Ice Hockey European Cup 1978/79

	Ice Hockey European Cup
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Winner:	CSKA Moscow

The European Ice Hockey Cup in the 1978/79 season was the 14th edition of the competition of the same name by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The competition was held from September 1978 to August 29, 1979. A total of 19 teams from 19 nations took part. The 14th European Cup winner was the Soviet team from CSKA Moscow , which prevailed in the final tournament against Poldi SONP Kladno , Ässät Pori and the Skellefteå AIK .

Mode and participants

The national champions of the game year 1977/78 of the European members of the IIHF were qualified for the competition. The tournament was played in a knockout system with two games per round. One leg and one second leg were played. The team that won more games advanced to the next round. If necessary, an additional penalty shootout was carried out to determine the winner of the round.

The SC Riessersee received a bye for the first round, while Ässät Pori and the Skellefteå AIK were directly qualified for the fourth round. The two finalists of the European Cup 1977/78 , Poldi SONP Kladno and CSKA Moscow , were set for the final tournament.

• CH Casco Viejo Bilbao
• Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen
• EHC Biel
• ATSE Graz
• Ferencváros Budapest
• Gap Hockey Club
• HC Bolzano
• Rødovre IK
• IL Manglerud / Star Oslo
• Spartak Levski Sofia
• HK Jesenice
• Steaua Bucharest
• SC Dynamo Berlin
• Podhale Nowy Targ
• SC Riessersee (bye in the 1st round)
• Ässät Pori (set for the 4th round)
• Skellefteå AIK (set for the 4th round)
• CSKA Moscow (defending champion; seeded for the final tournament)
• TJ Poldi SONP Kladno (set for the final tournament)

competition

1 round

The first round games were played in September 1978. 14 teams played the seven qualifiers for the second round.

		total	1st game	2nd game
CH Casco Viejo Bilbao	Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen	5:30	3: 9	2:21
ATSE Graz	Ferencváros Budapest	9: 4	4: 1	5: 3 1
Gap Hockey Club	HC Bolzano	9:23	4: 8	5:15
Rødovre IK	IL Manglerud / Star Oslo	5: 9	2: 2	3: 7
Steaua Bucharest	Spartak Levski Sofia	13: 3	6: 1	7: 2
SC Dynamo Berlin	Podhale Nowy Targ	7:13	5: 6	2: 7
EHC Biel	HK Jesenice	22:11	15: 5	7: 6

¹ Took place in Debrecen .

2nd round

The second round games were played in October 1978. The seven winners of the first round as well as the participants with a bye for the first round - SC Riessersee - played the four qualifiers for the third round.

		total	1st game	2nd game
Feenstra Flyers Heerenveen	SC Riessersee	9:13	3: 3	6:10
Steaua Bucharest	EHC Biel	14:13	8: 5	2: 5 n.V. → 4: 3 n.P.
HC Bolzano	ATSE Graz	4: 9	1: 3	3: 6
IL Manglerud / Star Oslo	Podhale Nowy Targ	4:16	2: 3	2:13

3rd round

The third round games were played in December 1978 and January 1979. The four winners of the second round played the two qualifiers for the fourth round.

		total	1st game	2nd game
ATSE Graz	SC Riessersee	12:11	8: 7	4: 4
Podhale Nowy Targ	Steaua Bucharest	6: 2	3: 1	3: 1

4th round

Due to financial difficulties, ATSE Graz decided not to participate in the fourth round of the cup competition.

		Result
Ässät Pori	Podhale Nowy Targ	7: 2
Skellefteå AIK	ATSE Graz	not played out

Final tournament

The final tournament was from 26 to 29 August 1979 in the Austrian Innsbruck discharged. The games took place in the 7,800-seat Olympic Hall .

The game between CSKA Moscow and Poldi SONP Kladno was also the final of last year's tournament .

August 26, 1979

TJ Poldi SONP Kladno

8: 3 (1: 2, 3: 0, 4: 1)

Ässät Pori

Olympic Hall, Innsbruck

August 26, 1979

CSKA Moscow

6: 1 (3: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)

Skellefteå AIK

Olympic Hall, Innsbruck

August 27, 1979

Skellefteå AIK

4: 4 (1: 0, 2: 2, 1: 2)

TJ Poldi SONP Kladno

Olympic Hall, Innsbruck

August 27, 1979

CSKA Moscow

12: 3 (3: 1, 5: 0, 4: 2)

Ässät Pori

Olympic Hall, Innsbruck

29th August 1979

Ässät Pori

3: 2 (2: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)

Skellefteå AIK

Olympic Hall, Innsbruck

29th August 1979

CSKA Moscow Valery Kharlamov (12th) Sergei Kapustin (45th) Alexander Lobanov (48th)

3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)

TJ Poldi SONP Kladno Lubomír Bauer (41.)

Olympiahalle, Innsbruck spectators: 5,000

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CSKA Moscow	3	3	0	0	21: 05	6-0
2.	TJ Poldi SONP Kladno	3	1	1	1	13:10	3: 3
3.	Ässät Pori	3	1	0	2	09:22	2: 4
4th	Skellefteå AIK	3	0	1	2	07:13	1: 5

Best scorer

Abbreviations: G = goals, A = assists , Pts = points; Fat: tournament best

player	team	G	A.	Pts
Milan Nový	Kladno	3	3	6th
Eduard Novák	Kladno	3	3	6th
Ladislav Vysušil	Kladno	1	5	6th
Sergei Kapustin	Moscow	4th	1	5
Vladimir Petrov	Moscow	2	3	5
Viktor Schluktow	Moscow	2	3	5
Helmuts Balderis	Moscow	1	4th	5
Lars Nyström	Skellefteå	3	1	4th
Nikolai Drosdezki	Moscow	2	2	4th
Veli-Matti Ruisma	Ässät Pori	2	1	3
Irek Gimaev	Moscow	2	1	3
Alexander Lobanov	Moscow	2	1	3
Václav Sýkora	Kladno	2	1	3

Winning team

European Cup winner CSKA Moscow

Goalkeepers: Wladislaw Tretjak , Alexander Tyschnych Defense lawyers : Sergei Babinow , Vyacheslav Fetissov , Sergei Gimajew , Alexei Kassatonow , Vladimir Luttschenko , Sergei Starikow , Alexei Wolchenkov , Gennady Zygankov Attackers: Vyacheslav Anissin , Helmuts Balderis , Valeri Kharlamov , Nikolai Drosdezki , Irek Gimajew , Sergei Kapustin , Vladimir Krutow , Alexander Lobanow , Sergei Makarov , Boris Michailow , Vladimir Petrov , Viktor Schluktow Coaching staff: Viktor Tikhonov , Yuri Moisseyev , Yuri Ovchukov

literature

• Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 411 .

Web links

• 1978/79 season of the European Cup at hockeyarchives.info (French)