[2] The tournament has only been won by Dutch teams with Den Bosch and Amsterdam both claiming two titles.

[3] For the first time the women's competition will be fully produced for television and there will be a video umpire.

This meant eight teams participated in a knockout tournament, with the losers playing classification matches for their ranking.

The expansion will see the number of nations represented rise from six to eight for a FINAL12 phase which will take place at Easter.

The format sees eight teams play preliminary games with the four winners advancing to the EHL Women’s FINAL8 while the losers will contest Ranking Matches for 9th to 11th.