IIHF Federation Cup

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The IIHF Federation Cup was one of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF been registered in the seasons 1994/95 and 1995/96 Hockey - European Cup competition for club teams . It was held in parallel to the European Cup .

mode

In the first year of the event, 13 Eastern European teams from twelve countries took part in the tournament. In three qualifying tournaments, the three participants in the final tournament for which the host was already seeded were determined in the knockout system .

The following year was played according to the same mode. Due to the increased number of participants - some Western associations had registered for the competition - a qualifying round was also introduced in which six participants in two groups were supposed to determine the two free places in the preliminary round.

Winners list

year Attendees winner Erg. Final opponent Venue
1994 13 RussiaRussia Salawat Yulayev Ufa 4: 1 Czech RepublicCzech Republic HC Pardubice Ljubljana , Slovenia
1995 19th ItalyItaly AS Varese Hockey 4: 3 RussiaRussia HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk Trenčín , Slovakia
  • Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 443-444 .