English sides brought home both European Club Championship titles on Sunday as Spencer Men and Centaurs Women were crowned best in Europe at the Ken Galluccio Cup.

Spencer beat Norwegian side Oslo Saints 7-3 in the men’s final while Centaurs defeated host side LCC Radotin 4-2 as both sides completed unbeaten weekends to become European champions.

Spencer opened their campaign on Friday against the Oslo side, winning 9-3, before further victories against Delft Barons (16-1), Bologna (13-1), and Wroclaw Panthers (11-1) saw them top their group and move through to the semi-finals.

There they faced Czech SK Jizni Mesto and were given their toughest test to date as after opening up an early lead, their opponents clawed their way back to level the scores at 4-4 with 10 minutes to play.

However, Spencer recovered and got the job done with three unanswered goals in the final minutes to book their place in the final and a rematch with Oslo Saints.

It was a convincing final performance, taking the lead early on and controlling the match from then on, ending up 7-3 winners.

England’s Dan Watson finished as the men’s competition top point scorer with 18 (13G 5A), closely followed by teammate Will Walker in second with 15 (9G 6A).

Spencer’s Hal Dwobeng also topped the save percentage charts with the England and GB stopper saving at 73% for his 36 saves.

Centaurs were equally as impressive throughout the group stages, seeing off Edinburgh University (14-1), Schwarz-Weiß Köln (15-3) and Bern Titans (17-2) with ease before facing the home side LCC Radotin, coming back from 1-3 down to win 6-4 and top the group stages.

It was familiar opposition in the knockouts, again meeting the German side SW-Köln, coming through 9-2 to set up another meeting with LCC Radotin in the final after they defeated last year’s winners Rotterdam Jaguars in their semi-final.

It was a tense, low-scoring final dominated by defences with the result on the line until the final minutes.

Despite Centaurs coming out firing to take a 3-0 lead inside 7 minutes, LCC pulled two back before the break to make it 3-2 at the half.

There was only one goal scored in the second half, fortunately for Centaurs it was taken by Cece Green to push their lead to 4-2 and that’s how the match finished to complete the English double.

Centaurs’ top point scorer was Katie Gray with 17 (16G 1A) for 5th place in the overall standings.

Spencer have now recorded three Ken Galluccio wins after 2013 and 2022 while Centaurs claimed their second title following success back in 2019.

Spencer Results:

Group Match - 9-3 W v Oslo Saints
Group Match - 16-1 W v Delft Barons
Group Match - 13-1 W v Bologna
Group Match - 11-1 W v Wroclaw Panthers
Semi Final - 7-4 W v Jizni Mesto
Final - 7-3 W v Oslo Saints

Centaurs Results:

Group Match - 14-1 W v Edinburgh University
Group Match - 15-3 W v Schwarz-Weiß Köln
Group Match - 17-2 W v Bern Titans
Group Match - 6-4 W v LCC Radotin
Semi Final - 9-2 W v Schwarz-Weiß Köln
Final - 4-2 W v LCC Radotin