IIHF European Women Champions Cup 2010/11

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Winner:	Ilves Tampere

The IIHF European Women's Champions Cup 2010/11 was the seventh edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition . The tournament, which was held from October 29, 2010 to February 27, 2011, was attended by 20 teams from 20 countries. The final round was held from February 25th to 27th, 2011 in one of the cities of origin of the finalists.

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

Preliminary round

The preliminary round games took place from October 29th to 31st, 2010. The venue for Group A was Bolzano , Italy , Group B games were played in Ankara , Group C pairings took place in Jelgava , Latvia , and Group D was played in St. Pölten .

The winners of groups A and D, HC Lugano and EHV Sabers Wien, qualified for participation in group E, while the winners of groups B and C, Aisulu Almaty and Vålerenga IF Oslo, were placed in group F.

Group A

October 29, 2010 3:00 p.m.	HC Lugano	10: 1 (4: 0, 2: 1, 4: 0)	Slough Phantoms	Ice sports center Sill, Bolzano Spectators:
October 29, 2010 8:00 p.m.	EV Bozen 84	5: 0 (2: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0)	Valladolid Panteras	Ice sports center Sill, Bolzano Spectators:
October 30, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Valladolid Panteras	0:16 (0:11, 0: 5, 0: 0)	HC Lugano	Ice sports center Sill, Bolzano Spectators:
October 30, 2010 8:00 p.m.	Slough Phantoms	1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	EV Bozen 84	Ice sports center Sill, Bolzano Spectators:
October 31, 2010 2:00 p.m.	Slough Phantoms	5: 0 (2: 0, 0: 0, 3: 0)	Valladolid Panteras	Ice sports center Sill, Bolzano Spectators:
October 31, 2010 6:30 p.m.	EV Bozen 84	0: 5 (0: 3, 0: 2, 0: 0)	HC Lugano	Ice sports center Sill, Bolzano Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Lugano	3	3	0	0	0	31: 01	9
2.	EV Bozen 84	3	2	0	0	1	08: 06	6th
3.	Slough Phantoms	3	1	0	0	2	07:13	3
4th	Valladolid Panteras	3	0	0	0	3	00:26	0

Group B

October 29, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	4: 0 (1: 0, 3: 0, 0: 0)	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
October 29, 2010 6:00 p.m.	Milenyum Ankara	5: 7 (1: 2, 1: 2, 3: 3)	Terme Maribor	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
October 30, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	16: 0 (5: 0, 5: 0, 6: 0)	Terme Maribor	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
October 30, 2010 6:00 p.m.	Milenyum Ankara	0:10 (0: 3, 0: 1, 0: 6)	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
October 31, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	7: 2 (3: 0, 3: 1, 1: 1)	Terme Maribor	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:
October 31, 2010 6:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	15: 0 (6: 0, 3: 0, 6: 0)	Milenyum Ankara	Bel-Pa ice rink, Ankara spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Aisulu Almaty	3	3	0	0	0	35: 00	9
2.	Brûleurs de Loups de Grenoble	3	2	0	0	1	17: 06	6th
3.	Terme Maribor	3	1	0	0	2	09:28	3
4th	Milenyum Ankara	3	0	0	0	3	05:32	0

Group C

October 29, 2010 4:00 p.m.	Herlev Hornets	0: 3 (0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 0)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Jelgavas Ledushalle, Jelgava audience:
October 29, 2010 7:30 p.m.	SHK Laima Riga	8: 1 (5: 0, 1: 1, 2: 0)	Polonia Bytom	Jelgavas Ledushalle, Jelgava audience:
October 30, 2010 3:00 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	8: 4 (3: 2, 3: 1, 2: 1)	Polonia Bytom	Jelgavas Ledushalle, Jelgava audience:
October 30, 2010 6:30 p.m.	SHK Laima Riga	0: 6 (0: 2, 0: 0, 0: 4)	Herlev Hornets	Jelgavas Ledushalle, Jelgava audience:
October 31, 2010 2:30 p.m.	Polonia Bytom	5:15 (0: 7, 3: 5, 2: 3)	Herlev Hornets	Jelgavas Ledushalle, Jelgava audience:
October 31, 2010 6:00 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	2: 1 (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0)	SHK Laima Riga	Jelgavas Ledushalle, Jelgava audience:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	3	0	0	0	13: 05	9
2.	Herlev Hornets	3	2	0	0	1	21: 08	6th
3.	SHK Laima Riga	3	1	0	0	2	09: 09	3
4th	Polonia Bytom	3	0	0	0	3	10:31	0

Group D

October 29, 2010 4:00 p.m.	HK Spišská Nová Ves	12: 1 (1: 1, 5: 0, 6: 0)	UTE Marilyn Budapest	State Sports Center, St. Pölten Spectators:
October 29, 2010 7:00 p.m.	EHV Sabers Vienna	17: 0 (5: 0, 3: 0, 9: 0)	HSC Csíkszereda	State Sports Center, St. Pölten Spectators:
October 30, 2010 4:00 p.m.	UTE Marilyn Budapest	6: 0 (2: 0, 1: 0, 3: 0)	HSC Csíkszereda	State Sports Center, St. Pölten Spectators:
October 30, 2010 7:00 p.m.	EHV Sabers Vienna	11: 0 (2: 0, 4: 0, 5: 0)	HK Spišská Nová Ves	State Sports Center, St. Pölten Spectators:
October 31, 2010 4:00 p.m.	HK Spišská Nová Ves	3: 1 (1: 0, 0: 0, 2: 1)	UTE Marilyn Budapest	State Sports Center, St. Pölten Spectators:
October 31, 2010 7:00 p.m.	HSC Csíkszereda	0:15 (0: 8, 0: 4, 0: 3)	EHV Sabers Vienna	State Sports Center, St. Pölten Spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	EHV Sabers Vienna	3	3	0	0	0	43: 00	9
2.	HK Spišská Nová Ves	3	2	0	0	1	15:13	6th
3.	UTE Marilyn Budapest	3	1	0	0	2	07:20	3
4th	HSC Csíkszereda	3	0	0	0	3	01:33	0

Intermediate round

The games of the intermediate round took place from December 3rd to 5th, 2010. The venue for Group E was Kladno in the Czech Republic and Group F was played in Lohja . The two teams in the first places in a group qualified for the Super Final .

Group E

SKIF Nizhny Novgorod from Russia and HC Slavia Prague from the Czech Republic were already seeded for the games in Group E.

December 3, 2010 2:00 p.m.	HC Lugano	8: 3 (3: 1, 3: 1, 2: 1)	EHV Sabers Vienna	Zimní stadión, Kladno Spectators: 10
December 3, 2010 5:30 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	4: 3 n.P. (1: 0, 0: 2, 2: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0)	HC Slavia Prague	Zimní stadión, Kladno spectators: 50
December 4, 2010 2:00 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	4: 5 n.V. (0: 2, 3: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1)	HC Lugano	Zimní stadión, Kladno Spectators: 40
December 4, 2010 5:30 p.m.	HC Slavia Prague	6: 3 (2: 0, 0: 2, 4: 1)	EHV Sabers Vienna	Zimní stadión, Kladno spectators:
December 5, 2010 2:00 p.m.	EHV Sabers Vienna	1: 8 (0: 3, 1: 3, 0: 2)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Zimní stadión, Kladno spectators:
December 5, 2010 5:30 p.m.	HC Lugano	5: 3 (1: 1, 2: 0, 2: 2)	HC Slavia Prague	Zimní stadión, Kladno spectators:

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	HC Lugano	3	2	1	0	0	18:10	8th
2.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	3	1	1	1	0	16: 09	6th
3.	HC Slavia Prague	3	1	0	1	1	12:12	4th
4th	EHV Sabers Vienna	3	0	0	0	3	07:22	0

Group F.

Ilves Tampere from Finland and OSC Berlin were already set for the group F games .

December 3, 2010 3:30 p.m.	Ilves Tampere	2: 1 (0: 0, 2: 0, 0: 1)	OSC Berlin	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 73
December 3, 2010 7:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	1: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0)	Vålerenga IF Oslo	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 46
December 4, 2010 2:00 p.m.	Ilves Tampere	1: 3 (1: 1, 0: 1, 0: 1)	Aisulu Almaty	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 52
December 4, 2010 6:00 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	1: 5 (0: 3, 1: 1, 0: 1)	OSC Berlin	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 55
December 5, 2010 1:30 p.m.	OSC Berlin	0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 3)	Aisulu Almaty	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 57
December 5, 2010 5:00 p.m.	Vålerenga IF Oslo	1: 4 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 2)	Ilves Tampere	Kisakallion Urheiluopisto, Lohja Spectators: 85

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Aisulu Almaty	3	3	0	0	0	07: 01	9
2.	Ilves Tampere	3	2	0	0	1	07: 05	6th
3.	OSC Berlin	3	1	0	0	2	06: 06	3
4th	Vålerenga IF Oslo	3	0	0	0	3	02:10	0

Super final

The Super Final took place in Lugano from February 25 to 27, 2011 . As in the previous year, none of the four finalists was seeded. Four teams were only able to qualify via the two qualifying rounds.

With three wins out of three games, Ilves Tampere 's women's team won the tournament, making it the first non-Russian and non-Swedish team to win the European Women Champions Cup.

February 25, 2011 2:00 p.m.	Ilves Tampere	5: 3 (4: 0, 0: 2, 1: 1) Match report (PDF; 59 kB)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Resega , Lugano spectators: 80
February 25, 2011 5:30 p.m.	HC Lugano	2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report (PDF; 58 kB)	Aisulu Almaty	Resega, Lugano spectators: 512
February 26, 2011 1:00 p.m.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	2: 0 (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report (PDF; 56 kB)	Aisulu Almaty	Resega, Lugano Spectators: 58
February 26, 2011 4:30 p.m.	Ilves Tampere	5: 4 n.V. (0: 0, 3: 2, 1: 2, 1: 0) Match report (PDF; 59 kB)	HC Lugano	Resega, Lugano spectators: 550
February 27, 2011 2:00 p.m.	Aisulu Almaty	0: 1 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0) Match report (PDF; 56 kB)	Ilves Tampere	Resega, Lugano spectators: 70
February 27, 2011 5:30 p.m.	HC Lugano	4: 5 a.d. (1: 1, 0: 2, 3: 1, 0: 1) Match report (PDF; 59 kB)	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	Resega, Lugano spectators: 532

Pl.		Sp	S.	OTS	OTN	N	Gates	Points
1.	Ilves Tampere	3	2	1	0	0	11: 07	8th
2.	SKIF Nizhny Novgorod	3	1	1	0	1	10: 09	5
3.	HC Lugano	3	0	1	2	0	10:11	4th
4th	Aisulu Almaty	3	0	0	1	2	01: 05	1

statistics

Best scorers

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

player	team	Sp	T	V	Pt	+/-	SM
Kira Misikowitz	Lugano	3	4th	3	7th	+6	8th
Nadine Muzerall	Lugano	3	2	4th	6th	+6	4th
Saara Tuominen	Tampere	3	2	4th	6th	+2	0
Tawni Mattila	Tampere	3	3	2	5	+2	4th
Iveta Koka	Lugano	3	2	3	5	+5	0

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	TOI	GT	SO	Sv%	GTS
Darja Obydennowa	Almaty	3	185: 00	5	0	96.00	1.62
Nadezhda Alexandrowa	Nizhny Novgorod	3	169: 29	5	1	93.83	1.77
Linda Selkee	Tampere	3	183: 51	7th	1	91.25	2.28
Jessica Mueller	Lugano	3	190: 22	11	0	86.75	3.47

Awards

Player trophies

Award	player	team
Best goalkeeper	Darja Obydennowa	Aisulu Almaty
Best defender	Nicole Bullo	HC Lugano
Best striker	Saara Tuominen	Ilves Tampere

Winning team

European Women Champions Cup winner Ilves Tampere

Goalkeepers: Linda Selkee , Viivi Vartia Defenders: Emma Haataja , Merja Halmetoja , Anna Kilponen , Rosa Lindstedt , Heidi Pelttari , Mari Saarinen , Hanna-Riikka Turpeinen Attackers: Reetta Aavasalo , Sari Kärnä , Johanna Koivula , Venla Kotkaslahti , Tawni Mattila , Heli Myllymäki , Anni Rantanen , Jenna Suokko , Saara Tuominen Coaching staff: Samuli Marjeta , Severi Lehtonen

Individual evidence

1. ^ Sabers Vienna surprise in EWCC. In: iihf.com. November 1, 2010, accessed March 3, 2017 . 
2. ^ Ilves writes history. In: iihf.com. February 27, 2011, accessed March 3, 2017 . 

Web links

• Overview of the tournament