IIHF Continental Cup 1998

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The IIHF Continental Cup in 1998 was the second edition of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . A total of 49 teams from 26 countries took part. The final round was held from December 27 to 29, 1998 in Košice , Slovakia .

One final round participant was set, the host and last year's winner HC Košice . The three other finalists were determined in three qualifying rounds.

First round

Group A

The matches of Group A took place between 18 and 20 September 1998 at the French Lyon instead. The Norwegian team from Asker prevailed.

September 18, 1998	IHC Leuven	1:26 (0: 7, 1: 6, 0:12)	Frisk Asker	Patinoire Charlemagne , Lyon
September 18, 1998	Lyon Hockey Club	5: 3 (0: 0, 3: 2, 2: 0)	Esbjerg IK	Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
September 19, 1998	Esbjerg IK	0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Frisk Asker	Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
September 19, 1998	Lyon Hockey Club	15: 1 (7: 1, 4: 0, 4: 0)	IHC Leuven	Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
September 20, 1998	Lyon Hockey Club	4: 4 (2: 0, 1: 3, 1: 1)	Frisk IA Asker	Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
September 20, 1998	IHC Leuven	0:18 (0: 6, 0: 7, 0: 5)	Esbjerg IK	Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Frisk Asker	3	2	1	0	35: 05	5: 1
2.	Lyon Hockey Club	3	2	1	0	24: 07	5: 1
3.	Esbjerg IK	3	1	0	2	20:10	2: 4
4th	IHC Leuven	3	0	0	3	02:59	0: 6

Group B

The matches in Group B took place between 18 and 20 September 1998 at the Spanish Jaca instead. The Slovak team of HC Dukla Trenčín prevailed with three wins and only three goals conceded.

September 18, 1998	Club Hielo Jaca	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CG Puigcerdà	Palacio de Hielo de Los Pireneos , Jaca
September 18, 1998	HC Dukla Trenčín	9: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Palacio de Hielo de Los Pireneos, Jaca
September 19, 1998	CG Puigcerdà	1:26 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Dukla Trenčín	Palacio de Hielo de Los Pireneos, Jaca
September 19, 1998	Club Hielo Jaca	3: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Palacio de Hielo de Los Pireneos, Jaca
September 20, 1998	SC Energija Elektrėnai	5: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CG Puigcerdà	Palacio de Hielo de Los Pireneos, Jaca
September 20, 1998	Club Hielo Jaca	1:20 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Dukla Trenčín	Palacio de Hielo de Los Pireneos, Jaca

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Dukla Trenčín	3	3	0	0	55: 03	6-0
2.	Club Hielo Jaca	3	2	0	1	10:23	4: 2
3.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	1	0	2	08:12	2: 4
4th	CG Puigcerdà	3	0	0	3	02:37	0: 6

Group C

Group C was played in Novi Sad, Serbia, with hosts HK Vojvodina Novi Sad not getting beyond third place. The Ukrainian representative HK Berkut Kyiv qualified with three wins for the second round of the cup competition.

September 18, 1998	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana SPENS , Novi Sad
September 18, 1998	HK Berkut Kiev	9: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Tartu välk 494	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
September 19, 1998	HK Berkut Kiev	9: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
September 19, 1998	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	2: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Tartu välk 494	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
September 20, 1998	HK Red Star Belgrade	3: 9 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Tartu välk 494	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad
September 20, 1998	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	4: 9 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Berkut Kiev	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Berkut Kiev	3	3	0	0	27: 06	6-0
2.	Tartu välk 494	3	2	0	1	16:14	4: 2
3.	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	1	0	2	09:15	2: 4
4th	HK Red Star Belgrade	3	0	0	3	03:21	0: 6

Group D

Group D was in Polish Nowy Targ held, with the English representative, the Sheffield Steelers , not traveled all. This meant that there were only one encounters per day and only two encounters per team. Host Podhale Nowy Targ won the tournament with two wins and qualified for the second round.

September 18, 1998	Podhale Nowy Targ	6: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
September 19, 1998	HK Sportina Bled	3: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ
September 20, 1998	Podhale Nowy Targ	11: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Sportina Bled	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Podhale Nowy Targ	2	2	0	0	17: 02	4-0
2.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	2	1	0	1	08: 09	2: 2
3.	HK Sportina Bled	2	0	0	2	03:17	0: 4

Group E

The group E was in Romania Bucharest played. The tournament was won by host Steaua Bucharest with three wins and qualified for the second round.

September 18, 1998	Akademik Sofia	2: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	Mihai Flamaropol Arena , Bucharest
September 18, 1998	Steaua Bucharest	13: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	İstanbul godparents SK	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 19, 1998	KHL Mladost Zagreb	3: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	İstanbul godparents SK	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 19, 1998	Steaua Bucharest	9: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Akademik Sofia	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 20, 1998	İstanbul godparents SK	5: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Akademik Sofia	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest
September 20, 1998	Steaua Bucharest	15: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Steaua Bucharest	3	3	0	0	37: 01	6-0
2.	İstanbul godparents SK	3	2	0	1	10:19	4: 2
3.	Akademik Sofia	3	1	0	2	05:15	2: 4
4th	KHL Mladost Zagreb	3	0	0	3	04:21	0: 6

Group F.

Group F was in Romania Miercurea Ciuc discharged. The tournament was won by the host team, SC Miercurea Ciuc , with three wins and qualified for the second round.

September 18, 1998	HK Slavia Sofia	5: 1 (1: 0, 3: 1, 1: 0)	Maccabi Amos Lod	Vákár Lajos Jégcsarnok, Miercurea Ciuc
September 18, 1998	SC Miercurea Ciuc	32: 0 (12: 0, 10: 0, 10: 0)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Vákár Lajos Jégcsarnok, Miercurea Ciuc
September 19, 1998	HK Slavia Sofia	8: 1 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 1)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Vákár Lajos Jégcsarnok, Miercurea Ciuc
September 19, 1998	SC Miercurea Ciuc	8: 1 (2: 0, 4: 0, 2: 1)	Maccabi Amos Lod	Vákár Lajos Jégcsarnok, Miercurea Ciuc
September 20, 1998	Maccabi Amos Lod	5: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Vákár Lajos Jégcsarnok, Miercurea Ciuc
September 20, 1998	SC Miercurea Ciuc	12: 2 (1: 1, 4: 1, 7: 0)	HK Slavia Sofia	Vákár Lajos Jégcsarnok, Miercurea Ciuc

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	3	0	0	52: 03	6-0
2.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	2	0	1	15:14	4: 2
3.	Maccabi Amos Lod	3	1	0	2	07:13	2: 4
4th	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK	3	0	0	3	01:45	0: 6

Second round

Group G

Group G was held in Amiens , France . The tournament was won by the Norwegian team from Hamar , Storhamar Ishockey , with three wins and qualified for the semi-finals. In the decisive game for group victory, they managed a 4: 3 win against the host HC Amiens Somme .

October 9, 1998	Nijmegen Tigers	4: 6 (0: 1, 2: 3, 2: 2)	Storhamar IL	Coliseum, Amiens
October 9, 1998	HC Amiens Somme	4: 2 (2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)	Frisk Asker	Coliseum, Amiens
October 10, 1998	Storhamar IL	3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Frisk Asker	Coliseum, Amiens
October 10, 1998	HC Amiens Somme	6: 1 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)	Nijmegen Tigers	Coliseum, Amiens
October 11, 1998	Nijmegen Tigers	2: 7 (2: 2, 0: 5, 0: 0)	Frisk Asker	Coliseum, Amiens
October 11, 1998	HC Amiens Somme	3: 4 (2: 3, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Storhamar IL	Coliseum, Amiens

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Storhamar IL	3	3	0	0	13: 09	6-0
2.	HC Amiens Somme	3	2	0	1	13: 07	4: 2
3.	Frisk Asker	3	1	0	2	11: 09	2: 4
4th	Nijmegen Tigers	3	0	0	3	07:19	0: 6

Group H.

Group H was held in Poprad , Slovakia . HC Dukla Trenčín won the tournament with three victories and qualified for the semi-finals. In the decisive game for group victory, a 5-1 win against the host HK ŠKP Poprad succeeded .

October 9, 1998	HC Dukla Trenčín	6: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Tatravagónka aréna, Poprad
October 9, 1998	ŠKP PS Poprad	4: 2 (2: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0)	Herning IK	Tatravagónka aréna, Poprad
October 10, 1998	HC Dukla Trenčín	5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1)	Herning IK	Tatravagónka aréna, Poprad
October 10, 1998	ŠKP PS Poprad	5: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 2: 0)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Tatravagónka aréna, Poprad
October 11, 1998	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 1: 1)	Herning IK	Tatravagónka aréna, Poprad
October 11, 1998	ŠKP PS Poprad	1: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Dukla Trenčín	Tatravagónka aréna, Poprad

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Dukla Trenčín	3	3	0	0	16: 03	6-0
2.	ŠKP PS Poprad	3	2	0	1	10: 09	4: 2
3.	Herning IK	3	1	0	2	08:10	2: 4
4th	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	0	0	3	03:15	0: 6

Group J

Group J was held in Navapolazk , Belarus . The tournament was won by the host Polimir Navapolatsk with three wins and qualified for the semi-finals. In the decisive game for group victory, a 5-3 win against HK Sokol Kiev succeeded .

October 9, 1998	HK Sokol Kiev	8: 1 (2: 0, 5: 1, 1: 0)	Narva Kreenholm	Ice and Culture Palace, Navapolatsk
October 9, 1998	Polimir Navapolatsk	6: 2 (1: 0, 2: 2, 3: 0)	HK Berkut Kiev	Ice and Culture Palace, Navapolatsk
October 10, 1998	HK Berkut Kiev	0: 6 (0: 1, 0: 4, 0: 1)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ice and Culture Palace, Navapolatsk
October 10, 1998	Polimir Navapolatsk	14: 1 (3: 0, 7: 1, 4: 0)	Narva Kreenholm	Ice and Culture Palace, Navapolatsk
October 11, 1998	HK Berkut Kiev	11: 2 (6: 2, 1: 0, 4: 0)	Narva Kreenholm	Ice and Culture Palace, Navapolatsk
October 11, 1998	Polimir Navapolatsk	5: 3 (1: 0, 3: 0, 1: 3)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ice and Culture Palace, Navapolatsk

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Polimir Navapolatsk	3	3	0	0	25: 06	6-0
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	2	0	1	17: 06	4: 2
3.	HK Berkut Kiev	3	1	0	2	13:14	2: 4
4th	Narva Kreenholm	3	0	0	3	04:33	0: 6

Group K

The group K was in Welsh Cardiff discharged. The venue was the Cardiff Arena with a capacity of 2,500 . The Slovenian representative, HDD Olimpija Ljubljana , prevailed with two wins and one draw and thus reached the semi-finals.

October 9, 1998	Podhale Nowy Targ	5: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Cardiff Arena , Cardiff
October 9, 1998	Cardiff Devils	2: 3 (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Cardiff Arena, Cardiff
October 10, 1998	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	5: 2 (2: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)	Podhale Nowy Targ	Cardiff Arena, Cardiff
October 10, 1998	Cardiff Devils	2: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 2: 2)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Cardiff Arena, Cardiff
October 11, 1998	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	2: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Cardiff Arena, Cardiff
October 11, 1998	Cardiff Devils	5: 3 (1: 2, 4: 0, 0: 1)	Podhale Nowy Targ	Cardiff Arena, Cardiff

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	2	1	0	10: 06	5: 1
2.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3	1	1	1	06: 09	3: 3
3.	Cardiff Devils	3	1	0	2	09:10	2: 4
4th	Podhale Nowy Targ	3	1	0	2	10:10	2: 4

Group L

October 9, 1998	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	5: 3 (1: 1, 4: 1, 0: 1)	Steaua Bucharest	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 9, 1998	KS Unia Oświęcim	6: 1 (3: 1, 2: 0, 1: 0)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 10, 1998	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	5: 6 (4: 1, 1: 2, 0: 3)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 10, 1998	KS Unia Oświęcim	6: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0)	Steaua Bucharest	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 11, 1998	SC Miercurea Ciuc	2: 9 (1: 2, 1: 4, 0: 3)	Steaua Bucharest	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 11, 1998	KS Unia Oświęcim	11: 0 (4: 0, 2: 0, 5: 0)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	KS Unia Oświęcim	3	3	0	0	23: 02	6-0
2.	Steaua Bucharest	3	1	0	2	13:13	2: 4
3.	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	3	1	0	2	10:20	2: 4
4th	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	1	0	2	09:20	2: 4

Group M

October 9, 1998	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	4: 4 (0: 1, 4: 3, 0: 0)	Sheffield Steelers	Blinow Sports Complex , Omsk
October 9, 1998	HK Awangard Omsk	2: 2 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	HK Lada Tolyatti	Blinow Sports Complex, Omsk
October 10, 1998	HK Lada Tolyatti	6: 3 (4: 2, 0: 0, 2: 1)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Blinow Sports Complex, Omsk
October 10, 1998	HK Awangard Omsk	5: 1 (0: 0, 4: 0, 1: 1)	Sheffield Steelers	Blinow Sports Complex, Omsk
October 11, 1998	HK Lada Tolyatti	3: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)	Sheffield Steelers	Blinow Sports Complex, Omsk
October 11, 1998	HK Awangard Omsk	2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Blinow Sports Complex, Omsk

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Awangard Omsk	3	2	1	0	09: 03	5: 1
2.	HK Lada Tolyatti	3	2	1	0	11: 06	5: 1
3.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	0	1	2	07:12	1: 5
4th	Sheffield Steelers	3	0	1	2	06:12	1: 5

Semifinals

The semi-finals were played between November 13 and 15, 1998 at three venues.

Groups

The games of Group N were played in the ice rink on Brehmstrasse in Düsseldorf , with the host Düsseldorfer EG prevailing with two wins and one draw and reaching the final.

November 13, 1998	HC Dukla Trenčín	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	Storhamar IL	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse , Düsseldorf
November 13, 1998	Düsseldorfer EG	4: 4 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 3)	HC Liberec	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse, Düsseldorf
November 14, 1998	HC Liberec	3: 6 (0: 1, 2: 3, 1: 2)	HC Dukla Trenčín	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse, Düsseldorf
November 14, 1998	Düsseldorfer EG	7: 4 (4: 1, 1: 0, 2: 3)	Storhamar IL	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse, Düsseldorf
November 15, 1998	Düsseldorfer EG	3: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)	HC Dukla Trenčín	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse, Düsseldorf
November 15, 1998	Storhamar IL	6: 2 (1: 2, 2: 0, 3: 0)	HC Liberec	Ice rink on Brehmstrasse, Düsseldorf

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Düsseldorfer EG	3	2	1	0	14: 09	5: 1
2.	HC Dukla Trenčín	3	2	0	1	09: 07	4: 2
3.	Storhamar IL	3	1	0	2	11:11	2: 4
4th	HC Liberec	3	0	1	2	09:16	1: 5

Group O

Group O was held in Ambrì in the Swiss canton of Ticino . The host club, HC Ambrì-Piotta , dominated the tournament with three wins, making it into the final. The venue was the 7,000-seat Pista la Valascia . The big disappointment of the tournament was the Austrian representative EHC Graz , who only suffered defeats and went bankrupt that same year.

November 13, 1998	KS Unia Oświęcim	1: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Pista la Valascia , Ambrì
November 13, 1998	HC Ambrì-Piotta	2: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	EHC Graz	Pista la Valascia, Ambrì
November 14, 1998	EHC Graz	1: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2)	KS Unia Oświęcim	Pista la Valascia, Ambrì
November 14, 1998	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6: 5 (2: 0, 2: 0, 2: 5)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Pista la Valascia, Ambrì
November 15, 1998	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	5: 2 (1: 1, 3: 1, 1: 0)	EHC Graz	Pista la Valascia, Ambrì
November 15, 1998	HC Ambrì-Piotta	3: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	KS Unia Oświęcim	Pista la Valascia, Ambrì

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	3	3	0	0	11: 06	6-0
2.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	2	0	1	15: 09	4: 2
3.	KS Unia Oświęcim	3	1	0	2	07: 09	2: 4
4th	EHC Graz	3	0	0	3	03:12	0: 6

Group p

The Group P games were played in Yaroslavl , Russia . HK Awangard Omsk prevailed with three wins, while the host Torpedo Yaroslavl only achieved second place. In the decisive game for the tournament victory, the team from Omsk managed a 4-0 victory against the hosts and thus reached the final of the Continental Cup.

November 13, 1998	HK Awangard Omsk	5: 2 (4: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Avtodisel Arena , Yaroslavl
November 13, 1998	Yaroslavl torpedo	10: 0 (5: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)	Polimir Navapolatsk	Avtodisel Arena, Yaroslavl
November 14, 1998	Yaroslavl torpedo	3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Avtodisel Arena, Yaroslavl
November 14, 1998	HK Awangard Omsk	3: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Polimir Navapolatsk	Avtodisel Arena, Yaroslavl
November 15, 1998	Polimir Navapolatsk	1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Avtodisel Arena, Yaroslavl
November 15, 1998	Yaroslavl torpedo	0: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 1)	HK Awangard Omsk	Avtodisel Arena, Yaroslavl

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Awangard Omsk	3	3	0	0	12: 04	6-0
2.	Yaroslavl torpedo	3	2	0	1	13: 04	4: 2
3.	Polimir Navapolatsk	3	1	0	2	03:13	2: 4
4th	HK Nyoman Hrodna	3	0	0	3	02: 09	0: 6

final

The games of the final tournament took place between December 27 and 29, 1998 in Košice , Slovakia . The host team was last year's winner of the Continental Cup, HC Košice , with all games being played in Košický štadión L. Trojáka, which holds 8,340 spectators .

In addition to the host, the winners of the three semi-final tournaments took part in the tournament:

HC Ambrì-Piotta

Düsseldorfer EG

HK Awangard Omsk

HC Košice

Results

December 27, 1998	HC Ambrì-Piotta	6: 4 (3: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1)	Düsseldorfer EG	Košický š. L. Trojáka, Košice spectators: 500
December 27, 1998	HC Košice	2: 3 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 3)	HK Awangard Omsk	Košický š. L. Trojáka, Košice spectators:
December 28, 1998	HC Ambrì-Piotta	5: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 3: 1)	HK Awangard Omsk	Košický š. L. Trojáka, Košice spectators: 600
December 28, 1998	HC Košice	5: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	Düsseldorfer EG	Košický š. L. Trojáka, Košice spectators:
December 29, 1998	Düsseldorfer EG	1: 4 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 2)	HK Awangard Omsk	Košický š. L. Trojáka, Košice spectators:
December 29, 1998	HC Košice	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	HC Ambrì-Piotta	Košický š. L. Trojáka, Košice Spectators: 2000

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points	Torv. 1
1.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	3	2	0	1	12: 09	4: 2	6: 5
2.	HC Košice	3	2	0	1	09: 04	4: 2	4: 4
3.	HK Awangard Omsk	3	2	0	1	10: 08	4: 2	6: 7
4th	Düsseldorfer EG	3	0	0	3	05:15	0: 6	-

¹ After the group matches, three teams had four points and one loss and one win each against the other two competitors. Therefore, the better goal difference in the games of these three teams decided against each other.

HC Ambrì-Piotta under coach Larry Huras won the IIHF Continental Cup for the first time in its history due to the better goal difference, while the Düsseldorfer EG could not win any game in the final round.

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner HC Ambrì-Piotta

Goalkeepers: Pauli Jaks , Peter Martin Defenders: Frédy Bobillier , Ivan Gazzaroli , Tiziano Gianini , Giordano Guidotti , Leif Rohlin , Edgar Salis , Bruno Steck , Oliver Tschanz Attackers: Mattia Baldi , Krister Cantoni , Manuele Celio , Paul DiPietro , Ryan Gardner , Vjeran Ivanković , Oleg Petrow , Franz Steffen , Claude Verret , Theo Wittmann , Thomas Ziegler Head Coach: Larry Huras

Awards

Source:

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Miroslav Šimonovič	HC Košice
Best defender	Dmitri Ryabykin	HK Awangard Omsk
Best striker	Oleg Petrov	HC Ambrì-Piotta

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeyfans.ch, final tournament in Košice
2. ↑ hockeyarchives.info, Coupe Continentale 1998/99
3. ↑ Continental Cup Awards ( Memento of the original from October 16, 2007 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. at www.azhockey.com 

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