IIHF European Champions Cup

The IIHF European Champions Cup was one of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF first time registered in 2005 Hockey - European Cup competition for club teams . The tournament was considered a successor to the 1965 discharged to 1996 European Cup and the European Hockey League , as the Champions League was conceived in hockey and was held in the seasons of 1996 to the 2000th The winner of the tournament received a revised version of the Silver Stone Trophy designed for the European Hockey League in 1997 .

The reigning champions of the six best European leagues according to the IIHF world rankings were eligible to participate . The reigning champions of other European leagues can take part in the IIHF Continental Cup . From the German-speaking countries, the Frankfurt Lions from Germany took part in 2005, the Swiss clubs HC Davos in 2006 and 2008 and HC Lugano in 2007. Frankfurt remained without a win, while the two Swiss teams were able to achieve one victory each.

The record participant is the team from Kärpät Oulu , which qualified three times for the tournament. They were only twice subject to the respective participants from Russia in the final. The most successful nation is Russia, whose teams have won all the games in the competition. This is followed by the teams of Finland who were opponents in the finals in three tournaments.

On April 20, 2007, the world association announced that the Champions Hockey League would replace the IIHF European Champions Cup as the national championship competition for the 2008/09 season.

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The six teams were divided into two groups of three, each of which determined a group winner. The winners of the two groups played the tournament winner in a final game.

Winners list

year	winner	Erg.	Final opponent	Venue
2005	HK Awangard Omsk	2: 1 a.d.	Kärpät Oulu	Saint Petersburg , Russia
2006	HK Dynamo Moscow	5: 4 n.p.	Kärpät Oulu	Saint Petersburg, Russia
2007	Ak Bars Kazan	6-0	HPK Hämeenlinna	Saint Petersburg, Russia
2008	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	5: 2	HC Sparta Prague	Saint Petersburg, Russia

Web links

• Overview of the IIHF European Champions Cup