Euro Hockey Challenge 2011
The Euro Hockey Challenge 2011 was the first edition of the competition of the same name organized by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The competition began on March 30, 2011 and should end in spring 2012. Due to a format change in the following year, the tournament was considered over on April 17, 2011. The games of the unofficial European ice hockey championship served as preparation for the world championship in Slovakia in 2011 for the national teams .
Attendees
The twelve best European teams in the IIHF world rankings were eligible to participate .
For the 2011/12 edition these are:
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During the tournament, which was initially planned with two season phases in spring 2011 and 2012 with twelve games per team, each team played a total of six games. As a rule, two games were played between two teams within two or three days in one country. All games are recorded in a table.
According to the IIHF world rankings , the twelve nations were divided into three pools. The first four teams formed pool A, the next six teams pool B and the last two teams pool C. All twelve teams in turn were divided into two groups A and B. In the first phase in April 2011, two A-pool teams and one C-pool team of group A played against three B-pool teams of group A. Two pool-A-teams and one pool-C-team of group B played against the three other pool B teams in group B. In the second phase in April 2012, the three pool B teams were to change groups.
The game was played in a three-point system, that is, each team received three points for a win, two points for an overtime win and one point for a defeat after extra time.
Tournament course
1st matchday
The first day of the Euro Hockey Challenge already brought some surprises with it. After two victories over Austria, Germany took over the championship lead from Sweden after the first two games. These two teams, as well as Finland and the Czech Republic, were the only teams that remained free of loss points. The games also had some unexpected results. Denmark wrestled Switzerland from a victory in the penalty shootout . The Belarusians won the series between Russia and Belarus. Although they narrowly lost the first game in the penalty shootout, they won the second encounter 6-4, with Russia only scoring two of a possible six points.
| April 1, 2011 7:00 p.m. |
 Russia |
3: 2 n.P. (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) |
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Arena , Smolensk spectators: 800 |
| April 2, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Russia |
4: 6 (1: 1, 2: 4, 1: 1) |
Belarus |
Arena, Smolensk spectators: 875 |
| April 1, 2011 7:00 p.m. |
 Norway |
1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2) |
 Czech Republic |
Olympiske Fjellhall , Gjøvik Spectators: 766 |
| April 2, 2011 3:00 p.m. |
Norway |
1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1) |
Czech Republic |
Olympiske Fjellhall, Gjøvik Spectators: 715 |
| March 30, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
 Sweden |
4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) |
 Latvia |
Arena , Umeå Spectators: 4,078 |
| April 1, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Sweden |
7: 4 (0: 1, 4: 2, 3: 1) |
Latvia |
Kraft Arena , Skellefteå spectators: 3,846 |
| April 1, 2011 6:30 p.m. |
 Finland |
3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1) |
 Slovakia |
Isku Areena , Lahti Spectators: 4,006 |
| April 2, 2011 4:00 p.m. |
Finland |
3: 2 (0: 0, 3: 2, 0: 0) |
Slovakia |
Jäähalli , Kouvola spectators: 3,868 |
| April 1, 2011 8:00 p.m. |
 Switzerland |
4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) |
 Denmark |
Centro Sportivo , Bellinzona spectators: 1,100 |
| April 3, 2011 1 p.m. |
Switzerland |
2: 3 n.P. (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
Denmark |
Pista la Valascia , Ambrì spectators: 1,327 |
| March 31, 2011 7:45 p.m. |
 Germany |
7: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 4: 0) |
 Austria |
Municipal Kathrein Stadium , Rosenheim Spectators: 3,200 |
| April 1, 2011 8:00 p.m. |
Germany |
4: 2 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0) |
Austria |
Municipal ice rink , Landshut Spectators: 3,950 |
2nd matchday
After the second match day, Finland took the lead in front of Sweden and the Czech Republic. The Scandinavians were the only two teams that could still show the maximum number of points. The previous leader of the table was unable to defend their first position after two narrow defeats in Sweden. Belarus, which was able to narrowly defeat the Czech Republic in the first meeting, caused a positive surprise. Switzerland also remained successful, scoring five out of six possible points against Russia. The Russians continued to fall short of expectations with just three points and ranked tenth. On the other hand, Slovakia slowly found its way into the round with two wins over Latvia. The Latvians remained pointless with the Austrians, while Norway and Denmark each went out of their series with a win.
| April 8, 2011 8:10 pm |
Switzerland |
4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1) |
Russia |
BCF-Arena , Friborg spectators: 6,000 |
| April 10, 2011 2:30 p.m. |
Switzerland |
5: 4 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2, 1: 0) |
Russia |
Diners-Club Arena , Rapperswil Spectators: 4,022 |
| April 8, 2011 7:00 p.m. |
Belarus |
3: 2 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) |
Czech Republic |
Arena , Minsk spectators: 7,820 |
| April 9, 2011 4:00 p.m. |
Belarus |
2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2) |
Czech Republic |
Arena , Babrujsk spectators: 7,000 |
| April 6, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Sweden |
2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1) |
Germany |
Sannarpshallen , Halmstad Spectators: 3,137 |
| April 8, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Sweden |
2: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) |
Germany |
Scandinavium , Gothenburg spectators: 6,061 |
| April 7, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Latvia |
0: 5 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 2) |
Finland |
Arena , Riga spectators: 2,450 |
| April 8, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Latvia |
3: 5 (1: 1, 2: 2, 0: 2) |
Finland |
Arena, Riga Spectators: 2,511 |
| April 8, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Slovakia |
4: 0 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0) |
Austria |
Zimný Štadión , Trenčín Spectators: 5,310 |
| April 9, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Slovakia |
5: 3 (0: 0, 2: 3, 3: 0) |
Austria |
Zimný Štadión, Trenčín spectators: 5,984 |
| April 7, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Denmark |
1: 4 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 4) |
Norway |
Skøjte Arena , Rødovre spectators: 1,850 |
| April 9, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Denmark |
4: 2 (3: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) |
Norway |
Skøjtehal , Gladsaxe spectators: 1,325 |
3rd matchday
On the third and final day of 2011, Finland defended their lead over Sweden, although both teams lost one game each. The Swedes were defeated by Slovakia, which set an exclamation point with a 5-1 victory. And Finland was defeated by Germany, which won against the Scandinavians for the first time in 16 years. The Swiss, who won a game in the Czech Republic and were therefore the best team in the B pool, were also in good shape. Russia was finally able to take its first three-point victory in the sixth attempt against Norway and improved to eighth place. At the bottom of the table, the Austrians and Latvians collected their first points. In the series against each other, both teams could each win a game in the penalty shootout. They were just behind Norway.
| April 16, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Russia |
4: 3 n.P. (2: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) |
Norway |
Ice rink , St. Petersburg Spectators: 9,450 |
| April 17, 2011 3:00 p.m. |
Russia |
6: 2 (3: 2, 2: 0, 1: 0) |
Norway |
Ice rink, St. Petersburg Spectators: 9,320 |
| April 15, 2011 5:30 p.m. |
Czech Republic |
1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) |
Switzerland |
Zimní stadion Ivana Hlinky , Litvínov Spectators: 2,849 |
| April 16, 2011 5:30 p.m. |
Czech Republic |
2: 3 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 2) |
Switzerland |
Zimní stadion Ivana Hlinky, Litvínov Spectators: 2,146 |
| April 13, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Slovakia |
2: 5 (2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 3) |
Sweden |
Steel Aréna , Košice Spectators: 7,000 |
| April 15, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Slovakia |
5: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 0: 0) |
Sweden |
Steel Aréna, Košice Spectators: 8,347 |
| April 14, 2011 7:30 p.m. |
Germany |
2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2) |
Finland |
Ice arena , Bremerhaven spectators: 1,000 |
| April 15, 2011 8:00 p.m. |
Germany |
4: 2 (3: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1) |
Finland |
Ice rink , Nordhorn spectators: 2,686 |
| April 15, 2011 7:00 p.m. |
Belarus |
3: 4 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
Denmark |
Arena , Minsk spectators: 3,840 |
| April 16, 2011 5:00 p.m. |
Belarus |
7: 1 (5: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1) |
Denmark |
Ice Sports Palace , Salihorsk Spectators: 1,560 |
| April 13, 2011 8:15 pm |
Austria |
5: 4 n.P. (0: 0, 3: 2, 1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0) |
Latvia |
Olympiahalle , Innsbruck spectators: 700 |
| April 14, 2011 6:00 p.m. |
Austria |
2: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
Latvia |
Olympiahalle, Innsbruck spectators: 500 |
table
| Pl. | Sp | S. | OTS | OTN | N | Gates | Points | |
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Finland
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6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22:12 | 15th |
| 2. |
Sweden
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6th | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21:13 | 15th |
| 3. |
Czech Republic
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6th | 4th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12:10 | 13 |
| 4th |
Switzerland
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6th | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 18:13 | 12 |
| 5. |
Belarus
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6th | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 23:17 | 10 |
| 6th |
Germany
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6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 18:12 | 9 |
| 7th |
Slovakia
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6th | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 19:15 | 9 |
| 8th. |
Russia
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6th | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 23:22 | 8th |
| 9. |
Denmark
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6th | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 14:22 | 7th |
| 10. |
Norway
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6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4th | 13:19 | 4th |
| 11. |
Latvia
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6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 15:28 | 3 |
| 12. |
Austria
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6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4th | 12:27 | 3 |
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Web links
- Overview of the Euro Hockey Challenge 2011 ( Memento from November 10, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ sportmedien.eu, Euro Hockey Challenge - unofficial European championship
- ↑ a b hockey-news.info, The "Euro Hockey Challenge" starts on March 30th. Austria starts against Germany
- ↑ deb-online.de, Euro Hockey Challenge ( Memento of the original from March 16, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
