IIHF Continental Cup 2002/03

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Master:	Jokerit Helsinki

The IIHF Continental Cup 2002/03 was the sixth edition of the competition held by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The final round, the so-called Super Final , was held in January 2003 in Lugano and Milan .

Five of the eight finalists were seeded. The three other participants in the Super Final were determined in three qualifying rounds.

Attendees

A total of 44 teams from 25 European countries took part in the competition for the Continental Cup.

HK Slavia Sofia Jokerit Helsinki Jukurit Mikkeli Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble Dragons de Rouen Ayr Scottish Eagles Belfast Giants HC Ma'alot Asiago Hockey HC Milano Vipers Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk KHL Medveščak Zagreb KHL Zagreb HK Liepājas Metalurgs HK Riga 2000

SC Energija Elektrėnai Tilburg Trappers Boretti Tigers Amsterdam Storhamar Dragons Vålerenga IF Oslo EHC Black Wings Linz EC Villacher SV GKS Katowice Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim CS Progym Gheorgheni Steaua Bucharest Yaroslavl locomotive HC Davos HC Lugano HK Vojvodina Novi Sad

HK Red Star Belgrade HC Slovan Bratislava HK Sportina Bled HK Acroni Jesenice HDD Olimpija Ljubljana FC Barcelona HG Club Hielo Jaca Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK HK Sokol Kiev Dunaferr Dunaújváros Alba Volán Székesfehérvár HK Nyoman Hrodna HK Chimwolokno Mahiljou HK Keramin Minsk

First round

The tournaments of the first qualifying round were played between September 20 and 22, 2002 at five venues. The winners of the five tournaments qualified for the second round.

Group A

Group A games were played at the Palao de Hiel in Barcelona .

September 20, 2002 4:00 p.m.	HK Riga 2000	5: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Zagreb	Palau de Gel, Barcelona
September 20, 2002 9:00 p.m.	FC Barcelona HG	4:11 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Tilburg Trappers	Palau de Gel, Barcelona
September 21, 2002 4:00 p.m.	FC Barcelona HG	1: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Zagreb	Palau de Gel, Barcelona
September 21, 2002 9:00 p.m.	HK Riga 2000	7: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Tilburg Trappers	Palau de Gel, Barcelona
September 22, 2002 4:00 p.m.	FC Barcelona HG	4:12 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Riga 2000	Palau de Gel, Barcelona
September 22, 2002 9:00 p.m.	Tilburg Trappers	4: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Zagreb	Palau de Gel, Barcelona

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Riga 2000	3	3	0	0	24: 05	6-0
2.	Tilburg Trappers	3	2	0	1	16:12	4: 2
3.	KHL Zagreb	3	1	0	1	05:10	2: 4
4th	FC Barcelona HG	3	0	0	3	09:27	0: 6

Group B

The tournament venue for Group B was Amsterdam , with Jaap Eden Hal as the venue . The Kazakh representative, Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk , was the clear tournament winner with three wins and moved into the second qualifying round.

September 20, 2002 at 5:00 p.m.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	9: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Jaap Eden Hal , Amsterdam
September 20, 2002 8:30 p.m.	Boretti Tigers Amsterdam	7: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 4: 0)	Club Hielo Jaca	Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam
September 21, 2002 at 5:00 p.m.	Boretti Tigers Amsterdam	8: 2 (3: 0, 1: 1, 4: 1)	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam
September 21, 2002 8:30 p.m.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	13: 0 (2: 0, 8: 0, 3: 0)	Club Hielo Jaca	Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam
September 22, 2002 at 5:00 p.m.	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	5: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 1: 1)	Club Hielo Jaca	Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam
September 22, 2002 8:30 p.m.	Boretti Tigers Amsterdam	4: 5 (1: 2, 0: 1, 3: 2)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Jaap Eden Hal, Amsterdam

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	3	0	0	27: 08	6-0
2.	Boretti Tigers Amsterdam	3	2	0	1	19: 08	4: 2
3.	HK Vojvodina Novi Sad	3	1	0	2	11:20	2: 4
4th	Club Hielo Jaca	3	0	0	3	01:20	0: 6

Group C

Group C games were played in Gheorgheni , Romania . The venue for the tournament was the Patinoarul Artificial . The tournament winner was HK Acroni Jesenice , who prevailed due to the better goal difference against the KHL Medveščak Zagreb and thus reached the second round of the cup competition.

September 20, 4:00 p.m.	HK Acroni Jesenice	1: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Patinoarul Artificial, Gheorgheni
September 20, 7:30 p.m.	CS Progym Gheorgheni	8: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Patinoarul Artificial, Gheorgheni
September 21, 4:00 p.m.	HK Acroni Jesenice	24: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	Patinoarul Artificial, Gheorgheni
September 21, 7:30 p.m.	CS Progym Gheorgheni	4: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Patinoarul Artificial, Gheorgheni
September 22, 4:00 p.m.	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara	1:14 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Patinoarul Artificial, Gheorgheni
September 22, 7:30 p.m.	HK Acroni Jesenice	11: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Patinoarul Artificial, Gheorgheni

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Acroni Jesenice	3	2	1	0	36: 05	5: 1
2.	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	3	2	1	0	20: 06	5: 1
3.	CS Progym Gheorgheni	3	1	0	2	16:21	2: 4
4th	Büyükşehir Belediyesi Ankara SK	3	0	0	3	06:46	0: 6

Group D

The games in Group D were in the Ledena dvorana Pionir in Serbian Belgrade discharged. The tournament was won by the team of Dunaferr Dunaújváros , who prevailed in the decisive game for the tournament victory 11-0 against HK Red Star Belgrade and thus moved into the second round of the cup. The Hungarian team also kept clean sheets throughout the tournament .

September 20, 4:30 p.m.	HK Slavia Sofia	0:26 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
September 20, 7:00 p.m.	HC Ma'alot	2:10 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
September 21, 4:30 p.m.	HK Slavia Sofia	3:10 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
September 21, 7:00 p.m.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	16: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Ma'alot	Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
September 22nd, 4:30 p.m.	HK Slavia Sofia	10: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HC Ma'alot	Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
September 22, 7:00 p.m.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	11: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3	3	0	0	53: 00	6-0
2.	HK Red Star Belgrade	3	2	0	0	20:16	4: 2
3.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	1	0	1	13:39	2: 4
4th	HC Ma'alot	3	0	0	3	05:36	0: 6

Group E

Venue Group E was the ice rink Székesfehérvár in Hungarian Székesfehérvár . The host club, Alba Volán Székesfehérvár , prevailed with three wins and qualified for the second round.

September 20, 4:00 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Steaua Bucharest	Ice rink , Székesfehérvár
September 20, 7:00 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	5: 0 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Sportina Bled	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 21, 3:00 p.m.	Steaua Bucharest	3: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Sportina Bled	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 21, 6:00 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	12: 5 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
September 22nd 3pm	SC Energija Elektrėnai	7: 2 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Sportina Bled	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár
22nd September 6pm	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Steaua Bucharest	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	3	0	0	20: 06	6-0
2.	Steaua Bucharest	3	2	0	1	09: 07	4: 2
3.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	1	0	2	15:19	2: 4
4th	HK Sportina Bled	3	0	0	3	03:15	0: 6

Second round

The tournaments of the second qualifying round were played from October 18 to 20, 2002 at four venues. The respective tournament winners reached the third qualifying round.

Group F.

The Group F games were played in the Patinoire L'île Lacroix in Rouen , France . The tournament had to be canceled on the morning of October 20th due to a defect in the cooling system. The Ayr Scottish Eagles had already won the tournament on matchday two and qualified for the next round. However, since the club from Scotland went bankrupt a short time later, the second-placed Dragons de Rouen took part in the third qualifying round.

October 18, 4:30 p.m.	Storhamar Dragons	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 1)	Ayr Scottish Eagles	Patinoire L'île Lacroix , Rouen
October 18, 8:00 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen	5: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 2: 0)	HK Riga 2000	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen
October 19, 4:30 p.m.	Storhamar Dragons	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)	HK Riga 2000	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen
October 19, 8:00 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen	2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2)	Ayr Scottish Eagles	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ayr Scottish Eagles	2	2	0	0	08: 03	4-0
2.	Dragons de Rouen	2	1	0	1	07: 07	2: 2
3.	Storhamar Dragons	2	1	0	1	03: 03	2: 2
4th	HK Riga 2000	2	0	0	2	02: 07	0: 4

Group G

Group G games were played in the Linz ice rink . The host EHC Linz clearly prevailed with three wins and reached the third round.

October 18, 5:00 p.m.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	2: 7 (0: 2, 1: 1, 1: 4)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Ice rink , Linz
October 18, 8:30 p.m.	EHC Black Wings Linz	6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	GKS Katowice	Ice rink, Linz
October 19, 4:00 p.m.	GKS Katowice	3: 6 (0: 3, 2: 0, 1: 3)	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	Ice rink, Linz
October 19, 7:30 p.m.	EHC Black Wings Linz	4: 2 (3: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Ice rink, Linz
October 20, 3:00 p.m.	EHC Black Wings Linz	6: 4 (1: 1, 1: 2, 4: 1)	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	Ice rink, Linz
October 20, 6:30 p.m.	GKS Katowice	1: 7 (0: 3, 0: 1, 1: 3)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Ice rink, Linz

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	EHC Black Wings Linz	3	3	0	0	16: 06	6-0
2.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	2	0	1	16: 07	4: 2
3.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	3	1	0	2	12:16	2: 4
4th	GKS Katowice	3	0	0	3	04:19	0: 6

Group H.

Venue Group H was the Olimpiskā ledus hall in Latvian Liepaja . Due to the direct comparison won against HK Njoman Hrodna , Jukurit Mikkeli was able to win the tournament, while the host HK Liepājas Metalurgs only finished last.

October 18, 3:00 p.m.	Jukurit Mikkeli	2: 1 (0: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Olimpiskā ledus hall , Liepāja spectators: 180
October 18, 7:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 2)	HK Acroni Jesenice	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja spectators: 1,200
October 19, 3:00 p.m.	HK Acroni Jesenice	1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)	Jukurit Mikkeli	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja spectators: 150
October 19, 7:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)	HK Nyoman Hrodna	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 1,050
October 20, 3:00 p.m.	HK Nyoman Hrodna	3: 2 (0: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)	HK Acroni Jesenice	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja spectators: 120
October 20, 7:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 2: 0)	Jukurit Mikkeli	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 1,050

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Jukurit Mikkeli	3	2	0	1	06: 05	4: 2
2.	HK Nyoman Hrodna	3	2	0	1	06: 05	4: 2
3.	HK Acroni Jesenice	3	1	0	2	05: 07	2: 4
4th	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	1	0	2	05: 05	2: 4

Group I.

The games in Group I were in the Hala Lodowa in Polish Oswiecim discharged. Dunaferr Dunaújváros prevailed over his national competitor Alba Volán Székesfehérvár due to the direct comparison won and reached the third round.

October 18, 1:30 p.m.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	4: 4 (1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1)	HK Chimwolokno Mahiljou	Hala Lodowa , Oświęcim
October 18, 5:00 p.m.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	1: 5 (1: 4, 0: 1, 0: 0)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 19, 1:30 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	4: 8 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 5)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 19, 5:00 p.m.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	6: 4 (2: 1, 2: 2, 2: 1)	HK Chimwolokno Mahiljou	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 20, 1:30 p.m.	HK Chimwolokno Mahiljou	2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim
October 20, 5:00 p.m.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	2: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim

Group I venue, the Lodowy Stadium in Oświęcim

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3	1	2	0	14:10	4: 2
2.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	2	0	1	13:10	4: 2
3.	Dwory SSA Unia Oświęcim	3	1	1	1	09:11	3: 3
3.	HK Chimwolokno Mahiljou	3	0	1	2	09:14	1: 5

Third round

The three tournaments for the finals were held from November 22nd to 24th, 2002 at three venues. The three tournament winners qualified for the Super Final .

Group J

Group J was hosted in Belfast , Northern Ireland . All games were played in the 8,000-seat Odyssey Arena . The host Belfast Giants clearly prevailed with three wins and thus reached the Super Final .

November 22, 2002 3:30 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen	4: 4 (3: 0, 0: 0, 1: 4)	EHC Black Wings Linz	Odyssey Arena , Belfast Spectators: 500
November 22, 2002 7:00 p.m.	Belfast Giants	3: 3 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Odyssey Arena, Belfast Spectators: 4,000
November 23, 2002 3:30 p.m.	EHC Black Wings Linz	3: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 0: 0)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Odyssey Arena, Belfast Spectators: 600
November 23, 2002 7:00 p.m.	Belfast Giants	8: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)	Dragons de Rouen	Odyssey Arena, Belfast Spectators: 4,000
November 24, 2002 3:30 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	5: 1 (3: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Dragons de Rouen	Odyssey Arena, Belfast Spectators: 500
November 24, 2002 7:00 p.m.	Belfast Giants	5: 3 (2: 2, 0: 0, 3: 1)	EHC Black Wings Linz	Odyssey Arena, Belfast Spectators: 4,000

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Belfast Giants	3	3	0	0	16: 03	6-0
2.	EHC Black Wings Linz	3	1	1	1	10:10	3: 3
3.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	1	0	2	06: 07	2: 4
4th	Dragons de Rouen	3	0	1	2	05:17	1: 5

Group K

Group K games were played in Asiago , Italy . The venue of the tournament was the Stadio Odegar . The winner of the tournament was HK Keramin Minsk , who qualified for the Super Final .

November 22, 2002 4:30 p.m.	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	1: 4 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 1)	Jukurit Mikkeli	Stadio Odegar , Asiago Spectators: 300
November 22, 2002 8:30 p.m.	HC Asiago	3: 3 (1: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)	HK Keramin Minsk	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 1,100
November 23, 2002 4:30 p.m.	Jukurit Mikkeli	3: 5 (3: 3, 0: 0, 0: 2)	HK Keramin Minsk	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 740
November 23, 2002 8:30 p.m.	HC Asiago	3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 1,300
November 24, 2002 4:30 p.m.	HK Keramin Minsk	3: 2 (0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 2)	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 680
November 24, 2002 8:30 p.m.	HC Asiago	1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2)	Jukurit Mikkeli	Stadio Odegar, Asiago Spectators: 1,530

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Keramin Minsk	3	2	1	0	11: 08	5: 1
2.	Jukurit Mikkeli	3	2	0	1	09: 07	4: 2
3.	HC Asiago	3	1	1	1	07: 07	3: 3
4th	HDD Olimpija Ljubljana	3	0	0	3	05:10	0: 6

Group L

The group L tournament took place in Bratislava , Slovakia . The venue was the Zimný štadión Ondreja Nepelu . In the last group game, a draw against EC VSV was enough for the hasty HC Slovan Bratislava to win the tournament and qualify for the Super Final .

November 22, 2002 2:30 p.m.	EC Villacher SV	2: 6 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 2)	HK Sokol Kiev	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu , Bratislava Spectators: 250
November 22, 2002 6:00 p.m.	HC Slovan Bratislava	6: 2 (3: 1, 3: 0, 0: 1)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 2,500
November 23, 2002 2:30 p.m.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 1)	EC Villacher SV	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 250
November 23, 2002 6:00 p.m.	HC Slovan Bratislava	6: 2 (2: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1)	HK Sokol Kiev	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 4,752
November 24, 2002 2:30 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	4: 4 (2: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1)	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 220
November 24, 2002 6:00 p.m.	HC Slovan Bratislava	2: 2 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0)	EC Villacher SV	Z. š. Ondreja Nepelu, Bratislava Spectators: 3,722

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Slovan Bratislava	3	2	1	0	14: 06	5: 1
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	1	1	1	12:12	3: 3
3.	Dunaferr Dunaújváros	3	0	2	1	09:13	2: 4
4th	EC Villacher SV	3	0	2	1	07:11	2: 4

Super final

The tournament for the Super Final was held from January 10th to 12th, 2003 at two venues. Within the two groups, the participants in the final were first played out, and the ranking for the placement games was determined.

Quarter finals

Semifinals

final

M1

HC Davos

1

M2

Yaroslavl locomotive

2

M2

Yaroslavl locomotive

6th

M3

HC Lugano

3

M3

HC Lugano

2

M4

Belfast Giants

0

M2

Yaroslavl locomotive

1

N1

Jokerit Helsinki

2

N1

Jokerit Helsinki

5

N2

HC Slovan Bratislava

2

N1

Jokerit Helsinki

5

3rd place match

N4

HK Keramin Minsk

2

N3

HC Milano Vipers

3

M3

HC Lugano

5

N4

HK Keramin Minsk

4th

N4

HK Keramin Minsk

0

Group M

The matches in Group M were Resega in Swiss Lugano played.

Semifinals

January 10, 2003 5:00 p.m.	HC Davos	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 1)	Yaroslavl locomotive	Resega , Lugano spectators: 500
January 10, 2003 8:30 p.m.	HC Lugano	2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Belfast Giants	Resega, Lugano spectators: 4,130

3rd place match

January 11, 2003 5:00 p.m.

HC Davos

2: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)

Belfast Giants

Resega, Lugano spectators: 1,170

final

January 11, 2003 8:30 p.m.

HC Lugano

3: 6 (2: 2, 1: 3, 0: 1)

Yaroslavl locomotive

Resega, Lugano spectators: 4,320

Groups

The matches in Group N were in the Fila Forum in Italian Milan held.

Semifinals

January 10, 2003 5:00 p.m.	Jokerit Helsinki	5: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 1)	HC Slovan Bratislava	Fila Forum , Milan Spectators: 2,200
January 10, 2003 8:30 p.m.	HC Milano Vipers	3: 4 n.P. (1: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)	HK Keramin Minsk	Fila Forum, Milan Spectators: 7,000

3rd place match

January 11, 2003 5:00 p.m.

HC Milano Vipers

1: 6 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 4)

HC Slovan Bratislava

Fila Forum, Milan Spectators: 4,000

final

January 11, 2003 8:30 p.m.

Jokerit Helsinki

5: 2 (2: 0, 2: 2, 1: 0)

HK Keramin Minsk

Fila Forum, Milan Spectators: 3,500

Finals

Lokomotive Yaroslavl and Jokerit Helsinki met in the final of the Continental Cup . Due to good goalkeeping performance, the game was only decided in the penalty shoot-out, with Jukka Voutilainen scoring the decisive goal against Russian goalkeeper Yegor Podomazki . Jokerit Helsinki wins the first Continental Cup in the club's history.

The third place match was won by the host HC Lugano against HK Keramin Minsk 5-0, with the first four goals falling in the first period and the game being decided early on.

Game for 7th place

January 12, 2003 11:00 a.m.

HC Davos

2: 0 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)

HC Milano Vipers

Fila Forum , Milan Spectators: 400

Play for 5th place

January 12, 2003 2:30 p.m.

HC Slovan Bratislava

4: 3 (2: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1)

Belfast Giants

Fila Forum, Milan Spectators: 700

3rd place match

January 12, 2003 5:00 p.m.

HC Lugano M. Murovic (4:04) F. Conne (15:03) M. Astley (17:13) M. Maneluk (18:30) M. Murovic (45:31)

5: 0 (4: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)

HK Keramin Minsk

Resega , Lugano spectators: 2,127

final

January 12, 2003 8:30 p.m.

Locomotive Yaroslavl J. Buzayev (8:49)

1: 2 n.P. (1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)

Jokerit Helsinki P. Pakaslahti (17:20) J. Voutilainen (PS)

Resega, Lugano Spectators: 1,989

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner Jokerit Helsinki

Goalkeepers: Markus Helanen , Kari Lehtonen Defenders: Markus Kankaanperä , Ilkka Mikkola , Antti-Jussi Niemi , Terran Sandwith , Mika Strömberg , Arto Tukio , Ari Vallin Attackers: Antti Aalto , Sean Bergenheim , Jukka Hentunen , Teemu Laine , David Nemirovsky , Petri Pakaslahti , Ville Peltonen , Jussi Pesonen , Toni Sihvonen , Tommi Turunen , Tomek Valtonen , Timo Vertala , Jukka Vuotilainen Head coach: Raimo Summanen

Web links

• Continental Cup 2002/03 at hockeyarchives.info
• 1st round at hockeyfans.ch
• 2nd round at hockeyfans.ch
• 3rd round at hockeyfans.ch
• Super final at hockeyfans.ch