IIHF Continental Cup 2006/07

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The IIHF Continental Cup 2006/07 was the tenth edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament, which was held from September 22, 2006 to January 7, 2007, was attended by 19 teams from 19 countries. The final round was held from January 5th to 7th, 2007 in Székesfehérvár , Hungary .

Three finalists were set, the host Alba Volán Székesfehérvár as well as Ilves Tampere from Finland and the HK Awangard Omsk from Russia , as representatives of the highest placed countries according to the IIHF world rankings 2006, which 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 22 to 24, 2006. The Romanian capital Bucharest acted as the venue for Group A and the games of Group B were played in Belgrade . Of the eight registered teams, however, two could not compete, which were then replaced by teams playing out of competition. In addition, a team did not travel with the minimum of 15 field players and two goalkeepers, which means that their games were also not counted.

Group A

In Group A, the Armenian representative Uratu HC and his team could not take part in the event due to suffering from food poisoning . 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. In the decisive and final group game, they beat HK Slavija Ljubljana just 5: 4. Ljubljana also moved up after HK Acroni Jesenice had decided not to participate in the run-up.

September 22, 2006	Akademik Sofia	0: 9 (0: 4, 0: 2, 0: 3)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Mihai Flamaropol Arena , Bucharest Spectators:
September 22, 2006	Steaua Bucharest	11: 1 * (3: 0, 4: 1, 4: 0)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 23, 2006	Steaua Bucharest	12: 0 (4: 0, 4: 0, 4: 0)	Akademik Sofia	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 23, 2006	HK Slavija Ljubljana	2: 1 * (1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 24, 2006	Akademik Sofia	1: 5 * (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CS Progym Gheorgheni	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:
September 24, 2006	Steaua Bucharest	5: 4 (2: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Mihai Flamaropol Arena, Bucharest Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Steaua Bucharest	2	2	0	0	0	17: 04	6th
2.	HK Slavija Ljubljana	2	1	0	0	1	13: 05	3
3.	Akademik Sofia	2	0	0	0	2	00:21	0
4th	CS Progym Gheorgheni	-	-	-	-	-	0-: 0-	-

Group B

Group B, which took place in Belgrade, only saw hosts HK Partizan Belgrade and Polis Akademisi Ankara fight for a place in the next round. The Croatian club KHL Medveščak Zagreb did not travel with the IIHF required minimum of 15 players and two goalkeepers, whereupon the games were not included in the rating. In addition, the Belgian representative White Caps Turnhout canceled his participation. Partizan's local rival HK Red Star Belgrade stepped in as a replacement , whose games were also not counted.

Thus progress in Group B turned into a farce, as Partizan Belgrade and Ankara faced each other in the only relevant game of the weekend. Partizan won this completely unequal game 20-0.

September 22, 2006	HK Red Star Belgrade	5: 3 * (0: 2, 3: 1, 2: 0)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade audience:
September 22, 2006	HK Partizan Belgrade	20: 0 (5: 0, 9: 0, 6: 0)	Polis Akademisi Ankara	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade audience:
September 23, 2006	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	15: 3 * (4: 1, 8: 0, 3: 2)	Polis Akademisi Ankara	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade audience:
September 23, 2006	HK Partizan Belgrade	7: 1 * (1: 1, 2: 0, 4: 0)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade audience:
September 24, 2006	Polis Akademisi Ankara	2: 10 * (0: 4, 1: 2, 1: 4)	HK Red Star Belgrade	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade audience:
September 24, 2006	HK Partizan Belgrade	9: 2 * (3: 1, 5: 0, 1: 1)	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	Ledena dvorana, Belgrade audience:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Partizan Belgrade	1	1	0	0	0	20: 00	3
2.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	1	0	0	0	1	00:20	0
3.	KHL Medveščak Zagreb	-	-	-	-	-	0-: 0-	-
4th	HK Red Star Belgrade	-	-	-	-	-	0-: 0-	-

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played from October 13 to 15, 2006 in three groups. The group C games took place in Rouen, France, the group D games in the Polish cities of Oświęcim and Krakow and the group E games in Elektrėnai, Lithuania .

The winner of Group A, Steaua Bucharest , qualified to participate in Group D, while HK Partizan Belgrade took part in Group E.

Group C

Group C played in Rouen saw EC Red Bull Salzburg reach the third round. In the first tournament game, which later turned out to be the decisive one for the tournament victory, the Austrians defeated SønderjyskE Ishockey from Denmark in the penalty shootout with 5: 4. By winning their next two games too, no other team was able to oust them from the top position. The hosting Dragons de Rouen performed disappointingly in third place. They could only win against the Nottingham Panthers .

October 13, 2006 4:30 p.m.	SønderjyskE Vojens	4: 5 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 1, 3: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 500
October 13, 2006 8:00 p.m.	Nottingham Panthers	2: 6 (0: 3, 0: 1, 2: 2)	Dragons de Rouen	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen spectators:
October 14, 2006 4:30 p.m.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	5: 2 (3: 0, 0: 2, 2: 0)	Nottingham Panthers	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 932
October 14, 2006 8:00 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen	2: 5 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 1)	SønderjyskE Vojens	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 2,414
October 15, 2006 4:00 p.m.	Nottingham Panthers	2: 4 (0: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1)	SønderjyskE Vojens	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 724
October 15, 2006 8:00 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen	0: 6 (0: 0, 0: 4, 0: 2)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Patinoire L'île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 1,974

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	3	2	1	0	0	16: 06	8th
2.	SønderjyskE ishockey	3	2	0	1	0	13: 09	7th
3.	Dragons de Rouen	3	1	0	0	2	08:13	3
4th	Nottingham Panthers	3	0	0	0	3	06:15	0

Group D

The Group D tournament, which was played at two venues, was won by the Kazakh club HK Kasachmys Satpajew , who, like Salzburg in Group C, laid the foundation for the tournament victory in the first group match against the hosts from Krakow. On the following two tournament days, both won their games and thus occupied the first two positions. The qualifier from Bucharest finished in third place, while CG Puigcerdà from Spain landed in last place with no points and a goal difference of 3:28.

October 13, 2006	KS Cracovia Krakow	2: 4 (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 2)	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	Spectator:
October 13, 2006	CG Puigcerdà	1:10 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	Steaua Bucharest	Spectator:
October 14, 2006	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 1, 1: 0)	Steaua Bucharest	Spectator:
October 14, 2006	KS Cracovia Krakow	6: 2 (1: 0, 1: 0, 4: 2)	CG Puigcerdà	Spectator:
October 15, 2006	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	12: 0 (4: 0, 8: 0, 0: 0)	CG Puigcerdà	Spectator:
October 15, 2006	Steaua Bucharest	2: 6 (1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 4)	KS Cracovia Krakow	Spectator:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	3	3	0	0	0	20: 03	9
2.	KS Cracovia Krakow	3	2	0	0	1	14: 08	6th
3.	Steaua Bucharest	3	1	0	0	2	13:11	3
4th	CG Puigcerdà	3	0	0	0	3	03:28	0

Group E

The third free place in the third qualifying round was secured by the Ukrainian representative HK Sokol Kiev . They first defeated the qualifier HK Partizan Belgrade and the tournament host SC Energija Elektrėnai . They followed suit on the first two match days of HK Riga 2000 , which resulted in a duel between the two teams on the last day of the tournament, which also decided on the tournament victory. Kiev prevailed with a 3-2 win.

October 13, 2006 1:30 p.m.	HK Partizan Belgrade	0:11 (0: 4, 0: 5, 0: 2)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 830
October 13, 2006 5:00 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3: 8 (1: 3, 1: 2, 1: 3)	HK Riga 2000	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectator:
October 14, 2006 1:30 p.m.	HK Riga 2000	8: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 3: 0)	HK Partizan Belgrade	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 830
October 14, 2006 5:00 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	1:10 (0: 5, 0: 3, 1: 2)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 1,700
October 15, 2006 1:00 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	3: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 0)	HK Riga 2000	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectators: 1,234
October 15, 2006 4:30 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	6: 4 (1: 2, 3: 2, 2: 0)	HK Partizan Belgrade	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 2,015

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	3	0	0	0	24: 03	9
2.	HK Riga 2000	3	2	0	0	1	18: 06	6th
3.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	1	0	0	2	10:22	3
4th	HK Partizan Belgrade	3	0	0	0	3	04:25	0

Third round

The third round of the Continental Cup took place from November 17th to 19th, 2006 in Minsk , Belarus . 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 Junost Minsk . HK Kasachmys Satpajew and the hosts remained free of loss points on the first two match days , so it was only in the final group game - the clash of the two undefeated teams - that it was decided who should reach the Super Final . With a narrow 2-1 win in extra time , Minsk finally prevailed and left Satpajew, EC Red Bull Salzburg and HK Sokol Kiev behind.

A total of 14,200 spectators attended the six tournament games.

November 17, 2006 3:00 p.m.	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	6: 2 (3: 1, 2: 1, 1: 0)	HK Sokol Kiev	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,800
November 17, 2006 6:30 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,300
November 18, 2006 3:00 p.m.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	2: 7 (1: 1, 0: 2, 1: 4)	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,200
November 18, 2006 6:30 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	2: 7 (0: 0, 1: 3, 1: 4)	HK Junost Minsk	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,200
November 19, 2006 3:00 p.m.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	6: 3 (1: 1, 2: 1, 3: 1)	HK Sokol Kiev	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 1,300
November 19, 2006 6:30 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	Sports Palace, Minsk Spectators: 3,400

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Junost Minsk	3	2	1	0	0	10: 03	8th
2.	HK Kasachmys Satpaev	3	2	0	1	0	14: 06	7th
3.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	3	1	0	0	2	08:11	3
4th	HK Sokol Kiev	3	0	0	0	3	07:19	0

Super final

The Super Final took place from January 5th to 7th, 2007 in Székesfehérvár , Hungary . Were set Alba Volán Székesfehérvár as host and the Finnish participants Ilves Tampere and Avangard Omsk in Russia. Omsk had won a European Cup with the IIHF European Champions Cup only two years earlier. In addition, the winner of the third round, in the form of the Belarusian champion HK Junost Minsk , was qualified.

On the first day of the tournament, the qualifier from Minsk caused a sensation with a 3-2 win over Ilves Tampere, while Omsk, as expected, won 6-2 against Székesfehérvár. Both teams were victorious again on the second match day, which resulted in the decisive game between Minsk and Omsk on the last day. After goalless regular time and extra time , the tournament winner had to be found in the penalty shootout . As on the first matchday, Minsk caused a surprise there and secured the Continental Cup. Behind them Omsk came in second, while Ilves Tampere and Alba Volán Székesfehérvár took third and fourth positions.

A total of 17,715 spectators attended the six tournament games.

Group G

January 5, 2007 3:30 p.m.	Ilves Tampere T. Jääskeläinen (33:28) J. Pesonen (36:51)	2: 3 (0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1) Match report (PDF; 13 kB)	HK Junost Minsk T. Chlubna (28:06) M. Buturlin (29:13) A. Kawaljou (50:43)	Ice rink , Székesfehérvár Spectators: 2,500
January 5, 2007 7:00 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár G. Ocskay (36:35) A. Vaszjunyin (48:40)	2: 6 (0: 3, 1: 3, 1: 0) match report (PDF; 13 kB)	HK Awangard Omsk K. Gorowikow (1:04) A. Kaljuschny (11:00) M. Jakuzenja (13:40) D. Rjabykin (20:35) D. Denissow (25:36) K. Gorowikow (37:59 )	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 3,500
January 6, 2007 3:30 p.m.	Ilves Tampere V. Viitakoski (55:30)	1: 4 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 1) Match report (PDF; 12 kB)	HK Awangard Omsk A. Kurjanow (17:09) A. Troschtschinski (18:17) W. Jatschmenjow (35:33) K. Gorowikow (58:54)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 1,750
January 6, 2007 7:00 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk T. Chlubna (3:43) O. Woschtschenikin (12:35) J. Krywamas (27:48) A. Waukou (40:52) U. Kopaz (47:40)	5: 2 (2: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1) Match report (PDF; 13 kB)	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár K. Palkovics (14:42) R. Holéczy (58:21)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 3,620
January 7, 2007 3:30 p.m.	HK Awangard Omsk	0: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report (PDF; 12 kB)	HK Junost Minsk I. Andryushchenko (PS)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 2.845
January 7, 2007 7:00 p.m.	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár C. Kovács (33:21)	1: 5 (0: 3, 1: 0, 0: 2) Match report (PDF; 13 kB)	Ilves Tampere L. Mattila (10:13) T. Koivisto (12:59) T. Huhtala (18:09) T. Koivisto (52:59) P. Määttänen (57:48)	Ice rink, Székesfehérvár Spectators: 3,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Junost Minsk	3	2	1	0	0	09: 04	8th
2.	HK Awangard Omsk	3	2	0	1	0	10: 04	7th
3.	Ilves Tampere	3	1	0	0	2	08: 08	3
4th	Alba Volán Székesfehérvár	3	0	0	0	3	05:16	0

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Most valuable player	Konstantin Gorovikov	HK Awangard Omsk
Best goalkeeper	Pasi Hakkinen	Ilves Tampere
Best defender	Uladsimir Kopaz	HK Junost Minsk
Best striker	Artyom Chubarov	HK Awangard Omsk
Best young professional	Pasi Tuominen	Ilves Tampere
Top scorer	Konstantin Gorovikov	HK Awangard Omsk

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner HK Junost Minsk

Goalkeepers: Szjapan Haratscheuskich , Edgars Masaļskis Defenders: Michail Buturlin , Igor Chazei , Sjarhej Jarkowitsch , Andrej Karau , Uladsimir Kopaz , Jauhen Krywamas , Aleh Ljawonzjeu , Mikalaj Stassenko Attackers: Igor Andrjuschtschenko , Tomáš Chlubna , Vladislav Klotschkow , Andrej Kawaljou , Aljaksej Kruzikau , Syarhey Paklin , Szjapan Panamarou , miķelis rēdlihs , Sergei Salnikov , Syarhey Schytkouski , Artsiom Waukou , Oleg Woschtschenikin Head coach: Mikhail Sacharau

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