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The Continental Cup is an ice hockey tournament for European clubs, begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the European Cup. It was intended for teams from countries without representatives in the European Hockey League, with participating teams chosen by the countries' respective ice hockey associations.

Format[]

The competition began in 1997-98 with 42 clubs from 26 countries, which expanded to 48 teams for the next two years. The tournament was played in seeded rounds of qualifying groups. There were three rounds of qualifying groups, with winners of qualifying groups progressing to the next round. The three winners of the third round groups entered the semifinals, along with the host club. The first round was held in September, the second in October, the third in November and the finals in December.

In the 2000-01 season, with the European Hockey League on hiatus, the Continental Cup became the de facto European club championship. The format remained the same, with 36 teams from 27 countries.

With the beginning of the IIHF European Champions Cup from 2004–05, participants included national champions of countries not in the Super Six (the top six European nations according to the IIHF World Ranking) as well as teams from Super Six leagues, which included HC Dynamo Moscow and HKm Zvolen.

Winners[]

Season Winner Runner-up Third Venue
1998 Flag of Slovakia TJ VSŽ Košice Flag of Germany Eisbären Berlin Flag of Finland Ilves Tampere, Finland
1999 Flag of Switzerland HC Ambrì-Piotta Flag of Slovakia HC Košice Flag of Russia Avangard Omsk Košice, Slovakia
2000 Flag of Switzerland HC Ambrì-Piotta Flag of Germany Eisbären Berlin Flag of Russia Ak Bars Kazan Berlin, Germany
2001 Flag of Switzerland ZSC Lions Flag of the United Kingdom London Knights Flag of Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava Zurich, Switzerland
2002 Flag of Switzerland ZSC Lions Flag of Italy HC Milano Vipers Flag of Slovakia HKm Zvolen Zurich, Switzerland
2003 Flag of Finland Jokerit Flag of Russia Lokomotiv Yaroslavl Flag of Switzerland HC Lugano Lugano, Switzerland
Milan, Italy
2004 Flag of Slovakia HC Slovan Bratislava Flag of Belarus HK Gomel Flag of Switzerland HC Lugano Gomel, Belarus
2005 Flag of Slovakia HKm Zvolen Flag of Russia Dynamo Moscow Flag of Hungary Alba Volán Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2006 Flag of Russia Lada Togliatti Flag of Latvia HK Riga 2000 Flag of Switzerland ZSC Lions Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2007 Flag of Belarus Yunost Minsk Flag of Russia Avangard Omsk Flag of Finland Ilves Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2008 Flag of Russia Ak Bars Kazan Flag of Latvia HK Riga 2000 Flag of Kazakhstan Kazzinc-Torpedo Riga, Latvia
2009 Flag of Slovakia MHC Martin Flag of France Dragons de Rouen Flag of Italy HC Bolzano Rouen, France
2010 Flag of Austria Red Bull Salzburg Flag of Belarus Yunost Minsk Flag of the United Kingdom Sheffield Steelers Grenoble, France
2011 Flag of Belarus Yunost Minsk Flag of Austria Red Bull Salzburg Flag of Denmark SønderjyskE Ishockey Minsk, Belarus
2012 Flag of France Dragons de Rouen[1] Flag of Belarus Yunost Minsk Flag of Ukraine HC Donbass Rouen, France
2013 Flag of Ukraine HC Donbass Flag of Belarus Metallurg Zhlobin Flag of France Dragons de Rouen Donetsk, Ukraine
2014 Flag of Norway Stavanger Oilers Flag of Ukraine HC Donbass Flag of Italy HC Asiago Rouen, France
2015 Flag of Belarus Neman Grodno Flag of Germany Fischtown Pinguins Flag of France Ducs d'Angers Bremerhaven, Germany
2016 Flag of France Dragons de Rouen Flag of Denmark Herning Blue Fox Flag of Poland GKS Tychy Rouen, France

IIHF Federation Cup[]

The Federation Cup was an official European ice hockey club competition created in 1995. It was the second European competition for club teams, intended for those teams who couldn't qualified for the IIHF European Cup, especially for those from eastern European countries. It was the direct predecessor of the Continental Cup, which was played two seasons later.

Format[]

In the first year of competition, 13 Eastern European teams from twelve countries participated in the tournament. In a KO-system with three qualifying groups, which qualifies the four participants in the finals.

The following year was played in the same mode. Due to the increased number of participants (some Western European clubs had registered for the competition), an additional qualifying round was introduced.

Federation Cup Winners[]

Season Winner Score Runner-up Venue
1995 Flag of Russia Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4–1 Flag of the Czech Republic HC Pardubice Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996 Flag of Italy AS Mastini Varese 4–3 Flag of Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk Trenčín, Slovakia

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IIHF Continental Cup
IIHF Federation Cup (1995-1996)

1995 - 1996

IIHF Continental Cup (1996-present)

1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 - 2012 - 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - 2016

European Ice Hockey Leagues
International leagues

Alps Hockey League - Balkan Ice Hockey League - BeNe League - Kontinental Hockey League - MOL Liga

National leagues

Armenia - Austria - Belarus - Belgium - Bosnia and Herzegovina - Bulgaria - Croatia - Czech Republic - Denmark - Estonia - Finland - France - Georgia - Germany - Greece - Hungary - Iceland - Italy - Kazakhstan - Latvia - Lithuania - Luxembourg - Macedonia - Netherlands - Norway - Poland - Romania - Serbia - Slovakia - Slovenia - Spain - Sweden - Switzerland - Turkey - Ukraine - United Kingdom

Defunct leagues

Soviet Union - Russia - Czechoslovakia - Yugoslavia - West Germany - East Germany - Ireland - Luxembourg - Malta - Portugal - Alpenliga - Interliga - Inter-National League - North Sea Cup - Panonian League - Eastern European - Balkan League - Baltic League - Carpathian League - Slohokej Liga

International Ice Hockey Federation
World Championships

Ice Hockey World Championships - U20 - U18 - IIHF World Women's Championships - U18

Other competitions

Olympic Games - Champions Hockey League - Continental Cup - Challenge Cup of Asia - European Women's Champions Cup

Former

Victoria Cup - European Champions Cup - Super Cup - European Championships - European Women Championships - European Junior Championships - Asian Oceanic U18 Championships

Related articles

IIHF Centennial All-Star Team - IIHF Hall of Fame - IIHF World Ranking - List of IIHF members

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