IIHF Continental Cup 2008/09

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Master:	MHC Martin

The IIHF Continental Cup 2008/09 was the twelfth edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament, which was held from September 19, 2008 to January 18, 2009, was attended by 19 teams from 19 countries. The final round was held from January 16 to 18, 2009 in Rouen , France .

Two finalists were set, the host Dragons de Rouen and the MHC Martin from Slovakia , as representatives of the highest placed country according to the IIHF world rankings 2008, 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 were from 19 to 21 September 2008 at the Serbian Novi Sad instead.

Group A

Group winners and hosts HK Novi Sad qualified for the second round. The balance was only clouded by a defeat in the penalty shootout against HK Slavia Sofia .

A total of 1,000 spectators attended the six games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 166.7.

September 19, 2008 4:00 p.m.	KHL Mladost Zagreb	13: 4 (3: 1, 7: 3, 3: 0)	Dundalk Bulls	Ledena dvorana SPENS , Novi Sad Spectators: 60
September 19, 2008 7:30 p.m.	HK Novi Sad	4: 5 n.P. (2: 2, 2: 1, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)	HK Slavia Sofia	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 400
September 20, 2008 4:00 p.m.	HK Slavia Sofia	2:11 (0: 3, 0: 2, 2: 6)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 20
September 20, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Dundalk Bulls	2: 4 (1: 0, 0: 1, 1: 3)	HK Novi Sad	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 100
September 21, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Dundalk Bulls	6: 4 (2: 0, 2: 3, 2: 1)	HK Slavia Sofia	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 20
September 21, 2008 7:00 p.m.	HK Novi Sad	4: 1 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 1)	KHL Mladost Zagreb	Ledena dvorana SPENS, Novi Sad audience: 400

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Novi Sad	3	2	0	1	0	12: 08	7th
2.	KHL Mladost Zagreb	3	2	0	0	1	25:10	6th
3.	Dundalk Bulls	3	1	0	0	2	12:21	3
4th	HK Slavia Sofia	3	0	1	0	2	11:21	2

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played in two groups from October 17-19, 2008. The venues were Elektrėnai in Lithuania and Miercurea Ciuc in Romania . Group A winner HK Novi Sad qualified to participate in Group C.

Group B

In group B, HK Sokol Kiev from Ukraine won three games from three games and qualified for group D of the final third round, which was held in Liepāja , Latvia .

A total of 7,073 spectators attended the six games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 1,178.8.

October 17, 2008 1:00 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	6: 3 (2: 1, 3: 2, 1: 0)	Tilburg Trappers	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai audience: 720
October 17, 2008 4:30 p.m.	KS Cracovia Krakow	3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 980
October 18, 2008 1:00 p.m.	Tilburg Trappers	1: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2)	KS Cracovia Krakow	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 980
October 18, 2008 4:30 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	1: 6 (1: 1, 0: 2, 0: 3)	HK Sokol Kiev	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectators: 1,752
October 19, 2008 1:00 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	7: 4 (2: 0, 5: 3, 0: 1)	KS Cracovia Krakow	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai spectators: 670
October 19, 2008 4:30 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	6: 5 (2: 1, 2: 3, 2: 1)	Tilburg Trappers	Ledo Rumai, Elektrėnai Spectators: 1,971

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	3	0	0	0	19: 08	9
2.	KS Cracovia Krakow	3	2	0	0	1	11:10	6th
3.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	1	0	0	2	09:14	3
4th	Tilburg Trappers	3	0	0	0	3	09:16	0

Group C

In Group C, the Hungarian representative Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák prevailed after the host and up until then in first place SC Miercurea Ciuc was beaten in the final group game . Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák thus reached Group E of the third round, which took place in Bolzano, Italy .

A total of 1,725 ​​spectators attended the six games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 287.5.

October 17, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	8: 4 (4: 0, 3: 2, 1: 2)	HK Novi Sad	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 50
October 17, 2008 7:30 p.m.	CG Puigcerdà	1:12 (0: 5, 0: 4, 1: 3)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 300
October 18, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	8: 1 (3: 0, 3: 1, 2: 0)	CG Puigcerdà	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 50
October 18, 2008 7:30 p.m.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	8: 1 (5: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)	HK Novi Sad	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 400
October 19, 2008 4:00 p.m.	HK Novi Sad	5: 6 (3: 3, 2: 2, 0: 1)	CG Puigcerdà	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 75
October 19, 2008 7:30 p.m.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	1: 4 (0: 0, 1: 3, 0: 1)	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Vakar Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 850

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	3	3	0	0	0	20: 06	9
2.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	2	0	0	1	21: 06	6th
3.	CG Puigcerdà	3	1	0	0	2	08:25	3
4th	HK Novi Sad	3	0	0	0	3	10:22	0

Third round

The third round of the Continental Cup took place from November 21 to 23, 2008. Was played in two groups in the Latvian Liepaja and Italian Bolzano . Group B winner HK Sokol Kiev qualified to participate in Group D, while Group C winner Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák bought the ticket to participate in Group E.

Group D

In Group D, HK Keramin Minsk , who entered the tournament with slight outsider chances, prevailed. After the team had lost the opening game against the qualifier from Kiev, a victory against the Kazakh representative Gornjak Rudny followed . Since Kiev was defeated in a direct duel against the hosts HK Liepājas Metalurgs , Minsk had to win in the final game against the hosts with at least two goals difference, which also succeeded with a 5-2 victory. Minsk reached the Super Final due to the better goal difference compared to the two rivals with equal points.

A total of 2,875 spectators attended the six games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 479.2.

November 21, 2008 2 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	4: 2 (2: 0, 2: 2, 0: 0)	HK Keramin Minsk	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja spectators: 150
November 21, 2008 6:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	5: 2 (2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	Gornjak Rudny	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 680
November 22, 2008 2:00 p.m.	HK Keramin Minsk	4: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	Gornjak Rudny	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja spectators: 120
November 22, 2008 6:00 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	1: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 1)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 890
November 23, 2008 2:00 p.m.	Gornjak Rudny	2: 7 (0: 3, 1: 1, 1: 3)	HK Sokol Kiev	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 70
November 23, 2008 6:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	2: 5 (1: 3, 0: 1, 1: 1)	HK Keramin Minsk	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 965

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HK Keramin Minsk	3	2	0	0	1	11: 06	6th
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	2	0	0	1	12: 07	6th
3.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	2	0	0	1	10: 08	6th
4th	Gornjak Rudny	3	0	0	0	3	04:16	0

Group E

The host HC Bozen won the tournament in Bolzano , Italy , with three wins from three matches. In the decisive final game, the Italians won 1-0 against British representatives Coventry Blaze . Third place went to HDK Stavbar Maribor from Slovenia, ahead of qualifier Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák .

A total of 9,440 spectators attended the six games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 1,573.3.

November 21, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Coventry Blaze	6: 3 (3: 1, 2: 0, 1: 2)	HDK Stavbar Maribor	Ice wave , Bozen spectators: 500
November 21, 2008 7:30 p.m.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	2: 5 (1: 2, 0: 2, 1: 1)	HC Bolzano	Ice wave, Bolzano spectators: 2,150
November 22, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	4: 6 (1: 4, 1: 1, 2: 1)	Coventry Blaze	Ice wave, Bozen spectators: 620
November 22, 2008 7:30 p.m.	HC Bolzano	4: 2 (3: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)	HDK Stavbar Maribor	Ice wave, Bozen spectators: 2,650
November 23, 2008 4:00 p.m.	HDK Stavbar Maribor	3: 2 (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0)	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	Ice wave, Bozen spectators: 370
November 23, 2008 7:30 p.m.	HC Bolzano	1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Coventry Blaze	Ice wave, Bolzano spectators: 3,150

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Bolzano	3	3	0	0	0	10: 04	9
2.	Coventry Blaze	3	2	0	0	1	12: 08	6th
3.	HDK Stavbar Maribor	3	1	0	0	2	08:12	3
4th	Dunaújvárosi Acélbikák	3	0	0	0	3	08:14	0

Super final

The Super Final of the Continental Cup took place from January 16 to 18, 2009. The venue of the tournament was the French Rouen . In addition to the already seeded representatives from France and Slovakia, the Dragons de Rouen and MHC Martin , HK Keramin Minsk from Belarus won the group D and HC Bozen from Italy won the group in the final qualifying round E, the remaining two places.

MHC Martin from Slovakia, who is competing internationally for the first time, was the favorite for the title early on. After victories in the first two tournament games, the host Dragons de Rouen had to win their game against Keramin Minsk in regular time so that the tournament was not decided before the last day. They achieved this through a strong final third, in which they scored four goals and turned the game in their favor. In the final tournament game there was a clash between Martin and Rouen. Despite a victory for the French, MHC Martin secured its first international title, as he had the best goal difference in a comparison of the three teams with the same points - HC Bozen had also won two games.

The six games in the 2,747 Île Lacroix attracted a total of 14,518 spectators. The host's three games were sold out.

Group F.

January 16, 2009 2:00 p.m.	MHC Martin P. Klepáč (20:28) L. Havel (35:56) I. Dornič (39:37) M. Beran (50:05) M. Macho (59:56)	5: 1 (0: 1, 3: 0, 2: 0) Match report (PDF file; 32 kB)	HK Keramin Minsk A. Hlebau (7:18)	Île Lacroix , Rouen Spectators: 1,752
January 16, 2009 8:00 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen J. Desrosiers (35:08)	1: 3 (0: 2, 1: 1, 0: 0) Match report (PDF file; 31 kB)	HC Bozen C. Walcher (1:30) A. Egger (13:49) C. Borgatello (36:11)	Île Lacroix, Rouen spectators: 2,747
January 17, 2009 4:30 p.m.	HC Bozen R. Jardine (16:16) K. Corupe (29:09) S. Durdins (33:39)	3: 7 (1: 2, 2: 3, 0: 2) Match report (PDF file; 32 kB)	MHC Martin M. Beran (4:20) P. Klepáč (11:18) L. Havel (21:29) A. Drgoň (31:09) P. Klepáč (35:01) M. Beran (42:20) M. Čech (58:48)	Île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 2,245
January 17, 2009 8:00 p.m.	HK Keramin Minsk J. Fajkou (23:11) T. Suursoo (26:49) J. Kurylin (29:01) A. Schydkich (38:08)	4: 6 (0: 2, 4: 0, 0: 4) Match report (PDF file; 32 kB)	Dragons de Rouen J.-F. David (7:46) M.-A. Thinel (12:37) M.-A. Thinel (42:15) M. Peltola (43:34) M.-A. Thinel (47:07) É. Doucet (59:56)	Île Lacroix, Rouen spectators: 2,747
January 18, 2009 4:00 p.m.	HK Keramin Minsk A. Schydkich (19:50)	1: 7 (1: 3, 0: 4, 0: 0) Match report (PDF file; 32 kB)	HC Bozen J. Schaafsma (4:10) R. Ramoser (6:42) J. Olson (9:35) R. Jardine (27:04) E. Dorigatti (30:33) J. Schaafsma (33:56) J. Schaafsma (36:52)	Île Lacroix, Rouen Spectators: 2,280
January 18, 2009 7:30 p.m.	Dragons de Rouen J. Desrosiers (10:24) M.-A. Thinel (14:37) L. Tarantino (30:23) O. Bouchard (40:45) M.-A. Thinel (59:11)	5: 4 (2: 1, 1: 2, 2: 1) Match report (PDF file; 32 kB)	MHC Martin L. Havel (16:41) L. Havel (27:12) D. Appel (33:39) L. Havel (52:16)	Île Lacroix, Rouen spectators: 2,747

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	MHC Martin	3	2	0	0	1	16: 09	6th
2.	Dragons de Rouen	3	2	0	0	1	12:11	6th
3.	HC Bolzano	3	2	0	0	1	13: 09	6th
4th	HK Keramin Minsk	3	0	0	0	3	06:18	0

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Vlastimil Lakosil	MHC Martin
Best defender	Christian Borgatello	HC Bolzano
Best striker	Marc-André Thinel	Dragons de Rouen
Top scorer	Lukáš Havel	MHC Martin
	Marc-André Thinel	Dragons de Rouen

The awards in the final tournament went to goalkeeper Vlastimil Lakosil from tournament winner MHC Martin , defender Christian Borgatello in the service of HC Bozen and striker Marc-André Thinel from host Dragons de Rouen .

With seven points each, the Slovak Lukáš Havel from MHC Martin and Marc-André Thinel were the top scorers of the tournament. They were also the most accurate with five goals each. Havel's team-mate David Appel and Jean-François David from the Dragons de Rouen each prepared four goals. The best catch rate among goalkeepers was shown by Rouen's Ramón Sopko , who parried 89.52 percent of the shots on his goal.

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner MHC Martin

Goalkeepers: Michal Dzubina , Vlastimil Lakosil Defenders: Daniel Babka , Ivan Ďatelinka , Adam Drgoň , Peter Klepáč , Marek Kolba , Jiří Polák , Miroslav Vantroba Attackers: David Appel , Michal Beran , Martin Čech , Ivan Dornič , Guntis Džeriņš , Lukáš Havel , Michal Macho , Kamil Mahdalík , Lukáš Říha , Miroslav Škumát , Andrej Themár , Jaroslav Török , Peter Trokan Head coach: Dušan Gregor

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Novi Sad happy. In: iihf.com. September 22, 2008, accessed November 2, 2017 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b} Sokil and Dunaujvaros advance. In: iihf.com. October 19, 2008, accessed November 2, 2017 . 
3. ↑ ^{a b} Bolzano and Keramin advance. In: iihf.com. November 23, 2008, accessed November 2, 2017 . 
4. ^ MHC Martin wins Continental Cup. In: iihf.com. January 18, 2009, accessed November 2, 2017 . 
5. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF directorate (PDF file; 24 kB)

Web links

• Overview of the Continental Cup on the IIHF website