European Trophy

The European Trophy was a European hockey - tournament for club teams . After the 2009/10 Champions Hockey League was canceled, the Nordic Trophy , which was limited to Scandinavia , was extended to all of Europe in 2010, creating the European Trophy. In the first edition 18 teams from seven nations took part, in the second year the competition was expanded to 24 and in the third year to 32 teams. The Red Bulls Salute served as the final tournament of the competition . The fourth and final edition was also held with 32 teams.

The Champions Hockey League has been held instead since the 2014/15 season .

The tournament director was Bo Lennartsson .

Attendees

season	total	Sweden	Finland	Germany	Czech Republic	Switzerland	Austria	Norway	Slovakia
2010	18th	6th	5	2	1	2	1	1	-
2011	24	6th	6th	2	7th	-	2	-	1
2012	32	7th	7th	4th	7th	4th	2	-	1
2013	32	7th	7th	4th	7th	4th	2	-	1

country	league	society	2010	2011	2012	2013
	DEL	Adler Mannheim	7th	3.	3.	4th
	DEL	Polar bears Berlin	winner	2.	VF	Final tournament *
	DEL	Hamburg Freezers	-	-	3.	6th
	DEL	ERC Ingolstadt	-	-	4th	6th
	EBEL	EC Red Bull Salzburg	VF *	Winner *	6th	2.
	EBEL	UPC Vienna Capitals	-	6th	HF *	6th
	NLA	HC Friborg-Gottéron	-	-	7th	6th
	NLA	SC Bern	HF	-	5.	8th.
	NLA	EV train	-	-	2.	7th
	NLA	ZSC Lions Zurich	7th	-	7th	5.
	Elitserien	Luleå HF	-	HF	winner	Final tournament
	Elitserien	Brynäs IF Gävle	-	-	VF	3.
	Elitserien	HV 71 Jönköping	final	4th	VF	5.
	Elitserien	Linköpings HC	8th.	HF	4th	3.
	Elitserien	Frölunda HC Gothenburg	5.	VF	5.	Final tournament
	Elitserien	Färjestad BK Karlstad	HF	5.	final	final
	Allsvenskan	Djurgårdens IF Stockholm	5.	3.	8th.	Final tournament
	Allsvenskan	Malmo Redhawks	9.	-	-	-
	SM-liiga	Kärpät Oulu	VF	5.	7th	5.
	SM-liiga	Tappara Tampere	8th.	6th	HF	4th
	SM-liiga	TPS Turku	VF	4th	4th	2.
	SM-liiga	JYP Jyväskylä	-	-	7th	winner
	SM-liiga	KalPa Kuopio	-	4th	8th.	7th
	SM-liiga	HIFK Helsinki	6th	4th	6th	8th.
	SM-liiga	Jokerit Helsinki	VF	final	3.	3.
	GET leagues	Vålerenga IF Oslo	9.	-	-	-
	Extra league	HC Mountfield České Budějovice	-	VF	5.	8th.
	Extra league	HC Kometa Brno	-	6th	4th	4th
	Extra league	HC Plzeň 1929	-	VF	8th.	3.
	Extra league	HC Bílí Tygři Liberec	-	5.	3.	7th
	Extra league	HC ČSOB Pojišťovna Pardubice	-	VF	6th	5.
	Extra league	HC Sparta Prague	4th	5.	5.	4th
	Extra league	HC Slavia Prague	-	6th	-	-
	Extra league	Piráti Chomutov	-	-	2.	8th.
	KHL +	HC Slovan Bratislava	-	3.	VF *	2.

Footnotes:

• Numbers: placement in the preliminary round in the respective division, otherwise: placement in the final round, VF: quarter-finals, HF: semi-finals
• ^* Automatically qualified as host for the final tournament
• ⁺ 2011 Extraliga

mode

2010 edition

The 18 teams were divided into two groups of nine teams each. Each team played once against every other team in the group, making a total of eight games, half of them at home. Some clubs did not play in their regular home halls, but in smaller halls. The first four teams in each group qualified for the final Red Bulls Salute tournament in Salzburg and Zell am See , for which the organizer EC Red Bull Salzburg was selected. The final tournament was played in knockout mode.

Held in 2011

The 24 teams were divided into four groups of six teams each. Each team played once against every other team in the group, plus three games against teams from other groups. Each team had eight games, half of them at home. In addition to the hosts Red Bulls Salzburg, the four group winners and the three runners-up with the best points qualified for the Red Bulls Salute final tournament in Vienna and Salzburg. The final tournament was played in knockout mode.

2012 edition

The 32 teams were divided into four groups of eight teams each. Each team played twice against a local rival in its group (home and away games) and once against the other six teams in its group (three home and three away games). Eight games per team were achieved again. For the first time, the final tournament did not take place in Salzburg, but in Vienna and the Slovak capital Bratislava . In addition to the two hosts Vienna and Bratislava, the four group winners and the best group runners-up qualified for the final tournament. The final tournament was played in knockout mode.

2013 edition

In 2013, the same teams played in the same group division as in the previous year. Only the home rights of the teams were exchanged. The final tournament took place in Berlin . For the first time only six teams qualified for the final tournament, in addition to the host Eisbären Berlin, the winners of the four preliminary round groups and the best runner-up.

Winners list

year	Attendees	final			3rd place match
		winner	Erg.	finalist	3rd place	Erg.	4th Place
2010	18th	Polar bears Berlin	5: 3	HV71 Jönköping	SC Bern	3: 1	Färjestad BK
2011	24	EC Red Bull Salzburg	3: 2	Jokerit Helsinki	Luleå HF	3: 2 a.d.	Linköpings HC
		winner	Erg.	finalist	Semi-finalists
2012	32	Luleå HF	2-0	Färjestad BK	UPC Vienna Capitals	?	Tappara Tampere
2013	32	JYP Jyväskylä	2: 1	Färjestad BK	not carried out

See also

• Champions Hockey League (2008-2009)
• Champions Hockey League
• European Ice Hockey Cup (disambiguation)
• European Trophy Junior Tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ europeantrophy.com, Planning for European Trophy 2011 ( Memento from May 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ Newly created ice hockey tournament celebrates its premiere . Press release of the Zell am See-Kaprun region. Retrieved February 14, 2013.
3. ↑ europeantrophy.com, European Trophy 2011 expands to 24 teams
4. ↑ europeantrophy.com, Format 2012 ( Memento from December 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
5. ↑ praguemonitor.com, European Trophy 2013: 32 clubs to compete for the title

Web links

• Homepage of the European Trophy ( Memento from December 17, 2014 in the Internet Archive )