IIHF Continental Cup

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.

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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 TJ VSŽ Košice Eisbären Berlin Ilves Tampere, Finland
1999 HC Ambri-Piotta HC Košice Avangard Omsk Košice, Slovakia
2000 HC Ambri-Piotta Eisbären Berlin Ak Bars Kazan Berlin, Germany
2001 ZSC Lions London Knights HC Slovan Bratislava Zurich, Switzerland
2002 ZSC Lions HC Milano Vipers HKm Zvolen Zurich, Switzerland
2003 Jokerit Lokomotiv Yaroslavl HC Lugano Lugano, Switzerland
Milan, Italy
2004 HC Slovan Bratislava HK Gomel HC Lugano Gomel, Belarus
2005 HKm Zvolen Dynamo Moscow Alba Volán Székesfehérvár Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2006 Lada Togliatti HK Riga 2000 ZSC Lions Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2007 Yunost Minsk Avangard Omsk Ilves Székesfehérvár, Hungary
2008 Ak Bars Kazan HK Riga 2000 Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Riga, Latvia
2009 MHC Martin Dragons de Rouen HC Bolzano Rouen, France
2010 Red Bull Salzburg Yunost Minsk Sheffield Steelers Grenoble, France
2011 Yunost Minsk Red Bull Salzburg SønderjyskE Ishockey Minsk, Belarus

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 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 4–1 HC Pardubice Ljubljana, Slovenia
1996 AS Mastini Varese 4–3 Metallurg Magnitogorsk Trenčín, Slovakia

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