IIHF Continental Cup 2005/06

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Master:	HK Lada Tolyatti

The IIHF Continental Cup 2005/06 was the ninth edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament, which was held from September 23, 2005 to January 15, 2006, was attended by 21 teams from 21 countries. The final round was held from January 13 to 15, 2006 in Székesfehérvár , Hungary .

Three participants in the final round were set, the host Alba Volán Székesfehérvár as well as the ZSC Lions Zurich from Switzerland and the HK Lada Toljatti from Russia , as representatives of the highest-placed countries according to the IIHF world rankings 2005 that had registered for the tournament. The other finalists were determined in three qualifying rounds.

qualification

First round

The first round games took place from September 23-25, 2005. The Romanian capital Bucharest acted as the venue for Group A and the Group B games were played in Ankara . Of the eight registered teams, however, one did not take part in the competition, which was then replaced by an out-of-competition team.

Group A

In Group A, the Estonian representative HK Stars Tallinn did not start in the competition. In order to compensate for the loss, those responsible hired the Romanian team from CS Progym Gheorgheni for the tournament. However, the games Gheorghenis did not count towards the tournament.

Ultimately, the tournament host Steaua Bucharest prevailed against the two remaining comrades-in-arms and qualified for the second round. After Steaua had already clinched their second victory on the second day of the tournament and was safely qualified, the Croatian representative KHL Medveščak Zagreb left Bucharest before the final game. The game against Gheorgheni, which was not included in the ranking anyway, was scored 0: 5 goals against Zagreb.

The tournament games were made more difficult by the bad ice conditions, as a new compressor had to be installed a week before the start and the responsible persons did not have the time to prepare the ice surface accordingly.

September 23, 2005	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	5: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Mihai Flamaropol Arena , Bucharest Spectators:
September 23, 2005	Steaua Bucharest	1: 2 n.P. * (1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 24, 2005	CS Progym Gheorgheni	6: 3 * (1: 1, 2: 2, 3: 0)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 24, 2005	Steaua Bucharest	5: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 25, 2005	CS Progym Gheorgheni	5: 0 * (rating)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 25, 2005	Steaua Bucharest	8: 3 (2: 2, 1: 0, 5: 1)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Steaua Bucharest	2	2	0	0	13: 05	4th
2.	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	2	1	0	1	07: 06	2
3.	HK Red Star Belgrade	2	0	0	2	04:13	0
4th	CS Progym Gheorgheni	-	-	-	-	0-: 0-	-

Group B

Group B, held in Ankara , saw the Spanish club CH Jaca reach the second round. It was only in the last group game against hosts Polis Akademisi Ankara that they won the group. In the course of the tournament, he had done well with the home crowd behind him and a Canadian guest player in goal.

The team Hapoel Amos Lod from Israel caused a curiosity . Since the club management had booked flight tickets from Istanbul back home, the team needed a six-hour drive to get there from Ankara. Therefore, they could not play for the last group game against HK Slawia Sofia . The game was rated 5-0 goals and two points for Sofia.

September 23, 2005	CH Jaca	5: 2 (2: 0, 1: 0, 2: 2)	HK Slavia Sofia	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 23, 2005	Polis Akademisi Ankara	12: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Hapoel Amos Lod	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 24, 2005	Hapoel Amos Lod	2:13 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CH Jaca	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 24, 2005	HK Slavia Sofia	3: 5 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 4)	Polis Akademisi Ankara	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 25, 2005	Hapoel Amos Lod	0: 5 (rating)	HK Slavia Sofia	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 25, 2005	Polis Akademisi Ankara	4: 7 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CH Jaca	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	CH Jaca	3	3	0	0	25: 08	6th
2.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	3	2	0	1	21:11	4th
3.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	1	0	2	10:10	2
4th	Hapoel Amos Lod	3	0	0	3	03:30	0

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played from October 14th to 16th, 2005 in three groups. The group C games took place in Elektrėnai , Lithuania , the group D games in Grenoble, France and the group E games in Minsk, Belarus .

Group A winner Steaua Bucharest qualified to compete in Group F, while Club Hielo Jaca took part in Group E hosting.

Group C

Group C played in Elektrėnai saw HK Riga 2000 reach the third round. They were able to win all the games and made it into group F of the third round. Already in the first tournament game they were able to defeat the later group runner-up GKS Tychy 7-2. Against the qualifiers Steaua Bucharest and hosts SC Energija Elektrėnai also followed high victories, whereby the team ended the tournament with a goal difference of 27: 6.

October 14, 2005	GKS Tychy	2: 7 (1: 1, 1: 3, 0: 3)	HK Riga 2000	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:
October 14, 2005	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3: 4 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 2)	Steaua Bucharest	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:
October 15, 2005	HK Riga 2000	10: 4 (4: 2, 3: 0, 3: 2)	Steaua Bucharest	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:
October 15, 2005	SC Energija Elektrėnai	2: 9 (1: 3, 1: 3, 0: 3)	GKS Tychy	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:
October 16, 2005	Steaua Bucharest	4: 4 (2: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2)	GKS Tychy	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:
October 16, 2005	SC Energija Elektrėnai	0:10 (0: 2, 0: 4, 0: 4)	HK Riga 2000	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Riga 2000	3	3	0	0	27: 06	6th
2.	GKS Tychy	3	1	1	1	15:13	3
3.	Steaua Bucharest	3	1	1	1	12:17	3
4th	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	0	0	3	05:23	0

Group D

The group D tournament was won by the host French club Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble . In a very close group, in which three of the six games ended in a draw, they collected five out of six possible points. After all games ended without a winner on the first day of the tournament, the Coventry Blaze and the hosts won their respective games on the second day of the tournament . Thus, the first two of the group met on the final day, where Grenoble secured the ticket for the third round with a 2-0 victory.

A total of 12,223 spectators attended the six tournament games.

October 14, 2005 4:00 p.m.	Herning IK	2: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Coventry Blaze	Pôle Sud, Grenoble Spectators: 771
October 14, 2005 8:00 p.m.	Brûl. de Loups de Grenoble	2: 2 (1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 2,722
October 15, 2005 4:00 p.m.	Coventry Blaze	5: 4 (4: 0, 1: 4, 0: 0)	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 1,346
October 15, 2005 8:00 p.m.	Brûl. de Loups de Grenoble	3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0)	Herning IK	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 3,500
October 16, 2005 2:00 p.m.	Herning IK	3: 3 (1: 0, 1: 3, 1: 0)	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 1,067
October 16, 2005 8:00 p.m.	Brûl. de Loups de Grenoble	2: 0 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0)	Coventry Blaze	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 2,817

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	3	2	1	0	07: 03	5
2.	Coventry Blaze	3	1	1	1	07: 08	3
3.	Amstel Tijgers Amsterdam	3	0	2	1	09:10	2
4th	Herning IK	3	0	2	1	06: 08	2

Group E

The third free place in the third qualifying round was secured by the Belarusian representative HK Junost Minsk . Minsk won 4-0 against Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk in their own hall on the first day of the match and thus underpinned their claim to advance to the third round. The match between HK Sokol Kiev and qualifier Club Hielo Jaca ended with the same result . Since Minsk also emerged victorious from the game against Jaca on the second day and Ust-Kamenogorsk defeated Kiev, Minsk only needed one point from the final duel against Kiev. With a narrow 2-1 victory, however, they maintained the top position. The team from Jaca proved to have no chance in the course of the tournament. In the three clear defeats they did not score a single goal.

A total of 8,600 spectators attended the six tournament games.

October 14, 2005 3:30 p.m.	Club Hielo Jaca	0: 4 (0: 1, 0: 3, 0: 0)	HK Sokol Kiev	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,600
October 14, 2005 7:30 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	4: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)	Cas.-Torp. Ust-Kamenogorsk	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 2,700
October 15, 2005 3:30 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	1: 3 (1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1)	Cas.-Torp. Ust-Kamenogorsk	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 800
October 15, 2005 7:00 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	8: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)	Club Hielo Jaca	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,100
October 16, 2005 3:00 p.m.	Cas.-Torp. Ust-Kamenogorsk	10: 0 (6: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	Club Hielo Jaca	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 500
October 16, 2005 7:00 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	2: 1 (0: 0, 1: 0, 1: 1)	HK Sokol Kiev	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,900

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Junost Minsk	3	3	0	0	14: 01	6th
2.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	2	0	1	13: 05	4th
3.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	1	0	2	06: 05	2
4th	Club Hielo Jaca	3	0	0	3	00:22	0

Third round

The third round of the Continental Cup took place from November 18-20, 2005 in Jesenice , Slovenia . In addition to the host, the three winners of the second round took part in the tournament.

Group F.

In the semifinals, the three qualifiers from the previous round met host HK Acroni Jesenice . On the first day of the tournament, HK Riga 2000 defeated HK Junost Minsk and Jesenice was able to clearly beat the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble . With a 4: 3 win with a simultaneous defeat of the hosts on the second day, Riga took the first place in the table. Therefore, Jesenice needed a victory in the final duel against Riga in order to reach the Super Final . However, Riga also won this game and confidently secured the remaining free space. Junost Minsk came second behind Riga.

A total of 8,100 spectators attended the six tournament games.

November 18, 2005 3:30 p.m.	HK Riga 2000	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	HK Junost Minsk	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice audience: 500
November 18, 2005 7:00 p.m.	HK Acroni Jesenice	6: 2 (2: 0, 4: 1, 0: 1)	Brûl. de Loups de Grenoble	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice Spectators: 2,000
November 19, 2005 3:30 p.m.	HK Acroni Jesenice	1: 2 (0: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0)	HK Junost Minsk	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice spectators: 1,600
November 19, 2005 7:00 p.m.	Brûl. de Loups de Grenoble	3: 4 (1: 1, 0: 1, 2: 2)	HK Riga 2000	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice spectators: 300
November 20, 2005 3:30 p.m.	Brûl. de Loups de Grenoble	1: 8 (0: 3, 1: 5, 0: 0)	HK Junost Minsk	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice spectators: 300
November 20, 2005	HK Acroni Jesenice	1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)	HK Riga 2000	Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice Spectators: 3,400

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Riga 2000	3	3	0	0	08: 05	6th
2.	HK Junost Minsk	3	2	0	1	11: 04	4th
3.	HK Acroni Jesenice	3	1	0	2	08: 06	2
4th	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	3	0	0	3	06:18	0

Super final

The Super Final took place from January 13th to 15th, 2006 in Székesfehérvár , Hungary . Were set Alba Volán Székesfehérvár as host, the Swiss participants ZSC Lions Zurich and the HK Lada Togliatti in Russia . Tolyatti had celebrated his greatest international success by winning the European Cup in the 1996/97 season , while Zurich had won the Continental Cup in 2001 and 2002 . In addition, the winner of the third round, the Latvian champion HK Riga 2000 , qualified.

On the first day of the tournament the ZSC Lions Zurich defeated the host Alba Volán Székesfehérvár 3-2 and the favorite HK Lada Toljatti stopped the winning streak of HK Riga 2000 with a 4-1 victory. Tolyatti was also able to narrowly win the second encounter against Székesfehérvár, while Zurich had to admit defeat to the Latvian capitals and thus almost buried hopes of a third win of the Continental Cup. Thus, the Russians were already at the top of the table with two points ahead of the last matchday. With a clear 7-2 victory in the penultimate tournament game, Riga increased the pressure on Tolyatti again, who therefore needed at least one point in order not to be dependent on the direct comparison of the three teams with the same points. With a narrow 1-0 win, Lada Tolyatti finally won the second European Cup in the club's history.

A total of 14,310 spectators attended the six tournament games.

Group G

January 13, 2006 5:00 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár A. Rajz (14:49) T. Gröschl (38:52)	2: 3 (1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 2) match report (PDF; 17 kB)	ZSC Lions Zurich K. Lindemann (4:39) D. Steiner (46:05) M. Richard (48:04)	Ice rink , Székesfehérvár Spectators: 3,317
January 13, 2006 8:30 p.m.	HK Riga 2000 T. Suursoo (52:24)	1: 4 (0: 4, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report (PDF; 18 kB)	HK Lada Tolyatti J. Ketow (7:47) S. Schmakin (11:49) A. Kryssanow (14:28) J. Ketow (15:50)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 1,700
January 14, 2006 5:00 p.m.	HK Lada Tolyatti A. Buturlin (16:45) A. Bumagin (29:02) D. Bodrow (41:53) A. Krutschinin (48:36)	4: 3 (1: 1, 1: 1, 2: 1) Match report (PDF; 19 kB)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár M. Palovčík (11:54) G. Ocskay (38:53) T. Gröschl (46:43)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 3,389
January 14, 2006 8:30 p.m.	ZSC Lions Zurich J. Alston (6:02) J. Alston (22:20) M. Karlberg (23:18) D. Steiner (41:18)	4: 5 (1: 2, 2: 2, 1: 1) Match report (PDF; 19 kB)	HK Riga 2000 A. Ignatovičs (12:25) A. Ignatovičs (15:01) G. Pujacs (38:03) M. Cipulis (39:35) I. Bondarevs (52:15)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 1,438
January 15, 2006 5:00 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár M. Šťastný (17:01) O. Ennaffati (56:28)	2: 7 (1: 3, 0: 1, 1: 3) match report (PDF; 19 kB)	HK Riga 2000 Ģ. Ankipāns (8:21) A. Hromčenkovs (10:32) M. Cipulis (14:45) I. Bondarevs (23:06) A. Ignatovičs (40:31) A. Hromčenkovs (43:12) K. Saulietis ( 52:00)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 3,447
January 15, 2006 8:30 p.m.	HK Lada Tolyatti A. Kryssanow (59:48)	1: 0 (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report (PDF; 17 kB)	ZSC Lions Zurich	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 1,019

Pl.		Sp	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Lada Tolyatti	3	3	0	0	09: 04	6th
2.	HK Riga 2000	3	2	0	1	13:10	4th
3.	ZSC Lions Zurich	3	1	0	2	07: 08	2
4th	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	0	0	3	07:14	0

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Jan Alston	ZSC Lions Zurich
Best goalkeeper	Mārtiņš Raitums	HK Riga 2000
Best defender	Severin Blindenbacher	ZSC Lions Zurich
Best striker	Yevgeny Ketov	HK Lada Tolyatti
Top scorer	Andrejs Ignatovičs	HK Riga 2000

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner HK Lada Tolyatti

Goalkeepers: Vasily Koschetschkin , Alexei Semjonow Defenders: Denis Bodrov , Michail Buturlin , Artur Garipow , Māris Jass , Alexei Jemelin , Marat Kalimulin , Andrei Kruchinin , Dmitri Vorobyov , Pavel Voroshnin Attackers: Denis Abdullin , Evgeni Bodrow , Alexander Bumagin , Alexander Buturlin , Ilja Dokschin , Wadim Golubzow , Evgeni Ketow , Anton Kryssanow , Andrij Michnow , Jakow Ratschinski , Stanislaw Schmakin Head coach: Pyotr Vorobjow  Assistant coach: Valery Shaposhnikov , Anatoly Jemelin

Web links

• Overview of the final tournament
• Results and statistics of the tournament at hockeyarchives.info (French)
• Results of the tournament at hokej.snt.cz