1998–99 CERH European League
# 1998–99 CERH European League

The 1998–99 CERH European League was the 35th edition of the CERH European League organized by CERH. Its Final Four was held on 1 and 2 May 1999 in Igualada, Spain.

## Preliminary round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Thunerstern | 4–7 | Paço de Arcos | 0–2 | 4–5 |
| Mérignac | 4–10 | Quévert | 2–3 | 2–7 |

## First round

| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Paço de Arcos | 7–5 | Amatori Vercelli | 4–2 | 3–3 |
| Genève | 3–17 | Vic | 2–8 | 1–9 |
| Benfica | 30–2 | Valkenswaardse | 19–1 | 11–1 |
| Porto | 10–1 | Quévert | 7–0 | 3–1 |
| Noia | 3–9 | Igualada | 3–4 | 0–5 |
| Uttigen | 6–18 | Barcelona | 2–9 | 4–9 |
| Prato | 4–7 | Novara | 2–3 | 2–4 |
| Quévert | 3–30 | Porto | 1–5 | 2–25 |
| Herne Bay | 14–5 | La Vendéenne | 5–4 | 9–1 |

## 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 | POR | IGU | BEN | PAR |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Porto | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 31 | 13 | +18 | 11 | Advance to Final Four | — | 8–3 | 3–1 | 8–2 |
| 2 | Igualada | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 20 | +5 | 7 | Advance to Final Four | 2–2 | — | 6–3 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Benfica | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 25 | −1 | 4 | | 4–5 | 3–1 | — | 9–5 |
| 4 | Paço de Arcos | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 39 | −22 | 2 | | 1–5 | 3–7 | 5–4 | — |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | BAR | NOV | VIC | HER |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Barcelona | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 38 | 12 | +26 | 12 | Advance to Final Four | — | 3–1 | 6–1 | 9–3 |
| 2 | Novara | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 16 | +14 | 7 | Advance to Final Four | 2–5 | — | 2–2 | 16–2 |
| 3 | Vic | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 21 | +11 | 5 | | 3–6 | 2–3 | — | 9–1 |
| 4 | Herne Bay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 13 | 64 | −51 | 0 | | 2–9 | 2–6 | 3–15 | — |

## Final four

The Final Four was played in the Poliesportiu Les Comes, Igualada, Spain.

Igualada achieved their sixth title.

### Bracket

| Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 May | 1 May |
| Igualada | 3 |
| Igualada | 3 | 2 May | 2 May |
| Barcelona | 1 | 2 May | 2 May |
| Barcelona | 1 | Igualada (p) | 5 (6) |
| 1 May | 1 May | | Igualada (p) | 5 (6) |
| 1 May | 1 May | Porto | 5 (5) |
| Porto | 7 | Porto | 5 (5) |
| Novara | 4 | | |
| Novara | 4 | Third place | Third place |
| | | 2 May | 2 May |
| | | Barcelona | 5 |
| | | Novara | 2 |
