IIHF European Women Champions Cup 2008/09

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Winner:	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

The IIHF European Women's Champions Cup 2008-09 was the fifth edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament, which was held from October 24, 2008 to February 1, 2009, was attended by 19 teams from 19 countries, with one more team not participating. The final round was held for the first time from January 30th to February 1st, 2009 in Lohja , Finland .

For the first time in the history of the European Women Champions Cup, none of the finalists was seeded. The four finalists were determined in two qualifying rounds.

Preliminary round

The games of the preliminary round took place from October 31 to November 2, 2008, with the group A games being played a week earlier, from October 24 to 26. The Czech Slaný was the venue for Group A, Group B games were played in Agordo , Italy , Group C pairings took place in Tukums and Group D was played in Nizhny Novgorod .

Group A

Group A's encounters took place in Slaný in the Czech Republic and were played a week before the round actually ended. After three days of the tournament, the host HC Slavia Prague prevailed confidently against the competition with three wins and a goal difference of 71: 0. The duel, which was ultimately decisive for the tournament victory, was already clearly won by the Czechs on the first day of the tournament 9-0 against the Slovenian representative Terme Maribor . Above all, Polis Akademisi Ankara and Ferencvárosi TC Budapest proved to have no chance.

October 24, 2008 2 p.m.	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	0: 5 (0: 2, 0: 1, 0: 2)	Polis Akademisi Ankara	Sportovní hala, Slaný spectators:
October 24, 2008 5:00 p.m.	HC Slavia Prague	9: 0 (0: 0, 6: 0, 3: 0)	Terme Maribor	Sportovní hala, Slaný spectators:
October 25, 2008 2:00 p.m.	Terme Maribor	7: 0 (4: 0, 1: 0, 2: 0)	Polis Akademisi Ankara	Sportovní hala, Slaný spectators:
October 25, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	0:26 (0: 6, 0:12, 0: 8)	HC Slavia Prague	Sportovní hala, Slaný spectators:
October 26, 2008 2:00 p.m.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	0:36 (0:15, 0:11, 0:10)	HC Slavia Prague	Sportovní hala, Slaný spectators:
October 26, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Terme Maribor	16: 0 (6: 0, 3: 0, 7: 0)	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	Sportovní hala, Slaný spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Slavia Prague	3	3	0	0	0	71: 00	9
2.	Terme Maribor	3	2	0	0	1	23: 09	6th
3.	Polis Akademisi Ankara	3	1	0	0	2	05:43	3
4th	Ferencvárosi TC Budapest	3	0	0	0	3	00:47	0

Group B

The preliminary round group B was played in Agordo, Italy . Similar to a week before, the decisive duel for advancement took place on the first day of the competition, when the German title holder ESC Planegg / Würmtal was able to win SG Sabers / Flyers United Vienna from Austria just 2: 1. Since Planegg subsequently won his games against hosts Agordo Hockey and KHL Grič Zagreb , they secured one of the four free places in the semifinals.

October 31, 2008 4:00 p.m.	SG Sabers / Flyers United Vienna	1: 2 (0: 0, 1: 2, 0: 0)	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	Agordo viewers:
October 31, 2008 8:30 p.m.	Agordo hockey	8: 1 (4: 0, 1: 1, 3: 0)	KHL Grič Zagreb	Agordo viewers:
November 1, 2008 2:30 p.m.	KHL Grič Zagreb	2: 7 (0: 3, 1: 1, 1: 3)	SG Sabers / Flyers United Vienna	Agordo viewers:
November 1, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Agordo hockey	3:15 (0: 5, 2: 5, 1: 5)	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	Agordo viewers:
November 2, 2008 4:00 p.m.	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	11: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 5: 0)	KHL Grič Zagreb	Agordo viewers:
November 2, 2008 8:30 p.m.	SG Sabers / Flyers United Vienna	7: 3 (2: 0, 1: 1, 4: 2)	Agordo hockey	Agordo viewers:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	3	3	0	0	0	28: 04	9
2.	SG Sabers / Flyers United Vienna	3	2	0	0	1	15: 07	6th
3.	Agordo hockey	3	1	0	0	2	14:23	3
4th	KHL Grič Zagreb	3	0	0	0	3	03:26	0

Group C

In group C, the Danish champion Herlev Hornets prevailed. Already in the first tournament game they were able to lay the foundation for reaching the intermediate round with a 3-1 win against the hosts SHK Laima Riga . As Riga lost to the Slough Phantoms in the penalty shootout on the following day of the tournament and Herlev simultaneously defeated Vålerenga Oslo , they only needed one more point in the last game against Slough. But with a victory they left no doubt about their progress.

October 31, 2008 4:30 p.m.	Vålerenga Oslo	4: 3 (0: 2, 4: 0, 0: 1)	Slough Phantoms	TUKO Center, Tukum's audience:
October 31, 2008 8:00 p.m.	Herlev Hornets	3: 1 (2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0)	SHK Laima Riga	TUKO Center, Tukum's audience:
November 1, 2008 3:00 p.m.	SHK Laima Riga	4: 5 n.p. (1: 3, 2: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1)	Slough Phantoms	TUKO Center, Tukum's audience:
November 1, 2008 6:30 p.m.	Vålerenga Oslo	2: 5 (1: 2, 1: 0, 0: 3)	Herlev Hornets	TUKO Center, Tukum's audience:
November 2, 2008 3:00 p.m.	SHK Laima Riga	3: 1 (2: 0, 1: 0, 0: 1)	Vålerenga Oslo	TUKO Center, Tukum's audience:
November 2, 2008 6:30 p.m.	Slough Phantoms	4: 8 (4: 2, 0: 2, 0: 4)	Herlev Hornets	TUKO Center, Tukum's audience:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Herlev Hornets	3	3	0	0	0	16: 07	9
2.	SHK Laima Riga	3	1	0	1	1	08: 09	4th
3.	Vålerenga Oslo	3	1	0	0	2	07:11	3
4th	Slough Phantoms	3	0	1	0	2	12:16	2

Group D

Group D, played in Nizhny Novgorod , saw the hosts of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod reach the intermediate round. In contrast to the other teams, only two wins were enough for the Russians, as only three teams attended the tournament weekend. The HC Slovan Bratislava did not travel to, since participation was prohibited by state-owned association him. Unimpressed by this, the women of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod defeated their opponents, HC Cergy-Pontoise and SC Miercurea Ciuc , clearly with double-digit results.

October 31, 2008 6:00 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	10: 0 (4: 0, 4: 0, 2: 0)	HC Cergy-Pontoise	Sports Palace of the Unions , Nizhny Novgorod Spectators:
November 1, 2008 1:30 p.m.	HC Cergy-Pontoise	13: 0 (3: 0, 3: 0, 7: 0)	SC Miercurea Ciuc	Sports Palace of the Unions, Nizhny Novgorod Spectators:
November 2, 2008 2:30 p.m.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	0:24 (0:10, 0:10, 0: 4)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Sports Palace of the Unions, Nizhny Novgorod Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	2	2	0	0	0	34: 00	6th
2.	HC Cergy-Pontoise	2	1	0	0	1	13:10	3
3.	SC Miercurea Ciuc	2	0	0	0	2	00:37	0
4th	HC Slovan Bratislava	-	-	-	-	-	0-: 0-	-

Intermediate round

The intermediate round games took place from December 5th to 7th, 2008. The Czech Kralupy nad Vltavou acted as the venue for Group E and Group F was played in Segeltorp . The two teams in the first places in a group qualified for the Super Final .

Group E

The group E games, for which qualifier HC Slavia Prague hosted, were played in Kralupy nad Vltavou in the Czech Republic . In addition to the Prague women and the Herlev Hornets qualified in the preliminary round , the Kazakh champion Aisulu Almaty and the Finnish champion Espoo Blues were set for the tournament.

As expected, the two seeded clubs from Kazakhstan and Finland prevailed and reached the Super Final . Both Almaty and Espoo were able to clearly beat the Danish representatives, but both had bigger problems with the hosts of HC Slavia Prague and only narrowly won their respective duels. On the last day of the match, the two undefeated teams only decided who should travel to the final tournament as group winners. The Finns achieved this with a clear 4-0 victory, while Slavia was able to secure third place from Herlev.

December 5, 2008 2:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	10: 2 (3: 0, 3: 2, 4: 0)	Herlev Hornets	Zimní stad., Kralupy nad Vltavou spectators:
December 5, 2008 5:00 p.m.	HC Slavia Prague	1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 0, 1: 1)	Espoo Blues	Zimní stad., Kralupy nad Vltavou spectators:
December 6, 2008 2:00 p.m.	Herlev Hornets	0:14 (0: 3, 0: 3, 0: 8)	Espoo Blues	Zimní stad., Kralupy nad Vltavou spectators:
December 6, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	4: 2 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 1)	HC Slavia Prague	Zimní stad., Kralupy nad Vltavou spectators:
December 7, 2008 2:00 p.m.	HC Slavia Prague	10: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 5: 0)	Herlev Hornets	Zimní stad., Kralupy nad Vltavou spectators:
December 7, 2008 5:00 p.m.	Espoo Blues	4: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0)	Aisulu Almaty	Zimní stad., Kralupy nad Vltavou spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Espoo Blues	3	3	0	0	0	20: 01	9
2.	Aisulu Almaty	3	2	0	0	1	14: 08	6th
3.	HC Slavia Prague	3	1	0	0	2	13: 06	3
4th	Herlev Hornets	3	0	0	0	3	02:34	0

Group F.

The qualifiers SKIF Nischni Novgorod and ESC Planegg / Würmtal as well as the two seeded teams DHC Langenthal , the reigning champion of Switzerland, and the host and Swedish champion Segeltorps IF took part in the group F played in the Swedish Segeltorp .

The qualifier from Nizhny Novgorod caused a big surprise when he qualified for the final tournament as first in the group. Already on the first day of play they managed a clear 5-0 victory over Langenthal, which laid the foundation for the successful qualification. Meanwhile, Segeltorp had also defeated the German representative. The following day both teams were successful again, so the decision was made before the last day of competition. Thus, on the final day in the duel between Segeltorp and Nizhny Novgorod, only the group winner was determined, which the Russians achieved with a clear victory. The Swiss Confederation secured third place by beating the ESC Planegg / Würmtal.

December 5, 2008 3:30 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	5: 0 (0: 0, 3: 0, 2: 0)	DHC Langenthal	Segeltorpshallen, Segeltorp spectators:
December 5, 2008 7:00 p.m.	Segeltorps IF	6: 3 (0: 0, 5: 2, 1: 1)	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	Segeltorpshallen, Segeltorp spectators:
December 6, 2008 12:00 p.m.	DHC Langenthal	2: 3 (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 2)	Segeltorps IF	Segeltorpshallen, Segeltorp spectators:
December 6, 2008 4:00 p.m.	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	1: 8 (1: 2, 0: 3, 0: 3)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Segeltorpshallen, Segeltorp spectators:
December 7, 2008 12:00 p.m.	DHC Langenthal	5: 3 (0: 0, 2: 2, 3: 1)	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	Segeltorpshallen, Segeltorp spectators:
December 7, 2008 4:00 p.m.	Segeltorps IF	1: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Segeltorpshallen, Segeltorp spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	3	3	0	0	0	18: 02	9
2.	Segeltorps IF	3	2	0	0	1	10:10	6th
3.	DHC Langenthal	3	1	0	0	2	07:11	3
4th	ESC Planegg / Würmtal	3	0	0	0	3	07:19	0

Super final

The Super Final took place from January 30th to February 1st, 2009 in Lohja , Finland . For the first time, none of the four finalists was seeded. Four teams were only able to qualify via the two qualifying rounds. These were Segeltorps IF , SKIF Nizhny Novgorod , Aisulu Almaty and the Espoo Blues .

On the very first day, the women of SKIF Nizhny Novgorod caused a surprise when they were able to confirm the victory over Segeltorps IF from the intermediate round. The Espoo Blue also made their duel against Aisulu Almaty victorious. On the second day of the tournament, the Russians were able to win their game against Almaty and - because Segeltorp beat Espoo 7: 1 - they topped the table with six points. So Espoo needed a clear victory in the last game against Nizhny Novgorod to become tournament winner or to make Segeltorp the winner, while Novgorod only needed one point to win the cup for the first time. They achieved this with a narrow 2-1 victory over the Finnish titleholder, with which they dethroned AIK Solna for the first time in four years. Segeltorps IF secured second place with a final victory over Aisulu Almaty.

January 30, 2009 3:30 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	3: 1 (1: 1, 1: 0, 1: 0) Match report (PDF file; 9 kB)	Segeltorps IF	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 88
January 30, 2009 7:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	2: 4 (1: 2, 1: 2, 0: 0) Match report (PDF file; 9 kB)	Espoo Blues	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 101
January 31, 2009 2:00 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	6: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 1) Match report (PDF file; 10 kB)	Aisulu Almaty	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 90
January 31, 2009 6:00 p.m.	Espoo Blues	1: 7 (0: 2, 0: 3, 1: 2) match report (PDF file; 10 kB)	Segeltorps IF	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 219
February 1, 2009 1:00 p.m.	Segeltorps IF	3: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report (PDF file; 31 kB)	Aisulu Almaty	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 93
February 1, 2009 4:30 p.m.	Espoo Blues	1: 2 (0: 1, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report (PDF file; 31 kB)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 216

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	3	3	0	0	0	11: 04	9
2.	Segeltorps IF	3	2	0	0	1	11: 04	6th
3.	Espoo Blues	3	1	0	0	2	06:11	3
4th	Aisulu Almaty	3	0	0	0	3	04:13	0

statistics

Best scorers

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Josefine Jakobsen	Segeltorp	3	1	5	6th	+3	0
Erika Holst	Segeltorp	3	3	1	4th	+1	0
Michelle Karvinen	Espoo	3	3	1	4th	+1	2
Jenni Hiirikoski	Nizhny Novgorod	3	3	0	3	+1	2
Ann-Louise Edstrand	Segeltorp	3	2	1	3	+3	2
Helene Martinsen	Segeltorp	3	2	1	3	+2	2

Best goalkeepers

Abbreviations: Sp = games, TOI = 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
Alexandra Kyobe	Segeltorp	3	179: 33	85	4th	81	95.29	1.34	1
Nadezhda Alexandrowa	Nizhny Novgorod	3	180: 00	80	4th	76	95.00	1.33	0
Darja Obydennowa	Almaty	3	180: 00	162	13	149	91.98	4.33	0
Noora Räty	Espoo	2	80:30	55	6th	49	89.09	4.47	0
Sanna Mattila	Espoo	2	98:39	34	5	29	85.29	3.40	0

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Alexandra Kyobe	Segeltorps IF
Best defender	Jenni Hiirikoski	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod
Best striker	Erika Holst	Segeltorps IF

Winning team

European Women Champions Cup winner SKIF Nizhny Novgorod

Goalkeepers: Nadezhda Alexandrowa , Aljona Kropacheva Defenders: Aljona Chomitsch , Jenni Hiirikoski , Alexandra Kapustina , Kati Kovalainen , Wiktorija Samarina , Anna Shchukina , Larissa Teplygina Attackers: Julija Deulina , Jelena Guslistaja , Karoliina Rantamäki , Olga Semenez , Jelena Silina , Olga Sossina , Tatjana Sotnikowa , Swetlana Terentjewa , Swetlana Tkachova , Oksana Tretyakova , Marjo Voutilainen Head coach: Yevgeny Bobariko

Web links

• Overview of the tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ SKIF Nizhny Novgorod victorious. In: iihf.com. February 1, 2009, accessed March 1, 2017 .