IIHF Continental Cup 2007/08

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Master:	Ak Bars Kazan

The IIHF Continental Cup 2007/08 was the eleventh edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament, which was held from September 19, 2007 to January 6, 2008, was attended by 17 teams from 17 countries. The final round was held from January 4th to 6th, 2008 in the Latvian capital Riga .

Two final round participants were set, the host HK Riga 2000 and Ak Bars Kazan from Russia , as representatives of the highest placed country according to the IIHF world rankings 2007, which had registered for the tournament. The two other finalists were determined in three qualifying rounds.

qualification

First round

The games of the first round took place from 14th to 16th September 2007 at the Romanian Miercurea Ciuc instead. It was only played in one group, the winner of which qualifies for the second round. Since the already qualified for the second round Ukrainian team HK ATEK Kiev in bankruptcy was gone, the group second for the second round of games was invited later.

Group A

The hosts SC Miercurea Ciuc confidently reached the next round with three wins. The second placed KHL Mladost Zagreb , who scored five points, also moved into the second qualifying round.

September 14, 2007	KHL Mladost Zagreb	9: 8 n.V. (2: 1, 4: 2, 2: 5, 1: 0)	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc spectators:
September 14, 2007	CG Puigcerdà	2:13 (0: 2, 2: 7, 0: 4)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc spectators:
September 15, 2007	KHL Mladost Zagreb	9: 1 (5: 0, 2: 0, 2: 1)	CG Puigcerdà	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc spectators:
September 15, 2007	SC Miercurea Ciuc	10: 4 (2: 0, 2: 1, 4: 3)	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc spectators:
September 16, 2007	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK	5: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	CG Puigcerdà	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc spectators:
September 16, 2007	SC Miercurea Ciuc	8: 1 (0: 0, 5: 0, 3: 1)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	3	0	0	0	31: 07	9
2.	KHL Mladost Zagreb	3	1	1	0	1	19:17	5
3.	Kocaeli Büyükşehir Belediyesi Kağıt SK	3	1	0	1	1	17:23	4th
4th	CG Puigcerdà	3	0	0	0	3	07:27	0

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played from October 12-14, 2007 in three groups. The matches in Group B found in Danish Aalborg held the matches of Group C in the Dutch Tilburg and the games in Group D in Polish Nowy Targ .

The winners of Group A, SC Miercurea Ciuc , qualified to participate in group D. Because actually set Ukrainian team HK ATEK Kiev in bankruptcy was gone, the Croatian team moved KHL Mladost than second in Group A after and played in group C.

Group B

In Group B, the host AaB Ishockey prevailed after three wins. In doing so, they left the Austrian champions EC Red Bull Salzburg behind.

A total of 3,100 spectators attended the six tournament games.

October 12, 2007 4:00 p.m.	HK Slavija Ljubljana	0: 8 (0: 4, 0: 3, 0: 1)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Gigantium, Aalborg spectators: 150
October 12, 2007 7:30 p.m.	AaB ishockey	3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	Coventry Blaze	Gigantium, Aalborg spectators: 1,000
October 13, 2007 4:00 p.m.	AaB ishockey	4: 2 (1: 0, 0: 1, 3: 1)	HK Slavija Ljubljana	Gigantium, Aalborg spectators: 400
October 13, 2007 7:30 p.m.	Coventry Blaze	3: 2 n.V. (0: 2, 0: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Gigantium, Aalborg spectators: 500
October 14, 2007 4:00 p.m.	HK Slavija Ljubljana	4: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)	Coventry Blaze	Gigantium, Aalborg spectators: 100
October 14, 2007 7:30 p.m.	AaB ishockey	4: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 2)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Gigantium, Aalborg spectators: 950

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	AaB ishockey	3	3	0	0	0	11: 04	9
2.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	3	1	0	1	1	12: 07	4th
3.	HK Slavija Ljubljana	3	1	0	0	2	06:14	3
4th	Coventry Blaze	3	0	1	0	2	05: 09	2

Group C

The tournament in Tilburg was also won by the hosts, the Tilburg Trappers . With the first victory over the Hungarian representative Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák they secured the top position, which they did not give up in the course of the tournament. The qualifier KHL Mladost Zagreb only had one point.

October 12, 2007	KHL Mladost Zagreb	5: 6 n.V. (1: 3, 4: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Spectators:
October 12, 2007	Tilburg Trappers	5: 4 (0: 0, 2: 3, 3: 1)	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Spectators:
October 13, 2007	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	8: 2 (2: 0, 1: 2, 5: 0)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Spectators:
October 13, 2007	Tilburg Trappers	8: 3 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Spectators:
October 14, 2007	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	4: 1 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Spectators:
October 14, 2007	Tilburg Trappers	8: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	IJssportcentrum, Tilburg Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Tilburg Trappers	3	3	0	0	0	21:11	9
2.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	3	2	0	0	1	16: 08	6th
3.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	0	1	0	2	10:17	2
4th	KHL Mladost Zagreb	3	0	0	1	2	11:22	1

Group D

By a victory of the Kazakh representative Kazzinc-Torpedo in direct comparison, the defending champion retired Yunost Minsk made already in the second round. The tournament in Nowy Targ was also the only one in the second round that the host team could not win.

A total of 3,060 spectators attended the six tournament games.

October 12, 2007 3:45 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	9: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 3: 0)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ Spectators: 60
October 12, 2007 7:15 pm	Podhale Nowy Targ	5: 2 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ Spectators: 800
October 13, 2007 3:15 p.m.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 1: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Podhale Nowy Targ	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ Spectators: 500
October 13, 2007 6:45 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk	1: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 1: 2)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ Spectators: 100
October 14, 2007 2:45 p.m.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	4: 2 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 2)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ Spectators: 100
October 14, 2007 6:15 p.m.	Podhale Nowy Targ	3: 8 (0: 5, 2: 1, 1: 2)	HK Junost Minsk	Miejska Hala Lodowa, Nowy Targ Spectators: 1,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	2	0	0	1	11: 08	6th
2.	HK Junost Minsk	3	2	0	0	1	18: 08	6th
3.	Podhale Nowy Targ	3	1	1	0	1	12:13	5
4th	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	0	0	1	2	05:16	1

Third round

The third round of the Continental Cup took place from 16 to 18 November 2007 at the French Grenoble instead.

Group E

While Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk sovereignly qualified for the final round with three wins, AaB Ishockey was able to surprisingly beat the host Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble in the final tournament game in the penalty shootout and thus also reached the Super Final in Riga . The Tilburg Trappers could not intervene in the decision and failed as the group last.

A total of 13,712 spectators attended the six tournament games.

November 16, 2007 4:00 p.m.	AaB ishockey	4: 2 (2: 2, 2: 0, 0: 0)	Tilburg Trappers	Pôle Sud, Grenoble Spectators: 980
November 16, 2007 8:00 p.m.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Pôle Sud, Grenoble Spectators: 3,163
November 17, 2007 4:00 p.m.	AaB ishockey	1: 4 (0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 2)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	Pôle Sud, Grenoble Spectators: 1,102
17 November 2007 20:00	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	6: 3 (2: 1, 2: 2, 2: 0)	Tilburg Trappers	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 3,500
November 18, 2007 4:00 p.m.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	12: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 6: 0)	Tilburg Trappers	Pôle Sud, Grenoble Spectators: 1,515
17 November 2007 20:00	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	2: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	AaB ishockey	Pôle Sud, Grenoble Spectators: 3,452

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	3	0	0	0	18: 02	9
2.	AaB ishockey	3	1	1	0	1	08: 08	5
3.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	3	1	0	1	1	09: 08	4th
4th	Tilburg Trappers	3	0	0	0	3	05:22	0

Super final

The Super Final took place from January 4th to 6th, 2008 in Riga , Latvia . Set of goods HK Riga 2000 as host and the second in the Russian championship Ak Bars Kazan . Kazan was last year's winner of the IIHF European Champions Cup and was able to prevail in the final tournament. The first two teams in the third round were also qualified. These were on the one hand the Kazakh master Kaszink-Torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk and on the other hand the Danish master AaB Ishockey .

After the duels on the first day, HK Riga 2000 and Ak Bars Kazan were at the top of the table. The next day, the favored team from Kazan put solely to the forefront because Riga the Kazakh team from Öskemen subject. Kazan therefore only needed one point in the final game against Riga to win another European Cup after 2007. This finally succeeded with a 6-2 victory over Riga, which - like the rest of the teams - finished the tournament with three points.

A total of 7,400 spectators attended the six tournament games.

Group F.

January 4, 2008 2:40 pm	Ak Bars Kazan D. Saripow (7:58) D. Saripow (39:23)	2: 1 (1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0) Match report (PDF; 12 kB)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk N. Sarschizki (30:32)	Riga Arena , Riga spectators: 400
January 4, 2008 6:40 pm	HK Riga 2000 J. Štāls (7:16) T. Chlubna (8:04) R. Daniličs (13:01) T. Chlubna (21:24) Ģ. Ankipāns (25:54) M. Kokļins (30:53) E. Žaltkovskis (48:58)	7: 2 (3: 1, 3: 0, 1: 1) Match report (PDF; 14 kB)	AaB Ishockey D. Matejic (1:22) J. Nielsen (56:46)	Riga Arena, Riga spectators: 1,050
January 5, 2008 2:40 pm	Ak Bars Kazan D. Archipow (10:13) D. Saripow (33:02) N. Alexejew (36:23) D. Kasionow (56:27)	4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1) Match report (PDF; 12 kB)	AaB Ishockey A. Macijevskis (42:13)	Riga Arena, Riga Attendance: 300
January 5, 2008 6:40 pm	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk R. Startschenko (3:06) N. Sarschizki (4:37) A. Argokow (9:13) A. Ogorodnikow (26:41)	4: 3 (3: 0, 1: 3, 0: 0) match report (PDF; 14 kB)	HK Riga 2000 T. Chlubna (20:53) T. Chlubna (33:21) M. Kokļins (35:43)	Riga Arena, Riga spectators: 1,200
January 6, 2008 2:40 pm	HK Riga 2000 A. Ābols (7:44) A. Ābols (14:30)	2: 6 (2: 3, 0: 3, 0: 0) match report (PDF; 14 kB)	Ak Bars Kazan G. Schafigulin (6:58) J. Hentunen (18:17) M. Schukow (19:10) A. Morosow (27:49) A. Jemelin (29:38) S. Zinoviev (31:39 )	Riga Arena, Riga spectators: 4,000
January 6, 2008 6:40 pm	AaB Ishockey D. Matejic (31:24) B. Henry (37:27) D. Matejic (38:10) B. Rooney (43:32) A. Semjonovs (55:22)	5: 3 (0: 1, 3: 2, 2: 0) Match report (PDF; 14 kB)	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk W. Rifel (9:02) D. Jessirkenow (29:43) A. Komissarow (31:51)	Riga Arena, Riga spectators: 450

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ak Bars Kazan	3	3	0	0	0	12: 04	9
2.	HK Riga 2000	3	1	0	0	2	12:12	3
3.	Kaszink torpedo Ust-Kamenogorsk	3	1	0	0	2	08:10	3
4th	AaB ishockey	3	1	0	0	2	08:14	3

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Robert Ash	Ak Bars Kazan
Best defender	Ilya Nikulin	Ak Bars Kazan
Best striker	Tomáš Chlubna	HK Riga 2000
Top scorer	Ģirts Ankipāns	HK Riga 2000
	Sergei Zinoviev	Ak Bars Kazan

The awards in the final tournament went to the American goalkeeper Robert Esche from tournament winner Ak Bars Kazan , the defender Ilja Nikulin also from Kazan and the Czech striker Tomáš Chlubna from the Latvian club HK Riga 2000 .

Chlubna also secured the top scorer's crown with four tournament goals. His teammate Ģirts Ankipāns and Kazan's Sergei Zinoviev finished the tournament together in first place in the scorer and submission standings with five and four points respectively. Rigas Edgars Lūsiņš had the best catch rate among the goalkeepers , who parried 91.04 percent of the shots on his goal.

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner Ak Bars Kazan

Goalkeepers: Robert Esche , Mika Noronen Defenders: Vyacheslav Buravchikov , Ray Giroux , Alexei Jemelin , Ilya Nikulin , Grigori Panin , Andrei Pervyshin , Andrei Subarev , Mikhail Tyuljapkin Attackers: Nikita Alexejew , Denis Archipow , Petr Čajánek , Jukka Hentunen , Dmitri Kasionow , Alexei Morosow , Oleg Petrow , Danis Saripow , Grigori Schafigulin , Michail Schukow , Sergei Zinowjew , Alexander Stepanow Head coach: Sinetula Biljaletdinow

Individual evidence

1. ^ Ak Bars Kazan wins the Continental Cup. In: iihf.com. January 6, 2008, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF directorate (PDF; 12 kB)

Web links

• Overview of the Continental Cup on the IIHF website