IIHF Continental Cup 1997

	IIHF Continental Cup
		1997 season	next ►
Master:	TJ VSŽ Košice

The IIHF Continental Cup in 1997 was the first edition of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The final round was held from December 26th to 28th, 1997 in Tampere , Finland .

One final round participant was set, the hosting club Ilves Tampere . The three other finalists were determined in three qualifying rounds.

Attendees

A total of 42 teams from 26 nations took part.

EC Klagenfurt Tiwali Minsk Polimir Navapolatsk HK Slavia Sofia KHL Medveščak Zagreb HC Železárny Třinec Esbjerg IK Herning IK Keemik Kohtla-Järve Tartu välk 494 Ilves Tampere Reims HC Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38 Polar bears Berlin

Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros Alba Volán Székesfehérvár Ferencvárosi TC Budapest Lions Jerusalem Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk Juniors Riga Essamika Ogre SC Energija Elektrenaï Tilburg Trappers Nijmegen Tigers Trondheim Black Panthers Vålerenga IF Oslo HK Red Star Belgrade HK Tatravagónka Poprad

TJ VSŽ Košice HK Acroni Jesenice HK Sportina Bled HDD Olimpija Ljubljana FC Barcelona HG Club Hielo Jaca KS Unia Oświęcim Podhale Nowy Targ SC Miercurea Ciuc HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk HK Awangard Omsk Salawat Yulayev Ufa Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK HK Sokol Kiev

First round

The first round matches were played at five venues between September 19 and 21, 1997. The five tournament winners qualified for the second round.

Group A

Group A games took place in Székesfehérvár , Hungary . The host team, Alba Volán Székesfehérvár , prevailed with two wins.

September 19, 1997	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	11: 2 (4: 0, 4: 1, 3: 1)	FC Barcelona HG	Ice rink , Székesfehérvár
September 20, 1997	HK Sportina Bled	13: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 6: 0)	FC Barcelona HG	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 21, 1997	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	6: 5 (0: 3, 5: 1, 1: 1)	HK Sportina Bled	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	2	2	0	0	17: 07	4-0
2.	HK Sportina Bled	2	1	0	1	19: 05	2: 2
3.	FC Barcelona HG	2	0	0	2	02:24	0: 4

Group B

Group B games were played in Jesenice , Slovenia . The winner of the tournament was the Polish club KS Unia Oświęcim with two wins.

September 19, 1997	KS Unia Oświęcim	9: 2 (5: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice
September 20, 1997	HK Acroni Jesenice	5: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 2: 0)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice
September 21, 1997	HK Acroni Jesenice	2: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	KS Unia Oświęcim	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	KS Unia Oświęcim	2	2	0	0	12: 04	4-0
2.	HK Acroni Jesenice	2	1	0	1	07: 05	2: 2
3.	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	2	0	0	2	04:14	0: 4

Group C

The Group C games were played in Belgrade , the capital of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia . The winner of the tournament was the Hungarian representative, Dunaferr Dunaújváros , with two wins.

September 19, 1997	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	8: 2 (2: 2, 5: 0, 1: 0)	Club Hielo Jaca	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade
September 20, 1997	HK Red Star Belgrade	3:18 (0: 5, 0: 6, 3: 7)	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade
September 21, 1997	HK Red Star Belgrade	4: 7 (2: 5, 1: 2, 1: 0)	Club Hielo Jaca	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	2	2	0	0	26: 05	4-0
2.	Club Hielo Jaca	2	1	0	1	09:12	2: 2
3.	HK Red Star Belgrade	2	0	0	2	07:25	0: 4

Group D

The matches in Group D were in Latvian Riga discharged. The hosts of Juniors Riga prevailed with two wins and one draw due to the better goal difference against Tiwali Minsk .

September 19, 1997	Tiwali Minsk	11: 2 (3: 2, 5: 0, 3: 0)	SC Energija Elektrenai	Rīgas Sporta pils , Riga
September 19, 1997	Juniors Riga	12: 0 (1: 0, 6: 0, 5: 0)	Keemik Kohtla-Järve	Rīgas Sporta pils, Riga
September 20, 1997	Tiwali Minsk	4: 2 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)	Keemik Kohtla-Järve	Rīgas Sporta pils, Riga
September 20, 1997	Juniors Riga	7: 1 (2: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0)	SC Energija Elektrenai	Rīgas Sporta pils, Riga
September 21, 1997	SC Energija Elektrenai	4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)	Keemik Kohtla-Järve	Rīgas Sporta pils, Riga
September 21, 1997	Juniors Riga	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Tiwali Minsk	Rīgas Sporta pils, Riga

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Juniors Riga	3	2	1	0	20: 02	5: 1
2.	Tiwali Minsk	3	2	1	0	16: 05	5: 1
3.	SC Energija Elektrenaï	3	1	0	2	07:20	2: 4
4th	Keemik Kohtla-Järve	3	0	0	3	04:20	0: 6

Group E

The matches in Group E found in Romania Miercurea Ciuc instead. The host club, SC Miercurea Ciuc , clearly beat the competition from Jerusalem with three wins .

September 19, 1997	Lions Jerusalem	5: 3 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 2)	HK Slavia Sofia	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 19, 1997	SC Miercurea Ciuc	11: 0 (2: 0, 3: 0, 6: 0)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 20, 1997	HK Slavia Sofia	12: 0 (3: 0, 7: 0, 2: 0)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 20, 1997	SC Miercurea Ciuc	7: 2 (0: 2, 0: 0, 7: 0)	Lions Jerusalem	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 21, 1997	Lions Jerusalem	6: 2 (4: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 21, 1997	SC Miercurea Ciuc	4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)	HK Slavia Sofia	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	3	0	0	22: 03	6-0
2.	Lions Jerusalem	3	2	0	1	13:12	4: 2
3.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	1	0	2	16: 09	2: 4
4th	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK	3	0	0	3	02:29	0: 6

Second round

The games of the second round were played between October 10 and 12, 1997 at six venues.

Group F.

The matches in Group F were in the Danish Herning discharged. The winner of the tournament was Vålerenga IF Oslo from Norway with two wins and one draw.

October 10, 1997	Vålerenga IF Oslo	4: 3 (2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Reims HC	KVIK Hockey Arena , Herning
October 10, 1997	Herning IK	3: 4 (2: 1, 1: 2, 0: 1)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
October 11, 1997	Herning IK	2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0 1: 2)	Reims HC	KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
October 11, 1997	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	1:11 (0: 3, 1: 4, 0: 4)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
October 12, 1997	Reims HC	8: 6 (0: 3, 5: 1, 3: 2)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning
October 12, 1997	Herning IK	2: 2 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	KVIK Hockey Arena, Herning

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	2	1	0	17: 05	5: 1
2.	Reims HC	3	1	1	1	13:12	3: 3
3.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	1	0	2	11:22	2: 4
4th	Herning IK	3	0	2	1	07: 08	2: 4

Group G

The Group G games took place in Nijmegen , the Netherlands . The Trondheim Black Panthers prevailed with two wins and one draw.

October 10, 1997	Tilburg Trappers	3: 4 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 1)	Trondheim Black Panthers	Triavium, Nijmegen
October 10, 1997	Nijmegen Tigers	7: 6 (0: 4, 6: 1, 1: 1)	Esbjerg IK	Triavium, Nijmegen
October 11, 1997	Esbjerg IK	2: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)	Trondheim Black Panthers	Triavium, Nijmegen
October 11, 1997	Nijmegen Tigers	2: 5 (0: 1, 2: 3, 0: 1)	Tilburg Trappers	Triavium, Nijmegen
October 12, 1997	Esbjerg IK	3: 3 (1: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0)	Tilburg Trappers	Triavium, Nijmegen
October 12, 1997	Nijmegen Tigers	1: 1 (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Trondheim Black Panthers	Triavium, Nijmegen

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Trondheim Black Panthers	3	2	1	0	09: 06	5: 1
2.	Tilburg Trappers	3	1	1	1	11: 09	3: 3
3.	Nijmegen Tigers	3	1	1	1	10:12	3: 3
4th	Esbjerg IK	3	0	1	2	11:14	1: 5

Group H.

Group H games were played in Ljubljana , Slovenia . The Klagenfurt EC prevailed with two wins and one draw.

October 10, 1997	EC Klagenfurt	5: 3 (0: 2, 3: 0, 2: 1)	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	City Hall , Klagenfurt
October 10, 1997	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	1: 7 (1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 2)	KS Unia Oświęcim	City Hall, Klagenfurt
October 11, 1997	EC Klagenfurt	3: 3 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 2)	KS Unia Oświęcim	City Hall, Klagenfurt
October 11, 1997	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	2: 2 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	City Hall, Klagenfurt
October 12, 1997	KS Unia Oświęcim	4: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	City Hall, Klagenfurt
October 12, 1997	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	0: 9 (0: 5, 0: 2, 0: 2)	EC Klagenfurt	City Hall, Klagenfurt

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EC Klagenfurt	3	2	1	0	17: 06	5: 1
2.	KS Unia Oświęcim	3	2	1	0	14: 04	5: 1
3.	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	3	0	1	2	05:11	1: 5
4th	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	0	1	2	03:18	1: 5

Group J

The games in Group J were in Polish Nowy Targ discharged. The host club, Podhale Nowy Targ , clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the semi-finals.

October 10, 1997	HK Tatravagónka Poprad	6: 6 (1: 2, 0: 2, 5: 1)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
October 10, 1997	Podhale Nowy Targ	3: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)	Essamika Ogre	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
October 11, 1997	Essamika Ogre	2: 9 (0: 3, 1: 4, 1: 2)	HK Tatravagónka Poprad	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
October 11, 1997	Podhale Nowy Targ	4: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
October 12, 1997	Essamika Ogre	1: 8 (0: 1, 0: 5, 1: 2)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
October 12, 1997	Podhale Nowy Targ	4: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 1)	HK Tatravagónka Poprad	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Podhale Nowy Targ	3	3	0	0	11: 06	6-0
2.	HK Tatravagónka Poprad	3	1	1	1	18:12	3: 3
3.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3	1	1	1	15:11	3: 3
4th	Essamika Ogre	3	0	0	3	05:20	0: 6

Group K

The tournament in Group K, which the Estonian Tartu took place, the Latvian representatives who won Juniors Riga , with two wins and a draw.

October 10, 1997	HK Sokol Kiev	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Juniors Riga	Annelinn Ice Stadium, Tartu
October 10, 1997	Tartu välk 494	6: 2 (2: 0, 3: 0, 1: 2)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Annelinn Ice Stadium, Tartu
October 11, 1997	HK Sokol Kiev	4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Annelinn Ice Stadium, Tartu
October 11, 1997	Tartu välk 494	2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)	Juniors Riga	Annelinn Ice Stadium, Tartu
October 12, 1997	SC Miercurea Ciuc	2:10 (1: 5, 1: 3, 0: 2)	Juniors Riga	Annelinn Ice Stadium, Tartu
October 12, 1997	Tartu välk 494	2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 3)	HK Sokol Kiev	Annelinn Ice Stadium, Tartu

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Juniors Riga	3	2	1	0	14: 05	5: 1
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	2	0	1	11: 04	4: 2
3.	Tartu välk 494	3	1	1	1	10:10	3: 3
4th	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	0	0	3	04:20	0: 6

Group L

Group L games were played in Magnitogorsk , Russia . The host HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk prevailed with two wins and reached the semi-finals.

October 10, 1997	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	5: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 0)	HK Awangard Omsk	Romasan Ice Palace , Magnitogorsk
October 11, 1997	HK Awangard Omsk	6: 2 (3: 1, 0: 0, 3: 1)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Romasan Ice Palace, Magnitogorsk
October 12, 1997	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Romasan Ice Palace, Magnitogorsk

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2	2	0	0	08: 02	4-0
2.	HK Awangard Omsk	2	1	0	1	07: 07	2: 2
3.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	2	0	0	2	03: 09	0: 4

Semifinals

The semi-final games were played at three venues from November 14th to 16th, 1997. The winners of the individual groups made it to the final.

Group M

The group M games were played in Berlin . The host club, the Eisbären Berlin , prevailed with three victories.

November 14, 1997	Vålerenga IF Oslo	2: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 2: 1)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	Corrugated Iron Palace , Berlin
November 14, 1997	Polar bears Berlin	7: 0 (1: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)	Trondheim Black Panthers	Corrugated Iron Palace, Berlin
November 15, 1997	Polar bears Berlin	3: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	Corrugated Iron Palace, Berlin
November 15, 1997	Trondheim Black Panthers	3: 8 (0: 2, 1: 2, 2: 5)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Corrugated Iron Palace, Berlin
November 16, 1997	Polar bears Berlin	4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Corrugated Iron Palace, Berlin
November 16, 1997	Trondheim Black Panthers	3:15 (1: 6, 1: 3, 1: 6)	Grenoble Métropole Hockey	Corrugated Iron Palace, Berlin

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Polar bears Berlin	3	3	0	0	14: 03	6-0
2.	Grenoble Métropole Hockey 38	3	2	0	1	20: 08	4: 2
3.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	1	0	2	11:10	2: 4
4th	Trondheim Black Panthers	3	0	0	3	06:30	0: 6

Groups

The group N games were played in Klagenfurt . The VSŽ Košice prevailed with two wins and one draw.

November 14, 1997	HC Železárny Třinec	10: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 7: 0)	EC Klagenfurt	City Hall , Klagenfurt
November 14, 1997	TJ VSŽ Košice	5: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	Podhale Nowy Targ	City Hall, Klagenfurt
November 15, 1997	HC Železárny Třinec	0: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2)	Podhale Nowy Targ	City Hall, Klagenfurt
November 15, 1997	EC Klagenfurt	2: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)	TJ VSŽ Košice	City Hall, Klagenfurt
November 16, 1997	HC Železárny Třinec	1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0)	TJ VSŽ Košice	City Hall, Klagenfurt
November 16, 1997	EC Klagenfurt	4: 3 (2: 1, 0: 0, 2: 2)	Podhale Nowy Targ	City Hall, Klagenfurt

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TJ VSŽ Košice	3	2	1	0	09: 04	5: 1
2.	EC Klagenfurt	3	1	1	1	08:15	3: 3
3.	Podhale Nowy Targ	3	1	0	2	09: 09	2: 4
4th	HC Železárny Třinec	3	1	0	2	11: 09	2: 4

Group O

The Group O games were played in Navapolazk , Belarus . Salawat Julajew Ufa prevailed with three wins and moved into the final tournament.

November 14, 1997	Polimir Navapolatsk	2: 5 (1: 3, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Juniors Riga	Ice Sports Palace, Navapolatsk
November 14, 1997	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	2: 3 (0: 2, 2: 0, 0: 1)	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	Ice Sports Palace, Navapolatsk
November 15, 1997	Juniors Riga	0: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	Ice Sports Palace, Navapolatsk
November 15, 1997	Polimir Navapolatsk	1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 2)	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Ice Sports Palace, Navapolatsk
November 16, 1997	Juniors Riga	3: 7 (1: 2, 1: 4, 1: 1)	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	Ice Sports Palace, Navapolatsk
November 16, 1997	Polimir Navapolatsk	2: 5 (0: 2, 2: 2, 0: 1)	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	Ice Sports Palace, Navapolatsk

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	3	3	0	0	10: 04	6-0
2.	HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk	3	2	0	1	13: 07	4: 2
3.	Juniors Riga	3	1	0	2	08:11	2: 4
4th	Polimir Navapolatsk	3	0	0	3	05:14	0: 6

final

The finals of the IIHF Continental Cup took place from 26 to 28 December 1997, the Finnish Tampere instead. With two wins and one draw, the Slovak first division team TJ VSŽ Košice prevailed against the competition and was the first ever winner of the Continental Cup.

Participating teams:

TJ VSŽ Košice

Polar bears Berlin

Ilves Tampere

Salawat Yulayev Ufa

Results

December 26, 1997	TJ VSŽ Košice	5: 2 (1: 2, 4: 0, 0: 0)	Polar bears Berlin	Hakametsä , Tampere
December 26, 1997	Ilves Tampere	6: 3 (1: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	Hakametsä, Tampere
December 27, 1997	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	2: 2 (1: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0)	TJ VSŽ Košice	Hakametsä, Tampere
December 27, 1997	Ilves Tampere	4: 5 (1: 0, 0: 1, 3: 4)	Polar bears Berlin	Hakametsä, Tampere
December 28, 1997	Polar bears Berlin	4: 3 (2: 0, 0: 3, 2: 0)	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	Hakametsä, Tampere
December 28, 1997	Ilves Tampere	4: 5 (1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 2)	TJ VSŽ Košice	Hakametsä, Tampere

Raimo Helminen , the best striker of the final tournament

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	TJ VSŽ Košice	3	2	1	0	12: 08	5: 1
2.	Polar bears Berlin	3	2	0	1	11:12	4: 2
3.	Ilves Tampere	3	1	0	2	14:13	2: 4
4th	Salawat Yulayev Ufa	3	0	1	2	08:12	1: 5

Awards

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Miroslav Šimonovič	TJ VSŽ Košice
Best defender	Derek Mayer	Polar bears Berlin
Best striker	Raimo Helminen	Ilves Tampere

Web links

• Results of the tournament at hockeyarchives.info (French)

source

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