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Each national federation could enter up to five teams.
A total of 26 teams was initially registered to play the WS Europe Cup, but 3 teams were invited to fill vacancies in the Euroleague. Invitations were sent according to the association ranking: Switzerland side Genève and French Coutras took the first two spots, and Portuguese side Barcelos took the third even though Portugal already had the maximum number of teams, as no team from Germany, Austria or England accepted the invitation. This way, the first draw had 23 participating teams, with both 2018–19 World Skate Europe Cup finalists and the best placed team form the seven best associations entering directly on the round of 16 and remaining teams playing a preliminary round.
Original qualified teams for 2020–21 WS Europe Cup
On 18 October 2020, the World Skate Europe-Rink Hockey Committee decided to postpone preliminary round matches due to travel restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. Later that month, on 29 October, it was announced that all WSERHC international competitions would be suspended until the end of the year.
On 17 January 2021, an updated list of clubs interested in participating under new conditions was published, with all but the seven teams from three associations withdrawing from the competition. A new format was established for the 7 teams, consisting of a final seven played at a single venue and one-legged matches, with title holders Lleida Llista Blava having a bye to the semi-finals and remaining teams entering the quarter-finals.
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc.: League positions of the previous season
QF, SF, RU, W: Playoff finish round
Abd-: League positions of abandoned season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe as determined by the national association
Dis-: The previous season was discarded due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe and the 2018–19 season positions were used for qualification
Spain (ESP): The 2019–20 OK Liga was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain. The league positions at the time of the abandonment were used to determine the champion and the teams selected to play in the 2020–21 WS Europe Cup.
Italy (ITA): The 2019–20 Serie A1 was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy. The season was discarded, with no title awarded nor relegations. The previous season league positions were used to determine the teams selected to play in the 2020–21 Rink Hockey Euroleague.
Portugal (POR): The 2019–20 Portuguese Roller Hockey First Division was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Portugal. The season was discarded, with no title awarded nor relegations. The previous season league positions were used to determine the teams selected to play in the 2020–21 Rink Hockey Euroleague.
Round and draw dates
The schedule of the competition was as follows.
Schedule for 2020–21 WS Europe Cup
Phase
Draw date
Date
Quarter-finals
27 February 2021
18 June 2021
Semi-finals
19 June 2021
Final
20 June 2021
The original schedule of the competition, as planned before interruption, was as follows.
Original schedule for 2020–21 WS Europe Cup
Phase
Draw date
First leg
Second leg
Preliminary phase
12 September 2020
7 November 2020
21 November 2020
Round of 16
12 December 2020
16 January 2021
Quarter-finals
30 January 2021
13 February 2021
Semi-finals
24 April 2021
Final
25 April 2021
Final seven
The final seven will be played at the Poliesportiu d'Andorra in Andorra la Vella from 18 to 20 June 2021. It was originally set to be played from 30 April to 2 May 2021, but was postponed to a new date on 23 April 2021.
Lleida Llista Blava (3rd title)
Sarzana
Braga
Dinan Quévert
Biasca
Düsseldorf-Nord
Wolfurt
King´s Lynn
Roller hockey competitions