–6 | 1–8 |
| Benfica | 13–2 | Genève | 10–1 | 3–1 |
| Novara | 10–6 | Cronenberg | 5–2 | 5–4 |
| Quévert | 6–7 | Uttigen | 2–4 | 4–3 |
| Blanes | 4–5 | Liceo | 2–3 | 2–2 |
| Bassano | 2–19 | Barcelona | 0–8 | 2–11 |
| Barcelos | 8–9 | Prato | 4–3 | 4–6 |

## Group stage

In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a home-and-away round-robin format.

The two first qualified teams advanced to the Final Four.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | PRA | BEN | NOV |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 7 | +24 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 9–1 | 6–1 | 6–2 |
| 2 | Prato | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 19 | +13 | 9 | Advance to Final Four | 1–1 | — | 4–1 | 13–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 23 | −8 | 4 | | 1–4 | 6–7 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Novara | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 36 | −29 | 0 | | 1–5 | 1–6 | 1–4 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | IGU | LIC | POR | UTT |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Igualada | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 28 | 10 | +18 | 9 | Advance to Final Four | — | 3–1 | 7–2 | 12–0 |
| 2 | Liceo | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 24 | 15 | +9 | 8 | Advance to Final Four | 4–0 | — | 3–4 | 7–1 |
| 3 | Porto | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 22 | +4 | 7 | | 2–2 | 4–5 | — | 10–2 |
| 4 | Uttigen | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 41 | −31 | 0 | | 1–4 | 3–4 | 3–4 | — |

## Final four

The Final Four was played at Pazo dos Deportes de Riazor, in A Coruña, Spain.

Home team Liceo achieved its 4th title. Al games were decided after a penalty shootout.

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 10 May | 10 May |
| Liceo | 1 (3) |
| Liceo | 1 (3) | 11 May | 11 May |
| Barcelona | 1 (1) | 11 May | 11 May |
| Barcelona | 1 (1) | Liceo | 2 (4) |
| 10 May | 10 May | | Liceo | 2 (4) |
| 10 May | 10 May | Igualada | 2 (3) |
| Igualada | 1 (4) | Igualada | 2 (3) |
| Prato | 1 (3) | | |
