IIHF Continental Cup 2018/19

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The IIHF Continental Cup 2018/19 was the 22nd edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition are. The tournament started on September 28, 2018, the superfinal took place from January 11 to 13, 2019. A total of 17 teams from as many European countries played in a total of six tournaments.

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  • The winner of the Continental Cup receives the right to start in the Champions Hockey League (CHL) for the following season
  • No participant is automatically qualified for the final tournament, i. H. all teams have 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)

With the KHL Medveščak Zagreb , however, a team from one of the CHL's founding leagues , namely the Austrian Erste Bank Ice Hockey League , took part in this year's competition. Zagreb had qualified as Croatian champions through their second team .

Tournament overview and participants

round date group venue Attendees spectator
total cut
First round 28 Sep 2018– Sep 30 2018 Group A Sofia , Bulgaria BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK Vikingar Akureyri HC Bat Yam
TurkeyTurkey 
IcelandIceland 
IsraelIsrael 
1,845 307
Second round Oct. 19, 2018 - Oct. 21, 2018 Group B Renon , Italy ItalyItaly Ritten Sport MAC Budapest HDD Jesenice KHK Red Star Belgrade
HungaryHungary 
SloveniaSlovenia 
SerbiaSerbia 
2,783 463
Group C Riga , Latvia UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk HK Spa Riga CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián Vikingar Akureyri
LatviaLatvia 
SpainSpain 
IcelandIceland 
2,189 364
Third round Nov 16, 2018 - Nov 18, 2018 Group D Lyon , France KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau HK Homel Lions de Lyon HK Spa Riga
BelarusBelarus 
FranceFrance 
LatviaLatvia 
6.104 1,017
Nov 15, 2018– Nov 17, 2018 Group E Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants GKS Katowice KHL Medveščak Zagreb Ritten Sport
PolandPoland 
CroatiaCroatia 
ItalyItaly 
13,562 2,260
final Jan 11, 2019 - Jan 13, 2019 Group F. Belfast , Northern Ireland , UK KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau HK Homel Belfast Giants GKS Katowice
BelarusBelarus 
United KingdomUnited Kingdom 
PolandPoland 
11,132 1,855

First round

Group A

The first round games took place in the Bulgarian capital Sofia from September 28-30, 2018 . Participants were SK Irbis-Skate as host, Vikingar Akureyri ( Iceland ), HC Bat Yam from Israel 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.

September 28, 2018
4:00 p.m.
(local time)
TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK
4: 0
(1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)
game report
IsraelIsrael HC Bat Yam
Winter Sports Palace , Sofia
Spectators: 50
September 28, 2018
8:00 p.m.
IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri
5: 4 n.P.
(2: 2, 1: 0, 1: 2,: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate
Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Spectators: 563
29 September 2018
2 p.m.
BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate
8: 1
(2: 1, 2: 0, 4: 0)
game report
IsraelIsrael HC Bat Yam
Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Spectators: 250
September 29, 2018
6:00 p.m.
TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK
1: 6
(0: 2, 1: 3, 0: 1)
game report
IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri
Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Spectators: 213
September 30, 2018
2 p.m.
IsraelIsrael HC Bat Yam
0: 2
(0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0)
game report
IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri
Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Spectators: 150
September 30, 2018
6:00 p.m.
BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate
5: 2
(3: 1, 0: 1, 2: 0)
game report
TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK
Winter Sports Palace, Sofia
Spectators: 619
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri 3 2 1 0 0 13: 05 8th
2. BulgariaBulgaria SK Irbis-Skate 3 2 0 1 0 17: 08 7th
3. TurkeyTurkey Zeytinburnu Belediyesi SK 3 1 0 0 2 07:11 3
4th IsraelIsrael HC Bat Yam 3 0 0 0 3 01:14 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: Qualification for the second round

Second round

The second round of the Continental Cup was played in two groups from October 19 to 21, 2018. The venues were Ritten in Italy (with host Ritten Sport , HDD Jesenice ( Slovenia ), MAC Budapest ( Hungary ) and the KHK Red Star Belgrade (Serbia)), as well as Riga in Latvia (with host HK Kurbads , HK Donbass Donetsk ( Ukraine )) , CH Txuri Urdin ( Spain ) and the qualifier from the first round, Vikingar Akureyrar ).

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

Group B

October 19, 2018
4:00 p.m.
(local time)
HungaryHungary MAC Budapest
8: 0
(1: 0, 6: 0, 1: 0)
game report
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
Arena Ritten , Ritten
spectators: 75
October 19, 2018
8:00 p.m.
SloveniaSlovenia HDD Jesenice
1: 6
(0: 3, 1: 3, 0: 0)
match report
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
Arena Ritten, Ritten
spectators: 812
October 20, 2018
4:00 p.m.
HungaryHungary MAC Budapest
3: 4
(0: 1, 2: 2, 1: 1)
game report
SloveniaSlovenia HDD Jesenice
Arena Ritten, Ritten
spectators: 120
October 20, 2018
8:00 p.m.
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
6: 4
(2: 1, 0: 2, 4: 1)
game report
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade
Arena Ritten, Ritten
spectators: 900
October 21, 2018
2:00 p.m.
SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star
2: 1 n.V.
(0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
game report
SloveniaSlovenia HDD Jesenice
Arena Ritten, Ritten
spectators: 51
October 21, 2018
6:00 p.m.
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
4: 1
(2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0)
game report
HungaryHungary MAC Budapest
Arena Ritten, Ritten
spectators: 825
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. ItalyItaly Ritten sport 3 3 0 0 0 16: 06 9
2. SloveniaSlovenia HDD Jesenice 3 1 0 1 1 06:11 4th
3. HungaryHungary MAC Budapest 3 1 0 0 2 12: 08 3
4th SerbiaSerbia KHK Red Star Belgrade 3 0 1 0 2 06:15 2

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: Qualification for the third round

Group C

October 19, 2018
3:30 p.m.
(local time)
SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián
2: 6
(0: 2, 2: 3, 0: 1)
game report
UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk
Kurbads Ledus Halle , Riga
Spectators: 160
October 19, 2018
7:30 p.m.
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
9: 2
(3: 0, 4: 1, 2: 1)
game report
IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 173
October 20, 2018
2:00 p.m.
UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk
6: 3
(1: 1, 1: 1, 4: 1)
game report
IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 75
October 20, 2018
6:00 p.m.
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
8: 1
(2: 0, 5: 1, 1: 0)
game report
SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 750
October 21, 2018
2:00 p.m.
IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri
3: 2
(0: 0, 1: 1, 2: 1)
game report
SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 63
October 21, 2018
6:00 p.m.
UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk
1: 2
(0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0)
game report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Kurbads Ledus Halle, Riga
Spectators: 968
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga 3 3 0 0 0 19: 04 9
2. UkraineUkraine HK Donbass Donetsk 3 2 0 0 1 13: 07 6th
3. IcelandIceland Vikingar Akureyri 3 1 0 0 2 08:17 3
4th SpainSpain CH Txuri Urdin San Sebastián 3 0 0 0 3 05:17 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: Qualification for the third round

Third round

The third round of the Continental Cup was played in two groups from November 18 to 20, 2018. The venues were Lyon in France (with host Lions de Lyon , HK Arlan Kökschetau ( Kazakhstan ), HK Homel ( Belarus ) and the winner of Group C HK Kurbads Riga from Latvia ) and Belfast in Great Britain (with host Belfast Giants , GKS Katowice ( Poland ), KHL Medveščak Zagreb ( Croatia ) and the winner of Group B Ritten Sport from Italy ).

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

Group D

November 16, 2018
2:30 p.m.
(local time)
BelarusBelarus HK Homel
6: 2
(3: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)
game report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Patinoire Charlemagne , Lyon
Spectators: 105
November 16, 2018
8:30 p.m.
FranceFrance Lions de Lyon
1: 2 n.P.
(0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)
Match report
KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau
Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
Spectators: 2,224
November 17, 2018
3:00 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau
4: 3 n.P.
(1: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
Spectators: 112
November 17, 2018
8:00 p.m.
BelarusBelarus HK Homel
2: 1
(3: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)
game report
FranceFrance Lions de Lyon
Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
Spectators: 2,006
November 18, 2018
2 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau
3: 0
(2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 0)
game report
BelarusBelarus HK Homel
Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
Spectators: 205
November 18, 2018
6:00 p.m.
LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga
3: 2
(1: 1, 0: 0, 2: 1)
game report
FranceFrance Lions de Lyon
Patinoire Charlemagne, Lyon
Spectators: 1,452
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau 3 1 2 0 0 09: 04 7th
2. BelarusBelarus HK Homel 3 2 0 0 1 08: 06 6th
3. LatviaLatvia HK Spa Riga 3 1 0 1 1 08:12 4th
4th FranceFrance Lions de Lyon 3 0 0 1 2 04: 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
Explanations: Qualification for the Super Final

Group E

November 15, 2018
3:00 p.m.
(local time)
PolandPolandGKS Katowice
4: 0
(1: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)
game report
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
SSE Arena , Belfast
spectators: 200
November 15, 2018
7:00 p.m.
CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb
0: 4
(0: 1, 0: 1, 0: 2)
game report
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: 2,929
November 16, 2018
3:00 p.m.
PolandPoland GKS Katowice
2: 3
(0: 2, 1: 0, 1: 1)
game report
CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: 642
November 16, 2018
7:00 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants
6: 2
(2: 2, 2: 0, 2: 0)
game report
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
SSE Arena, Belfast
spectators: 3,595
November 17, 2018
3:00 p.m.
ItalyItaly Ritten sport
1: 3
(0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 2)
game report
CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: 578
November 17, 2018
7:00 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants
2: 4
(1: 0, 1: 2, 0: 2)
game report
PolandPoland GKS Katowice
SSE Arena, Belfast
spectators: 5,618
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants 3 2 0 0 1 12: 06 6th
2. PolandPoland GKS Katowice 3 2 0 0 1 10: 05 6th
3. CroatiaCroatia KHL Medveščak Zagreb 3 2 0 0 1 06: 07 6th
4th ItalyItaly Ritten sport 3 0 0 0 3 03:13 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: Qualification for the Super Final

Super final

The final of the four best teams took place in Belfast from January 11-13, 2019 . The venue was the local SSE Arena , which holds almost 10,000 spectators.

Group F.

January 11, 2019
3:00 p.m.
(local time)
PolandPolandGKS Katowice
N. Tuhkanen (23:40)
J. Rohtla (27:16)
2: 4
(0: 3, 2: 0, 0: 1)
game report
KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau
K. Sawenkow (11:44)
S. Borowikow (14:13)
D. Potaitschuk (18:00)
D. Klemeschow (54:21)
SSE Arena , Belfast
Spectators: 1,004
January 11, 2019
7:00 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants
D. Rutherford (17:54)
P. Dwyer (21:58)
D. Murphy (44:02)
C. Shields (50:20)
C. Higgins (57:41)
5: 0
(1: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)
game report
BelarusBelarus HK Homel
SSE Arena, Belfast
spectators: 3,728
January 12, 2019
3:00 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau
I. Kiseljow (5:11)
D. Potaitschuk (7:53)
W. Berdnikow (9:54)
A. Anziferow (11:42)
D. Potaitschuk (25:03)
A. Petrov (26:45 )
A. Nesterow (37:33)
S. Borowikow (49:00)
8: 2
(4: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1)
game report
BelarusBelarusHK Homel
A. Totschilkin (30:35)
J. Solomonow (59:56)
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: 1,102
January 12, 2019
7:00 p.m.
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants
D. Murphy (17:07)
D. Murphy (31:14)
C. Leonard (40:15)
D. Johner (58:52)
4: 2
(1: 0, 1: 2, 2: 0)
match report
PolandPolandGKS Katowice
J. Rohtla (20:14)
J. Laakkonen (39:51)
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: 4,572
January 13, 2019
1:00 p.m.
BelarusBelarus HK Homel
0: 5
(0: 2, 0: 2, 0: 1)
game report
PolandPoland GKS Katowice
M. Łopuski (0:17)
M. Łopuski (13:19)
M. Łopuski (20:27)
M. Strzyżowski (21:51)
J. Jyrkkiö (58:15)
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: 726
January 13, 2019
5:00 p.m.
KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau
S. Jegorow (11:51)
W. Jermolajew (18:08)
J. Gasnikow (PS)
3: 2 n.P.
(2: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 0, 1: 0)
Match report
United KingdomUnited KingdomBelfast Giants
C. Higgins (47:44)
D. Johner (48:56)
SSE Arena, Belfast
Spectators: not specified
Pl. Sp S. OTS OTN N Gates Points
1. KazakhstanKazakhstan HK Arlan Kökschetau 3 2 1 0 0 15: 06 8th
2. United KingdomUnited Kingdom Belfast Giants 3 2 0 1 0 11: 05 7th
3. PolandPoland GKS Katowice 3 1 0 0 2 09: 08 3
4th BelarusBelarus HK Homel 3 0 0 0 3 02:18 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

Awards

Player trophies

Award player team
Best goalkeeper Tyler Beskorowany Belfast Giants
Best defender Stanislav Borovikov HK Arlan Kökschetau
Best striker Darcy Murphy Belfast Giants

The awards for the final tournament went to goalkeeper Tyler Beskorowany from the Belfast Giants , defender Stanislaw Borowikow in the service of HK Arlan Kökschetau and striker Darcy Murphy , also from the Giants.

Best scorer

Jesse Rohtla from GKS Katowice secured the top scorer's crown with seven points, and with five assists he was also the best assists. Mikołaj Łopuski and Darcy Murphy were the top scorers of the tournament with three goals each.

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

player team Sp T V Pt SM +/-
Jesse Rohtla GKS Katowice 3 2 5 7th 2 +3
Janne Laakkonen GKS Katowice 3 1 4th 5 2 +4
Konstantin Sawenkow HK Arlan Kökschetau 3 1 4th 5 0 +3
Mikołaj Łopuski GKS Katowice 3 3 1 4th 2 +4
Darcy Murphy Belfast Giants 3 3 1 4th 2 +2
Jesse Jyrkkio GKS Katowice 3 1 3 4th 0 +1
Ivan Kisselev HK Arlan Kökschetau 3 1 3 4th 0 +4

Best goalkeeper

Statistically the best goalkeeper was Tyler Beskorowany (Belfast Giants) with a catch rate of 94.29% and an average goal against goals of 1.30.

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 SVS Sv% GT GTS SO
Tyler Beskorowany Belfast Giants 3 185: 00 70 66 94.29 4th 1.30 1
Ivan Poloshkov HK Arlan Kökschetau 2 125: 00 62 58 93.55 4th 1.92 0
Kevin Lindskoug GKS Katowice 3 178: 05 84 76 90.48 8th 2.70 1
Roman Bobariko HK Homel 3 127: 53 84 72 85.71 12 5.63 0

IIHF Continental Cup winner

IIHF Continental Cup winner HK Arlan Kökschetau
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KazakhstanKazakhstan

Goalkeepers: Mikhail Demidow , Ivan Poloschkow

Defenders: Stanislav Borovikov , Yevgeny Gewel , Ilya Gulyakov , Sergei Yegorov , Anton Kazanzew , Wladislaw Kolesnikow , Vladimir Malevich , Jakow Seleznjow

Forwards: Alexei Anziferow , Nikita Bazhenov , Vadim Berdnikov , Yevgeny Gasnikow , Vadim Jermolajew , Ivan Kiselyov , Denis Klemeschow , Alexander Nesterov , Anton Petrov , Dmitri Potaitschuk , Konstantin Savenkov , Dimitri Schitikow

Head coach: Wladimir Kapulowski    Assistant coach: Oleg Kowalenko

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. stats.iihf.com, Best Players selected by the IIHF directorate
  2. a b Statistics. In: iihf.hockey. Retrieved April 16, 2019 .
  3. stats.iihf.com, Team Roster - ARL - Arlan Kokshetau