IIHF Federation Cup 1995
The IIHF Federation Cup in 1995 was the second and final edition of the of the International Ice Hockey Federation IIHF discharged competition and found parallel to the European Cup instead. It was held between October 7th and December 29th, 1995. A total of 19 teams from 18 nations took part, with Russia being the only country with two participants. In contrast to the previous year, Western European ice hockey associations were also won.
While the host of the final tournament, HC Dukla Trenčín , was seeded, the three other participants were determined in qualifying tournaments. The last winner of the cup was AS Varese Hockey from Italy, who surprisingly prevailed in the final against both Trenčín and HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk .
qualification
Due to the increased number of participants compared to the previous year, there was also a qualification for the preliminary round tournaments. Four of the six registered teams were to play the group winners in a group of four teams from October 6 to 8, 1995. However, the tournament did not take place. The two remaining teams played on October 7, 1995 a decisive game for the second open place in the preliminary round.
Group A
In Group A, four teams were to determine the group winners from October 6th to 8th, 1995. SC Miercurea Ciuc , HK Roter Stern Belgrade , Alba Volán Székesfehérvár and HK Solvita Kaunas had registered for the tournament . However, there was no event and so the Romanian representative from Miercurea Ciuc reached the preliminary round without a fight.
Group B
In Group B, the Slovenian representative HK Acroni Jesenice met KHL Mladost Zagreb from Croatia. With a 5-4 win, Jesenice qualified for the preliminary round.
October 7, 1995 |
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5: 4 (-: -, -: -, - :-) |
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Dvorana Podmežakla, Jesenice spectator: |
Preliminary round
The three preliminary round tournaments took place on November 10 and 11, 1995 in Riga , Oświęcim and Varese . Four teams played per tournament. The winner of a tournament was given one of the three free starting places in the final tournament. To do this, he had to victoriously play both the semi-finals and the final of the tournament.
Group C
In Group C, which was played in the Latvian capital Riga , the defending champion Salawat Julajew Ufa from Russia prevailed. They defeated both Romanian qualifiers SC Miercurea Ciuc 12-1 in the semi-finals and Vålerenga IF Oslo , who had prevailed against tournament hosts HK Nik's Brih Riga the day before , 5-2 in the final. Ufa thus secured the right to participate in the final round.
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November 10, 1995 |
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12: 1 (6: 0, 6: 0, 0: 1) |
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Riga spectators: |
November 10, 1995 |
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2: 5 (1: 0, 1: 4, 0: 1) |
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Riga spectators: |
- 3rd place match
November 11, 1995 |
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8: 3 (3: 0, 2: 2, 3: 1) |
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Riga spectators: |
- final
November 11, 1995 |
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5: 2 (3: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) |
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Group D
The Group D tournament held in Oświęcim, Poland saw the Russian team from HK Metallurg Magnitogorsk reach the final round. After a clear 9-1 win over qualifier HK Acroni Jesenice , they faced Polimir Nawapolazk in the final , who had prevailed 4-1 against hosts KS Unia Oświęcim . In the final, the team from the Urals won 6-1 against the Belarusians and made it into the final as the second Russian team.
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- Semifinals
November 10, 1995 |
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9: 1 (3: 0, 4: 0, 2: 1) |
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Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim viewer: |
November 10, 1995 |
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1: 4 (1: 3, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
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Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim viewer: |
- 3rd place match
November 11, 1995 |
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3: 8 (2: 2, 0: 4, 1: 2) |
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Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim viewer: |
- final
November 11, 1995 |
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6: 1 (1: 0, 1: 0, 4: 1) |
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Hala Lodowa, Oświęcim viewer: |
Group E
The Group E games were held in Varese , Italy . With the home advantage in their backs, the host AS Varese Hockey was able to eliminate HC Chamonix in the semifinals and, surprisingly, also defeat the Czech club AC ZPS Zlín in the final , which was the favorite in the tournament, with a 12: 3 victory over HK ATEK had underpinned Kiev in the semi-finals.
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November 10, 1995 |
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12: 3 (3: 1, 4: 0, 5: 2) |
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Pala Albani, Varese spectators: |
November 10, 1995 |
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4: 1 (2: 1, 2: 0, 0: 0) |
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Pala Albani, Varese spectators: |
- 3rd place match
November 11, 1995 |
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2: 3 n.P. (0: 1, 2: 0, 0: 1, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
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Pala Albani, Varese spectators: |
- final
November 11, 1995 |
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4: 3 (2: 0, 0: 2, 2: 1) |
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Pala Albani, Varese spectators: |
Final round
The final round tournament took place on December 28th and 29th, 1995 in Trenčín , Slovakia . In addition to the host HC Dukla Trenčín , the three preliminary round winners of groups A, B and C were qualified.
In the semifinals, the first hit HK Dukla Trenčín on AS Varese Hockey and in a purely Russian duel last year's winner Salavat Yulaev Ufa on Metallurg Magnitogorsk . In the duel between the Russians, Magnitogorsk was able to defeat the defending champion just 2-1. With the same result - but only after a penalty shootout - Varese also reached the final by eliminating the hosts. In the final Varese then continued his triumphant advance and surprised with another narrow 4-3 victory. Third place went to Ufa.
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- Semifinals
December 28, 1995 |
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1: 2 (0: 1, 1: 1, 0: 0) |
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Zimný štadión, Trenčín spectators: |
December 28, 1995 |
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1: 2 n.P. (0: 1, 1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 0, 0: 1) |
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Zimný štadión, Trenčín spectators: |
- 3rd place match
December 29, 1995 |
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4: 7 (2: 2, 0: 3, 2: 2) |
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Zimný štadión, Trenčín spectators: |
- final
December 29, 1995 |
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3: 4 (2: 1, 1: 1, 0: 2) |
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Zimný štadión, Trenčín spectators: |
literature
- Stephan Müller: International Ice Hockey Encyclopaedia: 1904 - 2005 . Books on Demand, Norderstedt, Germany 2005, ISBN 978-3-8334-4189-9 , pp. 444 .
Web links
- Results of the tournament at hockeyarchives.info (French)
- Results of the tournament at hokej.snt.cz