The CERH European League is an annual roller hockey club competition organized the Comité Européen de Rink-Hockey (CERH) that is contested by the most successful teams in Europe. Since its foundation in 1965, under the name of European Cup, mostly Spanish (mainly clubs from Catalonia and Galicia), Italian and Portuguese teams have dominated the competition. In 1997, the European Cup and the European Cup Winners' Cup merged to create the Champions League, and in 2005, the competition was renamed to European League. As of the 2010–11 season, the winner is decided in final eight tournament.
The current champions are HC Liceo La Coruña, who beat FC Barcelona 4–2 in the 2012 European League Final Eight held in May in Lodi, Italy.
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