36 N umbers and statistics give us a chance to look at a phenomenon like the Euro Hockey League from a whole new perspective. They also provide some interesting and entertaining information. Odd men out Hockey players from all over the world come to Europe to play in the best club competitions in the world. The Dutch Rabo Hockey League teams competition is a popular stage for foreigners, but Germany, Spain, and Belgium are also gaining in popularity. That is why every year the EHL is the venue for a colourful collection of players. Every year teams from twelve different countries and of twenty different nationalities participate. Think Australians, Argentineans, New Zealanders, and other adventurers from well-known hockey countries. But nowadays players from a host of surprisingly exotic countries have joined them in the Euro Hockey League. There has already been an Egyptian player, a player from Sweden has seen action and an Uzbek player has had minutes RARE NATIONALITIES Country Egypt Japan SlovaKia Sweden Trinidad & Tobago Uzbekistan Venezuela Northern Ireland on the fi eld. And what about Lucas Piccioli from Venezuela or Aidan de Gannes from Trinidad & Tobago? In the table below (Rare nationalities) you can fi nd an overview of the countries that have provided one or two players. Accurate Dutchmen If you are going to look for Jeroen Hertzberger on the top scorer’s list of the Dutch competition you better grab a magnifying glass fi rst. The striker from Rotterdam and the national team has a hard time fi nding the goal. But, while his performance in the Netherlands is disappointing, his scoring has been much more impressive in a European context. Hertzberger’s name is proudly at the top of the top-scorer’s list of the EHL (updated up to the KO16 in ee-and-a-half seasons in the Eur Name Ahmed Zeid Fouda Naohiko Tobita Martin Kopca Hendrik Fasth Aidan De Gannes Ravshanjon Zakirov Lucas Piccioli Jonathon Clarke Christopher Robert Holton Boyce Club AHTC Wien-Vienna, Austria Royal Antwerp, Belgium AHTC Wien-Vienna, Austria Der Club an der Alster, Germany Dragons, Belgium Dinamo Kazan, Russia Three Rock Rovers, Ireland Grange HC, Scotland TIES ABEN FOTO: FRANK UIJLENBROEK Pagina 35
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