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IIHF European Champions Cup

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The IIHF European Champions Cup (ECC) was an annual event organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF), which took place during a long weekend in early January. The winner was considered the official club champion of Europe by the IIHF. The Champions Cup was first played in 2005, as a replacement for the defunct European Cup (1965–1997), and the suspended European Hockey League (1996–2000).[1] In the 2008–09 season, the ECC was replaced by the Champions Hockey League, which was the new official European club championship event.[1] The new tournament was cancelled after only one season. However, another tournament with the same name was introduced in 2014.

Format

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The competition featured the reigning club champions from the top six European hockey nations according to the IIHF World Ranking; these teams were known as the Super Six. Two groups of three played in a round-robin tournament, with the winners of each group facing off in a championship game. The two groups were named after international hockey legends Alexander Ragulin and Ivan Hlinka.

ECC winners (2005–2008)

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Season Winner Score Runner-up Group Runner-up (Equal with Semifinalist) Venue
2005 Russia Avangard Omsk 2–1 (OT) Finland Kärpät  Czech Republic and  Sweden St. Petersburg, Russia
2006 Russia Dynamo Moscow 4–4 (2-1 SO) Finland Kärpät  Switzerland and  Czech Republic St. Petersburg, Russia
2007 Russia Ak Bars Kazan 6–0 Finland HPK  Switzerland and  Slovakia St. Petersburg, Russia
2008 Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk 5–2 Czech Republic Sparta Praha  Finland and  Slovakia St. Petersburg, Russia

Medals

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia (RUS)4004
2 Finland (FIN)0314
3 Czech Republic (CZE)0123
4 Slovakia (SVK)0022
 Switzerland (SUI)0022
6 Sweden (SWE)0011
Totals (6 entries)44816

Participants and results (2005–2008)

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2005 results

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Group A

Group B

Final

  • Russia Avangard OmskFinland Kärpät – 2:1 (OT) (0:1; 0:0; 1:0; 1:0)

2006 results

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Alexander Ragulin division

Ivan Hlinka division

  • Finland KärpätSwitzerland HC Davos – 3:1 (1:0; 0:1; 2:0)
  • Switzerland HC DavosSweden Frölunda HC – 6:2 (2:0; 2:1; 2:1)
  • Sweden Frölunda HC – Finland Kärpät – 0:3 (0:1; 0:1; 0:1)

Final

  • Russia HC Dynamo MoscowFinland Kärpät – 5:4 (in a shootout) (1:0; 1:2; 2:2; 0:0; 2:1)

2007 results

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Alexander Ragulin division

  • Finland HPKSlovakia MsHK Žilina – 7:0 (2:0; 3:0; 2:0)
  • Slovakia MsHK ŽilinaCzech Republic HC Sparta Praha – 4:2 (0:1; 2:1; 2:0)
  • Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha – Finland HPK – 2:3 (1:1; 1:2; 0:0)

Ivan Hlinka division

Final

  • Finland HPK – Russia Ak Bars Kazan – 0:6 (0:3, 0:0, 0:3)

2008 results

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Alexander Ragulin division

Ivan Hlinka division

Final

  • Czech Republic HC Sparta Praha – Russia Metallurg Magnitogorsk – 2:5 (1:1; 1:2; 0:2)

Predecessors

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European Cup (1965–1997)

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The European Cup, also known as the Europa Cup, was a European ice hockey club competition for champions of national leagues which was contested between 1965 and 1997.

Medals 1965-1996 (Including Precursors)

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia226230
2 Czech Republic413724
3 Finland34916
4 Sweden34714
5 Germany041216
6 Austria0134
7 Italy0011
 Netherlands0011
 Norway0011
Totals (9 entries)323243107

Note: 11 Editions since 1965/66 to 1977/78 have 2 Semifinalists (Exclude 1973–74 IIHF European Cup and 1977–78 IIHF European Cup).

European Hockey League (1996–2000)

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The European Hockey League was a European ice hockey club competition which ran between the years 1996 and 2000.[1]

Medals 1996-2000

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RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia2305
2 Finland1012
3 Austria1001
4 Czech Republic0112
5 Germany0011
 Sweden0011
Totals (6 entries)44412

IIHF Continental Cup (1997–present)

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The Continental Cup is an ice hockey tournament for European clubs, begun in 1997 after the discontinuing of the IIHF 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.

IIHF Super Cup (1997–2000)

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The IIHF Super Cup was an ice hockey event played between the champions of the two main European club tournaments at the time; it began in 1997 and ended in 2000.

Successors

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IIHF Champions Hockey League (2008–2009)

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The Champions Hockey League was conducted by 14 teams of which 12 are in the group stage. It replaced the IIHF European Champions Cup in 2008. The league was staged for one year only.

Champions Hockey League (2014–present)

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On December 9, 2013, the IIHF officially announced that they had launched a new tournament with a similar name as their previous tournament, born out of the European Trophy, starting in the 2014–15 season.[2]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "IIHF Club Competition History". International Ice Hockey Federation. Retrieved 2009-12-14.
  2. ^ New era dawns for Europe Archived 2013-12-17 at the Wayback Machine
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