IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18

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The IIHF Continental Cup 2017/18 was the 21st edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament started on September 29, 2017, the Super Final took place from January 12 to 14, 2018. A total of 17 teams from as many European countries took part in the six tournaments.

mode

  • The winner of the Continental Cup was given the right to start the Champions Hockey League (CHL) for the following season
  • No participant was automatically qualified for the final tournament; H. all teams had to qualify for the super finals through qualifying tournaments of the various rounds
  • Teams from the countries of the founding leagues of the CHL are not allowed to participate in the Continental Cup (Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Austria)

Tournament overview and participants

round date group venue Attendees spectator
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First round 29 Sep 2017– Oct 1, 20170 Group A Belgrade , Serbia BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate KHK Red Star Belgrade Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK Esja Reykjavík
SerbiaSerbia 
TurkeyTurkey 
IcelandIceland 
0520 0087
Second round Oct. 20, 2017 - Oct. 22, 2017 Group B Riga , Latvia PolandPoland GKS Tychy HK Donbass Donetsk HK Spa Riga Narva PSK
UkraineUkraine 
LatviaLatvia 
EstoniaEstonia 
3,075 0512
Group C Brașov , Romania HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék ASC Corona 2010 Brașov CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián KHK Red Star Belgrade
RomaniaRomania 
SpainSpain 
SerbiaSerbia 
2,480 0413
Third round Nov 17, 2017– Nov 19, 2017 Group D Rungsted , Denmark United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers Rungsted Ishockey HK Junost Minsk HK Kurbads Riga
DenmarkDenmark 
BelarusBelarus 
LatviaLatvia 
5,276 0879
Group E Klobenstein , Italy FranceFrance Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble Nomad Astana Ritten Sport DVTK Jegesmedvék
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
ItalyItaly 
HungaryHungary 
4,239 0706
Super final Jan. 12, 2018 - Jan. 14, 2018 Group F. Minsk , Belarus BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk Sheffield Steelers Nomad Astana Ritten Sport
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
KazakhstanKazakhstan 
ItalyItaly 
15,405 2,567

First round

The first round games took place from September 29 to October 1, 2017 in the Serbian capital Belgrade . Participants were the KHK Red Star Belgrade (Serbia) as host, Esja Reykjavík ( Iceland ), SK Irbis-Skate ( Bulgaria ) and Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK ( Turkey ).

The winner of the first round qualifies for the second round. There he meets in Group C on teams already seeded for the second round.

Group A
September 29, 2017
4:00 p.m.
(local time)
TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK
4: 3
(1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 0)
match report
BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate
Ledena dvorana Pionir , Belgrade
Spectators: 23
September 29, 2017
7:30 p.m.
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
6: 1
(3: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)
game report
IcelandIceland Esja Reykjavík
Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
Spectators: 142
September 30, 2017
4:00 p.m.
BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate
4: 2
(0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 1)
game report
IcelandIceland Esja Reykjavík
Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
Spectators: 30
September 30, 2017
7:30 p.m.
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
4: 3
(0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 2)
game report
TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK
Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
Spectators: 125
October 1, 2017
1:30 p.m.
IcelandIceland Esja Reykjavík
2: 3 n.P.
(0: 0, 0: 1, 2: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK
Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
Spectators: 20
October 1, 2017
5:00 p.m.
BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate
4: 5 n.V.
(1: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1, 0: 1)
game report
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
Ledena dvorana Pionir, Belgrade
Spectators: 180
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. SerbiaSerbia KHK Partizan Belgrade 3 2 1 0 0 15: 08 8th
2. TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK 3 1 1 0 1 10: 09 5
3. BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate 3 1 0 1 1 11:11 4th
4th IcelandIceland Esja Reykjavík 3 0 0 1 2 05:13 1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the second round

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played in two groups from October 20-22, 2017. The venues were Riga in Latvia (hosted by HK Kurbads , Narva PSK ( Estonia ), HK Donbass Donetsk ( Ukraine ) and GKS Tychy (Poland)), as well as Brașov in Romania (with host ASC Corona 2010 Brașov , DVTK Jegesmedvék ( Hungary ), CH Txuri Urdin ( Spain ) and the qualifier from the first round, KHK Red Star Belgrade ).

The first placed in the two groups reached the third round and met the teams seeded for the third round.

Group B

October 20, 2017
3:30 p.m.
(local time)
UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk
4: 2
(1: 1, 1: 0, 2: 1)
game report
EstoniaEstonia Narva PSK
Kurbads Ledus Halle , Riga
Spectators: 153
October 20, 2017
7:30 p.m.
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
5: 2
(1: 0, 2: 0, 2: 2)
game report
PolandPoland GKS Tychy
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 840
October 21, 2017
2:00 p.m.
PolandPoland GKS Tychy
11: 0
(3: 0, 5: 0, 3: 0)
game report
EstoniaEstonia Narva PSK
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 307
October 21, 2017
6:00 p.m.
UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk
1: 8
(0: 2, 1: 4, 0: 2)
game report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 418
October 22, 2017
2:00 p.m.
PolandPoland GKS Tychy
4: 2
(3: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)
game report
UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 576
October 22, 2017
6:00 p.m.
EstoniaEstonia Narva PSK
1: 2
(1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1)
game report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 781
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga 3 3 0 0 0 15: 04 9
2. PolandPoland GKS Tychy 3 2 0 0 1 17: 07 6th
3. UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk 3 1 0 0 2 07:14 3
4th EstoniaEstonia Narva PSK 3 0 0 0 3 03:17 0

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the third round

Group C

October 20, 2017
2:30 p.m.
(local time)
SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián
0: 5
(0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 0)
game report
HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
Patinoarul Olimpic , Brașov
Spectators: 65
October 20, 2017
6:30 p.m.
RomaniaRomania ASC Corona 2010 Brașov
8: 4
(5: 1, 1: 1, 2: 2)
game report
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
Patinoarul Olimpic, Brașov
spectators: 566
October 21, 2017
2:30 p.m.
HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
4: 1
(0: 0, 2: 1, 2: 0)
game report
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
Patinoarul Olimpic, Brașov
spectators: 142
October 21, 2017
6:30 p.m.
RomaniaRomania ASC Corona 2010 Brașov
4: 1
(1: 0, 0: 1, 3: 0)
game report
SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián
Patinoarul Olimpic, Brașov
spectators: 594
October 22, 2017
2:30 p.m.
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
2: 3 n.V.
(1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)
game report
SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián
Patinoarul Olimpic, Brașov
Spectators: 28
October 22, 2017
6:30 p.m.
HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
3: 0
(2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
game report
RomaniaRomania ASC Corona 2010 Brașov
Patinoarul Olimpic, Brașov
spectators: 1,085
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék 3 3 0 0 0 12: 01 9
2. RomaniaRomania ASC Corona 2010 Brașov 3 2 0 0 1 12: 08 6th
3. SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián 3 0 1 0 2 04:11 2
4th SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade 3 0 0 1 2 07:15 1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the third round

Third round

The third round of the Continental Cup was played in two groups from November 17 to 19, 2017. The venues were Rungsted in Denmark (with host Rungsted Ishockey , HK Junost Minsk ( Belarus ), the Sheffield Steelers ( United Kingdom ) and the qualifier of Group B HK Kurbads from Latvia ) and Ritten in Italy (with host Ritten Sport , Brûleurs de Loups Grenoble ( France ), Nomad Astana ( Kazakhstan ) and the qualifier from Group C, DVTK Jegesmedvék from Hungary ).

The first two of the two groups reached the final round.

Group D

November 17, 2017
4:00 p.m.
(local time)
BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk
7: 1
(3: 0, 3: 0, 1: 1)
game report
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
Saxo Bank Arena , Rungsted
Spectators: 641
November 17, 2017
7:45 p.m.
DenmarkDenmark Rungsted ishockey
4: 8
(3: 3, 1: 2, 0: 3)
game report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Saxo Bank Arena, Rungsted
Spectators: 1,168
November 18, 2017
4:00 p.m.
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
2: 4
(0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 2)
game report
BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk
Saxo Bank Arena, Rungsted
Spectators: 619
November 18, 2017
7:45 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
5: 4 n.P.
(0: 2, 3: 2, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
DenmarkDenmark Rungsted ishockey
Saxo Bank Arena, Rungsted
Spectators: 1,283
November 19, 2017
2:00 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
4: 2
(3: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0)
game report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Saxo Bank Arena, Rungsted
Spectators: 915
November 19, 2017
6:00 p.m.
DenmarkDenmark Rungsted ishockey
1: 2
(1: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0)
game report
BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk
Saxo Bank Arena, Rungsted
Spectators: 650
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk 3 3 0 0 0 13: 04 9
2. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers 3 1 1 0 1 10:13 5
3. LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga 3 1 0 0 2 12:12 3
4th DenmarkDenmark Rungsted ishockey 3 0 0 1 2 09:15 1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the Super Final

Group E

November 17, 2017
4:00 p.m.
(local time)
KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana
1: 2 n.P.
(0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
Arena Ritten , Klobenstein
spectators: 300
November 17, 2017
8:00 p.m.
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
2: 0
(1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0)
game report
FranceFrance Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble
Arena Ritten, Klobenstein
spectators: 910
November 18, 2017
4:00 p.m.
FranceFrance Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble
1: 2 n.V.
(1: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1)
game report
HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
Arena Ritten, Klobenstein
spectators: 432
November 18, 2017
8:00 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana
3: 1
(1: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0)
game report
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
Arena Ritten, Klobenstein
spectators: 1,050
November 19, 2017
4:00 p.m.
FranceFrance Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble
0: 4
(0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)
game report
KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana
Arena Ritten, Klobenstein
spectators: 310
November 19, 2017
8:00 p.m.
HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék
1: 3
(0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2)
game report
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
Arena Ritten, Klobenstein
spectators: 1,237
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana 3 2 0 1 0 8: 3 7th
2. ItalyItaly Ritten sport 3 2 0 0 1 6: 4 6th
3. HungaryHungary DVTK Jegesmedvék 3 0 2 0 1 5: 5 4th
4th FranceFrance Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble 3 0 0 1 2 1: 8 1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats
Explanations: Qualifier for the Super Final

Super final

The final of the four best teams took place in Minsk from January 12-15, 2018 . The venue was the local Tschyschouka Arena , which can hold up to 9,614 spectators.

Group F.

January 12, 2018
3:00 p.m.
(local time)
ItalyItalyRitten Sport
D. Tudin (56:39)
1: 2
(0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0)
game report
BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk
M. Plotnikow (7:33)
A. Karakulka (10:16)
Tschyschouka-Arena , Minsk
spectators: 3,120
January 12, 2018
7:00 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana
A. Jakowlew (1:51)
W. Gurin (23:48)
N. Michailis (41:58)
Ä. Aessetov (42:48)
N. Michailis (48:34)
5: 1
(1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 1)
game report
United KingdomUnited KingdomSheffield Steelers
E. Neiley (54:54)
Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk
Spectators: 273
January 13, 2018
3:00 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana
N. Michailis (38:52)
D. Grenz (44:35)
P. Schdachin (PS)
3: 2 n.P.
(0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 2)
Match report
ItalyItalyRitten Sport
K. Jean (4:28)
R. Hofer (17:24)
Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk
Spectators: 262
January 13, 2018
7:00 p.m.
BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk
K. Pretnar (3:28)
A. Antonau (8:51)
A. Kahalym (23:07)
A. Jafimenka (43:07)
A. Michnow (57:33)
5: 4
(2: 2, 1: 1, 2: 1)
game report
United KingdomUnited KingdomSheffield Steelers
M. Roy (13:08)
M. Roy (18:18)
M. Matheson 24:37
M. Matheson (52:13)
Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk
spectators: 3,800
January 14, 2018
3:00 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers
A. Jämtin (15:48)
J. Westerling (33:38)
2: 0
(1: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)
game report
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk
spectators: 350
January 14, 2018
7:00 p.m.
BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk
P. Raswadouski (3:24)
K. Sacharau (19:47)
A. Jafimenka (24:27)
P. Raswadouski (37:45)
M. Parfejewez (50:51)
5: 2
(2: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)
game report
KazakhstanKazakhstanNomad Astana
W. Gurin (13:37)
N. Michailis (41:48)
Tschyschouka-Arena, Minsk
spectators: 7,600
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. BelarusBelarus HK Junost Minsk 3 3 0 0 0 12: 07 9
2. KazakhstanKazakhstan Nomad Astana 3 1 1 0 1 10: 08 5
3. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Sheffield Steelers 3 1 0 0 2 07:10 3
4th ItalyItaly Ritten sport 3 0 0 1 2 03: 07 1

Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = victories, OTS = victories after overtime or penalty shoot-out , OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty shoot-out, N = defeats

Awards

Player trophies

Award player team
Best goalkeeper Vladimir Kramar Nomad Astana
Best defender Mark Matheson Sheffield Steelers
Best striker Nikita Michailis Nomad Astana

The awards in the context of the final tournament went to goalkeeper Wladimir Kramar from Nomad Astana , defender Mark Matheson for the Sheffield Steelers and striker Nikita Michailis , also from Astana.

Best scorer

Nikita Michailis from Nomad Astana also secured the top scorer's crown with six points, four of which were goals. He was also the tournament's top scorer, while his team-mate Mikhail Plotnikov was the best assists with three assists.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best

player team Sp T V Pt +/- SM
Nikita Michailis Astana 3 4th 2 6th 2 +1
Valery Gurin Astana 3 2 2 4th 2 +1
Pavel Raswadouski Minsk 3 2 2 4th 2 +5
Mikhail Plotnikov Minsk 3 1 3 4th 0 +3
Mark Matheson Sheffield 3 2 0 2 0 −1
Mathieu Roy Sheffield 3 2 0 2 4th 0
Alyaksey Jafimenka Minsk 3 2 0 2 0 +3

Best goalkeeper

Statistically the best goalkeeper was Patrick Killeen (Ritten Sport) with a catch rate of 93.52% and an average goal against 2.28.

Abbreviations: Sp = games, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best

player team Sp Min SaT GT SVS Sv% GTS SO
Patrick Killeen Rides 3 184: 33 108 7th 101 93.52 2.28 0
Vladimir Kramar Astana 3 149: 27 71 6th 65 91.55 2.41 0
Dzmitryi Milchakou Minsk 3 180: 00 81 7th 74 91.36 2.33 0
Ervins Muštukovs Sheffield 3 178: 12 98 10 88 89.80 2.37 1

IIHF Continental Cup winner

Continental Cup winner

HK Junost Minsk

Goalkeepers: Dsmitryj Miltschakou , Mikhail Schibanow

Defenders: Andrej Antonau , Aleh Haroschka , Vadsim Jarocha , Pawel Kazakewitsch , Mikita Mizkewitsch , Jauhen Nahatschou , Klemen Pretnar , Sjarhej Scheleh

Forwards : Daniel Corso , Aljaksej Jafimenka , Aljaksandr Kahalym , Aljaksandr Karakulka , Andrij Michnow , Maksim Parfejewez , Michail Plotnikow , Pavel Raswadouski , Kanstanzin Sakharau , Aljaksej Skabelka , Turkgeni Wi Skatschkow ,

Head coach: Michail Sacharau    Assistant coach: Aljaksej Baranau , Dzmitryj Karpikau

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF directorate
  2. Statistics. In: continental-cup2018-final.iihf.hockey. April 10, 2015, accessed February 6, 2019 .
  3. stats.iihf.com, Team Roster - Yunost Minsk