IIHF Continental Cup 2000/01

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The IIHF Continental Cup 2000/01 was the fourth edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . 46 teams took part in the tournament, which was held from September 22, 2000 to January 14, 2001. The final round was held in Zurich from January 12-14, 2001 .

One final round participant was set, the host ZSC Lions . The other three finalists were determined in three qualifying rounds.

First round

The first round games took place from September 22 to 24, 2000. In five groups of four teams, a total of 20 teams played for a place in the second round. Only the first in the group qualified for the games in groups F to L, in which five places were still open.

Group A

The group A tournament was held in Sofia , Bulgaria . The HK Sokol Kiev prevailed with three wins against its competitors and reached the second qualifying round.

September 22, 2000	HK Slavia Sofia	8: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 22, 2000	HK Sokol Kiev	15: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 23, 2000	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	5: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Slavia Sofia	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 23, 2000	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	1:22 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Sokol Kiev	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 24, 2000	HK Slavia Sofia	0:19 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Sokol Kiev	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia
September 24, 2000	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	3: 8 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Slavia Ice Stadium, Sofia

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	3	0	0	56: 02	6-0
2.	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	2	0	1	14:22	4: 2
3.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	1	0	2	12:26	2: 4
4th	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK	3	0	0	3	06:38	0: 6

Group B

Group B games were played in the Serbian capital Belgrade . The host HK Red Star Belgrade clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the second qualifying round.

September 22, 2000	HK Red Star Belgrade	13: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	İstanbul godparents SK	Ledena Dvorana, Belgrade
September 22, 2000	HK Levski Sofia	7: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Ma'alot	Ledena Dvorana, Belgrade
September 23, 2000	HK Red Star Belgrade	6: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Levski Sofia	Ledena Dvorana, Belgrade
September 23, 2000	İstanbul godparents SK	4:11 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Ma'alot	Ledena Dvorana, Belgrade
September 24, 2000	HC Ma'alot	3:15 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena Dvorana, Belgrade
September 24, 2000	HK Levski Sofia	7: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	İstanbul godparents SK	Ledena Dvorana, Belgrade

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Red Star Belgrade	3	3	0	0	34: 04	6-0
2.	HK Levski Sofia	3	2	0	1	14: 08	4: 2
3.	HC Ma'alot	3	1	0	2	16:26	2: 4
4th	İstanbul godparents SK	3	0	0	3	05:31	0: 6

Group C

The tournament Group C was in Romania Miercurea Ciuc discharged. The tournament winner was Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk from Kazakhstan , which clearly reached the second round with three wins.

September 22, 2000	Ferencváros Budapest	5: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Club Hielo Jaca	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 22, 2000	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	8: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 23, 2000	Club Hielo Jaca	1: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 23, 2000	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	9: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Ferencváros Budapest	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 24, 2000	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	14: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Club Hielo Jaca	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc
September 24, 2000	SC Miercurea Ciuc	4: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Ferencváros Budapest	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	3	0	0	31: 01	6-0
2.	Ferencváros Budapest	3	2	0	1	10:15	4: 2
3.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	1	0	2	08:14	2: 4
4th	Club Hielo Jaca	3	0	0	3	03:22	0: 6

Group D

Group D matches were played in Székesfehérvár , Hungary . The tournament was won by the host Alba Volán Székesfehérvár , who prevailed with three wins and reached the second round.

September 22, 2000	HK Slavija Ljubljana	9: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Rapid Bucharest	Ice rink , Székesfehérvár
September 22, 2000	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	4: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Podhale Nowy Targ	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 23, 2000	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	8: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 23, 2000	Rapid Bucharest	3: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Podhale Nowy Targ	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 24, 2000	Podhale Nowy Targ	0: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 24, 2000	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	12: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Rapid Bucharest	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	3	0	0	24: 03	6-0
2.	HK Slavija Ljubljana	3	2	0	1	14:11	4: 2
3.	Podhale Nowy Targ	3	1	0	2	06:10	2: 4
4th	Rapid Bucharest	3	0	0	3	06:26	0: 6

Group E

The group F tournament was held in Caen , France . The Herning Blue Fox from Denmark clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the second round of the Continental Cup.

September 22, 2000	HC Caen	7: 2 (1: 0, 3: 1, 3: 1)	Nijmegen Tigers	Patinoire, Caen
September 22, 2000	Herning Blue Fox	17: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián	Patinoire, Caen
September 23, 2000	HC Caen	20: 3 (10: 3, 6: 0, 4: 0)0	CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián	Patinoire, Caen
September 23, 2000	Herning Blue Fox	13: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Nijmegen Tigers	Patinoire, Caen
September 24, 2000	HC Caen	2: 6 (0: 2, 1: 3, 1: 1)	Herning Blue Fox	Patinoire, Caen
September 24, 2000	Nijmegen Tigers	11: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián	Patinoire, Caen

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Herning Blue Fox	3	3	0	0	36: 03	6-0
2.	HC Caen	3	2	0	1	29:11	4: 2
3.	Nijmegen Tigers	3	1	0	2	14:21	2: 4
4th	CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián	3	0	0	3	04:48	0: 6

Second round

The games of the second round took place from October 20-22, 2000 at six venues. The 24 teams, including the five first-round qualifiers, played in six groups of four clubs. The qualifiers were placed in groups F, G, H, J and L. The respective group winners reached the semifinals of the competition.

Group F.

The tournament Group F was at two venues - in Swiss Lugano and the Italian Milan  - discharged. After the second match day, HC Lugano was already the tournament winner with two wins and reached the third qualifying round.

October 20, 2000	HC Lugano	3: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	HK Sokol Kiev	Resega , Lugano spectators: 2,683
October 20, 2000	HC Milano Vipers	3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1)	EC Villacher SV	Pala Agorà , Milan Spectators: 1,500
October 21, 2000	HC Milano Vipers	1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 2)	HC Lugano	Pala Agorà, Milan Spectators: 1,500
October 21, 2000	EC Villacher SV	3: 7 (1: 4, 0: 3, 2: 0)	HK Sokol Kiev	Resega, Lugano spectators:
October 22, 2000	HC Milano Vipers	2: 2 (0: 0, 2: 1, 0: 1)	HK Sokol Kiev	Pala Agorà, Milan Spectators: 1,000
October 22, 2000	HC Lugano	4: 1 (2: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0)	EC Villacher SV	Resega, Lugano spectators: 1,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Lugano	3	3	0	0	10: 02	6-0
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	1	1	1	09: 08	3: 3
3.	HC Milano Vipers	3	1	1	1	06: 07	3: 3
4th	EC Villacher SV	3	0	0	3	06:14	0: 6

Group G

The group G games were played in the 5,000-seat Hala Tivoli in Ljubljana . The HK Berkut Kiev clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the third qualifying round, while the host HDD Olimpija Ljubljana only managed one victory.

October 20, 2000	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	0: 8 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Berkut Kiev	Hala Tivoli , Ljubljana
October 20, 2000	EC Klagenfurt AC	6: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
October 21, 2000	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	7: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
October 21, 2000	HK Berkut Kiev	3: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	EC Klagenfurt AC	Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
October 22, 2000	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	0: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	EC Klagenfurt AC	Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana
October 22, 2000	HK Berkut Kiev	10: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Hala Tivoli, Ljubljana

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Berkut Kiev	3	3	0	0	21: 03	6-0
2.	EC Klagenfurt AC	3	2	0	1	09: 03	4: 2
3.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	1	0	2	07:14	2: 4
4th	HK Red Star Belgrade	3	0	0	3	06:23	0: 6

Group H.

In Group H, HKm Zvolen clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the third qualifying round.

October 20, 2000	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	1: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HKm Zvolen	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
October 20, 2000	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	5: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
October 21, 2000	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	2: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
October 21, 2000	HKm Zvolen	3: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
October 22, 2000	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	3:11 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros
October 22, 2000	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	2: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HKm Zvolen	Dunaújvárosi Jégcsarnok, Dunaújváros

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HKm Zvolen	3	3	0	0	13: 04	6-0
2.	Dunaferr SE Dunaújváros	3	1	1	1	09: 09	3: 3
3.	Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	1	0	2	14:11	2: 4
4th	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	3	0	1	2	06:18	1: 5

Group J

The games in Group J were in Polish Oswiecim discharged. The venue was the Hala Lodowa Oświęcim , which can accommodate up to 3500 spectators. In the course of the tournament, the host Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim prevailed with three clear wins and reached the third qualifying round.

October 20, 2000	HK Acroni Jesenice	0: 8 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	IHC Písek	Hala Lodowa Oświęcim , Oświęcim
October 20, 2000	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	5: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Hala Lodowa Oświęcim, Oświęcim
October 21, 2000	IHC Písek	3: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Hala Lodowa Oświęcim, Oświęcim
October 21, 2000	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	4: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Acroni Jesenice	Hala Lodowa Oświęcim, Oświęcim
October 22, 2000	HK Acroni Jesenice	10: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Hala Lodowa Oświęcim, Oświęcim
October 22, 2000	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	6: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	IHC Písek	Hala Lodowa Oświęcim, Oświęcim

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	3	3	0	0	15: 02	6-0
2.	IHC Písek	3	1	1	1	12: 09	3: 3
3.	HK Acroni Jesenice	3	1	0	2	11:16	2: 4
4th	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	0	1	2	07:18	1: 5

Group K

The tournament was the group K in Latvian Liepaja discharged. HK Keramin Minsk from Belarus prevailed with two wins and one draw and reached the third qualifying round.

October 20, 2000	SC Energija Elektrenaï	5:12 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Keramin Minsk	Olimpiskā ledus hall , Liepāja
October 20, 2000	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	4: 7 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Riga 2000	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja
October 21, 2000	HK Riga 2000	1: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Keramin Minsk	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja
October 21, 2000	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	5: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrenaï	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja
October 22, 2000	HK Riga 2000	4: 6 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrenaï	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja
October 22, 2000	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	2: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Keramin Minsk	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Keramin Minsk	3	2	1	0	20: 08	5: 1
2.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	1	1	1	11:12	3: 3
3.	HK Riga 2000	3	1	0	2	12:16	2: 4
4th	SC Energija Elektrenaï	3	1	0	2	14:21	2: 4

Group L

The tournament of Group L was in the Danish Frederikshavn played. The venue of the tournament was the Iscenter Nord , which has a capacity of 2,490 spectators. The tournament was won by Vålerenga IF Oslo , with two wins and one draw. The last tournament game, anyway only of statistical value, was canceled after 27:22 minutes in the second third due to technical problems with the cooling system and no points were awarded from this encounter.

October 20, 2000	Herning Blue Fox	5: 7 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Iscenter Nord , Frederikshavn
October 20, 2000	Frederikshavn IK	3: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Reims HC	Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn
October 21, 2000	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Reims HC	Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn
October 21, 2000	Frederikshavn IK	4: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Herning Blue Fox	Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn
October 22, 2000	Frederikshavn IK	1: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn
October 22, 2000	Herning Blue Fox	-: - (without rating)	Reims HC	Iscenter Nord, Frederikshavn

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	2	1	0	14: 09	5: 1
2.	Frederikshavn IK	3	1	1	1	08:10	3: 3
3.	Reims HC	2	0	2	0	06: 06	2: 2
4th	Herning Blue Fox	2	0	0	2	08:11	0: 4

Semifinals

The semi-final tournaments were held from November 24th to 26th, 2000 at four venues in three groups of four teams. The Swiss canton of Ticino with the towns of Ambrì and Biasca , the Slovakian Bratislava and the Norwegian Hamar served as venues . In addition to the six teams that qualified as group winners of the second round, six other teams were seeded. The group winners of the semifinals reached the final tournament in Zurich .

Group M

The group M tournament was held in the Swiss canton of Ticino . The venues were Biasca with the Pista di Ghiaccio and the home stadium of the host HC Ambrì-Piotta , the Pista la Valascia in Quinto . The tournament winner was the German DEL participant München Barons , trained by Sean Simpson , who prevailed with two wins and one draw. In the decisive last tournament game Manuele Celio was able to reduce the score to 1: 2 with an underpaid goal in the penultimate minute. Ambrì coach Pierre Pagé then took the goalkeeper off the ice 100 seconds before the end of the game and had six field players play in order to score the equalizer and win the tournament. But Munich's Andy Schneider made sure the Barons won the tournament with a shot into the empty goal, while Ambrì only took third place.

Gianluca Mona from HC Ambrì-Piotta was honored as the best goalkeeper of the tournament , Chris Luongo from the Munich Barons as the best defender and Chris Lindberg from HC Lugano as the best striker.

November 24, 2000 4:00 p.m.	HC Lugano	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Munich Barons	Pista di Ghiaccio , Biasca spectators: 750
November 24, 2000 8:00 p.m.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	4: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 3: 0)	HK Berkut Kiev	Pista la Valascia , Quinto spectators: 980
November 25, 2000 4:00 p.m.	Munich Barons	5: 4 (1: 1, 1: 3, 3: 0)	HK Berkut Kiev	Pista di Ghiaccio, Biasca spectators:
November 25, 2000 8:00 p.m.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	2: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)	HC Lugano	Pista la Valascia, Quinto spectator:
November 26, 2000 4:00 p.m.	HC Lugano	7: 4 (3: 1, 4: 2, 0: 1)	HK Berkut Kiev	Pista di Ghiaccio, Biasca spectators:
November 26, 2000 8:00 p.m.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Munich Barons	Pista la Valascia, Quinto spectator:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Munich Barons	3	2	1	0	09: 06	5: 1
2.	HC Lugano	3	1	2	0	10: 07	4: 2
3.	HC Ambrì-Piotta	3	1	1	1	07: 07	3: 3
4th	HK Berkut Kiev	3	0	0	3	10:16	0: 6

Groups

Group N games were played in the Slovak capital, Bratislava . The host HC Slovan Bratislava , the Slovak runner-up HKm Zvolen , the Czech HC Oceláři Třinec and the Polish representative Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim met each other. Although HKm Zvolen managed to win against HC Slovan Bratislava on matchday one, the latter was able to secure the win of the tournament with two clear wins in the end. The equal points team from Třinec took second place due to the poor goal difference and the lost direct encounter on the last day of the tournament.

November 24, 2000 2:30 p.m.	HC Oceláři Třinec	7: 3 (3: 1, 2: 2, 2: 0)	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu , Bratislava Spectators: 600
November 24, 2000 6:00 p.m.	HC Slovan Bratislava	0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)	HKm Zvolen	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 2,964
November 25, 2000 2:30 p.m.	HKm Zvolen	4: 6 (3: 1, 1: 4, 0: 1)	HC Oceláři Třinec	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 700
November 25, 2000 6:00 p.m.	HC Slovan Bratislava	7: 2 (1: 0, 4: 1, 2: 1)	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 2.260
November 26, 2000 2:30 p.m.	HKm Zvolen	5: 5 (2: 3, 2: 0, 1: 2)	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 623
November 26, 2000 6:00 p.m.	HC Slovan Bratislava	5: 2 (1: 1, 0: 1, 4: 0)	HC Oceláři Třinec	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 3,224

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Slovan Bratislava	3	2	0	1	12: 07	4: 2
2.	HC Oceláři Třinec	3	2	0	1	15:12	4: 2
3.	HKm Zvolen	3	1	1	1	12:11	3: 3
4th	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	3	0	1	2	10:19	1: 5

Group O

The group O tournament was held in Hamar , Norway . The London Knights prevailed due to the better goal difference against Vålerenga IF Oslo and thus qualified for the final round.

November 24, 2000 2:30 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	1: 1 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)	London Knights	OL-Amfi , Hamar spectators: 981
November 24, 2000 6:30 p.m.	Storhamar Dragons	5: 2 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 1)	HK Keramin Minsk	OL-Amfi, Hamar spectators: 1,957
November 25, 2000 2:30 p.m.	HK Keramin Minsk	0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 0)	London Knights	OL-Amfi, Hamar spectators: 469
November 25, 2000 6:30 p.m.	Storhamar Dragons	5: 7 (3: 2, 1: 0, 1: 5)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	OL-Amfi, Hamar spectators: 2.013
November 26, 2000 2:30 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	9: 3 (1: 1, 4: 2, 4: 0)	HK Keramin Minsk	OL-Amfi, Hamar spectators: 653
November 26, 2000 6:30 p.m.	Storhamar Dragons	1: 9 (1: 4, 0: 2, 0: 3)	London Knights	OL-Amfi, Hamar spectators: 1,070

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	London Knights	3	2	1	0	15: 02	5: 1
2.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	2	1	0	17: 09	5: 1
3.	Storhamar Dragons	3	1	0	2	11:18	2: 4
4th	HK Keramin Minsk	3	0	0	3	05:19	0: 6

final

The games of the final tournament took place between January 12 and 14, 2001 in Zurich . The host team were the ZSC Lions , with all games being played in the indoor stadium, which at the time had a capacity of 11,000 .

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

ZSC Lions Zurich

Munich Barons

London Knights

HC Slovan Bratislava

The equilibrium of the field of four participants was already reflected on the first match day. Only the hosts were able to leave the ice as winners with a narrow 1-0 win over the London Knights. Bratislava and Munich drew 2-2. On the second day of the tournament, the Zurich team was able to make clear the tournament victory with a clear 4: 1 over the Munich Barons. In addition, the 5-2 victory of London over Bratislava played into their cards. The final victory of the Knights over the Munich Barons didn't change that. Despite the defeat on the last day of the tournament against HC Slovan Bratislava, the host ZSC Lions became winners of the IIHF Continental Cup for the first time in their history due to the direct comparison with the London Knights. This was the third time in a row that a Swiss team won the cup. It was also the third title in a row for ZSC trainer Larry Huras , who had previously won twice with HC Ambrì-Piotta .

The top scorer of the tournament was Terry Marchant of the London Knights with three goals and three assists. In addition, the goalkeeping performance of Ari Sulander from Zurich stood out, who achieved a catch rate of 98.31 percent.

January 12, 2001	Munich Barons	2: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Hallenstadion , Zurich spectators: 1,250
January 12, 2001	ZSC Lions Zurich	1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)	London Knights	Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 4,700
January 13, 2001 2:30 p.m.	ZSC Lions Zurich	4: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 2: 1)	Munich Barons	Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 5,508
January 13, 2001	HC Slovan Bratislava	2: 5 (0: 3, 2: 1, 0: 1)	London Knights	Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators: 1,850
January 14, 2001	London Knights	4: 1 (0: 0, 4: 0, 0: 1)	Munich Barons	Hallenstadion, Zurich spectators:
January 14, 2001	ZSC Lions Zurich	1: 5 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 2)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Hallenstadion, Zurich Spectators: 6.096

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	ZSC Lions Zurich	3	2	0	1	06: 06	4: 2
2.	London Knights	3	2	0	1	09: 04	4: 2
3.	HC Slovan Bratislava	3	1	1	1	09: 08	3: 3
4th	Munich Barons	3	0	1	2	04:10	1: 5

Awards

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Ari Sulander	ZSC Lions Zurich
Best defender	Neal Martin	London Knights
Best striker	Zdeno Cíger	HC Slovan Bratislava

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner ZSC Lions Zurich

Goalkeepers: Thomas Papp , Ari Sulander Defenders: Martin Kout , Adrien Plavsic , Edgar Salis , Mathias Seger , Bruno Steck , Mark Streit , Andreas Zehnder Attackers: Mattia Baldi , Gian-Marco Crameri , Patric Della Rossa , Peter Jaks , Patrick Lebeau , Laurent Müller , Mark Ouimet , Ivo Prorok , Rolf Schrepfer , Reto Stirnimann , Claude Verret , Michel Zeiter Head Coach: Larry Huras

Individual evidence

1. ↑ hockeyarchives.info, Coupe Continentale 2000/01

Web links

• First round at hockeyfans.ch
• Second round at hockeyfans.ch
• Third round at hockeyfans.ch
• Final tournament in Zurich at hockeyfans.ch