IIHF Continental Cup 2009/10

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Master:	EC Red Bull Salzburg

The IIHF Continental Cup 2009/10 was the 13th edition of the competition held by the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF . The tournament was held from September 25, 2009 to January 17, 2010. A total of 19 teams from 19 countries took part in the tournament. The Austrian club EC Red Bull Salzburg emerged as the winner of the final tournament.

Two finalists were set, the host Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble and the HK Junost Minsk from Belarus , as representatives of the highest placed countries according to the IIHF world rankings 2009, which have registered for the tournament. The two other finalists were determined in three qualifying rounds.

Attendees

Due to the expansion of the field of participants in the Champions Hockey League for the 2009/10 season , only participants from those countries were initially planned that did not occupy the first seven places in the IIHF league rankings. The national associations of Russia, Sweden, Finland, the Czech Republic, Germany, Switzerland and Slovakia were initially not entitled to register a team for the competition.

However, since the International Ice Hockey Federation announced at the end of April 2009 that the planned CHL expansion would probably not take place due to the financial crisis , the participation system was revised again in May. In addition to the teams already eligible to participate - either the champions, runners-up or another top club of the respective country, which is determined by the national association - the associations of the top 7 nations were also allowed to register a participant until May 18th. However, this was not allowed to participate in the Champions Hockey League. Each association was free to report a team as part of the Continental Cup.

Due to the complete cancellation of the Champions Hockey League in mid-June, some teams that actually started in the CHL also took part in the competition.

EC Red Bull Salzburg HK Junost Minsk HK Slavia Sofia Tartu Kalev-Välk Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble Újpesti TE Budapest Ice Time Herzlia

HC Bolzano HK Saryarka Karaganda HK Liepājas Metalurgs SC Energija Elektrėnai HYS The Hague KS Cracovia Krakow

SC Miercurea Ciuc HDK Stavbar Maribor FC Barcelona HG Polis Akademisi Ankara Sheffield Steelers HK Sokol Kiev

qualification

First round

The first round games took place from September 25 to 27, 2009 in the Turkish capital Ankara .

Group A

In Group A, which included four reigning national champions, the Spanish title holder FC Barcelona HG prevailed with three wins from three games. Already after the second day of the tournament the qualification of the Iberians was as good as certain, after the main competitor HK Slavia Sofia was defeated 3-1. Only the host Polis Akademisi Ankara had the chance to overtake Barcelona on the last day of the tournament by making a direct comparison. The encounter ended with a 13-1 win for the Spaniards. Sofia had to be content with second place in the end, Ankara finished the tournament in third and the Israeli champions HC Herzlia Pituach finished fourth in the group without winning any points.

September 25, 2009 2:00 p.m.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	3: 7 (2: 2, 0: 0, 1: 5)	HK Slavia Sofia	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 25, 2009 6:00 p.m.	FC Barcelona HG	14: 1 (6: 0, 5: 1, 3: 0)	Ice Time Herzlia	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 26, 2009 2:00 p.m.	Ice Time Herzlia	3: 8 (0: 2, 0: 4, 3: 2)	Polis Akademisi Ankara	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 26, 2009 6:00 p.m.	HK Slavia Sofia	1: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 1: 0)	FC Barcelona HG	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 27, 2009 2:00 p.m.	HK Slavia Sofia	11: 2 (4: 1, 3: 0, 4: 1)	Ice Time Herzlia	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
September 27, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	1:13 (0: 4, 0: 2, 1: 7)	FC Barcelona HG	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	FC Barcelona HG	3	3	0	0	0	30: 03	9
2.	HK Slavia Sofia	3	2	0	0	1	19: 08	6th
3.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	3	1	0	0	2	12:23	3
4th	Ice Time Herzlia	3	0	0	0	3	06:33	0

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played in two groups from October 23 to 25, 2009. The venues were Miercurea Ciuc in Romania and Krakow in Poland . Group A winner, FC Barcelona HG , qualified to participate in Group B.

Group B

The decisive duel for group victory took place on the first day of the tournament, when the Dutch champions HYS The Hague beat hosts SC Miercurea Ciuc 4: 3. With safe victories over Újpesti TE Budapest and qualifiers FC Barcelona HG on the following days, they finally secured the ticket to participate in the third round. The hosts from Miercurea Ciuc had to be content with second place, while the Hungarians from Budapest ended up in third place. The Spanish champions, who clearly lost all games, proved to have no chance.

Overall, the six games played in the 4,000-seat Vákár Lajos Műjégpálya were attended by 4,600 spectators.

October 23, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Újpesti TE Budapest	9: 3 (3: 0, 3: 2, 3: 1)	FC Barcelona HG	Vákár Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 115
October 23, 2009 7:30 p.m.	HYS The Hague	4: 3 (3: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Vákár Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 1,600
October 24, 2009 4:00 p.m.	Újpesti TE Budapest	2: 6 (1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 4)	HYS The Hague	Vákár Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 335
October 24, 2009 7:30 p.m.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	11: 2 (4: 0, 5: 1, 2: 1)	FC Barcelona HG	Vákár Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 850
October 25, 2009 4:00 p.m.	FC Barcelona HG	1: 9 (0: 3, 0: 1, 1: 5)	HYS The Hague	Vákár Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 150
October 25, 2009 7:30 p.m.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	5: 0 (0: 0, 5: 0, 0: 0)	Újpesti TE Budapest	Vákár Lajos, Miercurea Ciuc Spectators: 1,550

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HYS The Hague	3	3	0	0	0	19: 06	9
2.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	3	2	0	0	1	19: 06	6th
3.	Újpesti TE Budapest	3	1	0	0	2	11:14	3
4th	FC Barcelona HG	3	0	0	0	3	06:29	0

Group C

Similar to Group B, the outcome of the tournament was decided on the first day of the match. The hosts of KS Cracovia Krakow beat the Kazakh representative HK Saryarka Karaganda 3-2. Since both teams solved their tasks against the other two group participants without any problems, the Poles finally prevailed as the winners of the group. Karaganda took second place in the final ranking. In the duel for third place, Tartu Kalev-Välk from Estonia won against SC Energija Elektrėnai .

A total of 5,800 spectators attended the six tournament games over the three days.

In the run-up to the tournament, the Estonian representative Tallinn Stars filed for bankruptcy and was then replaced by league rivals Tartu Kalev-Välk.

October 23, 2009 2:00 p.m.	SC Energija Elektrėnai	2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0, 2: 2, 0: 1)	Tartu Kalev-Välk	Krakowianka Arena, Krakow Spectators: 200
October 23, 2009 6:00 p.m.	KS Cracovia Krakow	3: 2 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	HK Saryarka Karaganda	Krakowianka Arena, Krakow Spectators: 2,000
October 24, 2009 2:00 p.m.	HK Saryarka Karaganda	4: 1 (1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 1)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Krakowianka Arena, Krakow Spectators: 200
October 24, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Tartu Kalev-Välk	3: 9 (1: 4, 1: 3, 1: 2)	KS Cracovia Krakow	Krakowianka Arena, Krakow Spectators: 1,300
October 25, 2009 2:00 p.m.	HK Saryarka Karaganda	8: 0 (4: 0, 3: 0, 1: 0)	Tartu Kalev-Välk	Krakowianka Arena, Krakow Spectators: 100
October 25, 2009 5:45 p.m.	KS Cracovia Krakow	7: 5 (4: 0, 2: 3, 1: 2)	SC Energija Elektrėnai	Krakowianka Arena, Krakow Spectators: 2,000

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	KS Cracovia Krakow	3	3	0	0	0	19:10	9
2.	HK Saryarka Karaganda	3	2	0	0	1	14: 04	6th
3.	Tartu Kalev-Välk	3	0	1	0	2	06:19	2
4th	SC Energija Elektrėnai	3	0	0	1	2	08:14	1

Third round

Bully during the game HC Bozen against Sheffield Steelers

The third round of the Continental Cup took place from November 27 to 29, 2009. Was played in two groups in the Italian Bolzano and Latvian Liepaja . Group B winner HYS The Hague qualified to participate in Group D, while Group C winner KS Cracovia Krakow bought the ticket to participate in Group E.

Group D

As in the previous year, HC Bozen hosted one of the two third-round tournaments, but this time missed the jump to the Super Final . After the first two game days, the hosts and the Sheffield Steelers had emerged as favorites for the tournament with two wins each. The HDK Stavbar Maribor and the qualifier HYS The Hague played only a subordinate role and determined the group third on the last day of the tournament. Ultimately, the Dutch champions from the seat of government in The Hague secured the position with a 4-1 win over Maribor. In the last duel of the tournament, the Sheffield Steelers won against HC Bozen just 4: 3 in the penalty shootout . In doing so, they not only returned the favor for the narrow defeat that league rivals Coventry Blaze had to accept in the decisive duel last year, but also qualified for the final tournament in January.

A total of 14,050 spectators attended the six games, which corresponds to an average attendance of 2,341.7. The previous year's mark at the tournament in Bolzano was increased by more than 4,500 spectators.

November 27, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Sheffield Steelers	4: 3 (2: 1, 1: 2, 1: 0)	HYS The Hague	Ice wave , Bozen spectators: 550
November 27, 2009 8:00 p.m.	HDK Stavbar Maribor	2: 6 (0: 3, 1: 2, 1: 1)	HC Bolzano	Ice wave, Bolzano spectators: 3,000
November 28, 2009 4:30 p.m.	HDK Stavbar Maribor	4: 5 (1: 2, 2: 1, 1: 2)	Sheffield Steelers	Ice wave, Bozen spectators: 1,100
November 28, 2009 8:00 p.m.	HC Bolzano	3: 0 (1: 0, 1: 0, 1: 0)	HYS The Hague	Ice wave, Bozen spectators: 4,100
November 29, 2009 4:30 p.m.	HYS The Hague	4: 1 (1: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)	HDK Stavbar Maribor	Ice wave, Bozen spectators: 1,000
November 29, 2009 8:00 p.m.	HC Bolzano	3: 4 n.P. (1: 2, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Sheffield Steelers	Ice wave, Bolzano spectators: 4,300

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Sheffield Steelers	3	2	1	0	0	13:10	8th
2.	HC Bolzano	3	2	0	1	0	12: 06	7th
3.	HYS The Hague	3	1	0	0	2	07: 08	3
4th	HDK Stavbar Maribor	3	0	0	0	3	07:15	0

Group E

Group E was less tight than in group D. There the EC Red Bull Salzburg celebrated reaching the Super Final after the second day of the tournament . After Salzburg and hosts Liepāja won their opening games against HK Sokol Kiev and KS Cracovia Krakau , the Austrians defeated their remaining rivals HK Liepājas Metalurgs 4: 3. On the same day, the qualifier from Krakow had the biggest surprise of the weekend with a win in the penalty shootout against Kiev. On the final day, the Ukrainians secured second place with a victory over the host team, while Salzburg finished the tournament unscathed with three wins.

A total of 3,339 spectators attended the six tournament games over the three days. This achieved an average of 556.5 spectators per game.

November 27, 2009 3:00 p.m.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	6: 5 (3: 1, 2: 3, 1: 1)	HK Sokol Kiev	Olimpiskā ledus hall , Liepāja spectators: 210
November 27, 2009 7:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	6: 5 (2: 2, 2: 1, 2: 2)	KS Cracovia Krakow	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 850
November 28, 2009 3:00 p.m.	KS Cracovia Krakow	2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	HK Sokol Kiev	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 214
November 28, 2009 7:00 p.m.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3: 4 (0: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2)	EC Red Bull Salzburg	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 1,004
November 29, 2009 3:00 p.m.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	5: 2 (3: 1, 1: 0, 1: 1)	KS Cracovia Krakow	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 214
November 29, 2009 7:00 p.m.	HK Sokol Kiev	5: 3 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2)	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	Olimpiskā ledus hall, Liepāja Spectators: 847

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	3	3	0	0	0	15:10	9
2.	HK Sokol Kiev	3	1	0	1	1	11:11	4th
3.	HK Liepājas Metalurgs	3	1	0	0	2	12:14	3
4th	KS Cracovia Krakow	3	0	1	0	2	09:12	2

Super final

The Super Final of the Continental Cup took place from January 15th to 17th, 2010. The venue for the tournament was Grenoble, France . In addition to the already set representatives from France and Belarus, the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble and HK Junost Minsk , the Sheffield Steelers from Great Britain, as the winners of Group D, and the EC Red Bull Salzburg from Austria, as Group E winner, the remaining two places.

Already on the first match day the two qualifiers from Salzburg and Sheffield drew attention to themselves and won their opening games against the two seeded teams. The second day of the tournament started with the game of the two winners from the previous day, which the Austrians decided in their favor. The hosts from Grenoble needed a win in regular time in the second day's game in order to keep the possibility of winning the cup open on the last day. Since they only took two points away from the match by winning the penalty shootout , the first European Cup victory of an Austrian team since 1998 was clear before the last day. Thus the games on the final day only had statistical significance. HK Junost Minsk secured second place with a win over the Sheffield Steelers. The tournament winner, EC Red Bull Salzburg, underscored his dominance throughout the tournament with a 9: 4 win over the Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble.

The six games in the 3,496-seat Pôle Sud attracted a total of 16,800 spectators. The host's three games were sold out.

Group F.

January 15, 2010 4:00 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk K. Sacharau (8:22) A. Stepanow (9:28) O. Materuchin (39:57)	3: 5 (2: 0, 1: 3, 0: 2) match report (PDF; 50 kB)	EC Red Bull Salzburg M. Siklenka (25:25) D. Welser (32:46) J. Filewich (39:25) J. Filewich (45:27) M. Ulmer (56:18)	Pôle Sud , Grenoble spectators: 2,000
January 15, 2010 8:00 p.m.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble V. Wallin (22:48) D. Fleury (27:27)	2: 5 (0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 2) Match report (PDF; 49 kB)	Sheffield Steelers J. Leque (4:32) J. Phillips (6:31) R. Farmer (32:20) M. Hubbauer (47:24) J. Hewitt (59:17)	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 3,500
January 16, 2010 4:00 p.m.	Sheffield Steelers M. Hubbauer (4:05)	1: 6 (1: 3, 0: 3, 0: 0) match report (PDF; 50 kB)	EC Red Bull Salzburg K. Wilson (3:40) D. Welser (15:21) M. Latusa (17:44) M. Latusa (27:07) D. Welser (34:15) M. Pewal (35: 35)	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 2,000
January 16, 2010 8:00 p.m.	HK Junost Minsk O. Materuchin (36:48) K. Sacharau (39:28)	2: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) Match report (PDF; 50 kB)	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble A. Rouleau (8:00) D. Fleury (54:08) M. Jansson (PS)	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 3,500
January 17, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Sheffield Steelers M. Hubbauer (54:34)	1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 0) match report (PDF; 48 kB)	HK Junost Minsk M. Slysch (7:32) A. Baranau (30:42) O. Materuchin (34:13) A. Baranau (35:57)	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 2,300
January 17, 2010 7:00 p.m.	EC Red Bull Salzburg M. Gergen (0:21) D. Heinrich (8:50) M. Schiechl (16:40) B. Aubin (22:17) J. Rebek (37:12) T. Koch (39: 05) R. Duncan (40:56) D. Welser (53:24) S. Regier (54:34)	9: 4 (3: 2, 3: 1, 3: 1) Match report (PDF; 51 kB)	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble N. Arrossamena (1:35) D. Fleury (15:32) C. Tartari (33:11) J.-F. Dufour (44:09)	Pôle Sud, Grenoble spectators: 3,500

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	EC Red Bull Salzburg	3	3	0	0	0	20: 08	9
2.	HK Junost Minsk	3	1	0	1	1	09: 09	4th
3.	Sheffield Steelers	3	1	0	0	2	07:12	3
4th	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	3	0	1	0	2	09:16	2

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Andrew Verner	Sheffield Steelers
Best defender	Doug Lynch	EC Red Bull Salzburg
Best striker	Oleksandr Materuchin	HK Junost Minsk
Top scorer	Matthias Trattnig	EC Red Bull Salzburg

The awards in the context of the final tournament went to goalkeeper Andrew Verner from the Sheffield Steelers , the Canadian defender Doug Lynch in the service of the tournament winner EC Red Bull Salzburg and the Ukrainian striker Oleksandr Materuchin from the Belarusian club HK Junost Minsk .

Austrian Matthias Trattnig from EC Red Bull Salzburg secured the crown of the top scorer and the best assist . His seven assists were unbeatable in both ratings. His team-mate and compatriot Daniel Welser secured the top scorer's crown with four goals. The best catch rate among goalkeepers was shown by Andrew Verner, who parried 91.18 percent of the shots on his goal.

Winning team

IIHF Continental Cup winner EC Red Bull Salzburg

Goalkeepers: Reinhard Divis , David LeNeveu Defenders: Jason Beckett , Wilhelm Lanz , Doug Lynch , Jeremy Rebek , Michael Schutte , Mike Siklenka , Matthias Trattnig , Daniel Welser Attackers: Brent Aubin , Ryan Duncan , Jonathan Filewich , Michael Gergen , Dominique Heinrich , Thomas Koch , Manuel Latusa , Marco Pewal , Steve Regier , Michael Schiechl , Martin Ulmer , Kelsey Wilson Head coach: Pierre Pagé

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Big Plate in Grenoble. In: iihf.com. June 27, 2009, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
2. ↑ Continental Cup news: Participation system adjusted. In: iihf.com. May 11, 2009, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
3. ↑ CHL to re-launch in 2010-11. In: iihf.com. June 15, 2009, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Barcelona advances. In: iihf.com. September 28, 2009, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Cracovia, The Hague advance. In: iihf.com. November 29, 2009, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Sheffield, Salzburg advance. In: iihf.com. November 30, 2009, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
7. ^ Salzburg wins Continental Cup. In: iihf.com. January 16, 2010, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
8. ↑ Champions stay perfect. In: iihf.com. January 17, 2010, accessed November 15, 2017 . 
9. ↑ stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF directorate (PDF; 39 kB)

Web links

• Overview of the Continental Cup on the IIHF website