IIHF Continental Cup 2020/21

The IIHF Continental Cup 2020/21 is the 24th event of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition are. It begins on October 16, 2020, the superfinal will take place from January 8 to 10, 2021. A total of 20 teams from as many European countries take part in the seven tournaments.

Qualification and mode

One team per country takes part in the Continental Cup, whereby the countries of the founding leagues of the CHL do not participate (Sweden, Finland, Czech Republic, Switzerland, Germany, Austria). As a rule, the national champions are registered if they do not take part in the CHL. For the first time since 2010/11 a team from Lithuania will take part again.

The mode has been shortened compared to previous years. In the first round, eight teams play four teams in two four-way tournaments for the second round. Twelve teams are set for this. In the second round, the 16 teams play four participants in four rounds of four for the final tournament. The earlier third round is not applicable.

The winner of the Continental Cup receives the right to start the CHL 2021/22.

Tournament overview and participants

round	date	group	venue	Attendees	spectator
					total	cut
First round	Oct 16, 2020 - Oct 18, 2020	Group A	Akureyri , Iceland	Kaunas Hockey FC Barcelona Skautafélag Akureyrar HC Bat Yam
		Group B	Sofia , Bulgaria	KHK Red Star Belgrade Mladost Zagreb Buz Beykoz Istanbul SK Irbis-Skate
Second round	Nov 13, 2020– Nov 15, 2020	Group C	Amiens , France	HK Ertis Pawlodar Gothiques d'Amiens Ferencvárosi TC Budapest 2. Group B
		Group D	Asiago , Italy	Sheffield Steelers Asiago Hockey still unknown 2. Group A
		Group E	Ljubljana , Slovenia	HK Schachzjor Salihorsk HK Olimpija Ljubljana Olimp Riga Winner Group B
		Group F.	Frederikshavn , Denmark	Unia Oswiecim Frederikshavn White Hawks SC Miercurea Ciuc Winner Group A
final	0Jan 8, 2021– Jan 10, 2021	final	still unknown	Winner Group C Winner Group D Winner Group E Winner Group F

Web link

• Continental Cup on the IIHF website